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The festival won’t allow the use of [marijuana](http://time.com/5065703/california-recreational-marijuana-licenses/) on site, even though the destination’s home state of California just made the drug legal. “Sorry bro. Marijuana and marijuana products aren’t allowed inside \[the festival\]. Even in 2018 and beyond. If that changes, we’ll update this answer,” Coachella’s [Frequently Asked Questions](https://www.coachella.com/faq/) page read Monday. (E-cigs and vape pens are still fair game.) On New Year’s Day, California joined a [growing list states with legal marijuana](http://time.com/5083219/marijuana-pot-legalization-california-new-year/) but [that doesn’t mean Coachella will change its rules](https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/coachella-bans-marijuana-california-legalization-1073029). The festival spreads across private property at the Empire Polo Club, placing the festivities in the local jurisdiction in the host city of Indio. [The 2018 festival will be headlined](http://time.com/5085397/coachella-2018-lineup/) by Beyoncé, Eminem and The Weeknd and include heavy hitters like SZA, St. Vincent and HAIM. Coachella begins on April 13 and runs to April 22. ## Transcript [00:00] [ BLANK_AUDIO ] [00:04] We're entering into a world where we have very clear [00:07] rules about what we can and can't do. Cannabis in [00:10] California has really been marked by this quasi- legal [00:14] kind of uncertain environment. So when we operate in [00:16] different municipalities we have some rules here, some [00:19] rules there And it just makes it a little bit confusing as [00:23] to how do you legally conduct commercial cannabis? So [00:26] with the arrival with state regulations now we have very [00:29] prescriptive rules and guidelines. It's [00:35] always small vendors. They make all their edibles [00:40] at home themselves. But now they're regulating it [00:43] there's a lot of vendors we have that were really great [00:45] that we can't sell any more right. So that's kind of sad [00:48] for them, I hope they adapt to it and maybe come [00:52] back on the scene. We'll just have to wait and see. I [00:56] was telling my mom, we'll have people coming out of [00:57] the woodwork, you wouldn't have even expected to try [00:59] it. [ MUSIC ] Indica Dominic? Yeah It's something a little [00:59] [ UNKNOWN ] ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/5094185/coachella-marijuana-ban/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/5094185/coachella-marijuana-ban/"},"headline":"'Sorry Bro.' 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