# The Low-Down on Coachella: Tickets, Maps and Where To Sleep

- Link: https://indierockcafe.com/2008/02/the-low-down-on-coachella-tickets-maps-and-where-to-sleep/
- Published: 2008-02-06T22:23:00-05:00
- Author: Max Hammer

[[When single-day tickets for Coachella 2008 went on sale two weeks ago, they were
gone in a matter of hours.

But there’s hope, if you’re willing to throw it down.

For folks only interested in single-day tickets, competitive bidding is underway
on [eBay](http://search-desc.ebay.com/search/search.dll?sofocus=bs&sbrftog=1&dfsp=1&catref=C6&from=R10&_trksid=m37&satitle=coachella+tickets&sacat=-1%26catref%3DC6&fts=2&a40=-24&a9=-24&a1=-24&a2=-24&a44811=-24&alist=a40%2Ca37%2Ca9%2Ca10%2Ca1%2Ca2%2Ca63%2Ca10399%2Ca10400%2Ca44812%2Ca44811%2Ca3928&pfmode=1&reqtype=1&gcs=1&pfid=1&pf_query=coachella+tickets&sargn=-1%26saslc%3D2&sadis=200&fpos=95044&sabfmts=1&saobfmts=insif&ftrt=1&ftrv=1&saprclo=&saprchi=&fsop=1%26fsoo%3D1),
and for sale on [Craigslist](https://indierockcafe.com/wp-content/uploads/craigslist.com).
Of course you can expect people to hold out in posting for sale their tickets until
closer to the festival opening day (April 24).

Even in a recession, people will decide to go at the last minute and shell out for
the so-called ‘once-in-a-lifetime’ experience of Coachella (even though logic says
it’ll be around for years to come).

If you simply cannot find, or do not want to pay the inflated prices for single 
tickets, I strongly recommend getting a three-day pass now before they sell out.
It is a pisser that the three-day passes are a ridiculous $269 each.
[](https://indierockcafe.com/wp-content/uploads/concertphoto-752311.jpg)
Nevertheless, once they are gone for the official price, they will be much more 
valuable in the next couple of months.

Also, when you are buying the three-day pass from the official website, you have
the option to add the flat fee of $55 for a three-day camp site, if they are still
available. Campsites, because they are reasonably priced (but have many restrictions
and security), also usually sell out quickly.

**MP3s of Artists ****Performing at Coachella 2008:**
Portishead – “Kissing The 
Day“

My Morning Jacket – “Strangulation”

Animal Collective – “Bees”

A big part for this is because the average hotel room in the area, if you can find
one at this point goes for almost $300 a night right now. As the scalpers do, hotels
will take advantage of ‘last minuters’ and block out a set of rooms so that in the
days leading up to the opening of the festival they can sell them for twice as much.

Related Post:  Coachella 2008 Guide: Maps, Stages, Performance Schedule

Here’s [Coachella 2008’s complete line-up ](https://indierockcafe.com/wp-content/uploads/coachella-2008-official-line-up.html)
of confirmed artists. [Check out](https://indierockcafe.com/wp-content/uploads/coachella-2008-official-line-up.html)
the line-up, dates and poster.

Head’s up: Rooms in the Indio area are almost gone. See [map of town](http://travel.yahoo.com/p-map-474294-map_of_indio_ca-i)
with accommodations listed and a map of [the region](https://indierockcafe.com/wp-content/uploads/maps?f=l&hl=en&geocode=&q=empire+polo+grounds&ie=UTF8&near=indio,+ca&cd=5&ei=CTuqR6uyLY3QjgGvqaymCw&ll=33.717486,-116.442719&spn=1.978274,5.108643&z=8&om=0).

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