AEG To Televise Coachella, Stagecoach, More Festivals On AXS TV Next Year

No need to brave the sweltering heat, long lines for portable toilets and overpriced food during the concert season next summer. Anschutz Entertainment Group, one of the biggest concert promoters in the country, will bring more than 70 hours of live performances from their parties to the comfort of your living room with air conditioning.

AEG announced Tuesday it will issue five of his music festivals in AXS TV, the cable channel that has a stake in.



In front of the blackboard network programming festival Coachella, Stagecoach and New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival, which has been passed all previously AXS. As he did earlier this year, the network will broadcast from the second weekend of Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival, Set April 17 to 19 in Indio.

After Coachella, AXS transmit the Stagecoach Country Music Festival, which also takes place at the Empire Polo Club in Indio.

In May, the network will show two festivals: the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival, with events around roots, rock, R & B and jazz (May 1-3), and the rock in Range Music Festival, anchored in Columbus, Ohio, which will debut on the network (May 15-17).

Also transmitting first is the Music Festival Firefly (June 19-21). Goldenvoice, the division of AEG is the promoter of Coachella, recently entered into a joint venture with creators Red Frog Events Firefly to produce the event next year.

2 years old, four-day festival was held in Woodlands at Dover International Speedway in Delaware. Outkast, Foo Fighters, Jack Johnson, Beck and Weezer were among the artists of this year.

"AXS TV is committed to offering the best live music, and we're proud to continue that legacy with this innovative lineup," said founder Mark Cuban AXS TV in a statement. "Nothing compares to a live music event, and now our audience get a front row seat for five incredible festivals, as we bring the ultimate concert experience for our viewers."

Mercury Insurance sponsor broadcasts, as well as a series of documentaries about the festivals produced by the network.

Episodes of four half-hour offer behind-the-scenes glimpses of production and include segments of fans, bands and employees.

"Road to the holidays," premieres in March and will lead to the launch of the broadcast network Coachella.

AXS TV, which was launched in 2012, is reportedly negotiating broadcasting rights for festivals in which AEG has no ownership interest.