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Stagecoach vs. Cochella: Same SoCal Venue But Much Different Vibe

Justin Moore performs on stage during the 2015 Stagecoach Festival at the EmpireClub on Saturday, April 25, 2015, in Indio, Calif. (Photo by Paul A. Hebert/Invision/AP)

After back-to-back weekends of the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival, with performances from a reunited No DoubtTyler, the CreatorLana Del Rey and Doja Cat , sister event the Stagecoach Country Music Festival has rolled into Indio’s Empire Polo Club, in Indio, California.

Stagecoach, which will feature performances by Eric ChurchMiranda LambertMorgan WallenWillie NelsonPost Malone, Dwight Yoakam and others, has grown in popularity since it started in 2007. This year it sold out well in advance of the fest.

So if you’re wondering how Southern California’s two largest music festivals, compare, here’s a primer:

While the lineups are vastly different, there is one artist who is spending three consecutive weekends in Indio: Carin León, a Mexican music star

While Coachella is known for plenty of pulsing EDM beats, that has begun to transfer over to Stagecoach in recent years, Stagecoach has the Honkytonk dance tent, which started out as a place for traditional line dancing.

The Stagecoach footprint is noticeably smaller than Coachella’s.
Coachella’s craft-beer barn area has been renamed for the Mayor of Flavortown himself, Guy Fieri, and the food stalls from the last two weekends have been replaced with a large RV and area for Fieri and friends’ cooking demos all weekend long.
Read the full story from the Los Angles Times.
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