Coachella to be 3 weekends in 2013

[bender]

I heard they might even add a forth weekend since all the tickets sold out in only 3 hours this year.

[xx1424xx]

Maybe a whole month of Coachella!

[Miroir Noir]

I think that would be a bit of a stretch booking-wise. Not to mention, the existence of Stagecoach.

[nathanfairchild]

this is beyond retarded, besides even if this was an option i doubt the city would allow that.

[tmac]

daft punk coachella residency april 2013

[D-BO.]

daft punk coachella residency april 2013

haha this

[tigermilkboy]

More likely they would do a new festival....probably Great Park, Irvine

[Bumblebee]

More likely they would do a new festival....probably Great Park, Irvine

http://blogs.ocweekly.com/heardmenta...ght_get_ow.php

What's the place hold?

In theory, they could do like Reading/Leads and have the same lineup play different days on the same weekend.

[tigermilkboy]

http://blogs.ocweekly.com/heardmenta...ght_get_ow.php

What's the place hold?

In theory, they could do like Reading/Leads and have the same lineup play different days on the same weekend.

http://blogs.ocweekly.com/heardmenta...ght_get_ow.php

This was discussed last year. Could be something like Leeds/Reading.

[arsgunner]

http://blogs.ocweekly.com/heardmenta...ght_get_ow.php

This was discussed last year. Could be something like Leeds/Reading.

that would be cool but also real shitty if they had it in orange county

[joshisgod]

More likely they would do a new festival....probably Great Park, Irvine

Great Park is a bunch of runways. That would suck. Anyone go to the warped tour back in the day in Anaheim? it was in the parking lot of honda center and SUCKED. The heat off the concrete was EVIL.

[jelwell]

Concrete festivals are no fun. Grass is the only way to go.
Joseph Elwell.

[tigermilkboy]

Great Park is a bunch of runways. That would suck. Anyone go to the warped tour back in the day in Anaheim? it was in the parking lot of honda center and SUCKED. The heat off the concrete was EVIL.

Coachella founder to produce Great Park music festivals
By BRIAN MARTINEZ
THE ORANGE COUNTY REGISTER

IRVINE – Orange County Great Park directors chose Goldenvoice LLC – founder of Coachella Valley Music & Arts Festival – to be the park’s exclusive producer and promoter of large-scale and multiday music events.

The five other bidders for the five-year agreement included Live Nation, which is the promoter for Verizon Wireless Amphitheater in Irvine, and C3 Presents, which handles Lollapalooza. The winner was determined by a point-system ranking.

Live Nation wanted exclusive rights for all events with a paid attendance over 2,500. Goldenvoice set that threshold at 12,500 people and demonstrated more experience with outdoor events and multiday festivals, Great Park officials said.

Although the final agreement has yet to be finalized, the plan is that Goldenvoice will pay the Great Park a flat fee of $750,000 per year as well as $3 per person for paid attendance between 150,000 and 299,000 per year and $5 per person for paid attendance between 300,000 and 500,000 per year.

Goldenvoice has agreed to produce one to five events per year and to contribute toward mutually beneficial improvements, such as landscaping, according to the Great Park report.

[dyltr0n3030]

More likely they would do a new festival....probably Great Park, Irvine

that would be cool, i live 30 seconds away

[Living Silver]

Guys I just heard from a trusted source that works for GV that they are in negotiations with the polo grounds to just BUY the grounds and have Coachella year round, every weekend. EVERY. SINGLE. WEEKEND. She says that because of the legal implications including but not limited to this decision's effect on local tourism and sound curfew laws, it might not be until next year that this goes through. I can't wait!

I heard that GV actually did purchase the Polo fields recently. Anyone know if there is truth to that?

[gaypalmsprings]

I heard that GV actually did purchase the Polo fields recently. Anyone know if there is truth to that?

They bought 280 acres of land that includes Eldorado Polo Club, but they did not purchase the Empire Polo Club.

[obzen]

Why not relocate the festival to bigger, more accomodationg venue/site?

[Drinkey McDrinkerstein]

YEAH, LIKE THE MOON

[kroqken]

Why not relocate the festival to bigger, more accomodationg venue/site?

It would NOT be Coachella if not in the Coachella Valley. Moving a festival to Orange County would be lame, the land of Republicans and crappy mini malls, no thanks. GV already had a festival in th OC in the 1990s called This Aeint No Picnic. Keep it at the Empire Polo Grounds, even if for an expanded 3 weekends.

[aliljohnson7]

Why not relocate the festival to bigger, more accomodationg venue/site?

They would have to change the name if the venue was somewhere else. LAME!

[Aikopua3]

Not gonna happen. My thought is back to one weekend.

[obzen]

Coachella -- in orbit.

[Drinkey McDrinkerstein]

they could rename it to the FresYES-Fest

[obzen]

I'm already out of ideas, bring on the lottery.

[heart cooks brain]

I heard they might even add a forth weekend since all the tickets sold out in only 3 hours this year.

MONTHCHELLA

[nathanfairchild]

Glastonchella

[menikmati]

Coachella Earth.

[Drewski27]

a festival in my home town would definitely be cool. would def check that out.

[iantmcfarland]

WHAT IF

2013 expanded to three installments, but stuck the extra one during the week between the two weekends? Like:

Coachella A is Thursday - Saturday,
Coachella B is Monday - Wednesday, and
Coachella C is Friday - Sunday?

Bands would still have four days between performances if they wanted to tour nearby, but it wouldn't be that difficult for GV to ask them to stick around eight days for three performances. And by optimizing the five days between the festivals where the infrastructure is just sitting around, GV could save a lot of money.

There are probably a million things wrong with this idea that all of you will scream at me for, but after a three-hour sell-out, I can't see a way AEG won't force Goldenvoice to keep adding to Coachella.

[jorluivil]

[QUOTE=iantmcfarland;2351036]WHAT IF

2013 expanded to three installments, but stuck the extra one during the week between the two weekends? Like:

Coachella A is Thursday - Saturday,
Coachella B is Monday - Wednesday, and
Coachella C is Friday - Sunday?

QUOTE]


That's just retarded...who goes to a concert on a weds?