Coachella

[koh-chel-uh]

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a city in southern California, 28 miles east of Palm Springs.
Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival. annual festival held in the town of Ionio in southern California.

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Word History and Origins

Corruption of Spanish conchilla “little shell,” from conch(a) “shell, seashell” ( conch ( def. ) ) + -illa, diminuitive suffix, after the presence of shell fossils in the region

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See, for instance, virtual concert artist Hatsune Miku, who performed at Coachella in 2024.

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Three years later, Swaggart was pulled over for driving on the wrong side of the road in the Coachella Valley.

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The BBC did not broadcast the Glastonbury set from the acclaimed Belfast rap trio Kneecap, which has attracted worldwide attention for its outspoken criticism of Israel’s war on Gaza, including at its recent Coachella sets.

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Pro-Palestinian, Irish-language rap group Kneecap, which played this year at Coachella, performed for tens of thousands of fans at the Glastonbury Festival in England.

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With so many ongoing fires, officials issued an air quality alert Monday for the Riverside County mountains, Coachella Valley and San Gorgonio Pass including Palm Springs and Idyllwild.

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