The summer festival season is winding down in the United States, but some of the nation's top destination events have already announced event dates for 2011.

The Empire Polo Club in Indio, CA, will once again host its annual duo of events. Fans can celebrate a dozen years of the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival over the April 15-17 weekend, while the Stagecoach Country Music Festival marks its fifth year later on April 30-May 1.

There are many items available for purchase on a layaway plan but concert tickets? In what may be a concert industry first, promoters Goldenvoice, The Messina Group and Moore Entertainment Group are offering a layaway plan for the third annual Stagecoach Festival in Indio, CA on April 25-26, 2009.

The layaway options for tickets and camping are available to festival goers only online, and single day tickets and parking lot tickets are not available for layaway plans. There are two layaway plans available: the first requires 50 percent down plus Ticketmaster fees with the remaining 50 percent automatically deducted from your card on April 19, 2009; the second plan requires 10 percent down plus Ticketmaster fees, with the remaining total automatically deducted in equal payments on the 9th of each month moving forward and the final payment deducted on April 19, 2009.

The 2009 editions of Coachella Valley Music & Arts Festival and Stagecoach: California’s Country Music Festival have been confirmed for April 17-19 and April 25-26, respectively. Both events will again take place at the Empire Polo Field in Indio, CA, the same grounds where Coachella debuted in 1999. Stagecoach is reverting back to its original two-day format, and both festivals are a week earlier than last year.

Coachella 2008 was staged April 25-27 and featured more than 100 artists, including Prince, Roger Waters, Kraftwerk, My Morning Jacket, Death Cab for Cutie, Serj Tankian, Fatboy Slim, Tegan and Sara. The multi-stage festival features a cross-section of music genres, including alternative, rock, electronic and hip hop.