where is coachella located

Coachella is located at the Empire Polo Club in Indio, California. Indio is situated in the Coachella Valley within the Colorado Desert, approximately 125 to 130 miles east of Los Angeles. The festival grounds cover around 78 acres of the polo club, with additional land used for parking and camping extending the footprint to about 642 acres. Indio is part of the Inland Empire region and is near Palm Springs, where many attendees fly into before reaching the festival site by shuttle or car.