Festivalgoers in the VIP section watch Santigold’s set during the first weekend of the 2012 Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival in Indio, Calif. The festival has had a major economic impact on the city of Indio with an estimated attendance of perhaps 25,000 people.

First published in the April 16, 2012, 5:09 a.m. edition

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