My Coachella Experience: Diary of My Trip to Coachella (& Full Review)

I came back from California a little over a week ago and what a rude awakening that was. Going back to class on the 19th felt so pointless considering I have two weeks left before I graduate. My senioritis is in full swing now. Now all I’m left with are the memories. I’ll hold them near and dear to my heart…until next year. 

Yes, that’s right: I had so much fun at Coachella that I plan on going back again next year. It was a whirlwind of a trip, if I’m being honest. I was kind of going in blind and had no idea what to expect. That said, my Coachella experience was awesome.

Let me break it all down for you:

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Day One 

One of the stations where they scan your wristbands was down so they sent everyone to another entrance. Unfortunately, it took us over an hour to get through security. I have to say, being pushed left and right was not exactly how I wanted to spend my first minutes at Coachella. 

We made it through the ticket booth alive and made our first stop at the iconic ferris wheel! We didn’t ride it on Friday, but we had to take some Instagrams in front of it. (Isn’t Coachella half about the Instagram opportunities, if we’re being honest?)

Our agenda for that day was pretty packed. We had five bands/singers we wanted to see all in the span of a few hours. First up was PVRIS followed by The NBHD, Bleachers, Kygo, and SZA. SZA was probably my favorite. I was waiting for her to sing “All The Stars” from Black Panther and of course it was the last song she sang, but she brought out Kendrick and they sang it together. I screamed a lot!

Day 1 was an awesome success.

Day Two

We didn’t go to the festival until about 4:00 on Saturday. The bands we wanted to see weren’t playing until later and so my traveling partner Paige and I just caught up on some homework before heading over to the festival (school never sleeps, my friends!!).