Radiohead Bunker Dancing
Festivalgoers were filmed dancing on the bunker housing Radiohead’s immersive experience, showing Coachella’s mix of installations and music. (latimes.com). Live updates repeatedly referenced the bunker as an on-site attraction that drew crowds between sets. (latimes.com)
Festivalgoers at Coachella spent part of Sunday dancing on top of the grass-covered bunker that houses Radiohead’s new “Kid A Mnesia” installation. The bunker is a new 2026 structure at the Empire Polo Club, and Coachella listed Radiohead’s “Motion Picture House: Kid A Mnesia” as an on-site activity alongside food, camping and brand activations. The festival’s official dates are April 10-12 and April 17-19, 2026. Radiohead is not on the performance lineup, but the band used the space to premiere an audiovisual installation tied to its 2000 album “Kid A” and 2001 album “Amnesiac,” both now 25 years old. The project opened at Coachella on April 10. The physical installation grew out of “Kid A Mnesia Exhibition,” a 2021 digital release for personal computers, Mac and PlayStation 5. Thom Yorke and Stanley Donwood’s artwork, plus multitrack audio from the albums, were rebuilt into a walk-through version for the desert. Coachella has spent years adding attractions between sets, and its art page says the festival commissions large-scale works that function as landmarks and public space as much as sculpture. The bunker fit that pattern by becoming both a screening room below ground and a hangout above it. Radiohead’s version is large by festival standards: Consequence reported a 17,000-square-foot underground structure with 38-foot ceilings and a custom six-point surround-sound system. Access at Coachella was included with a festival wristband. The installation is also set to continue after Coachella in Brooklyn, Chicago, Mexico City and San Francisco, with two-hour timed blocks that include a 75-minute film and gallery access. Pre-registration for the traveling run stayed open through April 12, with presale access scheduled for April 22 and public sales on April 24. By Sunday, the bunker had become part of the festival’s own choreography: a place to queue, climb, film and dance while the music kept moving across the grounds. The scene captured how Coachella’s side attractions now compete for attention with the sets themselves.
