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  • 1. What change did Goldenvoice announce on May 31, 2011, for the 2012 festival?
A) It transitioned to a digital-only streaming event.
B) It moved to a brand new location in Indio.
C) It expanded to two weekends with identical lineups.
D) It reduced the number of stages to save costs.
  • 2. What was Tollett's primary reason for not wanting to overcrowd the venue in 2012?
A) The city of Indio prohibited larger crowd sizes.
B) The fire department revoked the festival's permit.
C) He wanted to maintain a quality experience despite high demand.
D) There were not enough artists to entertain more people.
  • 3. How quickly did the 2012 Coachella tickets sell out?
A) In less than twenty-four hours.
B) In less than three hours.
C) In under twenty minutes.
D) Over the course of three weeks.
  • 4. Who were the headliners for the 2012 festival?
A) Blur, The Stone Roses, and Phoenix.
B) The Black Keys, Radiohead, Dr. Dre, and Snoop Dogg.
C) Red Hot Chili Peppers and The Black Keys.
D) Outkast, Muse, and Arcade Fire.
  • 5. What technology was used to create the projection of Tupac Shakur in 2012?
A) An actual high-definition hologram projector.
B) A laser-based light show projection.
C) The Musion Eyeliner system using Pepper's ghost.
D) A series of LED screens placed in a circular formation.
  • 6. How did Afeni Shakur feel about the Tupac projection at Coachella?
A) She did not comment on the performance.
B) She requested that it be removed immediately.
C) She was offended and filed a lawsuit.
D) She was thrilled with the performance.
  • 7. Which other deceased rapper did Dr. Dre consider projecting in 2012?
A) The Notorious B.I.G.
B) Big Pun.
C) Eazy-E.
D) Nate Dogg.
  • 8. What was the total gross revenue of the 2012 festival?
A) $47,313,403
B) $78.332 million
C) $30 million
D) $67.2 million
  • 9. Until what year did Goldenvoice agree to keep Coachella and Stagecoach in Indio?
A) 2020
B) 2025
C) 2030
D) 2040
  • 10. What happened to Indio's per-ticket share of revenue in the 2013 agreement?
A) It was eliminated entirely.
B) It decreased to $1.00.
C) It remained the same at $2.33.
D) It increased to $5.01.
  • 11. Which artists headlined the 2013 Coachella festival?
A) The Black Keys, Radiohead, and Dr. Dre.
B) Blur, The Stone Roses, Phoenix, and Red Hot Chili Peppers.
C) Outkast, Muse, and Arcade Fire.
D) Dr. Dre, Snoop Dogg, and Blur.
  • 12. How much did general admission tickets cost for the 2013 festival?
A) $349
B) $315
C) $383
D) $400
  • 13. How much land did Goldenvoice purchase in July 2013?
A) 500 acres.
B) 200 acres.
C) 100 acres.
D) 280 acres.
  • 14. What was the purpose of the land purchase in 2013?
A) To satisfy environmental requirements from the city.
B) To build a permanent hotel for attendees.
C) To create a secondary, smaller music festival.
D) To add infrastructure and more space for parking and general use.
  • 15. Who were the headliners for the 2014 festival?
A) Phoenix, Red Hot Chili Peppers, and Muse.
B) Dr. Dre, Snoop Dogg, and Outkast.
C) Outkast, Muse, and Arcade Fire.
D) The Black Keys, Radiohead, and Blur.
  • 16. How quickly did general admission tickets for the 2014 festival sell out?
A) In less than 3 hours.
B) In less than 1 hour.
C) In under a week.
D) In less than 20 minutes.
  • 17. What was the total gross revenue of the 2014 festival?
A) $47.3 million
B) $85.5 million
C) $67.2 million
D) $78.332 million
  • 18. How many artists performed at the 2014 festival?
A) 158 artists.
B) 200 artists.
C) 96 artists.
D) 184 artists.
  • 19. What award was Coachella given for the fourth consecutive year in 2014?
A) Best Live Production of the Year.
B) Most Sustainable Music Festival.
C) Best Regional Economic Contributor.
D) Top Festival at the Billboard Touring Awards.
  • 20. When was the inaugural Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival held?
