Coachella Expands To Three Days, Country Fest To Follow

carrie721 · #1 11-21-2006, 11:51 AM

yay!

http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/news/..._id=1003410555

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The Coachella Valley Music & Arts Festival will expand to a three-day event for the first time in 2007 when it overtakes the Empire Polo Field in Indio, Calif. on April 27-29. The following weekend (May 5-6), Coachella promoters Goldenvoice will launch an as-yet-unnamed country music festival at the same venue, featuring George Strait, Kenny Chesney, Sugarland and Willie Nelson.

According to a spokesperson, the new event will sport four performance stages: the main stage, an "outlaw" stage, a bluegrass stage and a "storytelling" area, the latter of which will feature appearances by "Prairie Home Companion" creator Garrison Keillor and Texas poet laureate Red Steagall.

Lucinda Williams, Emmylou Harris, Nickel Creek, Ricky Skaggs, Earl Scruggs and Sparrow Quarter featuring Bela Fleck will also perform at the inaugural festival.

Ironically, while country music is a consistently strong seller in southern California, the area's lone country station, KZLA, abandoned the format in favor of a pop playlist earlier this year.

The expansion comes eight years into Coachella's existence, during which time the event has become the premiere yearly musical destination for thousands of fans around the world. The lineup for the 2007 edition of Coachella will not be announced until late January or early February, but Mexican duo Rodrigo y Gabriela recently confirmed to Billboard.com they would be participating.

goldustsongbird · #2 11-21-2006, 12:03 PM

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Originally Posted by carrie721

yay!

http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/news/..._id=1003410555

You goin'?

carrie721 · #3 11-21-2006, 12:07 PM

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Originally Posted by goldustsongbird

You goin'?

if i can get the money together!

goldustsongbird · #4 11-21-2006, 12:14 PM

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Originally Posted by carrie721

if i can get the money together!

Sweet. I'm not. s'far as I know.

carrie721 · #5 11-21-2006, 12:15 PM

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Originally Posted by goldustsongbird

Sweet. I'm not. s'far as I know.

but what if i kidnap you?

i don't want to go to actual coachella, just the country thing. so bring your cowboy hat.

Rickypt · #6 11-21-2006, 12:19 PM

The country festival is on my birthday and I am going! Lucinda, Emmylou, Willie, Nickel Creek!!

Rickypt · #7 11-21-2006, 12:21 PM

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Originally Posted by carrie721

i don't want to go to actual coachella, just the country thing. so bring your cowboy hat.

Save your pennies, Carrie....let's go to this thing. Maybe Dolly will be there!

This isn't one of those camping festivals, though, is it? Are there hotels in the area?

goldustsongbird · #8 11-21-2006, 12:22 PM

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Originally Posted by carrie721

but what if i kidnap you?

i don't want to go to actual coachella, just the country thing. so bring your cowboy hat.

CowGIRL hat, thank you very much!

I'll bring the chaps, too.

carrie721 · #9 11-21-2006, 12:24 PM

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Originally Posted by Rickypt

The country festival is on my birthday and I am going! Lucinda, Emmylou, Willie, Nickel Creek!!

i'm so excited!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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Originally Posted by Rickypt

Save your pennies, Carrie....let's go to this thing. Maybe Dolly will be there!

This isn't one of those camping festivals, though, is it? Are there hotels in the area?

dolly and emmylou and nickel creek and willie and lucinda???? i would PLOTZ!!

you can camp, but there are hotels. book wayyyyy in advance, tho!

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Originally Posted by goldustsongbird

CowGIRL hat, thank you very much!

I'll bring the chaps, too.

assless chaps?