They strolled sun-dried lawns, carrying little more than mixed drinks and Tommy Bahama beach chairs.

Instead of glow sticks, they donned timeworn British band tees. Unlike the youthful Coachella and Stagecoach crowds who annually trek to Southern California's Empire Polo Club, most attending the first-ever Desert Trip relished in the moment rather than documenting it on social media.

It was meant for the baby boomer generation, after all. The three-night festival featured legendary rock bands with a median age of 72, along with tens of thousands of attendees who could relate.

"Tonight we're not going to do any age jokes or anything like that," Rolling Stones lead singer Mick Jagger said early in the band's headlining set Friday night. "But welcome to the Palm Springs: retirement home for gentile English musicians."

The festival's unofficial nickname - "Oldchella" - was warranted. So was hype surrounding six unparalleled entertainers.

"All of the bands you're going to see this weekend have all been playing music for you fifty years or more," Jagger told the crowd of about 75,000. "We think it's pretty amazing that you still come on out to see us."

From Bob Dylan to Roger Waters

Bob Dylan - wearing his signature baron hat - began the weekend with "Rainy Day Woman #12 & 35" - the lead track off 1966's Blonde on Blonde - followed by an up-tempo version of "Don't Think Twice, It's Alright."

Never through The Rolling Stones' closing set did they act their age. Jagger strutted through the 2-hour-plus, shimming through hits like "Start Me Up," Sympathy for the Devil," and the band's cover of The Beatles' "Come Together."

Neil Young may have delivered the weekend's most powerful hours. Before teaming up with Paul McCartney later in the night for "A Day in the Life' and a duet of John Lennon's "Give Peace a Chance," Young urged listeners to heed Mother Earth's environmental warnings and "her giving ways/ or trade away our children's days."

McCartney mixed Beatles favorites with some of his solo efforts. Somber commemorations of Lennon, George Harrison, and his late wife Linda McCartney were not lost on the audience.

The Who's Pete Townsend can't scissor-kick anymore, but he can still windmill with the vigor of a 20-year-old. He sprinkled his signature riff throughout, in generation-defining hits "Baba O'Riley" and "Won't Get Fooled Again." At one point, Townsend acknowledged late bandmates Keith Moon and John Entwistle, the latter who was found in a Las Vegas hotel in 2002.

"Have a line for me, John," Townsend quipped.

Roger Waters closed out the festivities with a collection of Pink Floyd hits, a poem written after President George W. Bush's re-election, and imagery scolding current presidential nominee Donald Trump.

Waters attacked Trump by floating the band's iconic inflatable pig during "Pigs (Three Different Ones)." Among the statements emblazoned on the pig was one that read "Arrogant Lying Racist Sexist."

Inside Desert Trip

Aside from the beer gardens and avante garde food vendors, Desert Trip organizers ensured attendees would make the most of their afternoons.

The camping center includes the Field of Dreams, a recreation area holding ping pong, cornhole, and foosball tournaments. DJs played late-night sets in a nearby Disco Dome. And anyone with a camping wristband was encouraged to join early-morning Pilates and yoga classes.

A pop-up record store stationed near the front entrance featured affordable vinyl and cassette tapes. And The Desert Trip Photography Experience exhibited over 200 rarely-seen photos of the artists taken in the 60s and 70s.

For anyone attending the festival's second weekend, the massive indoor tent will serve as temporary relief from the Coachella Valley heat.