Just a reminder that Weekend 1 officially began on Friday, April 10, 2026, with gates opening in Indio, California. This festival earns billions and artists earn millions while hardworking farmworkers in the same region continue to struggle. Farmworkers deserve better wages and better conditions because their work is important. They feed us.
Farmworkers earn around $20,000 a year while producing $1.4 Billion for the Agricultural Industry.
The Coachella music festival highlights a stark contrast, where farmworkers in the same valley live in poverty and face extreme heat, pesticide exposure, and poor housing, often ignored by the tourism-driven economy. These workers often lack legal protections, face high poverty rates, and earn low wages while fueling a billion-dollar industry.
Coachella is a massive revenue generator, with the 2026 festival on track to gross over $200 million in a single weekend, driven by high ticket prices and massive brand partnerships.
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