We use cookies. We use cookies, including analytics, to improve your experience.
Acme House Company is a DBA of Acme CA, Inc., operating as Casago Coachella Valley. California DRE #02420145. Michael E. Flannery, Designated Broker.
Coachella Valley · Indio
The destination calls Indio the City of Festivals and says it draws more than a million people a year to events including the Coachella Valley Music & Arts Festival and Stagecoach at the Empire Polo Grounds. Unlike two of its neighbours, the City runs an open short-term rental permit program.
Existing owner? Access your Owner Portal
The guest
Festivals
The destination page describes Indio attracting more than 1 million people each year for events including the Coachella Valley Music & Arts Festival and Stagecoach Country Music Festival at the Empire Polo Grounds, both listed in April.
Downtown
The destination describes downtown Indio adding dining and retail, a new City amphitheatre called Center Stage, the Little Street Music Hall, and murals including Happy Alley on Miles Avenue.
Year-round draws
The Riverside County Fairgrounds host the Riverside County Fair and Date Festival; the Coachella Valley History Museum is described as home to the world’s only date museum; Fantasy Springs Resort Casino runs a touring-act calendar.
Operating here
Business licence and STR permit are issued as one document and renew together. The City page states that from February 15, 2022 the fee to obtain and annually renew the permit is $1,633.00, in addition to the business licence fee and tax. The current ordinance was adopted at the December 1, 2021 Council meeting.
Festival weekends are when occupancy, parking and noise conditions get scrutinised hardest, and they are also when guests push hardest against them. The City page describes no separate festival-period permit. Ask, in writing, before you advertise an April weekend.
The page links an indemnification agreement, a Good Neighbor Brochure, a short-term rental information form and an acknowledgement form, plus a map of registered rentals and a complaint hotline. Work through them before listing rather than after a complaint.
And the association question applies here as everywhere in this valley: a recorded CC&R or community rule can prohibit the use regardless of the City permit.
Only with an active permit, and only on terms you have confirmed. The City's page, checked 2026-09-20, describes the general short-term rental permit requirement and links the ordinance adopted at the December 1, 2021 Council meeting, but it does not describe a separate festival-period permit or a different rule for event weekends. Ask the City directly how those weekends are treated at your address, and expect occupancy, parking and noise conditions to be enforced hardest then.
The City page states that starting February 15, 2022 the fee to obtain a permit and renew it annually is $1,633.00, in addition to the business licence fee and tax. That figure was read on the City page on 2026-09-20; confirm it with the City before budgeting, since fees change.
No. The destination describes a downtown adding dining, retail and two new music venues, the Riverside County Fairgrounds hosting the County Fair and Date Festival, the Coachella Valley History Museum and Fantasy Springs Resort Casino with a regular touring lineup. April is the peak of a wider calendar, not the whole of it.
Next step
Continue to the Owner Portal for a property-specific conversation. Prospective owners choose I’m considering the program. Existing owners sign in as an owner. Nothing about your home is sent from this page.
