Coachella 2018 Kicks Off with the Weeknd, SZA, St. Vincent & More

The 2018 annual gathering at the Coachella Valley Music & Arts Festival in Indio, Calif. featured the new hipster: you men and women with flower crowns, face paint with jewels, and fashion minded fans with the latest trends and expensive tastes. Fading have been the indian headdresses and the bro. Friday nights performances included The Weeknd, Jamiroquai, St. Vincent, Kygo, SZA, Jean-Michel Jarre first US festival appearance, The War on Drugs, Vince Staples, Bleachers, and local performers the Regrettes and the Buttertones. Celebrities sightings to far: Rihanna, rapper Nav, Amber Rose, Bleachers brought up Carly Rae Jepson, Jamiroquai had Snoop Dogg during their set, Kendrick Lemar joined SZA and SuperDuperKyle, and Steve Aoki with Alan Walker. Photography by Christopher Victorio.