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Spring Concert Preview

Her Campus Placeholder Avatar Christina Schultz
Her Campus Placeholder Avatar Rachael Brandt
This article is written by a student writer from the Her Campus at UCD chapter.
Attention music lovers: this spring brings an array of artists to the Northern California area, creating a killer spring concert lineup. Whether you roll to the hits of Lady GaGa, enjoy old rock by Eric Clapton, or love Trace Adkin’s sweet southern twang, there are myriad options to fulfill your musical desires. Ticket prices vary, accommodating students on a budget, and venues range from local Sacramento and Dixon to San Francisco and San Jose. For true music junkies, all-weekend concerts in Indio, California offer amazing excuses to road trip down South with friends.

Weekend Long Concerts
Coachella: Music and Arts Festival
When: Friday, April 15 – Sunday, April 17
Venue: Empire Polo Club in Indio, CA
Headliners—Kings of Leon, the Black Keys, Interpol, Arcade Fire, Bright Eyes, Broken Social Scene, Kanye West, the Strokes, Duran Duran, Jimmy Eat World
Weekend Pass $300

Stagecoach: California’s Country Music Festival
When: Saturday, April 30 – Sunday, May 1
Venue: Empire Polo Field in Indio, CA
Headliners—Kenny Chesney, Rascal Flatts, Carrie Underwood, Darius Rucker, Josh Turner & Easton Corbin
General Admission Weekend Pass starting at $149

Single Day Concerts in Northern California
March 2011
Eric Clapton on 3/3 at 7:30 p.m. at Arco Arena in Sacramento (Tickets: starting at $37)
House of Pain on 3/15 at 7:30 p.m. at The Fillmore in San Francisco (Tickets $25)
State Radio on 3/18 at 9:00 p.m. at The Fillmore (Tickets $21)
Lady GaGa 3/23 at 8:00 p.m. at Arco Arena in Sacramento, CA (Tickets starting at $49.50)

April 2011
John Mellencamp
When: Saturday April 9 and Sunday, April 10 at 7:00
Venue: The Warfield
Tickets starting at $49.50

G. Love & Special Sauce
When: Sunday, April 10 at 8:00 p.m.
Venue: The Fillmore
Tickets $25

Broken Social Scene
When: Wednesday, April 13 at 8:00
Venue: The Warfield
Tickets $25

Scissor Sisters
When: Friday, April 15 at 9:00 p.m.
Venue: The Warfield
Tickets $35

Lil Wayne
Date: Tuesday, April 26 at 7:00 p.m.
Venue: Arco Arena in Sacramento, CA
Ticket prices vary

May 2011
Kesha with Beardo
When: Wednesday, May 4 at 8:00 p.m.
Venue: The Warfield
Tickets starting at $33.50

James Blunt with Christina Perri
When: Thursday, May 5 at 8:00 p.m.
Venue: The Warfield
Tickets starting at $40

Trace Adkins & Merle Haggard
Date: Friday, May 6 at 7:00 p.m.
Venue: Dixon Fairgrounds in Dixon, CA
Tickets starting at $39

Of Montreal
When: Friday, May 13 at 9:00 p.m.
Venue: The Fillmore
Tickets $25

Glee Tour
Date: Tuesday, May 24, Wednesday, May 25 at 7:30 p.m.
Venue: HP Pavillion in San Jose, CA
Tickets starting at $99

The Script
When: May 26 at 8:00 p.m.
Venue: The Warfield
Tickets starting at $28

Usher with Akon
Date: May 29 at 7:00 p.m.
Venue: HP Pavillion in San Jose, CA
Tickets starting at $28

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Rachael Brandt is your typical collegiette. Her free time, you'll find her roaming the CoHo, nourishing her hourly caffeine fix or rocking out at the campus rec center in Zumba class. Rachael has interned at Acosta/Salazar PR firm in Sacramento, CA --working with politicians and interest groups to aide their campaigns. She now spends her days working at the Events and Conferencing Center, in hopes of saving up for the many goodies she hopes to acquire while studying abroad next year. After cultivating an obsession for Her Campus, she opened the UC Davis branch, and now serves as campus correspondant.