Coachella: ticket and pass costs

Coachella’s late-market price spike is colliding with a rough start on the ground: second-weekend general-admission resale tickets were listed from about $2,200 as weekend one closed. (sportingnews.com) Sporting News said weekend two general-admission passes started around $2,200 on StubHub, while camping passes were listed at roughly $300 and shuttle passes at about $115. The same guide said official base prices had started far lower, with weekend two standard general admission from $750 and weekend one from $760. (sportingnews.com) On Coachella’s official passes page, 2026 general-admission, general-admission plus shuttle, and VIP passes were marked sold out, with buyers directed to a waitlist or official resale. The festival site also said there is “no difference in tiers other than price,” meaning early buyers paid less for the same access. (coachella.com, coachella.com) The festival runs across two three-day weekends in Indio, California, on April 10-12 and April 17-19, 2026. That split creates two separate ticket markets, and weekend two often becomes the fallback for fans shut out of weekend one. (coachella.com, sportingnews.com) This year’s lineup put Sabrina Carpenter, Justin Bieber, Karol G and Anyma at the top of the bill, which helped frame the resale rush around a handful of headline sets. Sporting News listed all four as 2026 headliners in its ticket guide published April 7. (sportingnews.com) Coverage over weekend one also focused on what promoters were spending onstage. Entertainment Tonight reported that Bieber was paid about $10 million for a YouTube-themed performance built around old clips and songs from earlier in his career. (youtube.com) At the same time, some attendees were dealing with problems that had nothing to do with the lineup. Parade reported that strong winds on April 10 tore through campsites, sent tents and canopies flying, and contributed to the cancellation of Anyma’s Friday-night set. (parade.com) The official camping page says onsite campers get showers, water refill stations, phone charging, medical services and supermarket shuttles, but those amenities became part of a broader test once weather disrupted the grounds. The result was a weekend in which premium resale prices and premium expectations met dust, delays and damaged campsites. (coachella.com, parade.com) Weekend two now looks like the cleaner measure of what fans will keep paying after the first round of headlines. The passes are still scarce, the official inventory is still sold out, and the conversation has shifted from who is playing to what the full trip actually costs. (coachella.com, sportingnews.com)