Matt King

3 weeks ago | cvindependent.com | Matt King

Every year, Goldenvoice invites a handful of Coachella Valley businesses to join the ranks of Coachella and Stagecoach vendors. While many out-of-town food places pop up to feed hungry attendees, festival-goers can also enjoy food and drink lovingly made by locals.

3 weeks ago | cvindependent.com | Matt King

Festival season is here! If you’re making it out to Coachella and/or Stagecoach, you’ll get a chance to enjoy all sorts of great musical acts—but the festivals are only three days long. Local music, however, takes place year-round. Whether or not you’re making it out to the Empire Polo Club in April, we hope you’ll use this list of local musicians you may enjoy if you are a fan of some of the featured Coachella and Stagecoach performers.

3 weeks ago | cvindependent.com | Matt King

Happy April! While Coachella and Stagecoach dominate the month’s music lineup, there are plenty of other great concerts being hosted in the desert. Stay safe!Acrisure Arena is hosting one special event that is not already being covered elsewhere by the Independent. At 8 p.m., Friday, April 25, Mexican singer/rapper Tito Double P is bringing his arena tour to our local stage. If you love Mexican music, you need to be here! Remaining tickets as of this writing start at $164.72.

1 month ago | renonr.com | Matt King

The Reno Philharmonic is gearing up to perform with … legendary rap group Cypress Hill. Yes, you read that right! Cypress Hill is headed to town to perform alongside the Reno Philharmonic for an evening of classically elevated hip-hop. Classics you know and love like “How I Could Just Kill a Man” and “Insane in the Brain” get in touch with their orchestral side, and audiences are in for a treat of nonstop musical transformations.

1 month ago | cvindependent.com | Matt King

Things are changing rapidly in downtown Indio. New spaces for local musicians are appearing and disappearing—and the latest change is an addition, specifically a new space called the Oasis on Miles. In-between Little Street Music Hall and the Academy of Musical Performance (AMP) building on Miles Avenue is the brand-new performance space. It’s operated by the AMP team, but they intend for the space to serve as more than just an extension of the local youth music-education organization.