Coachella, Stagecoach Music Festivals Announced For 2022

COACHELLA VALLEY, CA — It's been more than two years since the Coachella and Stagecoach music festivals were staged in the desert, but on Tuesday the 2022 dates were announced.

The Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival will return to the Empire Polo Club in Indio next year on the weekends of April 15-17 and April 22-24, event promoter Goldenvoice announced. The country music Stagecoach Festival is set for April 29-May 1 at the same venue.

Lineup information for either music festival was not released.

Coachella and Stagecoach, which bring upward of thousands of fans to the Coachella Valley over three weekends, were originally scheduled last spring but were postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Coachella was rescheduled for two weekends last October, before being pushed back again to the weekends of April 9-11 and April 16-18 of this year. Then-Riverside County Public Health Officer Dr. Cameron Kaiser subsequently signed an order in January nixing the April dates, citing pandemic concerns. Variety reported organizers then pegged an October 2021 return date for Coachella, although the event promoter never officially confirmed that new date.

The Coachella Valley economy has lost millions of dollars due to the absence of both festivals over a two-year period.

All ticket purchases for the previous festival dates will be honored, organizers said previously.

Rage Against the Machine, Travis Scott and Frank Ocean had been set to headline Coachella, while Lil Nas X, Carrie Underwood, Alan Jackson and ZZ Top were scheduled to headline Stagecoach. It's unclear whether those acts will be available next spring.

Advance tickets for the Coachella festival can be purchased beginning Friday at https://www.coachella.com/.

Dates for advanced tickets have not yet been announced for Stagecoach. More information about that festival can be found at https://www.stagecoachfestival.com/.