Karol G closes Weekend 1

Karol G closed Coachella’s first weekend on Sunday night, becoming the first Latina woman to headline the festival. (latimes.com) She performed on April 12 at the Empire Polo Club in Indio, California, in the last Coachella Stage slot of Weekend 1. Coachella’s 2026 lineup announcement had placed her alongside Sabrina Carpenter and Justin Bieber as this year’s three headliners. (coachellavalley.com) Published set times for Sunday had Karol G scheduled for 9:55 p.m. on the Coachella Stage, ahead of the festival’s second weekend on April 17 through April 19. Fans who were not in Indio could watch through Coachella’s YouTube livestream. (hypebeast.com, yahoo.com) Several outlets treated the set as one of the key performances of the weekend, with the Los Angeles Times calling it historic and the Southern California News Group papers describing it as the performance that ended Weekend 1. Billboard said she became the first Latin woman to headline Coachella in the festival’s 27-year history. (latimes.com, dailynews.com, billboard.com) Reviews described a set built around Latin pop, reggaeton and guest appearances. Variety reported appearances by Becky G, Wisin and Arturo Sandoval, while Rolling Stone said the show mixed high-energy staging with a more socially conscious tone. (variety.com, rollingstone.com) USA Today’s festival coverage published a full song list that included “TQG,” “Amargura,” “Tusa” and “Provenza.” Setlist.fm, a fan-edited database, also logged songs including “MAMIII” with Becky G and a Wisin segment built around “Pam pam / Saoco,” “Mayor Que Yo” and “Rakata.” (golfweek.usatoday.com, setlist.fm) The performance landed at a moment when Coachella has leaned harder into globally dominant Spanish-language and Latin acts after years of criticism that the festival’s top lines did not match the music’s commercial reach. Karol G arrived with arena-level momentum after becoming one of the biggest touring and streaming artists in Latin music. (rollingstone.com, billboard.com) Weekend 1 now resets into Coachella’s usual repeat cycle, with the same festival returning to Indio for Weekend 2 starting Thursday, April 17. Karol G is set to take the same headlining slot again next Sunday, April 19. (coachellavalley.com, setlist.fm)