Coachella Day 3 Mix
Sunday at Coachella closed Weekend 1 with Karol G in a headline slot described as “making history,” while K-pop group BIGBANG returned to the bill, together giving Day 3 a strongly global tilt. (latimes.com) Photo and local coverage also list Iggy Pop performing in the Mojave tent plus sets from FKA twigs, Clipse and Suicidal Tendencies, underlining how the night leaned into cross-genre programming. ( )
Coachella closed its first 2026 weekend on Sunday, April 12, with Karol G on the main stage and BIGBANG on the Outdoor Theatre, splitting the night between two global draws. (latimes.com; coachellavalley.com) Karol G was scheduled for 9:55 p.m. Pacific time on the main stage, while BIGBANG was set for 10:30 p.m. on the Outdoor Theatre, giving Sunday two marquee sets in Spanish-language pop and Korean pop on opposite ends of the grounds. (justjared.com; consequence.net) The rest of the evening pushed the same mix across tents and stages: Clipse at 5:15 p.m. on the Outdoor Theatre, Iggy Pop at 7:10 p.m. in Mojave, and FKA twigs at 8:45 p.m. in Mojave. Suicidal Tendencies also played Mojave at 5:35 p.m., putting rap, punk, art-pop and legacy rock on the same Sunday schedule. (justjared.com; consequence.net; pressenterprise.com) That lineup landed on the final day of Weekend 1 at the Empire Polo Club in Indio, where Coachella’s 2026 run was scheduled for April 10 to 12 and April 17 to 19. Goldenvoice’s official lineup announcement had already signaled the broader shape of the year by placing Karol G and BIGBANG among the festival’s top-billed acts. (coachellavalley.com) The Sunday bill also showed how Coachella now spreads headliner-level attention across multiple stages instead of funneling the entire night to one field. Fans watching from home saw the same design, with YouTube carrying separate feeds for the main stage, Outdoor Theatre, Mojave and other stages. (coachellavalley.com; consequence.net) Karol G’s set carried extra weight because the Los Angeles Times described it as a history-making headline appearance. Time Out Los Angeles also framed her booking as the festival’s first Latina headliner when previewing the April 12 performance. (latimes.com; timeout.com) BIGBANG’s placement added another return narrative. Coachella’s official 2026 announcement listed the group as one of the festival’s major names, and Sunday’s schedule put the trio in one of the night’s last slots rather than earlier in the day. (coachellavalley.com; consequence.net) Other Sunday bookings filled in the edges of that programming strategy: Young Thug at 7:50 p.m. on the main stage, Laufey at 8:40 p.m. on the Outdoor Theatre, Kaskade at 10:45 p.m. in Sahara and Fatboy Slim at 8 p.m. in Quasar. The result was a closing night built around overlap, not sequence. (justjared.com; consequence.net) Weekend 2 runs April 17 to 19, with the same top-line structure returning to Indio after a Sunday that treated Coachella’s finale less like a single ending than a simultaneous set of them. (coachellavalley.com)
