Introducing Quasar, Coachella’s newest stage
Earlier today, the organizers of Coachella announced the brand new Quasar stage will debut at this year’s 2024 iteration of the festival. It will be a fully outdoor electronic stage in the spot where the Sahara tent has been since 2018, which is upgrading this year and moving to a new location. Due to its outdoor nature, it is not named after a desert like the tented stages are (Sahara, Mojave, Gobi, Yuma, and Sonora). A video circulating on Coachella’s socials shows a Zamna-inspired stage design for Quasar while the DJs playing it will be different each weekend. All sets will be a minimum of 3 hours long.
Weekend 1 will have Honey Dijon x Green Velvet, the triumphant return of Michael Bibi after beating cancer, and the legendary trio of Jamie XX x Floating Points x Daphni. Weekend 2 boasts a RÜFÜS DU SOL 4 hour DJ set, Eric Prydz x Anyma at sunset, and 4 hours of Diplo x Mau P.
As a big fan of electronic music, I couldn’t be more excited for this new addition to the festival. When it comes to DJs in the desert, I always wish the sets could be longer. This seems to be how Goldenvoice intends to finally achieve this. The names are huge, and they now have the time to take us on a true journey of a set. Some of these b2b sets are quite unique, such as the worldwide debut of Eric Prydz x Anyma playing a set together. The set lengths are also great in terms of set time conflicts…even if you have other artists you’d like to see during the duration of one of these sets, you’ll likely have a window at some point during the 3+ hours to make your way over there for a bit.
There were some negative reactions after the initial 2024 lineup dropped, but after the news of Quasar, the great Do LaB lineup, and the strongest Heineken House lineup in the history of the festival with names like Lupe Fiasco, T-Pain, Fat Joe, Claptone, Bob Sinclair, Dennis Ferrer b2b Skream, J Worra, and Goldfish, I don’t think anyone can act like this lineup isn’t stacked. I find that Coachella is always the deepest multi-genre lineup in North America year after year, and this year is no different. The headliners aren’t their strongest, but anyone who is a repeat attendee knows that there is so much music throughout the weekend that the headliners aren’t all that important in the end. The lineup rocks and April cannot come soon enough!