3 Already hit Outside Lands?

Here are three more hot California music festivals that belong on every music fan’s bucket list.

Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival

This festival, which is held on consecutive three-day weekends in April at Indio’s Empire Polo Club, is the hippest of the hip. It sets the cool bar for basically all other festivals with its mind-blowing music lineups and Hollywood star sightings, thanks to its proximity to Los Angeles. No wonder this festival has become a SoCal institution. Make plans now for the 2019 festival. Tickets typically go on sale in early January; www. coachella.com.

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Derulo performs at KAABOO 2017 at the Del Mar Racetrack and Fairgrounds. Festivalgoers attend Coachella at the Empire Polo Club. The gastronomic lineup at Outside Lands runs the gamut from sweet treats to wine.

Kaaboo

Del Mar is a great place to visit any time of year, but it’s especially enticing during Kaaboo, the increasingly popular music festival that made its debut in 2015. Each September, tens of thousands of fans venture out to this lovely seaside setting, just a few miles north of San Diego, to see amazing lineups. The 2018 bill, set for Sept. 14-16 at the Del Mar Racetrack, includes such big-name acts as the Foo Fighters, Imagine Dragons, Katy Perry, Robert Plant, Halsey and Wiz Khalifa.

BottleRock Napa Valley

This festival combines the best of Napa — cuisine, wine and beautiful surroundings — with a fun and diverse array of music. Where else can you sip Silver Oak wine and enjoy Japanese bites from Miminashi while listening to a hot new indie-rock act? And how diverse is the lineup? One year, the three headliners included country star Eric Church, hip-hop crew Outkast and modern rock legends, The Cure. Tickets for the Memorial Day weekend festival, held at Napa Valley Expo, typically go on sale in December; www. bottlerocknapavalley.com.