The Sahara Tent provided the clearest definition of what the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival has become when 11-year-old Mason Ramsey took the stage Friday afternoon alongside electronic dance artist Whethan. The Sahara tent was relocated inward toward the experimental Do Lab, making the popular dance mecca a straight shot to the main stage. Shifting all of the secondary stages made room for a far more comfortable traverse across the polo fields. Yet the reconfiguration of the Sahara tent proved most radical. “Art has become a bigger part of festivals and Coachella has been at the forefront of that for years.

Source: Los Angeles Times April 14, 2018 03:22 UTC