# Coachella music festival

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coachella-music-festival/106342>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [April 29, 2002, 7:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coachella-music-festival/106342 "2002-04-29T19:18:29Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![beckwall](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/b487fb/32.png) [@beckwall](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/beckwall)\
**Post date:** [April 29, 2002, 7:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coachella-music-festival/106342/1 "2002-04-29T19:18:29Z")

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This festival is supposedly one of the bigger concerts in the world.  
I am embarrassed to say that I live about 20 miles from where it took place over the weekend, but I had to work so couldn’t go anyway. Just wondering if anyone went, any opinions on who was performing, etc. - there were some big names like Oasis, Bjork, Prodigy, The Strokes, but also some pretty-good “no name”  
bands as well. Would love to hear if anyone got to go.

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**Author:** ![Yookeroo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yookeroo/32/323_2.png) [@Yookeroo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yookeroo)\
**Post date:** [April 30, 2002, 11:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coachella-music-festival/106342/2 "2002-04-30T23:23:38Z")

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I love Coachella.

DJ Dan played my favorite set of the weekend.

Prodigy rocked. Siousxie disappointed. Loved Chemical Brothers. Only caught a little bit of the Strokes. Missed Bjork :(. I spent most of the time dancing in the Sahara tent.

Beautiful location. Fun people. Great music. Peerfect weather.

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**Author:** ![Narile](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/71c47a/32.png) [@Narile](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Narile)\
**Post date:** [May 1, 2002, 3:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coachella-music-festival/106342/3 "2002-05-01T03:43:27Z")

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Did Bugs ever make it there?

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**Author:** ![Sauron](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ce7236/32.png) [@Sauron](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sauron)\
**Post date:** [May 1, 2002, 5:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coachella-music-festival/106342/4 "2002-05-01T17:49:17Z")

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Nah. He only goes to the Coachella Valley for the Carrot Festival.

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**Author:** ![Yookeroo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yookeroo/32/323_2.png) [@Yookeroo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yookeroo)\
**Post date:** [May 1, 2002, 8:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coachella-music-festival/106342/5 "2002-05-01T20:55:41Z")

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On his way to Pismo Beach.