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