Festivals in California

No American state packs in as many legendary festivals as California. It all begins in the Coachella Valley desert, where palm trees and the mountains of the Inland Empire frame the most famous festival on earth: Coachella, whose two weekends (the second included) set the global pop agenda before summer has even arrived. On the very same grounds of Indio's Empire Polo Club, Stagecoach turns the desert into the capital of country music — proof that here, two Americas meet on the same lawn.

Yet California is far more than its southern desert. Up north, San Francisco unfurls Outside Lands through the fog of Golden Gate Park, while the vineyards of BottleRock Napa Valley pair fine wine with marquee headliners. In Sacramento, Aftershock roars with rock and metal deep into autumn, as the southern coast leans instead toward electro and endless nights. FestT computes your FestiScore — how closely a line-up matches your favourite artists — and keeps dates, headliners and ticketing up to date, from the Pacific to the desert.