Clydesdales Return to El Paseo Ahead of the Stagecoach Country Music Festival

PALM DESERT (CNS) – The world-famous Budweiser Clydesdales will return to Palm Desert today after a two-year hiatus due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The iconic draught horses make an appearance in the Coachella Valley every year ahead of the Stagecoach Country Music Festival hosted in Indio. The festival — headlined by Thomas Rhett, Carrie Underwood and Luke Combs — is also set to make a return after two years this weekend. It has been canceled the past two years due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Today, El Paseo Shopping District will welcome the Clydesdales as they unload and hitch at 1 p.m. behind the Daily Grill — a modern, casual chain that serves American food and has a full bar — in Palm Desert. The horses will then trot down EL Paseo at 2 p.m., making beer deliveries to the restaurants along the path. Anyone can get a sight of the event while having lunch at one of the various restaurant patios or standing by the route. A Dalmatian "coach dog" will accompany the eight-horse hitch and red Budweiser beer wagon to protect the horses and guard the beer. Copyright 2022, City News Service, Inc. CNS-04-27-2022 01:17