Fences at Stagecoach Festival (Vanessa Franko/Staff Photo)
There are a number of differences between the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival and the Stagecoach Country Music Festival as soon as you step into the grounds at the Empire Polo Club.
The most noticeable difference is the largest stage, or the Mane Stage, at Stagecoach. It is moved to the far side of the field from the main entrance and there are two sections of reserved seats in front.
Then, there are fences set up around the field to provide walkways around the area. People are allowed to bring in chairs and blankets and set up camp.
Where the Gobi Tent hosted up-and-coming artists at Coachella, it is turned into the Toyota World of Wonders carnival-themed promotional tent. Toyota has been a presenting sponsor of the festival for years and the company will actually be debuting the 2014 4Runner with Dierks Bentley on Saturday.
A few other changes:
-Sahara Tent transforms from the EDM heaven to a haven for alt-country fans.
-Most of the large-scale art that was placed around the grounds for Coachella is gone
-There is a misting tent next to the Toyota tent.
-Mojave tent gains hay bales and turns into an intimate spot to catch cowboy poetry and sets from the likes of Old Crow Medicine Show and The Forest Rangers.
-Coachella’s newest tent, Yuma, has been turned into the spot for the Half-pint Hootenanny.