Coachella Headliners + Surprise
Coachella kicks off April 10–12 and April 17–19 with Sabrina Carpenter on Friday, Justin Bieber on Saturday (billed as his first major comeback in four years), and Karol G on Sunday — a very pop-forward top line. ( ). Late-breaking: Jack White was added as a surprise Saturday act at the Mojave Tent, and Coachella’s official livestream will cover all seven stages — with the Coachella Stage, Outdoor Theatre and Sahara streamed in 4K. ( ).
Coachella starts Friday, April 10, with a lineup that leans hard into 2026 pop: Sabrina Carpenter headlines Friday, Justin Bieber headlines Saturday, and Karol G closes Sunday, with the same three-night structure returning on April 17 to 19 for Weekend 2. (coachella.com) The late twist landed after set times dropped: Jack White was added for a Saturday Mojave Tent set at 3:00 p.m. Pacific Time during Weekend 1, in the same afternoon slot Coachella has used for surprise bookings in past years. (consequence.net) That means the festival’s top line is built around three first-time Coachella headliners, but one of the weekend’s biggest talking points may be a 45-minute rock set tucked into the middle of the day. (rollingstone.com, consequence.net) Bieber’s booking comes with extra attention because it is being framed as his first major concert comeback in four years after he canceled the rest of his Justice World Tour in 2022. (indy100.com) Karol G’s spot carries a different kind of first: Rolling Stone reports she is the first Latina artist to receive top billing at Coachella. (rollingstone.com) The schedule now gives the weekend a split personality: arena-scale pop at the top of each night, then a last-minute Jack White detour on Saturday that looks designed for people who still treat the Mojave Tent like a secret room inside a giant festival. (ocregister.com, consequence.net) The other big change is for people nowhere near Indio, California: Coachella says its official YouTube livestream will run across all seven stages on both weekends, not just a handful of headline sets. (coachella.com) Three of those feeds — the Coachella Stage, the Outdoor Theatre, and Sahara — will stream in four thousand pixel resolution, which is the first time the festival has offered that sharper format for those stages. (consequence.net) YouTube’s Coachella channel says the livestream begins April 10 at 4:00 p.m. Pacific Time, and Digital Trends reports the platform is also adding Multiview so viewers can watch four stages at once instead of hopping tab to tab. (youtube.com, digitaltrends.com) So the 2026 version of Coachella is selling two different experiences at the same time: a desert festival built around Sabrina Carpenter, Justin Bieber, and Karol G in person, and a seven-stage live broadcast that turns the whole weekend into something closer to a choose-your-own-channel music network. (coachella.com, coachella.com)
