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    Coachella 2023: See photos from Day 1 of the festival
    • April 15, 2023

    The Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival is underway at the Empire Polo Club in Indio.

    Fans lined up early to catch a variety of sets and to take photos with several of the new art installations on site on Friday, April 14. Others hurried to the main Coachella Stage to snag an up-close spot to hopefully see headliner Bad Bunny from the barrier.

    These photos capture the early-day scene during the festival, which included sets by acts like Gabriels, Soul Glo, The Comet is Coming, Juliet Mendoza and many more.

    Precious Dixon, from Florida, plays with light reflecting off an art installation on the first day of the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival at the Empire Polo Club in Indio on Friday, April 14, 2023. (Photo by Watchara Phomicinda, The Press-Enterprise/SCNG)

    From left, Avalon Aloia and Karenna Traylor of Dana Point fan themselves under the Do Lab tent during the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival at the Empire Polo Club in Indio on Friday, April 14, 2023. (Photo by Drew A. Kelley, Contributing Photographer)

    Jeri Locai from Los Angeles shows off the custom-designed hoodie he made as he attends the first day of the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival at the Empire Polo Club in Indio on Friday, April 14, 2023. (Photo by Watchara Phomicinda, The Press-Enterprise/SCNG)

    Bresh performs on the Do Lab stage during the fisrt day of the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival at the Empire Polo Club in Indio on Friday, April 14, 2023. (Photo by Watchara Phomicinda, The Press-Enterprise/SCNG)

    Festival goers make their way through the grounds on the first day of the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival at the Empire Polo Club in Indio on Friday, April 14, 2023. (Photo by Watchara Phomicinda, The Press-Enterprise/SCNG)

    Festivalgoers enter the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival on day one of the three day event at the Empire Polo Club in Indio on Friday, April 14, 2023. (Photo by Drew A. Kelley, Contributing Photographer)

    Keaton Sullivan and Kaila Ennen, both 21, dance to Bresh as he performs at the Do Lab on the first day of the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival at the Empire Polo Club in Indio on Friday, April 14, 2023. (Photo by Watchara Phomicinda, The Press-Enterprise/SCNG)

    Soul Glo performs in the Sonora Tent during the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival at the Empire Polo Club in Indio on Friday, April 14, 2023. (Photo by David Brendan Hall, Contributing Photographer)

    Soul Glo performs in the Sonora Tent during the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival at the Empire Polo Club in Indio on Friday, April 14, 2023. (Photo by David Brendan Hall, Contributing Photographer)

    The Comet is Coming performs on the Outdoor Theatre during the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival at the Empire Polo Club in Indio on Friday, April 14, 2023. (Photo by David Brendan Hall, Contributing Photographer)

    Festival goers dance to Bresh as he performs at the Do Lab on the first day of the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival at the Empire Polo Club in Indio on Friday, April 14, 2023. (Photo by Watchara Phomicinda, The Press-Enterprise/SCNG)

    Jeff Benz, from San Diego, makes soap bubbles while waiting for performances at the Outdoor stag on the first day of the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival at the Empire Polo Club in Indio on Friday, April 14, 2023. (Photo by Watchara Phomicinda, The Press-Enterprise/SCNG)

    Jupiter & Okwess perform in the Gobi tent during the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival at the Empire Polo Club in Indio on Friday, April 14, 2023. (Photo by Drew A. Kelley, Contributing Photographer)

    Festival goers dance to Bresh as he performs at the Do Lab on the first day of the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival at the Empire Polo Club in Indio on Friday, April 14, 2023. (Photo by Watchara Phomicinda, The Press-Enterprise/SCNG)

    Festivalgoers enter the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival on day one of the three day event at the Empire Polo Club in Indio on Friday, April 14, 2023. (Photo by Drew A. Kelley, Contributing Photographer)

    Robbie Gallo, of San Diego, holds 11-month-old son Atlas while enjoying the music playing at the Do Lab on the first day of the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival at the Empire Polo Club in Indio on Friday, April 14, 2023. (Photo by Watchara Phomicinda, The Press-Enterprise/SCNG)

    The Spectra Tower at the Coachella Stage during the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival at the Empire Polo Club in Indio on Friday, April 14, 2023. (Photo by David Brendan Hall, Contributing Photographer)

    Dominique Harrison-Bentzen of England poses for a photograph during the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival at the Empire Polo Club in Indio on Friday, April 14, 2023. (Photo by Drew A. Kelley, Contributing Photographer)

    Juliet Mendoza, left, dances with her manager, Tadia Tyalor, as she performs in the Yuma during day 1 of the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival at the Empire Polo Club in Indio on Friday, April 14, 2023. (Photo by Watchara Phomicinda, The Press-Enterprise/SCNG)

    Gabriels perform in the Gobi Tent during the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival at the Empire Polo Club in Indio on Friday, April 14, 2023. (Photo by David Brendan Hall, Contributing Photographer)

    Gabriels perform in the Gobi Tent during the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival at the Empire Polo Club in Indio on Friday, April 14, 2023. (Photo by David Brendan Hall, Contributing Photographer)

    Matthew Lamb, from New York City, dons a pair of third eye sunglasses while enjoying the vibes at the Do Lab on the first day of the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival at the Empire Polo Club in Indio on Friday, April 14, 2023. (Photo by Watchara Phomicinda, The Press-Enterprise/SCNG)

    Fans of Lewis OfMan dance during his performance in the Mojave tent at the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival at the Empire Polo Club in Indio on Friday, April 14, 2023. (Photo by Drew A. Kelley, Contributing Photographer)

    Dominique Harrison-Bentzen of England poses for a photograph during the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival at the Empire Polo Club in Indio on Friday, April 14, 2023. (Photo by Drew A. Kelley, Contributing Photographer)

    Jupiter & Okwess perform in the Gobi tent during the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival at the Empire Polo Club in Indio on Friday, April 14, 2023. (Photo by Drew A. Kelley, Contributing Photographer)

    The Comet is Coming performs on the Outdoor Theatre at the Coachella Stage during the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival at the Empire Polo Club in Indio on Friday, April 14, 2023. (Photo by David Brendan Hall, Contributing Photographer)

    The Murder Capital performs in the Sonora Tent during the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival at the Empire Polo Club in Indio on Friday, April 14, 2023. (Photo by David Brendan Hall, Contributing Photographer)

    The Spectra Tower at the Coachella Stage during the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival at the Empire Polo Club in Indio on Friday, April 14, 2023. (Photo by David Brendan Hall, Contributing Photographer)

    Soul Glo performs in the Sonora Tent during the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival at the Empire Polo Club in Indio on Friday, April 14, 2023. (Photo by David Brendan Hall, Contributing Photographer)

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    The festival continues on Saturday, April 15 with a headlining set by K-pop group Blackpink and on Sunday, April 16, which will be capped with a performance by Long Beach-based singer-songwriter Frank Ocean.

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