The Coachella Music and Arts Festival

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If someone were to ask people ever wanted to see almost every artist from any genre of music in one place? Of course, anyone would say yes, because most people haven't been to an event like the huge one that happens in California each year. This is an event many people save up all year to attend just maybe once in their life time. The Coachella Music and Arts Festival, it is one of the most talked about festivals that this generation knows about. It is like a whole new world for most people each time they attend. Believe it or not The Coachella Music and Arts Festival started out as a protest in 1993. The band Pearl Jam protested against Ticketmaster and all the auditoriums they controlled in Southern California in November of 1993. They chose to host in their concert at the Empire Polo Club in Indio, California. It wouldn't be until six years later that the festival would be founded by Paul Tollett with help from Goldenvoice, a promoting company and brings thousands of fans out to the Colorado Desert of the very first Coachella Music Festival in 1999. The debut of Coachella was headlined by acts like Beck, The Chemical Brothers, and Rage Against the Machine and was amazing and went quite well for being first run. The first festival as it was could not compare to the ones that followed with even more attractions. In fact the first Coachella Music Festival was held in October and only at the two day event and there was no on site camping due to the madness at Woodstock'99. Many other things happen during and after the first festival including 1999 Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival taking $800,000 hit on the inaugural event. That Paul Tollet mentioned in his interview with Billborads Mitchell Peters. They also It was not... ... middle of paper ... ... 2014. Gittleson, Gia Lauren. "Guide."Los Angeles Magazine. 182-196. n.p.: Emmis Communications Corporation, 2005.MasterFILE Elite. Web. 5 May 2014 "Coachella."Coachella Home Comments. Goldenvoice, n.d. Web. 14 Apr. 2014. Lee, Chris. "The Magic Of Coachella." Newsweek 159.16 (2012): 51. MAS Ultra - School Edition. Web. 14 Apr. 2014. Peters, Mitchell. "Paul Tollett." Billboard 119.17 (2007): 20. Business Source Complete. Web. 14 Apr. 2014. Sisario, Ben. "At Coachella, Strong Start To Season Of Festivals." New York Times 15 Apr. 2010: 1. Regional Business News. Web. 14 Apr. 2014. Smith, Kevin W. "411 on 3 big festivals: Here's your guide to South by Southwest, Coachella and Bonnaroo music gatherings." Arizona Daily Star (Tucson, AZ) 08 Mar. 2007: Newspaper Source. Web. 14 Apr. 2014. "The Do LaB - Event Creations." The Do LaB. N.p., n.d. Web. 05 May 2014.

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