Kacey Musgraves named surprise return
Kacey Musgraves will appear as a surprise performer at Coachella Weekend 2, marking her first performance at the festival in seven years, according to TheWrap’s announcement of the late addition (thewrap.com). The listing frames her as a notable festival comeback after a multi‑year absence from the Coachella bill (thewrap.com).
Kacey Musgraves has been added to Coachella’s second weekend as a surprise Saturday performer, returning to the festival for the first time since 2019. (thewrap.com) Festival organizers slotted Musgraves into the Mojave Tent on Saturday, April 18, from 3 p.m. to 3:50 p.m. on the newly released Weekend 2 schedule. (variety.com) Coachella’s 2026 dates are April 10-12 and April 17-19 in Indio, California, and the official festival site is promoting a Weekend 2 livestream across seven stages on YouTube. (coachella.com 1) (coachella.com 2) Musgraves’ return gives Coachella a late lineup change after Weekend 1 used the same Saturday afternoon slot for Jack White. (thewrap.com) (rollingstone.com) Her last Coachella appearance came on the 2019 lineup, when she was booked for the festival’s Friday bill alongside Childish Gambino, Janelle Monáe and Anderson.Paak. (jambase.com) (thewrap.com) Weekend 2 set times also came with other adjustments. The Desert Sun reported that no replacement had been named for Not for Radio, and KESQ reported that some artists’ start times shifted from Weekend 1. (desertsun.com) (kesq.com) Musgraves also hinted at the booking before the schedule landed. NME reported that she teased the set on social media earlier Tuesday. (nme.com) The result is a country star back in the desert, on a fixed afternoon set time, in one of Coachella’s most-watched weekend-to-weekend lineup swaps. (variety.com) (thewrap.com)
