Baiely Olstrom dances with friends during the first day of the 2012 Coachella Valley Music and Arts festival. (Arkasha Stevenson / Los Angeles Times)
The Scissors Sisters perform in 2011. (Luis Sinco / Los Angeles Times)
Performers dance with water and fire in 2010. (Luis Sinco / Los Angeles Times)
A fan surfs the crowd during the Public Enemy performance at the 10th Coachella Music and Arts Festival in 2009. (Jay Clendenin / Los Angeles Times)
The French electronic music duo Justice perform in 2008. (Jay Clendenin / Los Angeles Times)
Wilco plays for the crowd in 2005. (Myung J. Chun / Los Angeles Times)
A silhouette of Kraftwerk is projected as the quartet performs in 2004. (Robert Gauthier / Los Angeles Times)
Dave Williams, 21, of San Pedro, looks for car keys after the 2003 festival ends. (Myung J. Chun / Los Angeles Times)
Morissey takes the stage at the first Coachella Music Festival in 1999. (Luis Sinco / Los Angeles Times)
