Coachella organizers to host EDM festival with Calvin Harris, Skrillex

EDM fans, it’s your lucky day.

For the third time, the Los Angeles promoter behind Coachella and Stagecoach, Goldenvoice, will host a fall music festival at the Empire Polo Club in Indio — and this time, it will be an entirely electronic lineup.

The new festival, dubbed Head Trip, will be held Oct. 10 and 11 and will feature DJs Calvin Harris, Swedish House Mafia, Skrillex and more.

Head Trip lineup Saturday

Calvin Harris
Under Construction: Fisher + Chris Lake
Peggy Gou B2B Four Tet
Seth Troxler B2B Ben Sterling

Head Trip lineup Sunday

Swedish House Mafia
Skrillex
Dom Dolla B2B Kettama
The Blessed Madonna
DJ Harvey

How to get passes to Head Trip

Passes go on sale at 11 a.m. Friday, March 13. Pre-registration is required at headtripindio.com. Festival GA passes start at $399 and VIP passes start at $799.

When is Head Trip, and where can I stay?

Head trip will kick off at 3 p.m. on Saturday, Oct. 10 and Sunday, Oct. 11 at the same location as Coachella and Stagecoach: The Empire Polo Club in Indio, California. Free parking is available on-site starting at 1 p.m. both days.

Car camping passes are available for $129 each, and official hotel packages that bundle festival passes with local lodging are also available for purchase now at hospitality.headtripindio.com.

Note: Befores and Afters details coming soon.

What is Floating Points Sunflower Sound System?

According to the official press release, Head Trip will also feature the “US debut of the one-of-a-kind Sunflower Sound System designed by Floating Points. Inside a dome tent acoustically-treated with paneling made from mycelium, and decorated with stunning tapestries and original artwork commissioned by DJ and artist Josephine Chime, the meticulously crafted audiophile’s dream features 10 unique stacks assembled and positioned to create an immersive, unparalleled sonic experience. Floating Points and several special guests will DJ at Sunflower Sound System the entire weekend.”

Goldenvoice first debuted ‘trip’ model with Desert Trip

This is the latest iteration in Goldenvoice’s fall “trip” festival model, which features a smaller lineup of bigger artists on one stage with no overlapping sets.

It all started in October 2016 when, for two weekends at the Empire Polo Club, Desert Trip festival featured a once-in-a-lifetime lineup of Bob Dylan, the Rolling Stones, Paul McCartney, Neil Young, The Who and Roger Waters, who took to the Indio stage and made the Coachella Valley the temporary center of the rock ‘n’ roll universe.

Each day featured two of the artists — an opener and a closer. Demand for tickets was so high that a second weekend was quickly added.

Ten years later, the Rolling Stones hit pause on future tour plans, and The Who performed what was said to be its final show last year at Acrisure Arena in Palm Desert.

Metal-themed Power Trip attracted an international audience

When Power Trip, the second “trip” model festival, was announced in 2023, metal and hard rock fans were pumped about the lineup of Guns N’ Roses, Iron Maiden, AC/DC, Ozzy Osbourne, Tool and Metallica. The biggest highlights were the return of Osbourne, the return of AC/DC after a seven-year hiatus, and the first show with frontman Brian Johnson since 2016. However, Osbourne had to cancel and was replaced by Judas Priest.

AC/DC’s performance emerged as the high point of the weekend. The band opened for the first time ever with the song “If you Want Blood (You Got It).” By the fifth song, “Thunderstruck,” the crowd was headbanging, dancing, and singing along.

Metallica closed out the festival with an electrifying set that began with the banger “Whiplash” from the 1983 album “Kill ‘Em All” and then two from its sophomore album, “Ride the Lightning,” starting with “Creeping Death.” The band closed the book on Power Trip with “One” and “Master of Puppets.”

In 2021, the City of Indio approved a decades-long extension of the development agreement between the city and Goldenvoice LLC, the company that has put on the festival since 1999. The agreement confirms that the Empire Polo Club will continue to host the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival until at least 2050.

Goldenvoice LLC and Coachella Music Festival LLC requested an amendment to the development agreement with the city in order to extend their term a total of 37 years. It includes the original 17-year agreement and an additional 20-year term.

The amendment to the development agreement continues to authorize five annual major music festival events, with no more than three events held over consecutive weekends, and with the same attendance of 125,000 people as is currently permitted.

(This story was updated to add photos and more information.)