Coachella Weekend 1 moments

Coachella’s first 2026 weekend turned its 25th anniversary into a roll call of big-stage moments, from Karol G’s Sunday close to a packed Jack White set on Saturday. (latimes.com) (usatoday.com) Weekend 1 ran April 10 through April 12 at the Empire Polo Club in Indio, California, with Sabrina Carpenter, Justin Bieber and Karol G billed as headliners. The official lineup also included BigBang, Jack White, Wet Leg, Iggy Pop, The Strokes and Young Thug. (coachella.com) (nbclosangeles.com) Karol G closed Sunday night and Los Angeles Times coverage called her the festival’s first Latina headliner. Variety reported that her set stretched into early Monday and included guests Becky G, Wisin, Mariah Angeliq and Arturo Sandoval. (latimes.com) (variety.com) BigBang’s appearance landed as a comeback moment for one of the veteran Korean pop acts on the bill. The Los Angeles Times had already framed 2026 as another Coachella year shaped by Korean and Asian pop, with BigBang and Filipino girl group Bini both on the lineup. (coachella.com) (latimes.com) Jack White was not on the original poster when Coachella announced its 2026 lineup in September 2025. He was added when set times dropped on April 6, and USA Today’s festival coverage said his Saturday Mojave set quickly became one of the weekend’s hardest tickets on foot. (latimes.com) (usatoday.com) The anniversary framing ran through the weekend’s coverage as much as the music. The Los Angeles Times published a “21 most memorable moments” roundup, while NBC Los Angeles and Getty Images pushed galleries that mixed stage shots with crowd scenes and street-style photos from April 10 to April 12. (latimes.com) (nbclosangeles.com) (gettyimages.com) Those images showed how broad the festival’s visual identity has become in year 25: giant video boards for Sabrina Carpenter, tent sets for Iggy Pop and Suicidal Tendencies, and the usual parade of branded parties and festival fashion around Indio. NBC Los Angeles said music fans “flocked to the low desert by the thousands” over the weekend. (nbclosangeles.com) Wet Leg supplied one of the weekend’s more internet-ready bits when the band brought out horsegiirL, the horse-masked disc jockey and producer, during its set. The Los Angeles Times posted video of the cameo as part of its weekend package. (latimes.com) Weekend 2 starts April 17 and runs through April 19, with the same Indio site and the same top-line billing. After Weekend 1, the headline acts already have their reference points: Karol G’s history-making close, BigBang’s return and Jack White’s crowd pull. (coachella.com 1) (coachella.com 2)