Times staff photographers Christina House and Dania Maxwell roamed the expansive grounds to capture the fun, the fashion, the surprises and, of course, the music.
These photos show you what it was like to be on the ground at Coachella’s first weekend.
Doja Cat headlines at the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival on Sunday.
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Billie Eilish performs at the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival on Saturday.
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Taking Back Sunday performs at Coachella on Sunday. (Christina House / Los Angeles Times)
The sun sets at Coachella on Saturday. (Christina House / Los Angeles Times)
Renee Rapp performs at Coachella on Sunday.
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J Balvin performs at the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival on Sunday.
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Bebe Rexha performs at Coachella on Sunday.
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Fans watch Sabrina Carpenter perform at Coachella on Friday. (Christina House / Los Angeles Times)
A fan holds a Lana Del Rey album in the front row at Coachella on Friday. (Christina House / Los Angeles Times)
A music fan is silhouetted at dusk at Coachella.
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No Doubt performs at Coachella on Saturday.
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No Doubt fans hold up signs at Coachella on Saturday. (Christina House /Los Angeles Times)
Gwen Stefani of No Doubt performs at Coachella on Saturday. (Christina House / Los Angeles Times)
Brandon and Kari Bulat dance together at Do LaB at Coachella on Friday.
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Le Sserafim perform at Coachella on Saturday.
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Jayden Becker-Norman dances during a performance by Le Sserafim at Coachella on Saturday.
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Ice Spice performs at Coachella on Saturday.
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Fans listen to Chappell Roan perform at Coachella on Friday.
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Shakira takes the stage during Bizarrap’s set at Coachella on Friday. (Christina House / Los Angeles Times)
Wenddy Escobedo of Indio waves a Mexican flag during Bizarrap’s set at Coachella on Friday. (Christina House / Los Angeles Times)
Sabrina Carpenter performs at Coachella on Friday.
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Sabrina Carpenter performs at Coachella on Friday.
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Bleachers perform at Coachella on Saturday.
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Tony Kanal of No Doubt performs at Coachella on Saturday.(Christina House / Los Angeles Times)Bleachers perform at Coachella on Saturday.(Christina House / Los Angeles Times)
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The Aquabats perform at Coachella on Saturday.
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Fans, including Izamar Padro, center, and Lauren Lopez-Doble, watch Bizarrap perform at Coachella on Friday.
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Tyler, the Creator headlines the second night of Coachella on Saturday.
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Vampire Weekend performs at Coachella on Saturday.
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Chappell Roan performs at Coachella on Friday. (Dania Maxwell / Los Angeles Times)
Blur performs at Coachella on Saturday. (Christina House / Los Angeles Times))
Justice performs at Coachella on Friday.
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Lauryn Hill makes an appearance during YG Marley’s set at Coachella on Sunday.
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Fans listen as Justice plays on stage at Coachella on Friday.
Assistant editor Vanessa Franko oversees audience engagement for the Los Angeles Times’ Entertainment and Arts section. She was previously the digital director of entertainment and features at the Southern California News Group.
Dania Maxwell is a staff photographer at the Los Angeles Times. Before joining the newsroom in 2018, she worked in Colombia, South America and at the Naples Daily News in Florida. Her work has been awarded an Emmy, POYi, Sigma Delta Chi and Edward R. Murrow. Maxwell received a master’s degree in visual communication from Ohio University and a bachelor of arts from Sarah Lawrence College.
Christina House is a staff photojournalist with the Los Angeles Times. She officially joined the visual journalism team in 2017 after 10 years as a freelance photographer. House grew up in Long Beach and is a graduate of Cal State Fullerton. Her love for photography started when she visited the Philippines, her mother’s native country, at age 7. That unforgettable experience inspired her to pick up a camera. House won the 2023 Pulitzer Prize for Feature Photography and the 2022 Robert F. Kennedy Journalism Award for Domestic Photography for “Hollywood’s Finest,” an intimate look into the life of a pregnant 22-year-old woman living on the street. She received the 2021 Cliff Edom New America Award and was honored in the portrait series category for her work on “Game Changers: A Celebration of Women in Sports” from the 2021 National Press Photographers Assn.’s Best of Photojournalism awards.
