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3 Ways to Snag Coachella Passes for Free!

Her Campus Placeholder Avatar Amy Hawkins
Her Campus Placeholder Avatar Madeline Hunt
This article is written by a student writer from the Her Campus at UCLA chapter.

January 13 was the fateful day. It happened to many of us, myself included – Coachella sold out in 3 hours before you even knew tickets were on sale. With headliners Black Keys, Radiohead, and Snoop Dog/Dr. Dre, it’s not too surprising. Besides the impressive headliners, the 3-day event packs in dozens of other impressive names earlier in the day. Check out the full line-up here: http://www.coachella.com/lineup. So you’re wondering, how do I weasel my way into Coachella?! If you’re ticketless and on a budget, here are 3 opportunities for you to win Coachella tickets for free. It’s worth a try, seeing as tickets for this year’s festival are going for as much as $23,810 (http://www.scpr.org/blogs/news/2012/01/13/4276/coachella-2012-would-you-pay-23810-tickets/).

 
1.KROQ
KROQ radio station has an easy contest going on right now called Real Band/Fake Band: Coachella Edition. All you have to do is take a short and silly quiz, where you decide which of the listed bands is a real band playing at Coachella this year. You’re then taken to a link for entry in the contest. You’ll have to make an account on KROQ’s website to enter. You can enter this one up to once a week, so be persistent!
http://kroq.radio.com/real-bandfake-band-coachella-edition/
 
2. Live105
Live105 is another radio station with a Coachella ticket giveaway. You go to the giveaway website and have to go through a number of pages until you “find” the entry link. Although it may be a way to get more view counts on their website, it could mean a free Coachella ticket for you. I’d say it’s worth a try.
http://live105.radio.com/2012/01/19/win-coachella-tickets/
 
 
3. CEC
Your very own UCLA Campus Events Commission is holding a contest: CEC Takes You to Coachella! To enter, you’ve got to start going to some CEC events now. Once you’ve gone to 3 of the approved events, you’re entered into the drawing for the weekend 2 tickets. Every subsequent event gets you another entry in the drawing. Attending more events = better chances AND supporting school events. Win-win! For more details and a list of eligible events, check out the site:
http://campuseventsblog.com/cec-takes-you-to-coachella/

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Madeline Hunt is a senior at UCLA majoring in Communication Studies with a minor in Spanish. Originally from the laidback beach-town of Santa Barbara, the California native finds the fast-paced nature and eccentricity of LA extremely exciting. Once more, she decided to expand her horizons when she studied abroad this past fall in Buenos Aires, Argentina. Madeline wants to pursue a career in the entertainment industry and is considering broadcast journalism and public relations as potential options. On campus, she is currently the Public Relations & Marketing Director for the student- run organization Fashion and Student Trends and an intern at E! News. She served as an entertainment reporter on UCLA’s accredited student newspaper, The Daily Bruin, under the video division and is a current member of Kappa Kappa Gamma sorority. During her free time, she enjoys playing tennis, exercising, going to the beach, shopping (online shopping will be the death of her!), reading Glamour and Cosmo, eating Mexican food and sushi, spending time with her friends, practicing her Spanish, and satisfying her weakness for caffeine with Starbuck’s lattes.