A) September 2000
B) April 27–28, 2002
C) March 2001
D) October 9–10, 1999
  • 21. Which of these was a headliner at the first Coachella festival?
A) Oasis
B) Björk
C) Jane's Addiction
D) Rage Against the Machine
  • 22. What nickname did Coachella earn by booking acts based on artistry rather than radio popularity?
A) The indie powerhouse
B) The anti-Woodstock
C) The desert sensation
D) The global stage
  • 23. How much did tickets cost for each day of the inaugural 1999 festival?
A) $75
B) $50
C) $100
D) $65
  • 24. What was the total attendance goal for the inaugural Coachella festival?
A) 32,000
B) 70,000
C) 55,000
D) 17,000
  • 25. What was a major challenge for concertgoers during the inaugural festival?
A) Lack of water
B) Lack of parking
C) Crowd violence
D) Temperatures exceeding 100 °F
  • 26. Which publication named the 1999 festival the festival of the year?
A) Rolling Stone
B) Billboard
C) Los Angeles Times
D) Pollstar
  • 27. How much money did Goldenvoice lose on the 1999 festival?
A) $100,000
B) $850,000
C) $7 million
D) $500,000
  • 28. What festival did Goldenvoice stage at the Empire Polo Club in September 2000?
A) Woodstock '99
B) Coachella 2000
C) Nocturnal Wonderland
D) Desert Beats
  • 29. In what month did the 2001 festival take place?
A) June
B) April
C) September
D) October
  • 30. What was the ticket price for the 2001 Coachella festival?
A) $65
B) $100
C) $50
D) $80
  • 31. Who helped save the 2001 festival by agreeing to bring Jane's Addiction to perform?
A) Tollett
B) Pasquale Rotella
C) Robert Hilburn
D) Perry Farrell
  • 32. How many people attended the 2001 Coachella festival?
A) 32,000
B) 55,000
C) 70,000
D) 17,000
  • 33. How many stages were used at the 2002 festival after the reduction?
A) Six
B) Five
C) Four
D) Three
  • 34. Which band performed at the Empire Polo Club in 1993, tracing the origins of the festival?
A) Woodstock
B) Goldenvoice
C) The Big Gig
D) Pearl Jam
  • 35. What company has organized Coachella since 2001?
A) The Indio City Council
B) SFX Entertainment
C) AEG Presents
D) Ticketmaster
  • 36. In which year did Coachella expand to a second weekend?
A) 2012
B) 2017
C) 2003
D) 2007
  • 37. What led to the festival not being held in 2020 and 2021?
A) Venue construction
B) COVID-19 pandemic
C) Lack of musical artists
D) Financial bankruptcy
  • 38. When did the festival begin permitting spectators to camp on the grounds?
A) 2007
B) 2012
C) 1999
D) 2003
  • 39. Which country music festival was established by Goldenvoice at the site in 2007?
A) Stagecoach
B) Glastonbury
C) Big Gig
D) Woodstock
  • 40. How many acts were booked by Goldenvoice for the 2003 festival?
A) 100
B) 80
C) 82
D) 50
  • 41. What was the price for a two-day pass in 2003?
A) $110
B) $140
C) $180
D) $75
  • 42. Who died from flu-related complications in late 2003?
A) Van Santen
B) Radiohead
C) Alex Haagen III
D) Tollett
  • 43. Which band's reunion was cancelled in 2005?
A) Pixies
B) Cocteau Twins
C) Bauhaus
D) Iggy Pop and the Stooges
  • 44. Which artist performed in an overflowing dance tent in 2006?
A) Depeche Mode
B) Madonna
C) Daft Punk
D) Tool
  • 45. What shape was the stage used by Daft Punk in 2006?
A) Sphere
B) Rectangle
C) Cube
D) Pyramid
  • 46. In what year was Coachella permanently extended to three days?
A) 2008
B) 2006
C) 2007
D) 2005
  • 47. In what year did the Coachella festival occur a week earlier than usual?
A) 2009
B) 2011
C) 2010
D) 2008
  • 48. Which of the following was a headliner at the 2009 Coachella festival?
