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Coachella 2022: Our 50 best photos from Weekend 1

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The first weekend of the 2022 Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival has wrapped and we explored the art, the music, the fashion and more.

Here are the best photos, as selected by our team of photographers and editors in the field.

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Justine Figuerres hangs on to bar at the “Playground” by Architensions at Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival at the Empire Polo Club in Indio on Friday, April 15, 2022. (Photo by Watchara Phomicinda, The Press-Enterprise/SCNG)

Anitta, left, and Snoop Dogg perform during the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival at the Empire Polo Club in Indio on Friday, April 15, 2022. (Photo by Jennifer Cappuccio Maher, Contributing Photographer)

The band Arcade Fire performs in the Mojave tent during day one of the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival at the Empire Polo Grounds in Indio on Friday, April 15, 2022. (Photo by Drew A. Kelley, Contributing Photographer)

Phil Murray, 39, plays with his son Felix, 3, both of Los Angeles while listening to the sounds of Finneas at the Outdoor Theatre during the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival in Indio on Sunday, April 17, 2022. (Photo by Rodrigo Pena, Contributing Photographer)

“Greenz” makes a giant bubble as he performs at the Do Lab stage during Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival at the Empire Polo Club in Indio on Tuesday, March 17, 2020. (Photo by Watchara Phomicinda, The Press-Enterprise/SCNG)

Festival goers dance as Rebecca Black performs on the Do Lab stage during Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival at the Empire Polo Club in Indio on Saturday, April 16, 2022. (Photo by Watchara Phomicinda, The Press-Enterprise/SCNG)

Festival goers walk by the “La Guardiana” art installation, by LosDos, during the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival at the Empire Polo Club in Indio on Friday, April 15, 2022. (Photo by Jennifer Cappuccio Maher, Contributing Photographer)

A festival-goer roams with a LED cape near the “Circular Dimensions x Microscape” by Cristopher Cichocki during Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival at the Empire Polo Club in Indio on Friday, April 15, 2022. (Photo by Watchara Phomicinda, The Press-Enterprise/SCNG)

Alexis Kostic, of Newport Beach, poses for a photo at the “Bouyed” art installation, by Kiki Van Eijk, during the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival at the Empire Polo Club in Indio on Friday, April 15, 2022. (Photo by Jennifer Cappuccio Maher, Contributing Photographer)

Jonathan “Utah” Clemson, 31, of Sherman Oaks, gets doused by concert goers in the camping area during the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival in Indio on Sunday, April 17, 2022. Jumping in the air is Rachel Jones, 30, of Truckee, CA. “Utah” is the emcee of the camping activites and hit his assailant with a water ballon, who got his revenge.(Photo by Rodrigo Pena, Contributing Photographer)

A person dressed as Jesus sprays water at the crowd at the Do Lab stage during Easter Sunday at Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival at the Empire Polo Club in Indio on Tuesday, March 17, 2020. (Photo by Watchara Phomicinda, The Press-Enterprise/SCNG)

Japanese Breakfast performs in the Mojave tent during day two of the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival at the Empire Polo Grounds in Indio on Saturday, April 16, 2022. (Photo by Drew A. Kelley, Contributing Photographer)

Chicano Batman performs in the Gobi tent during the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival at the Empire Polo Club in Indio on Sunday, April 17, 2022. (Photo by Jennifer Cappuccio Maher, Contributing Photographer)

Alberto Moreno holds Fiorella Chacon, both of Houston, Texas, as they pose for a photo during the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival at the Empire Polo Club in Indio on Friday, April 15, 2022. (Photo by Jennifer Cappuccio Maher, Contributing Photographer)

Fans with blue wigs react as they watch Karol G perform on the Coachella stage during Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival at the Empire Polo Club in Indio on Sunday, April 17, 2022. (Photo by Watchara Phomicinda, The Press-Enterprise/SCNG)

Kim Petras performs in the Mojave tent during the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival at the Empire Polo Club in Indio on Sunday, April 17, 2022. (Photo by Jennifer Cappuccio Maher, Contributing Photographer)

Grace Hard, of San Diego, poses for a photo during the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival at the Empire Polo Club in Indio on Sunday, April 17, 2022. (Photo by Jennifer Cappuccio Maher, Contributing Photographer)

Halie Crom, middle, 29, of Irine, and Sonali Patel, right, 27, of Costa Mesa, do a chest bump after scoring during a game of Sticks and Blocks in the camping area of the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival in Indio on Saturday, April 16, 2022. (At left is Jessica Haines, 31, of Yorba Linda. (Photo by Rodrigo Pena, Contributing Photographer)

Festival-goers wear LED bunny ears as they watch Jamie XX perform on the Outdoor stage during Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival at the Empire Polo Club in Indio on Sunday, April 17, 2022. (Photo by Watchara Phomicinda, The Press-Enterprise/SCNG)

(From left) Paige Ielati, 30, of Anaheim, Jessica Jimenez, 28, of San Juan, Puerto Rico, Rodrigo Padilla, 27, of San Juan Puerto Rico, Andres Padilla, 29, of Anaheim, and Ivan Padilla, 23, of Irvine, dress up as Tina from Bob’s Burgers, a television show, during the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival in Indio on Sunday, April 17, 2022. (Photo by Rodrigo Pena, Contributing Photographer)

Festival goers walk by the “Bouyed” art installation, by Kiki Van Eijk, during the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival at the Empire Polo Club in Indio on Friday, April 15, 2022. (Photo by Jennifer Cappuccio Maher, Contributing Photographer)

