Coachella headliners named

Coachella’s 25th-anniversary weekend put three pop stars at the top of the bill: Sabrina Carpenter, Justin Bieber and Karol G. (coachella.com, billboard.com) The festival’s first weekend is running April 10 to 12, with a second weekend set for April 17 to 19 at the Empire Polo Club in Indio, California. Coachella’s official site says both weekends are also streaming live on YouTube. (coachella.com, coachella.com) Sabrina Carpenter opened the headliner run on Friday, April 10, and the Los Angeles Times reported from the field that she led Day 1 of the anniversary edition. Justin Bieber followed as the Saturday headliner, with Karol G closing Sunday night. (latimes.com, yahoo.com, usatoday.com) Karol G’s booking stands out in Coachella’s history because multiple outlets identified her as the festival’s first Latina headliner. USA Today tied that moment to reggaeton’s growth in the Coachella Valley and far beyond it. (usatoday.com, timeout.com) The anniversary framing matters because 2026 marks 25 years of Coachella as a California festival brand, and the lineup mixes newer chart stars with legacy acts including Devo, The Strokes, David Byrne, Jack White and Iggy Pop. The official lineup page also lists groups such as The XX, Disclosure, BIGBANG and KATSEYE across the two weekends. (latimes.com, coachella.com, billboard.com) This year’s festival is also built for viewers who are not in the desert. Coachella says seven stages are streaming live on YouTube, with multiview on televisions, creator commentary streams and on-demand highlights in the festival app. (coachella.com, abcnews.com) Weekend 1 has already been shaped by festival conditions as well as performances. The Los Angeles Times reported high winds forced Anyma to cancel on Friday, and local and national coverage described dust and weather disruptions around the grounds and campgrounds. (latimes.com, msn.com) For Coachella, the headliner trio sums up where the festival is in 2026: a 25-year-old Indio event still leaning on global pop scale, livestream reach and history-making bookings to define its biggest weekend. (coachella.com, usatoday.com)