HOT TIP: Stagecoach Fest Brings Country Stars to Coachella's Stages

This year witnesses the start of a new era in Coachella history. The festival will be followed by the inaugural Stagecoach Festival, featuring the biggest names in Country music, the very next weekend. So the hot bed of Indie cred creates a space for its Country cousins in the desert. Depending on how eclectic your musical tastes run, you might just consider booking a hotel or renting a house in nearby Palm Springs straight through the two weekends.

Stagecoach Festival takes place on Sat, May 5 and Sun, May 6. Tickets are on sale now:
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Here's the info re: the two-day fest's lineup, straight from their publicity peeps:

Artists will perform in four distinct performance areas including the main stage, an alt-country stage, a bluegrass stage and a storytelling area making for two jam-packed days of music. 

Saturday, May 5, 2007:  George Strait, Alan Jackson, Sara Evans, Jason Aldean, Eric Church, Willie Nelson, Lucinda Williams, Neko Case, Robert Earl Keen, Richie Furay, Chris Hillman & Herb Pederson, David Serby, Earl Scruggs, Nickel Creek, Yonder Mountain String Band, The Grascals, The John Cowan Band, Ramblin' Jack Elliot, Riders in the Sky, Red Steagall, Waddie Mitchell, Sons of the San Joaquin, Cowboy Nation.

 

Sunday, May 6, 2007:  Kenny Chesney, Brooks & Dunn, Sugarland, Gary Allan, Pat Green, Emmylou Harris, Kris Kristofferson, Raul Malo, Junior Brown, Drive by Truckers, Alejandro Escovedo, Railbenders, Ricky Skaggs, Doyle Lawson and Quicksilver, Marty Stuart, The Del McCoury Band, Abigail Washburn with the Sparrow Quartet featuring Ben Sollee, Sasey Driessen and Bela Fleck, The Flatlanders (Jimmie Dale Gilmore, Joe Ely, Butch Hancock), Garrison Keillor, Baxter Black, Cowboy Celtic, Don Edwards, and Katy Moffat.

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