Photos: A front row seat to the 2026 Stagecoach Music Festival

With another Coachella in the books, Indio’s Empire Polo Club turns to country music this weekend for the annual Stagecoach festival.The Times will be on-site from Friday to Sunday to bring you an up-close view of what’s happening in the desert.Get our big stories about Hollywood, film, television, music, arts, culture and more right in your inbox as soon as they publish.

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Follow UsLos Angeles Times staff photographer Allen J.Schaben is an award-winning journalist capturing a wide range of images over the past 35 years.

Before joining The Times, he honed his craft at the Detroit Free Press, Dallas Morning News, Wichita Eagle and Connecticut Post.Schaben earned his bachelor’s degree in journalism at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln in 1993.

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