Coachella 2025: They spend months discussing on Reddit. Then, plans come to life in the desert

Around 10 years ago – back when online discussions about Reddit were mainly sequestered to dedicated forums – Planty Stamey had a lively idea: Shotgun a beer at the campsite on day one of the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival, 80 minutes before the festival kicks off.
Stamey, who has been attending the festival for 17 years, only ever missing three weekends in that stretch, had been active in digital forums about the festival. But he said the forums had become “bitey&rdq