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Photos: Scenes from the 2025 Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival

Music fans soaking up sprays from a water cannon
Music fans soak up sprays from a water cannon at the Do Lab on the first day of the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival at the Empire Polo Club in Indio.
(Allen J. Schaben / Los Angeles Times)
By Allen J. SchabenStaff Photographer 
Jennie performing and holding her hands out
Jennie of Blackpink performs at the Outdoor Theatre at Coachella.

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Jennie performing

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Fans watch as Jennie performs.

1. The Outdoor Theatre was packed for Jennie’s performance. 2. Fans watch as Jennie performs.

Billie Joe Armstrong of Green Day performs at the Coachella main stage.
An art installation glows at night.
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Drummer Isaac Holman and Laurie Vincent of the English punk rock duo Soft Play perform on the Sonora stage.
Lady Gaga performs at the Coachella main stage.
From left, Zander Schloss , Keith Morris, Greg Hetson and Joey Castillo of the Circle Jerks perform on the Sonora stage.
Post Malone performs at the Coachella main stage.
Post Malone performs at the Coachella main stage.
Post Malone performs at the Coachella main stage.

Post Malone performs at the Coachella main stage.

Fans watching Green Day perform
Fans cheer as Green Day performs.
Bernie Sanders speaking at the 2025 Coachella music festival
U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) makes a surprise apprearance at Coachella.
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Singer 2hollis performs on the Gobi stage.
Singer 2hollis performs on the Gobi stage.
Singer 2hollis performs on the Gobi stage.
Singer 2hollis performs on the Gobi stage.

Singer 2hollis performs on the Gobi stage.

Two people with big hand fans pass a mister to keep cool.
Two people pass a mister to keep cool in the Indio heat.
Benson Boone leaping over Queen guitarist Brian May
Benson Boone leaps over Queen guitarist Brian May on the Coachella main stage.

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Fans cool off at Do Lab.

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Meg Hope of New Zealand twirls 9-month-old daughter Calliope Hope-Williams.

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Chuchi Janes stands in front of an art installation called 'Take Fly.'

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Festivalgoers enjoy sprays of water.

1. Fans cool off at Do Lab. 2. Meg Hope of New Zealand twirls 9-month-old daughter Calliope Hope-Williams. 3. Chuchi Janes stands in front of an art installation called “Take Fly.” 4. Festivalgoers enjoy sprays of water.

Aquite performs at Do Lab on the first day of the Coachella festival.
Ty Dolla Sign performs on the Sahara stage.
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People dressed as traffic cones stop for a picture at the Do Lab.
GloRilla performs at the Sahara stage.
Indio, CA. April 11, 2025 - GloRilla performs at Sahara stage at the 2025 Coachella in Indio, CA on Friday, April 11, 2025. (Allen J. Schaben / Los Angeles Times)

GloRilla performs at the Sahara stage.

Two people in fairy outfits enjoying frozen ice near giant structures shaped like flowers
Two people sport fairy outfits while enjoying frozen ice.
Laufey performing with the L.A. Philharmonic
Gustavo Dudamel stands in front of a multihued video screen at Coachella.

Laufey performs with conductor Gustavo Dudamel and the L.A. Philharmonic.

Gustavo Luna, dressed in black leather, jumping off a flower installation
Manteca, Calif., resident Gustavo Luna, dressed in black leather, jumps off a flower installation.
Shaboozey playing at the Coachella main stage
Shaboozey plays at the Coachella main stage.
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Yeat performs at the Sahara stage in green light.
Yeat performs at the Sahara stage.
Fans bathed in green light watching Mustard perform
Fans bathed in green light watch Mustard perform.
Fans help festivalgoers keep cool.
MEUTE performs at the Outdoor Theatre.
Mustard, flanked by speakers, performing at Sahara stage
Mustard performs at the Sahara stage.
T Pain performing on the Coachella main stage
T Pain performs on the Coachella main stage.
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Fans watching GloRilla perform
Fans watch GloRilla’s performance at the Sahara stage.
Belinda Carlisle of the Go-Go's holding up an arm
Belinda Carlisle of the Go-Go’s strikes a pose.
Jane Wiedlin
Kathy Valentine

Jane Wiedlin, left, and Kathy Valentine of the Go-Go’s perform.

Fans enjoying Benson Boone's performance
Fans enjoy Benson Boone’s performance.
Weezer's Rivers Cuomo playing at the Mojave stage
Weezer’s Rivers Cuomo plays at the Mojave stage.
People attending Coachella walking through a multilevel structure with red, purple and blue walls at night.
People attending Coachella walk through a multilevel structure with colored walls.
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A camper and canopies reflected in water
A camper and canopies are reflected in water.
Campers are silhouetted as they arrive on the first night of Coachella.

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Allen J. Schaben

Los Angeles Times staff photographer Allen J. Schaben is an award-winning journalist capturing a wide range of images over the past 34 years. Before joining The Times, he honed his craft at the Detroit Free Press, Dallas Morning News, Wichita Eagle and Connecticut Post. Schaben earned his bachelor’s degree in journalism at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln in 1993.

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