Weekend 2 livestream announced

Coachella has posted its Weekend 2 livestream plan, with seven stages streaming on YouTube starting Friday, April 17, at 4 p.m. Pacific. (coachella.com) The festival runs April 17 through April 19 in Indio, California, and the official livestream page says viewers can watch across mobile, desktop, and television through Coachella’s YouTube channel. (coachella.com) Weekend 2 keeps the seven-stage format from the first weekend, but the Yuma tent replaces Sonora on the stream schedule. BrooklynVegan’s rundown lists Friday acts including Sabrina Carpenter, The xx, Turnstile, Disclosure, Sexyy Red, Ethel Cain, Blood Orange, and DEVO. (brooklynvegan.com) Saturday’s stream lineup includes The Strokes, David Byrne, Kacey Musgraves, PinkPantheress, Alex G, Blondshell, and Addison Rae. Sunday’s schedule includes Clipse, Iggy Pop, FKA twigs, Wet Leg, Little Simz, Young Thug, The Rapture, and Laufey. (brooklynvegan.com) Coachella’s livestream page says the 2026 setup adds a dedicated app with a replay schedule synced to each viewer’s time zone, personalized reminders, and on-demand highlights after sets air. The page also says viewers can shop artist and festival merchandise directly from the stream. (coachella.com) YouTube’s multiview feature is back for 2026, letting television viewers watch up to four live stage feeds at once and switch audio between them. Coachella also says “Watch With” creator commentary streams will return on participating creators’ channels. (coachella.com) A vertical livestream for YouTube Shorts is also part of the package, with Coachella saying it will use exclusive camera angles shot on Google Pixel devices. Beatportal reported that Quasar will stream in both vertical and horizontal formats. (coachella.com) (beatportal.com) Beatportal also reported that the Coachella Stage, Outdoor Theatre, and Sahara feeds are again available in 4K, matching the first weekend. Its report said Coachella TV will run as a nonstop companion stream with archive performances, documentaries, interviews, and backstage footage tied to the festival’s 25th anniversary. (beatportal.com) The official playlist for “Coachella 2026 - LIVE only on YouTube” shows separate live links for Main Stage, Outdoor Theatre, Sahara, Mojave, Gobi, Yuma, and Quasar, all scheduled to begin Friday at 4 p.m. Pacific. For anyone not heading to the Empire Polo Club, the second weekend is set up to run from the same start time online. (youtube.com)