A) Kings of Leon
B) Jay-Z
C) The Killers
D) Arcade Fire
  • 49. How many minutes past the curfew did Paul McCartney perform in 2009?
A) 60
B) 54
C) 30
D) 45
  • 50. What was the aggregate attendance for the 2009 festival?
A) 152,962
B) 225,000
C) 100,000
D) 75,000
  • 51. What policy change did organizers make for the 2010 festival?
A) Doubled ticket prices
B) Eliminated single-day ticket sales
C) Restricted attendance to 50,000
D) Added a fourth day
  • 52. Which of the following bands had a reunion at the 2010 festival?
A) Pavement
B) The Strokes
C) Franz Ferdinand
D) The Cure
  • 53. Which artist cancelled their 2010 appearance due to the volcanic eruption?
A) Faith No More
B) Gary Numan
C) Jay-Z
D) Muse
  • 54. How much did the 2010 festival gross?
A) $21,703,500
B) $10,000,000
C) $24,993,698
D) $15,328,863
  • 55. Who was a headliner at the 2011 Coachella festival?
A) Gorillaz
B) The Cure
C) The Strokes
D) Paul McCartney
  • 56. How many total acts performed at the 2011 festival?
A) Exactly 50
B) Over 190
C) Exactly 300
D) Exactly 100
  • 57. What was the gross revenue of the 2011 festival?
A) $20,000,000
B) $24,993,698
C) $15,328,863
D) $21,703,500
  • 58. What was the total gross for the 2015 Coachella festival?
A) $84,264,264
B) $75.5 million
C) $114.6 million
D) $94.2 million
  • 59. In 2016, what did the Indio City Council vote to increase?
A) The ticket prices
B) The attendance cap
C) The number of festival weekends
D) The number of stages
  • 60. Which artist had a reunion of N.W.A. during their 2016 performance?
A) Axl Rose
B) Ice Cube
C) Calvin Harris
D) Drake
  • 61. Which 2015 headliner made a guest appearance with Guns N' Roses in 2016?
A) Angus Young
B) Jack White
C) Prince
D) Drake
  • 62. What event was marked by tributes during the second weekend of the 2016 festival?
A) The breakup of LCD Soundsystem
B) The retirement of Axl Rose
C) The death of Prince
D) The death of David Bowie
  • 63. What new feature debuted at the 2017 festival?
A) A new main stage
B) A ferris wheel
C) The Sonora tent
D) A dedicated art garden
  • 64. Which film was partially filmed on the Coachella festival grounds in 2017?
A) A Star Is Born
B) La La Land
C) Bohemian Rhapsody
D) The Hangover
  • 65. Which year did Coachella celebrate its 20th anniversary?
A) 2019
B) 2020
C) 2017
D) 2018
  • 66. Why did Justin Timberlake cancel his reported appearance at the 2019 festival?
A) Bruised vocal cords
B) Inhumane treatment of staff
C) Scheduling conflicts
D) Technical difficulties
  • 67. Why was the 2020 Coachella festival ultimately cancelled?
A) Riverside County public health officers issued a ban on public gatherings
B) Poor weather conditions
C) The headliners cancelled due to injury
D) Low ticket sales
  • 68. Which headliner withdrew from the 2022 festival less than two weeks before the event?
A) Harry Styles
B) Kanye West
C) Swedish House Mafia
D) Billie Eilish
  • 69. Who filled the Sunday night headliner vacancy alongside the Weeknd in 2022?
A) Frank Ocean
B) Arcade Fire
C) Swedish House Mafia
D) Travis Scott
  • 70. Which 2023 headliner suffered a leg injury on the festival grounds?
A) Bad Bunny
B) Blackpink
C) Travis Scott
D) Frank Ocean
  • 71. Who replaced Frank Ocean for the second weekend of the 2023 festival?
A) Arcade Fire
B) Skrillex
C) Blink-182
D) The Weeknd
  • 72. What band reunited for the 2024 festival, marking their first shows together since 2015?
A) Blink-182
B) The Strokes
C) Swedish House Mafia
D) No Doubt
  • 73. Who was the second woman in history to headline Coachella twice?
A) Billie Eilish
B) Karol G
C) Lady Gaga
D) Doja Cat
  • 74. Which major orchestra performed at Coachella on April 12, 2025?
