12 April 2011

Coachella By The Bay



Phish, Arcade Fire, Muse top Outside Lands lineup: Aidin Vaziri | Dry your eyes. Just because tickets for the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival in Indio are sold out doesn't mean you're out of luck. Thanks to the Bay Area's relative proximity to the Southern California destination, most of the artists on the bill for the three-day concert, which runs Friday through next Sunday, have scheduled stops here either on their way in or out. Plus you don't have to compete for the portable toilets with 70,000 other people. Here is a quick and dirty guide on how to have the Coachella experience without having to slather on the sunscreen. Best bets for each date are marked with an arrow.
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