Thousands of country music fans were greeted by triple-digit enthusiasm at Indio’s Empire Polo Club to attend the Stagecoach Country Music Festival, dubbed “Country Music’s Biggest Party.”
Crowds gather on Friday for the first day of the three-day Stagecoach country music festival at Indio’s Empire Polo Club.
(Allen J. Chaven/Los Angeles Times and Evan Chaven/For the Times)
Following Coachella, this year’s three-day festival runs from Friday, April 28 to Sunday, April 30, and features more than 60 artists, including country music heavyweights such as Luke Bryan. Kane Brown and Chris Stapleton.
The Compton Cowboys are returning for the first time in two years as special guests to share their stories and experiences with festival goers. And Nelly is scheduled to appear on Saturday night.
Allen J. Chaven, a staff photographer for the Los Angeles Times, has been photographing Stagecoach since the second festival in 2008, and this weekend he and his son, Evan Chaven, are taking us through the cowboy hat-studded landscape. I will give it to you.
See photos of last year’s stagecoach here.
Also, check out the photos from Stagecoach again. We update this gallery daily.
ZZ Top performing on the Palomino Stage on the first day of Stagecoach 2023.
(Allen J. Cockroach/Los Angeles Times)
Breland will perform on the Manet Stage on the first day of Stagecoach 2023.
(Allen J. Cockroach/Los Angeles Times)
John Purdy will perform on the Manet Stage on the first day of Stagecoach 2023.
(Allen J. Cockroach/Los Angeles Times)
Ian Munsick will perform on the Palomino stage on the first day of Stagecoach 2023.
(Allen J. Cockroach/Los Angeles Times)
Clockwise from left: Jackson Dean on the Mane Stage as Daryl Clark puts his hat on his chest and Jackson Dean performs (Evan Shaven/Los Angeles Times), in the crowd woman.
(Allen Cockroach/Los Angeles Times)
Elle King performing on the Mane Stage on the first day of Stagecoach 2023.
(Evan Shaben/Los Angeles Times)
Festival-goers escape the heat in the air-conditioned Rainbow Tower.
(Allen J. Cockroach/Los Angeles Times)
Melissa Etheridge performs on the Palomino stage on the first day of Stagecoach 2023.
(Allen J. Cockroach/Los Angeles Times)
Sammy Kershaw performing on the Palomino stage on the first day of Stagecoach 2023.
(Evan Shaben/Los Angeles Times)
Country music fans dance at the K-Frog & KSON Dance Party at the Dome at Stagecoach 2023.
(Allen J. Cockroach/Los Angeles Times)
The sun turns the sky orange as fans watch Melissa Etheridge perform on the Palomino stage on the first day of the stagecoach.
(Allen J. Cockroach/Los Angeles Times)
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