A) New York Philharmonic
B) Berlin Philharmonic
C) Los Angeles Philharmonic
D) London Symphony Orchestra
  • 75. Who became the first Latina artist to headline Coachella in 2026?
A) Sabrina Carpenter
B) Doja Cat
C) Addison Rae
D) Karol G
  • 76. Which 2026 performer was the first Israeli artist to perform at the festival?
A) Noga Erez
B) Anyma
C) Justin Bieber
D) Joost Klein
  • 77. How long did it take for the 2024 festival to sell out compared to the usual time?
A) Nearly a month
B) Two days
C) One week
D) One year
  • 78. In which city does the Coachella festival take place?
A) San Diego, California
B) Palm Springs, California
C) Indio, California
D) Los Angeles, California
  • 79. How far east of Los Angeles is the Coachella festival site located?
A) 642 miles
B) 78 miles
C) 43 miles
D) 125 miles
  • 80. Which stage is known as the main stage where headlining acts perform?
A) Sahara
B) Outdoor Theatre
C) Gobi
D) Coachella Stage
  • 81. What kind of content is screened inside the Antarctic dome?
A) Classic films
B) Live electronic dance music
C) Punk rock performances
D) 360-degree immersive videos
  • 82. When was the Yuma tent introduced to the festival?
A) 2017
B) 2013
C) 2014
D) 2016
  • 83. What is the primary genre of music hosted by the Sahara tent?
A) Disco
B) Electronic dance music
C) Punk rock
D) Country
  • 84. In 2018, the Sahara tent was moved to a spot on which club's grounds?
A) Eldorado Polo Club
B) Gobi Polo Club
C) Empire Polo Club
D) Mojave Polo Club
  • 85. The Gobi tent is named after which desert?
A) Sahara Desert
B) Mojave Desert
C) Gobi Desert
D) Colorado Desert
  • 86. How tall did the Sahara tent reach after its 2013 expansion?
A) 120 feet
B) 100 feet
C) 50 feet
D) 80 feet
  • 87. Who has been the art director of Coachella since 2009?
A) Cynthia Washburn
B) Poetic Kinetics
C) Paul Clemente
D) Goldenvoice
  • 88. Where was the art for Coachella mostly sourced from in its early years?
A) Local galleries
B) Burning Man
C) International art fairs
D) Private auctions
  • 89. What is the name of the art collective that designed the 2013 snail installation?
A) Clemente Collective
B) Goldenvoice Studios
C) Poetic Kinetics
D) Indio Art Group
  • 90. In what year did Poetic Kinetics create the 'Escape Velocity' astronaut?
A) 2013
B) 2019
C) 2015
D) 2014
  • 91. How many art proposals did Paul Clemente consider in 2013?
A) 500
B) 100
C) 50
D) 300
  • 92. What was the name of the installation that 'metamorphosized' into a butterfly in 2015?
A) Escape Velocity
B) Overview Effect
C) Papilio Merraculous
D) Helix Poeticus
  • 93. What is the music curfew for Sunday nights?
A) 1 a.m.
B) 2 a.m.
C) 11 p.m.
D) Midnight
  • 94. What was the name of the astronaut installation featured in 2019?
A) Papilio Merraculous
B) Helix Poeticus
C) Overview Effect
D) Escape Velocity
  • 95. Which organization partners with Coachella to promote environmental initiatives?
A) Global Inheritance
B) The Nature Conservancy
C) EarthFirst
D) Greenpeace
  • 96. How many staffers are generally required to collect litter during the festival?
A) 1,000
B) 450
C) 200
D) 600
  • 97. What is Goldenvoice's diversion goal for recyclable and compostable materials?
A) 75 percent
B) 90 percent
C) 50 percent
D) 100 percent
  • 98. When does Tollett typically begin booking artists for the festival?
A) March
B) June
C) January
D) The previous August
  • 99. How long does the booking process typically take?
A) Nine months
B) Three months
C) Six months
D) One year
  • 100. What are the small warm-up shows for Coachella in Southern California called?
A) Warm-up Coachella
B) Localchella
C) Pre-chella
D) Coachella-lite
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