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Brokechella: Where Angelenos can get their music fest fix this weekend
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Apr 18, 2014
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Brokechella: Where Angelenos can get their music fest fix this weekend
If you can't make it out to Coachella this weekend, don't worry, there is still hope if you want to see a music festival. You can head to downtown LA for Brokechella.
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If you can't make it out to Coachella this weekend, don't worry, there is still hope if you want to see a music festival. You can head to downtown LA for Brokechella.

If you can't make it out to Coachella this weekend, don't worry, there is still hope if you want to see a music festival.

You can head to downtown LA for Brokechella. The one-day event started four years ago as an alternative to Coachella, and has been growing ever since.

RELATED: Brokechella announces 2014 lineup in new downtown LA location

Negin Singh, Executive Director of cARTel: Collaborative Arts LA is one of Brokechella's organizers. When we spoke yesterday, she began by explaining how Brokechella was born after an event she was throwing happened to land on Coachella weekend. 

The preview

Oh, and Puppychella is not a myth. Brokechella will be dog-friendly in designated areas from 3 to 7 p.m. Sign up your pup here. You in? Purchase tickets here.

To hear the full interview, click on the "listen now" icon in the upper left of this page.