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PHOTOS: Weekend 1 of the 2017 Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival

Lady Gaga performs during weekend one of the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival at the Empire Polo Grounds in Indio.
Lady Gaga performs during weekend one of the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival at the Empire Polo Grounds in Indio.
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Music remains the primary mission of the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival, but for those who venture beyond the three top-billed headliners — Radiohead, Lady Gaga and Kendrick Lamar — there was plenty to see, do and hear. Below, just a few of the images from wekend one of the 2017 edition of the fest.

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The sun sets on the final day of the 2017 festival.
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The sun sets on the third and final day of weekend one Coachella Music and Arts Festival in Indio.

Lauren Fournell, 22, of Manhattan Beach, watches a 360-degree sensory experience inside a large-scale projection dome at the 2017 festival.
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Lauren Fournell, of Manhattan Beach, watches The Antarctic powered by HP, a 360 degree sensory experience inside a large-scale projection dome at the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival.

Hip-hop artist Kendrick Lamar performs during the 2017 festival.
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Hip-hop artist Kendrick Lamar performs during weekend one of the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival in Indio.

Britt Jacobson, 18, spreads her wings at the 2017 festival.
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Britt Jacobson spreads her wings on day three of the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival in Indio.

A Coachella attendee launches himself from a pushup into the "dab" while dancing at the 2017 festival.
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A patron launches himself from a pushup into the "dab" while dancing in the Do LaB at the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival in Indio.

Lorde performs at the 2017 festival.
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Lorde onstage at the Coachella Music and Arts Festival in Indio.

Marilou Stoltenberg, 33, of Hermosa Beach, holds an umbrella while riding on the shoulders of Justin Thompson, 37, of Long Beach, at the 2017 festival.
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Marilou Stoltenberg, of Hermosa Beach, holds an umbrella while riding on the shoulders of Justin Thompson, of Long Beach, during weekend one of the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival in Indio.

The crowd reacts as Gucci Mane opens his set at the 2017 festival.
(Luis Sinco / Los Angeles Times)

The crowd reacts as Gucci Mane opens his set on the Sahara Stage at the Coachella Music and Arts Festival in Indio.

Hinds guitarist/vocalist Carlotta Cosials onstage at Coachella 2017.
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Carlotta Cosials of the Hinds performs onstage at the Coachella Music and Arts Festival in Indio.

Coachella attendees dance as they are sprayed with mist at the 2017 festival.
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Coachella attendees dance as they are sprayed with mist in the Do LaB during weekend one of the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival in Indio.

Cellist Tina Guo onstage with Hans Zimmer at the 2017 festival.
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Cellist Tina Guo onstage with Hans Zimmer at the Coachella Music and Arts Festival in Indio.

Sunset in the Chiaozza Garden at the 2017 festival.
(Luis Sinco / Los Angeles Times)

Sunset in the Chiaozza Garden on weekend one of the Coachella Music and Arts Festival in Indio.

Members of the performance art group The Narrators plant plastic pink flamingos at the Do Lab at the 2017 festival.
(Luis Sinco / Los Angeles Times)

A performance art group called The Narrators plant plastic pink flamingos at the Do Lab on weekend one of the Coachella Music and Arts Festival in Indio.

Fans hold up Canadian hip hop artist Tory Lanez as he wades into the crowd at the 2017 festival.
(Luis Sinco / Los Angeles Times)

Fans hold up Canadian hip hop artist Tory Lanez as he wades into the crowd at the Sahara Stage at the Coachella Music and Arts Festival in Indio.

Musician Lady Gaga performs during weekend one of the three-day Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival.

Coachella attendees dance as they are sprayed with mist at the 2017 festival.
(Patrick T. Fallon / For The Times)

Coachella attendees dance as they are sprayed with mist in the Do LaB during weekend one of the three-day Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival.

Travis Scott onstage at the 2017 festival.
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Travis Scott onstage at the Coachella Music and Arts Festival in Indio.

Singer Thom Yorke of Radiohead raises his arm into the air above the crowd at the 2017 festival.
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Thom Yorke of Radiohead raises his arm into the air above the crowd as they perform during weekend one of the three-day Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival .

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