A Coachella Weekend Is So Expensive That More Than Half of Attendees Used a Payment Plan

The Coachella payment plan is financially smart, actually

Many people seem to be mistaking this option for some high-interest, Afterpay-style loan, where fans are YOLO-ing themselves into terminal debt. They’re wrong.

60% Coachella Tickets Paid For In Installments

 In today's episode of India Global, In 2025, the sound of music comes with a new price, and it's being paid in installments. With general admission tickets topping $600, over 60% of Coachella attendees this weekend didn't pay upfront. They paid in installments-a trend once reserved for college loans, now being used to finance fun. A $50 down payment secures entry to the desert dream. Travel, hotels, and food? That's thousands more. The marketin…

Majority of Coachella attendees paid for their tickets this way

The first weekend of the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival is in the books, but people who went this past weekend are probably still paying for their ticket. More than 60% of concertgoers used an installment plan to break up the cost of the $649 General Admission ticket into separate payments, according to Billboard. […]

A pleasure paid to installments. Each weekend, between 80,000 and 100,000 fans disbursed the $599 tickets to see the headlines Lady Gaga, Travis Scott, Green Day and Post Malone, at the Coachella Music and Arts festival outside Palm Springs, California.Read more]]>

Coachella Fans Embrace Payment Plans to Offset High Festival Costs

Coachella Fans Embrace Payment Plans to Offset High Festival Costs

A Coachella Weekend Is So Expensive That More Than Half of Attendees Used a Payment Plan

“If you can’t afford to buy the tickets outright, the answer is that you shouldn’t be attending festivals yet,” one critic said.