Coachella 2025 Faces Chaos, Attendees Demand Refunds

The Coachella 2025 festival's first weekend faced severe organizational issues, with attendees experiencing up to 12-hour waits to enter the car camping areas in Indio, California. Many festival-goers compared the chaotic scenes to the infamous Fyre Festival, highlighting the lack of basic amenities like bathrooms and food, causing attendees to resort to peeing in cups or on the roadside. This year's entry process, reportedly different from previous years, involved late gate openings leading to bumper-to-bumper traffic and cars overheating in 100-degree heat. Despite the challenges, the festival features prominent headliners such as Lady Gaga, Green Day, and Post Malone. Attendees have taken to social media to express their frustrations, with some threatening not to return next year. Coachella organizers have yet to address these logistical failures publicly.