Coachella Valley - Inland Empire

Stagecoach Festival 2011 Review/Photos

Stagecoach 2011 - Rascal Flatts

This year’s Stagecoach Festival brought some of country music’s best acts to the Inland Empire when it took over the Empire Polo Club in Indio last weekend.

Big 4 Festival – Review / Photos

Big 4 Festival - Metallica - James Hetfield and Kirk Hammett 1

For one day, Indio, California became the center of the metal world as the Big 4 Festival materilized for its one and only time in the United States with a blockbuster bill that featured Anthrax, Megadeth, Slayer and Metallica.

Coachella Valley Arts and Music Festival 2011

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2011 marked another successful sold out Coachella Valley Arts and Music Festival in Indio. Goldenvoice brought down some of the best artists of our time to Riverside County’s scenic CoachellaValley. However, the heat wave that hit Southern California that same weekend left many scrambling for shade, cooling tents and plenty of water to survive this epic event.

Salton Sea State Park

Salton Sea State Recreation Area - Dead Tilapia on the Seashore 2

The Salton Sea is essentially a man-made, engineering eco-disaster. It was originally a salt basin, which then flooded about 100 years ago. The Salton Sea grew into a hugely popular tourist attraction for the Hollywood jet setting crowd of the 1920s, though today, the Salton Sea is mostly deserted.