Amanda Jones, right, Beth Curley, center, and Marcela Mercado, all 21 and from Santa Clara, Calif..  PHOTOGRAPH BY: Brian van der Brug / Los Angeles Times  Joel Mark of Brentwood and his wife, Ann, have only missed one Coachella, bring daughters Sophie, right, and Snowden to their first.  PHOTOGRAPH BY: Brian van der Brug / Los Angeles Times  Alex Shenton, 23, of Calgary, attends his first Coachella.  PHOTOGRAPH BY: Brian van der Brug / Los Angeles Times  Hotshot, a robot, attends his sixth Coachella in 2011.  PHOTOGRAPH BY: Brian van der Brug / Los Angeles Times  Emily Alford, right, and friend Callie Ryan, both 18, of Los Angeles, do the yoga pose, downward dog.  PHOTOGRAPH BY: Brian van der Brug / Los Angeles Times  James Mote, 35, of Temecula, and his rainbow boa of indeterminate age, attends his second Coachella.  PHOTOGRAPH BY: Brian van der Brug / Los Angeles Times  Nicholas Henderson, 22, of Irvive, at his second Coachella Valley Music & Arts Festival.  PHOTOGRAPH BY: Brian van der Brug / Los Angeles Times  Security guard Ozzy Rodriguez at his post.  PHOTOGRAPH BY: Brian van der Brug / Los Angeles Times  Mike Lewis, 27, left, Chuck Blu, 24, center, and Briana Rios, 24, ham it up the festival.  PHOTOGRAPH BY: Brian van der Brug / Los Angeles Times  Matt Jaehn, 19, of South Lake Tahoe, strikes a pose.  PHOTOGRAPH BY: Brian van der Brug / Los Angeles Times  A unidentified man jumps into the frame in a desperate try to get into the "Faces of Coachella" photo gallery. Ethan Castilla and Greg Watts are partially eclipsed.  PHOTOGRAPH BY: Brian van der Brug / Los Angeles Times  Ethan Castilla, 20, left, and Greg Watts, 20, both of Temecula, have attended three Coachella festivals.  PHOTOGRAPH BY: Brian van der Brug / Los Angeles Times  Bill Locey, a writer from Ventura, watches Trampled by Turtles perform on the main stage  PHOTOGRAPH BY: Brian van der Brug / Los Angeles Times  Alec Viveros, 20, of La Quinta, right, and Elizabeth Shadazian, 19, of Laguna Beach, proclaim themselves the "Booty Patrol."  PHOTOGRAPH BY: Brian van der Brug / Los Angeles Times  Flower children Taylor Steury, 21, Sarah Sullivan, 21, Sara Long, 21, Brad Kuntz, 21, and Daniella Dolene, 20, from right. The five went to school together at the Fashion Institute of Design and Merchandising.  PHOTOGRAPH BY: Brian van der Brug / Los Angeles Times  Jake Burnett, 26, of Chicago, right, and Ashley Tveten, 25, of St. Louis.  PHOTOGRAPH BY: Brian van der Brug / Los Angeles Times  Giants fan and bartender Chris McNeal, 23, of San Francisco.  PHOTOGRAPH BY: Brian van der Brug / Los Angeles Times  Las Vegas residents Alysia Meinring, 23, right, is a bumble bee, and Tyler Winkler, 24, is a mean lady bug. Meinring designs and markets her handmade costumes.  PHOTOGRAPH BY: Brian van der Brug / Los Angeles Times  Christina Silva with her 2-year-old son Thiago.  PHOTOGRAPH BY: Brian van der Brug / Los Angeles Times  Addisyn Emery, 20, of Ventura keeps the UV rays at bay with a bright umbrella.  PHOTOGRAPH BY: Brian van der Brug / Los Angeles Times  Lisa Leopard, 23, Lindsey Smith, 24, Kyle Conrad, 27, and Sarah Huesgen, 23.  PHOTOGRAPH BY: Brian van der Brug / Los Angeles Times  22-year-old Phoenix denizens Campbell McGee, right, and Nico Samaras.  PHOTOGRAPH BY: Brian van der Brug / Los Angeles Times  Al Fajardo, left, Big Shillz, Jeremy Copeland, Annise Scott and Lindsey Harness, all from Scottsdale, Ariz., at the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival in Indio on Friday.  PHOTOGRAPH BY: Brian van der Brug / Los Angeles Times  Abba Courtney, right and Obi Ramirez of Reno.  PHOTOGRAPH BY: Brian van der Brug / Los Angeles Times  Michael Pourtemour of Lakewood is attending his fourth Coachella festival.  PHOTOGRAPH BY: Brian van der Brug / Los Angeles Times  Alex Thaboua, 20, of San Diego gets an unconventional view of the festival.  PHOTOGRAPH BY: Brian van der Brug / Los Angeles Times  Dan Lovecraft, 26, of San Diego, left, and friend Bryan Saul, 25, of Lenoir, N.C.  PHOTOGRAPH BY: Brian van der Brug / Los Angeles Times  Richard Astin of Montclair, left, and Nathan Louis, 32, of Silver Lake flip their lids.  PHOTOGRAPH BY: Brian van der Brug / Los Angeles Times  These Coachella attendees concluded it was their patriotic duty to show up.  PHOTOGRAPH BY: Brian van der Brug / Los Angeles Times  Temecula residents Sawyer Hollenbach, 10, left, and her mother, Patsy McIntosh, jump for joy.  PHOTOGRAPH BY: Brian van der Brug / Los Angeles Times  Coachella veterans Gary Enriquez, left, Victoria Vasquez, Davis Dong and Javier Avadano.  PHOTOGRAPH BY: Brian van der Brug / Los Angeles Times
Tens of thousands of music lovers descended on the Coachella Valley Music &amp; Arts Festival this weekend, and Los Angeles Times photographer Brian van der Brug roamed the vast fields of the Empire Polo Club searching for the most interesting characters for our annual "Faces of Coachella"...