Industry · festival
Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival
Coachella is held over two weekends at the Empire Polo Club in Indio, California, and dates from 1999. It is produced by Goldenvoice, the Southern California promoter within AEG Presents, which has also operated the polo club since 2021.
- Current relationships
- 1
- Historical
- 0
- Publishers cited
- 1
- Latest evidence check
- 2026-08-20
Who owns and produces Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival?
- Goldenvoice produces Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival. Festival production · Confirmed · verified 2026-08-20 · record
Relationship evidence
Each row is one sourced assertion. Ownership, operation, booking, promotion, ticketing, management and roles are recorded separately and never merged. "Unknown" means the cited source does not state it.
| Relationship | Counterparty | Scope / territory | Status | Date / basis | Checked | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Producerproduces (inbound) | Goldenvoice | Unknown | confirmed | Unknown | 2026-08-20 | AEG Worldwide1 source
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The record
- Type
- Festival
- Location
- Indio, California
- Founded
- 1999
- Also published as
- Coachella
- Official site
- www.coachella.com
Evidence for this record
- Goldenvoice to Assume Operations of Empire Polo Club — AEG Worldwide. Company press release. Published 2021-10-27. Retrieved 2026-08-20.States: The announcement identifies Goldenvoice as the producer of Coachella at the Empire Polo Club.
Operation, booking and promotion
| Relationship | Type | Period | Status | Verified | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Goldenvoice produces Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival. Goldenvoice | Festival production | — | Confirmed | 2026-08-20 | AEG Worldwide |
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Published Live Index research that names Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival in its text. A mention is not a relationship: recorded relationships are the tables above.
Cite this reference
- Plain
- Live Index, "Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival — industry register record", Live Index, https://liveindex.io/industry/festivals/coachella
- APA
- Live Index (n.d.). Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival — industry register record [Reference guide]. Live Index. https://liveindex.io/industry/festivals/coachella
- Chicago
- Live Index. "Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival — industry register record." Live Index. https://liveindex.io/industry/festivals/coachella.
- BibTeX
- @online{industry-festivals-coachella, author = {{Live Index}}, title = {Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival — industry register record}, organization = {Live Index}, url = {https://liveindex.io/industry/festivals/coachella} }
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