Festival Time

Hipsters, hippies and even country music fans got good news this week for the '07 festival season. First up Coachella will once again return to the Empire Polo Field in Indio, CA this time around as a three day festival from April 27-29 - artist announcements to come early next year.

The following weekend at the same spot Coachella promoters Goldenvoice will launch their inaugural country music fest (still unnamed at the moment) - that will include four performance stages (along with the main stage their will be stages for outlaw, bluegrass and storytellers). As of now Willie Nelson, Emmylou Harris, Lucinda Williams, Nickel Creek and others have signed up to appear. Read about both fests here.

And finally the High Sierra Music Festival will return for it's 17th installment from July 5th - 8th in Quincy, CA. The festival is currently artist submissions too.

Here's some music from Coachella for your downloading pleasure (via Dimeadozen)....

Rage Against The Machine - 1999-10-10 - Coachella Music And Arts Festival - Indio, CA

The Arcade Fire - 2005-05-01 - Coachella Music and Arts Festival - Indio, CA

Daft Punk - 2006-04-29 - Coachella Music And Arts Festival - Indio, CA

Madonna - 2006-04-30 - Sahara Tent - Coachella Music & Arts Festival - Empire Polo Grounds - Indio, CA

Tool - 2006-04-30 - Coachella Music & Arts Festival - Empire Polo Grounds - Indio, CA