Sabrina crowned Coachella Day 1
Sabrina Carpenter headlined Coachella’s opening night and dominated Friday’s billing while P‑pop group Bini made a historical appearance on Day 1. ( ). The festival also had weather disruptions—DJ Anyma’s set was canceled due to strong winds—and Joe Jonas made a guest appearance during Day 1. ( ).
Sabrina Carpenter closed Coachella’s opening night on Friday, April 10, with the festival’s top billing and a main-stage set built around old-Hollywood spectacle. (latimes.com) Coachella’s 2026 festival runs April 10-12 and April 17-19 in Indio, California, and organizers billed this year as the event’s 25th anniversary edition. Carpenter was listed among the 2026 headliners on the official festival site. (coachella.com, coachella.com) The Los Angeles Times’ Day 1 coverage said Carpenter’s set included celebrity cameos, including Susan Sarandon, while NBC’s “Today” reported that Will Ferrell appeared during the performance in a comic bit. (latimes.com, today.com) Day 1 also gave Coachella one of its clearest international moments: Bini performed after arriving with advance billing as the first Filipino girl group to play the festival. Billboard previewed the set as a milestone for Filipino artists, and post-show coverage described it as a historic debut. (billboard.com, billboard.com) That mix of a United States pop headliner and a first-time Filipino act fit the shape of Coachella in 2026: a legacy festival still leaning on global pop, livestream scale, and headline-ready moments. The official livestream page said seven stages were streamed live this weekend, and YouTube said three of them were available in 4K. (coachella.com, blog.google) The night did not run cleanly from start to finish. Coachella canceled Anyma’s scheduled midnight main-stage set after Carpenter because strong winds affected the stage build, according to festival messaging reported by USA Today and other outlets. (usatoday.com, variety.com) Anyma had been advertised before the festival as debuting a new audiovisual concept called “Aeden” on April 10, making the cancellation one of the biggest schedule disruptions of the first day. Beatportal listed the set as part of the weekend’s marquee electronic bookings before the weather forced it off the board. (beatportal.com) Joe Jonas also surfaced as part of Friday’s guest traffic, adding to a Day 1 pattern in which side appearances drew nearly as much attention as billed sets. Southern California News Group’s roundup of what fans missed on Weekend 1, Day 1 included Jonas among the notable cameos. (dailynews.com) By early Saturday, the opening-night picture was set: Carpenter owned the main stage, Bini logged a first for Filipino pop, and the desert wind still managed to rewrite the schedule. Weekend 1 continues through Sunday, April 12, before Coachella returns for Weekend 2 on April 17-19. (latimes.com, coachella.com)
