Coachella’s big weekend lineups
Coachella’s 25th edition starts April 10 with headliners Sabrina Carpenter (Fri), Justin Bieber (Sat) and Karol G (Sun), running two weekends: April 10–12 and April 17–19 — and fans can stream much of it live. Organizers also added Jack White as a surprise act, and outlets note Bieber’s slot marks his first major comeback performance in about four years. (artthreat.net) (indy100.com) (rock1053.iheart.com)
Coachella opens Friday, April 10, with a lineup built like a three-night relay: Sabrina Carpenter on Friday, Justin Bieber on Saturday, and Karol G on Sunday, then the whole festival repeats on April 17–19 at the Empire Polo Club in Indio, California. The part that changed at the last minute is Jack White, who was added days before Weekend 1 and is scheduled for a Saturday afternoon Mojave set, the kind of slot Coachella has used before for surprise bookings that spread by word of mouth across the grounds. If you are not in the desert, Coachella is again putting the festival on YouTube, with the official livestream starting at 4 p.m. Pacific Time on April 10 and running both weekends. This year’s stream is bigger than a single camera on the main field: Coachella says seven stages will be live, and YouTube says viewers can use multiview and, on some stages, watch in four-kilobyte video quality. The headliners tell you what Coachella wants its 25th edition to feel like: Sabrina Carpenter arrives after a fast pop ascent, Bieber brings the festival its biggest comeback angle, and Karol G gives the top line a Spanish-language superstar with stadium scale. Bieber is the most watched booking because this is being framed as his first major concert since he canceled the Justice world tour in 2022, which turns a normal Saturday headline set into a test of how fully he wants to return to the road. Karol G’s booking also breaks a barrier at the top of the poster: Rolling Stone notes she is the first Latina artist to headline Coachella, which is a big shift for a festival that spent years leaning heaviest on rock, electronic music, and English-language pop. The undercard is stacked with names that pull different generations into the same field, including The Strokes, The xx, Young Thug, Devo, David Byrne, Addison Rae, Teddy Swims, KATSEYE, and Laufey. That mix is why Coachella still works as a cultural event instead of just a concert bill: one fan can spend a day chasing legacy acts like Devo and David Byrne, while another can treat the same grounds like a live playlist of 2026 pop and internet-era stars. And because the festival repeats the same format on April 17–19, the first weekend now works like a live dress rehearsal for the internet: surprise guests, standout sets, and bad scheduling conflicts get discovered in real time, then drive even more attention into Weekend 2.