People dance to Disclosure as they perform on the Outdoor stage during Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival at the Empire Polo Club in Indio on Saturday, April 16, 2022. (Photo by Watchara Phomicinda, The Press-Enterprise/SCNG)

Danny Elfman performs at the Outdoor Theatre during the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival at the Empire Polo Club in Indio on Saturday, April 16, 2022. (Photo by Jennifer Cappuccio Maher, Contributing Photographer)

Images during the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival in Indio on Saturday, April 16, 2022. (Photo by Rodrigo Pena, Contributing Photographer)

Pabllo Vittar dances during their performance in the Gobi tent during day two of the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival at the Empire Polo Grounds in Indio on Saturday, April 16, 2022. (Photo by Drew A. Kelley, Contributing Photographer)

Concert goers listen to music at the Outdoor Theatre during the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival in Indio on Sunday, April 17, 2022. (Photo by Rodrigo Pena, Contributing Photographer)

88rising had a showcase of its artists perform during the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival in Indio on Saturday, April 16, 2022. (Photo by Rodrigo Pena, Contributing Photographer)

88rising had a showcase of its artists perform during the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival in Indio on Saturday, April 16, 2022. (Photo by Rodrigo Pena, Contributing Photographer)

Megan Thee Stallion performs on the main stage of the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival in Indio on Saturday, April 16, 2022. (Photo by Drew A. Kelley, Contributing Photographer)

The band MEUTE performs in the Mojave tent during day one of the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival at the Empire Polo Grounds in Indio on Friday, April 15, 2022. (Photo by Drew A. Kelley, Contributing Photographer)

Concert goers enjoy the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival in Indio on Saturday, April 16, 2022. (Photo by Rodrigo Pena, Contributing Photographer)

People rest near “Mutts” art installation by Oana Stănescu
during Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival at the Empire Polo Club in Indio on Saturday, April 16, 2022. (Photo by Watchara Phomicinda, The Press-Enterprise/SCNG)

Phoebe Bridgers performs on the Outdoor Theatre stage during day one of the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival at the Empire Polo Grounds in Indio on Friday, April 15, 2022. (Photo by Drew A. Kelley, Contributing Photographer)

Regina Vargas, of Mexico City, poses during Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival at the Empire Polo Club in Indio on Sunday, April 17, 2022. (Photo by Watchara Phomicinda, The Press-Enterprise/SCNG)

Danny Elfman performs on the Outdoor stage during the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival in Indio on Saturday, April 16, 2022. (Photo by Rodrigo Pena, Contributing Photographer)

People cool off while being sprayed with a water mister at the Do Lab stage during Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival at the Empire Polo Club in Indio on Friday, April 15, 2022. (Photo by Watchara Phomicinda, The Press-Enterprise/SCNG)

Doja Cat performs on the Coachella Stage during day three of the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival at the Empire Polo Grounds in Indio on Sunday, April 17, 2022. (Photo by Drew A. Kelley, Contributing Photographer)

Justin Pilapil, right, photobombs a selfie session from inside the “Spectra” during Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival at the Empire Polo Club in Indio on Saturday, April 16, 2022. (Photo by Watchara Phomicinda, The Press-Enterprise/SCNG)

Fans of Steve Lacy cheer as he takes the stage in the Mojave tent during day two of the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival at the Empire Polo Grounds in Indio on Saturday, April 16, 2022. (Photo by Drew A. Kelley, Contributing Photographer)

The band L’Impératrice performs in the Gobi tent during day two of the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival at the Empire Polo Grounds in Indio on Saturday, April 16, 2022. (Photo by Drew A. Kelley, Contributing Photographer)

A pole dancer performs with the City Girls on the Sahara stage during Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival at the Empire Polo Club in Indio on Friday, April 15, 2022. (Photo by Watchara Phomicinda, The Press-Enterprise/SCNG)

Steve Lacy dances during his performance in the Mojave tent during day two of the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival at the Empire Polo Grounds in Indio on Saturday, April 16, 2022. (Photo by Drew A. Kelley, Contributing Photographer)

Chase DuBois, left, and Genevieve Nichol, both of 20, of Malibu, share a moment under the Do Lab structure during Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival at the Empire Polo Club in Indio on Friday, April 15, 2022. (Photo by Watchara Phomicinda, The Press-Enterprise/SCNG)

Mia Maginn, left, 21, and Drew Bartkus, 21, both of Boston, Mass., dance to the sounds of Cuco during the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival in Indio on Saturday, April 16, 2022. (Photo by Rodrigo Pena, Contributing Photographer)

Amyl and the Sniffers performs during the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival at the Empire Polo Club in Indio on Friday, April 15, 2022. (Photo by Jennifer Cappuccio Maher, Contributing Photographer)

Fans of Disclosure dance during their performance at the Outdoor Theatre stage on day two of the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival at the Empire Polo Grounds in Indio on Saturday, April 16, 2022. (Photo by Drew A. Kelley, Contributing Photographer)

Concert goers enjoy the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival in Indio on Saturday, April 16, 2022. (Photo by Rodrigo Pena, Contributing Photographer)

Festival goers walk the festival grounds during the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival at the Empire Polo Club in Indio on Friday, April 15, 2022. (Photo by Jennifer Cappuccio Maher, Contributing Photographer)

María Zardoya of The Marias performs in the Gobi tent during day one of the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival at the Empire Polo Grounds in Indio on Friday, April 15, 2022. (Photo by Drew A. Kelley, Contributing Photographer)

Orville Peck performs in the Gobi Tent during the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival in Indio on Sunday, April 17, 2022. (Photo by Rodrigo Pena, Contributing Photographer)

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