The Coachella Valley Music and Arts Pageant, one of many greatest annual music festivals in America, is barely weeks away. Per traditional, the competition will likely be a three-day occasion throughout two totally different weekends in April, with a number of the greatest names within the music trade as headliners.
The star-studded competition will run from Friday 12 April by way of Sunday 14 April, earlier than its second weekend on Friday 19 April to Sunday 21 April. A few of the highly-anticipated performers on the Empire Polo Membership in Indio, California – which is a few two-hour drive from Los Angeles – embody Lana Del Rey, Tyler the Creator, Ice Spice, Doja Cat, and Gwen Stefani’s iconic band, No Doubt. Many celebrities have additionally been identified to attend the occasion, with Vanessa Hudgens being unofficially dubbed the Queen of Coachella for her iconic outfits through the years.
Nonetheless, going to Coachella doesn’t essentially come low cost. Some tickets vary from the hefty value of $499 to $1,000. There are additionally different funds that some attendees have to think about, past simply the price of admission. Many followers usually pay for transportation to California for the weekend, whether or not it’s a drive to the desert or a airplane to Los Angeles. Some individuals additionally pay for motels in the course of the competition, together with meals and drinks all through the day.
Right here’s a rundown of how a lot it roughly prices to attend the 2024 Coachella Valley Music and Arts Pageant.
How a lot are tickets?
For normal admission to the three-day competition, followers can anticipate to fork over greater than a pair hundred bucks. In accordance with Coachella’s official web site, normal admission passes value $499 plus charges. With this ticket, friends are allowed entrance to the venue and tenting areas all weekend.
If you wish to splurge a bit, you should purchase VIP passes for Coachella at $1,069 plus charges. Together with entrance to the venue and GA tenting space, these ticket holders are allowed into VIP areas. These areas have particular food and drinks distributors, air-conditioned restrooms, shaded seating areas, and full money bars. VIP sections are situated adjoining to the Predominant Stage and contained in the Rose Backyard.
Whereas tickets for the primary weekend of Coachella are at present offered out, there are nonetheless out there tickets for the weekend of 19 April to 21 April.
How a lot does it value to journey to Coachella?
Should you’re based mostly in California, you might solely want to fret about travelling to and from the venue throughout Coachella weekend. With out visitors, the drive from Los Angeles to Indio is a bit more than two hours. The parking passes for all the weekend usually value about $249 plus charges.
Nonetheless, the competition advises in opposition to driving from LA to the venue. One possibility is taking the round-trip shuttle service, which picks up friends close to Los Angeles Worldwide Airport (LAX) and drives them on to Coachella. The shuttle, which prices about $299 plus charges, will drive you again on to LAX on the finish of every day. Should you’re staying in a lodge in Indio, there are additionally shuttle passes that can decide you up close by and take you again every day, with the passes costing $140 plus charges.
Should you’re travelling to Coachella from different components of the nation, the associated fee goes past simply the shuttle service. For instance, a flight from New York Metropolis to Los Angeles lasts about six hours. In accordance with Expedia, a flight from New York that departs on 18 April and returns on 22 April ranges from $317 to $500. There are additionally totally different arrival and departure choices, such because the Thursday earlier than Coachella or the Monday after the occasion.
How a lot is it to remain in California in the course of the weekend of Coachella?
Should you’re based mostly in Los Angeles, you might not want to fret about discovering a lodge in Indio for the weekend. Nonetheless, there are alternatives so that you can camp out on the venue all through the three days. As famous on the occasion’s web site, automobile tenting is an “in a single day possibility that permits you to park your car on the campsite and construct an superior weekend oasis”. Followers are additionally allowed to have as many individuals as they’d like of their in a single day tenting website, with every website costing $149 plus charges for the weekend.
For individuals who aren’t based mostly in California and don’t have a automobile to camp out in, there are numerous motels situated close to the venue. A few of the featured motels proven on Coachella’s web site embody Renaissance Esmeralda Resort and Spa, Embassy Suites by Hilton La Quinta, Homewood Suites by Hilton La Quinta, and Miramonte Resort and Spa.
The costs for rooms at these motels can fluctuate. One room for 2 individuals at Homewood Suites by Hilton La Quinta ranges from $378 to as much as $661 for the weekend of 18 April to 22 April. Nonetheless, some motels will be even pricier. Relying on the kind of lodge suite, a room for 2 individuals on the Renaissance Esmeralda can vary from $2,800 to as much as $8,900 for a similar weekend.
What meals will likely be at Coachella and the way a lot is it anticipated to value?
If you’re spending all day on the venue within the desert, probably the most essential issues is consuming meals and staying hydrated. Fortunately sufficient, there’s a variety of choices to select from, with the most well-liked one being the Indio Central Market.
A few of the choices on the market – which is below a big, shaded tent – embody Battambong BBQ, Cena Vegan, Farmhouse Thai Kitchen, Burger She Wrote, Tacos 1986, Ramen Hood, Sumo Canine, and Prince Road Pizza. Though the associated fee for meals at Coachella isn’t specified on the web site, how a lot you spend on meals and drinks can fluctuate.
Nonetheless, friends ultimately yr’s Coachella competition mentioned that meals got here at a hefty value – with two coffees and two burritos priced at a whopping $64.
