Coachella Festival to Be Held on Two Consecutive Weekends in 2012

By Keith Plocek Tue., May 31 2011 at 10:22 AM

Sounds like twice the fun.

Big news for fans of desert music: Next year the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival will be over two consecutive weekends. Tickets go on sale this Friday. That's right. Almost a full year away.

The reason for both the expansion and the early ticket sales, according to Coachella.com:

We know many of you were unable to attend this year's festival because passes sold out much sooner than anticipated. We were truly surprised by the overwhelming response and remain honored by your passion and enthusiasm. We also know some of you purchased through non legitimate sources and were inconvenienced, gouged or totally scammed.

See the full press release, with information on how to buy legitimate tickets:

COACHELLA VALLEY MUSIC & ARTS FESTIVAL 2012
TO BE HELD TWO CONSECUTIVE WEEKENDS

APRIL 13-15 AND APRIL 20-22

COACHELLA 2012 will be two separate events, held over two consecutive weekends (April 13-15 and April 20-22) at the Empire Polo Club in Indio, CA. Festival organizers will attempt to produce two identical festival weekends--same lineup, same art, same place, different people.

Weekend passes go on sale beginning this Friday, June 3, 2011 at 10:00 AM (PT) until the following Friday June 10, 2011 at 10:00 PM (PT). This advance sale will be the only opportunity to take advantage of the COACHELLA Payment Plan. Passes will be available through a payment plan of 10% down and 8 equal monthly payments OR by payment in full. The price of three-day passes remains at $269 plus fees for the sixth consecutive year.

Stay tuned to www.coachella.com for the latest 2012 COACHELLA VALLEY MUSIC & ARTS FESTIVAL news and information.

Tags:

Coachella, Coachella 2012

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Brain Storm

Golden Voice sold out to A.E.G, the same greedy guys behind L.A. Live, The Staples Center, Michael Jackson London shows and the new proposed football stadium in downtown Los Angelses. It's not Pauls decision on this change but was Paul decision to sell out. Golden Voice is no longer golden it's about the green!

la_weakly

Its pauls decision to let everyone see goddamn daft punk.

Desert Vacation Guid

http://www.palmspringsrentals.... has a listing of professionally managed vacation rentals for Coachella Festival. Their real time availability calendar allows you to book and confirm your reservation online. All their homes are privately owned. So, who knows? You may actually be in the same secluded dwelling place of a celebrity.

HoChella

It's now twice the suck!!! Greedy promoters

angmvazquez

I WILL GO THIS YEAR IF IT KILLS ME, MY HYDRATION, MY SKIN, AND MY BANK ACCOUNT! Nothing says quarter-century birthday than Coachella.

angmvazquez

I WILL GO THIS YEAR IF IT KILLS ME, MY HYDRATION, MY SKIN, AND MY BANK ACCOUNT! Nothing says quarter-century birthday than Coachella.

OmarsGirl

are they charging less or more??

la_weakly

The same!

LA_Zac

This has to be some kind of sick joke. There's no way they can pull off two identical weekends with the same awesomeness as before. It's just not possible without watering down the lineup and the experience.