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The Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival is a two-weekend music festival held annually in April at the Empire Polo Field in Indio, California, featuring headliners across pop, hip-hop, indie, and electronic music. The 2026 edition ran April 10-12 and 17-19, headlined by Sabrina Carpenter, Justin Bieber, and Karol G.
Panorama Music Festival was a three-day music festival held on Randall's Island in New York City from 2016 to 2018. Produced by Goldenvoice (the company behind Coachella), it featured rock, alternative, indie, hip-hop, R&B, and electronic acts. The festival is now defunct, having hosted headliners like Kendrick Lamar, Tame Impala, Frank Ocean, LCD Soundsystem, and Nine Inch Nails across its three editions.
Three-day country music festival held annually in late April at the Empire Polo Field in Indio, California. Founded in 2007 as the sister festival to Coachella, it is the highest-grossing country music festival in the world. The 2026 edition ran April 24 to 26, headlined by Zach Bryan, Jelly Roll, and Brothers Osborne.
