Indio California Information

Indio California was incorporated in 1930 and is the oldest and largest city in the Coachella Valley. The current population is over 80,000 residents.  The median age of this city is 34.1 years.  Signs welcoming you to Indio will say "City Of Festivals" and it is easy to see why when you start reading about all the events below. The City began life as a railroad town, with the Southern Pacific Railroad Depot. Golf has always been a part of that history with records showing the second Golf Course built in the city about 1947 – now know as Indian Palms Country Club.

Agriculture played a big part in the history of the city and the Date was the king of it all. For many years the city was called the Date Capital of the United States and since the 1940’s has played host to the National Date Festival. In modern times during Desert Storm in the 1990’s millions of pounds of Indio Dates were airlifted to the Middle east to feed the refugees from the conflict there.

Today Indio is a diverse community with a strong commercial segment, the Fair Grounds, golf resorts, planned developments, Casino with events center, hotel and golf course,  condos, a major hospital and the County Court systems within city limits. The College of the Desert expects to locate an East Valley campus in Indio in the near future.

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Indio plays host to two of the fastest growing music festivals in the country Coachella Fest and Stagecoach Festival as well as Art shows, the Tamale Festival and the National Date festival.

Some of the Indio advantages include lower business costs and a higher quality of life, low-cost utilities, quality public services, State Enterprise Zone tax benefits, business-friendly government and location, location, location.

Indio is also home to the Coachella Valley History Museum

The museum campus contains the Smiley-Tyler House, a 1926 adobe home which houses the main exhibits, the historic 1909 Schoolhouse, and the soon to be opened Date Museum. Also, the spacious grounds hold a variety of gardens, including a Memorial Date Garden, a Japanese Garden, and the oldest Cork Oak tree in the Coachella Valley. Other highlights include our Submarine house, a Blacksmith shop, and the archives for the Historical Society.

The museum is located at 82-616 Miles Avenue, Indio, CA 92201, near Old Town Indio.

Indio is the perfect place to check out for year round or seasonal living in the Coachella Valley.

Entertainment Rules Palm Springs In April

Live Entertainment In The Coachella Valley

It will be hard to escape all the options in the Month of April as the valley swells with the crowds coming for every type of entertainment under the Sun! Sports, Music, Dance, Art it is all here.

April 2-5 The world of Golf comes to the Valley as The LPGA Tournament - formerly the Dinah Shore shows the world what the valley has in the golfing department.  Major Television exposure will show off the valley at its' finest! Parties will be everywhere and Meghan Trainor is set to perform at Mission Hills Country Club in Rancho Mirage.

one of them. Plus, all the biggest names of professional Womens  golf will be at the

April 10-12 and 17-19 The Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival Acts as eclectic as Steely Dan and AC/DC will fill the grounds of the Empire Polo grounds with every kind of music you can imagine. So big it takes two weekends to fit it all in!

April 24-26 Country Music Rules the Day with Stage Coach Festival Miranda Lambert, Blake Shelton and Tim Mcgraw headline three days of Country music that seems like a who's who in Country Music.

April 24-27  Palm Springs will host the 25th White Party billed as the largest Dance Music Festival In the World. Word is out that Leann Rimes will headline one of the parties.

Of course these are just four of the biggest events in the Coachella Valley there are dozens and dozens of others and the only way you can enjoy them all is if you get here!  Perpetual sunshine, palm trees and plenty to do.  Its' easy to see why everyone wants to buy a home in Palm Springs California.

Coachella Music and Arts Festival 2 Big Weekends

Festival Expansion: This April will see the festival, for the first time,  expand to two entire three day weekends of Music and events. April 13-15 and 20-22.  Bringing thousands of music lovers to the Coachella Valley the event is a major post season boom to tourism to be sure. Held at the Empire Polo Grounds in Indio CA this international musical event has been going on since 2001.

While the majority of the acts tend to be alternative music favorites major headliners have appeared every year at the festival. 2012 will see DR Dre Snoop Dog, Radio Head and The Black Keys.  Past years have seen the likes of Madonna, Paul McCartney and Prince.

Watch this video of the 2011 Coachella Festival to get a feel of what the event is all about. Skip about half way through to see the neat lighting displays they have at night:

See the website with all the line up information and information on how to attend here



or by clicking the poster below: