How One Sushi Dinner At Coachella Cost An Influencer $1,000

Coachella is an annual music festival held in the California desert. It’s notable for attracting top talent on the stage and influencers and celebrities in the audience. This year’s festival began on April 11 and one influencer’s recap included a receipt showing a $945 tab for a sushi dinner for two. How did it happen?

The answer is that music festivals in general and Coachella in particular are notorious for charging guests ridiculously high prices for food and beverages. The cost of...