Festival Imperial Imperial 2012. The two new bands added to Festival Imperial are Cage the Elephant and Bonobo (DJ Set), plus on the electronic stage DJ Shadow and Madeon were added as the last inclusions of Festival Imperial lineup. On March 10, 2012, the last two national bands, Dissént and Alphabetics, were selected to be part of Festival Imperial 2012. Festival Imperial Festival Imperial is a major Costa Rican music festival organized by Cerveceria Costa Rica and their flagship beer: Imperial. The first festival took place in April 2006 and brought world-known performers such as Sting, Jamiroquai, Diego Torres, and The Rasmus.
Imperial Valley in 2012 Synthetic Genomics bought an 81 acre site in the Imperial Valley to produce algae fuel with their engineered algae strains, as well as other algae products such as food. The Imperial and Mexicali Valleys share a common international bond of both American and Hispanic cultures. On the U.S. side, the majority of residents are of Mexican-American or Latino heritage, while the Mexican side has been greatly influenced by American culture by the U.S. for many decades. The entire valley has multi-racial representation of Africans, Europeans, east and south Asians, and Native Americans. As of the census of 2000,