The Coachella Valley Music & Arts Festival is among the most profitable music events in the world that take place over two consecutive weekends every April in Indio, California.
This year, Indian singer and actor Diljit Singh Dosanjh and Pakistani singer and composer Ali Sethi are among South Asian acts debuting at the festival as they perform alongside international acts like BLACKPINK, Kid Laroi, Charli XCX, Labrinth, Jai Wolf, Joy Crookes, Jai Paul, Frank Ocean, and Underworld.
Sethi’s ‘Pasoori’ was the most searched song of 2022 on Google. Dosanjh on other hand will be the first Punjabi language singer to perform at the festival.
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Last year’s lineup also included South Asian artists like Raveena Aurora and Arooj Aftab, but the elevated profiles of this year’s performers makes it a huge moment for fans.
For the South Asians who grew up in North America listening to Bollywood and other South Asian film songs, this is a milestone nod to their culture.
What is Coachella?
The Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival is an annual music festival held over two weekends in Indio, just east of Palm Springs.
When is Coachella?
The festival is held over two weekends, April 14–16 and April 21–23, 2023.
Where is Coachella?
Not in the city of Coachella, surprisingly. Though most of us simply refer to the fest as Coachella, it’s technically the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival. So the event actually takes place at the Empire Polo Club, a large field in the city of Indio.
What will the Coachella lineup be like?
Bad Bunny, BLACKPINK and Frank Ocean top this year’s lineup, with additional sets from Calvin Harris (who gets a “returning to the desert” credit), Gorillaz, Björk, Rosalía, Eric Prydz, Burna Boy, Kali Uchis, Porter Robinson, Blondie, Becky G, boygenius, Underworld and literally dozens of others.
