Veganchella shows plant‑based variety
Veganchella 2026 is serving a wide array of plant-based options — vegan sushi, nachos, bao, deli sandwiches and desserts from Southern California vendors were highlighted in coverage. The pop-up offerings are running alongside mainstream festival food options (dailynews.com).
Coachella’s 2026 food lineup is giving vegan dishes a bigger footprint, with plant-based sushi, bao, sandwiches, nachos and desserts on sale during both festival weekends. (dailynews.com) (coachella.com) The festival is running April 10-12 and April 17-19 at the Empire Polo Club in Indio, and Coachella’s official food pages say vegan options are marked across its restaurant program. (coachella.com 1) (coachella.com 2) The Daily News highlighted Southern California vendors including GoKoku for vegan sushi, Maciel’s Plant-Based Butcher for deli-style sandwiches and charcuterie, Maneatingplant for bao and noodles, and dessert options on the grounds. (dailynews.com) (vegnews.com) Cena Vegan, a Lincoln Heights plant-based vendor, is back at Coachella for its sixth year, according to LAist, which called it a plant-based staple at the festival. (laist.com) VegNews reported that more than a dozen vegan-friendly vendors were scheduled across Coachella’s food areas this year, a wider spread than a single niche pop-up zone. Coachella’s official site says the broader food program mixes chef-driven concepts, street food and dessert stands for all attendees. (vegnews.com) (coachella.com) That matters at a festival this large. LAist reported that as many as 100,000 people were expected at Coachella this weekend, while other 2026 coverage put daily attendance expectations as high as 125,000. (laist.com) (hollywoodreporter.com) The plant-based lineup is also local. The Daily News said the featured vegan dishes came from Southern California vendors, and LAist separately noted that at least four Eastside Los Angeles food spots were heading to the desert this year. (dailynews.com) (laist.com) Not every familiar vegan name returned. NewsBreak’s pickup of the Daily News report said Monty’s Good Burger was absent from Coachella 2026 after offering a burger-fries-tots-lemonade bundle in prior years. (newsbreak.com) Even with that change, the 2026 menu shows vegan food at Coachella looking less like a workaround and more like a full category, sold beside the festival’s mainstream burgers, tacos, omakase and cocktails. (desertsun.com) (coachella.com)
