Karol G headlines history

Karol G closed Coachella’s first weekend on Sunday night, becoming the first Latina artist to headline the festival’s main stage. (usatoday.com) Her set was scheduled to start at 9:55 p.m. Pacific time on April 12, the final night of Weekend 1 at the Empire Polo Club in Indio, California. Coachella’s 2026 festival runs across April 10-12 and April 17-19. (usatoday.com; coachella.com) Coachella’s official lineup listed Karol G as one of the 2026 headliners, placing the Colombian singer at the top tier of a bill that also included other global pop and dance acts. The festival posted the 2026 dates and lineup on its official site ahead of Weekend 1. (coachella.com) The milestone lands at one of the United States’ most visible music festivals, where a headlining slot signals who organizers see as the biggest draw of the night. Coachella’s main-stage closer also gets the festival’s broadest in-person crowd and one of its largest livestream audiences. (coachella.com; latimes.com) Karol G had been on that stage before, but not in the top slot. She made her Coachella debut on April 17, 2022, when she performed on the Coachella Stage and brought out Becky G during her set. (hola.com; setlist.fm) That 2022 performance leaned heavily into Latin pop history. HOLA reported that Karol G used the set to honor Selena Quintanilla, Celia Cruz, Ricky Martin, Daddy Yankee, Shakira and other artists whose songs, she said, had opened doors for her. (hola.com) Reuters, via AOL, reported that Karol G approached the 2026 set as a chance to do “something special” and framed the performance around Latin music’s reach beyond Spanish-speaking audiences. The Los Angeles Times described the Sunday booking as the history-making close of Day 3. (aol.com; latimes.com) Weekend 2 begins April 17, when Coachella repeats the same three-day format in Indio. Karol G’s Sunday-night slot now stands as the festival’s first main-stage headline set by a Latina artist. (coachella.com; coachella.com)