Photos: Stagecoach Country Music Festival: Day 1

A country music fan is silhouetted by stage lights during Eric Church’s performance on the first day of the Stagecoach Country Music Festival.

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Eric Church performs on the first day of the Stagecoach Country Music Festival.

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Marty Stuartperforms on the first day of the Stagecoach Country Music Festival.

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Marty Stuart performs on the first day of the Stagecoach Country Music Festival.

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Emmylou Harris performs on the first day of the Stagecoach Country Music Festival.

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Chris Young performs on the first day of the Stagecoach Country Music Festival.

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Chris Young performs on the first day of the Stagecoach Country Music Festival.

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Fans sing along with Chris Young on the first day of the Stagecoach Country Music Festival.

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Sam Hunt performs on the first day of the Stagecoach Country Music Festival.

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Fans sing along as Chris Young performs on the first day of the Stagecoach Country Music Festival.

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Fans hold up their hats before Eric Church took the stage for his headline performance on the first day of the Stagecoach Country Music Festival.

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Two Stagecoach fans take a selfie while sitting on a bale of hay listening to Cody Jinks perform on Day 1 of the country music festival.

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Jana Kramer performs on the first day of the Stagecoach Country Music Festival.

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Jana Kramer performs on the first day of the Stagecoach Country Music Festival.

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Fans cheer as Eric Paslay performs on the first day of the Stagecoach Country Music Festival.

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Eric Paslay performs on the first day of the Stagecoach Country Music Festival.

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Festivalgoers take a breather as music continues on the Mane Stage at Stagecoach.

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Robert Earl Keen performs on the Palomino Stage during the first day of the 10th Stagecoach festival.

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The setting sun illuminates the umbrella of Ashley Gonzales and William Quintero, both of Long Beach, at the Stagecoach Country Music Festival.

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A fan sits atop a friend’s shoulders while watching Sam Hunt perform on the Mane Stage.

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Sam Hunt performs on the Mane Stage during the first day of the 10th Stagecoach festival.

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Country music fans dance during Sam Hunt’s performance at Stagecoach on Day 1.

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Clouds float by a patriotic-painted windmill at the Stagecoach Country Music Festival.

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Dale Watson performs on Day 1 of the Stagecoach Country Music Festival in Indio.

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Leroy Powell performs on the Palomino stage at Stagecoach Country Music Festival.

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Country music fans Christina Brooks of Port Hueneme dances with Landon Poulsen, 6, while listening to Leroy Powell at the Stagecoach Country Music Festival.

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Tigerman WOAH! performs on the Mustang stage at the Stagecoach Country Music Festival.

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Haley Georgia performs on the Mane stage at the Stagecoach Country Music Festival.

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Aubrie Sellers performs on the Mustang stage at Stagecoach.

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Aubrie Sellers performs on the Mustang stage.

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Carl Anderson performs on the Palomino stage during the first day of the Stagecoach Country Music Festival. (Allen J. Schaben / Los Angeles Times)

A man sports patriotic shorts and cowboy boots while arriving with his camping gear during the first day of the 10th anniversary of the Stagecoach Country Music Festival at the Empire Polo Club in Indio.

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