Guess what? It’s my favorite time of year. Ever since moving to Washington, DC–the nation’s capital, btw–I have relished the spring. Not for the 2 weeks of nice weather before the humidity kicks in, but for the funnest, trendiest, most badass festival in America: The Cherry Blossom Festival. 

It truly is our Coachella. That’s why I’ve compiled a comparison to prove beyond a shadow of a doubt why our festival is actually superior to that little gathering–which is in the middle of a desert, btw–that you can’t even get passes for at this point.

What Coachella has:

• Flower crowns

What Cherry Blossom has:

• Flowering trees

What Coachella has: 

• Concerts in 8 stages and tents across 642 acres

What Cherry Blossom has:

• Daily free family friendly concerts at the Tidal Basin AND at the KenCen Millennium stage

What Coachella has:

• Today’s biggest names in music like Ye, Harry Styles, Billie Eilish, Doja Cat 

What Cherry Blossom has:

• A Cherry Blossom Celebration Show with LeAnn Rimes, Amy Grant, Kristi Yamaguchi, and Drew Barrymore

What Coachella has:

• Hot weather, blazing sun, and no chance of rain

What Cherry Blossom has:

• Clear skies, rain, snow, hailstorm, tornado, derecho–all of the above are possible during spring in DC–even on the same day!

What Coachella has:

• Hundreds of sculptures, immersive art, and design installations

What Cherry Blossom has:

• Artechouse Pixelbloom! It’s pretty cool?

What Coachella has:

• Celebrities drinking, doing drugs, causing drama, and hooking up

What Cherry Blossom has:

• Celebrations of the arts and culture of both DC and Japan. And a kite festival! Some of the kites are really cool!