Coachella hit with fines

Coachella’s second weekend ran past curfew twice, and the City of Indio says the overruns triggered more than $40,000 in fines. (nbclosangeles.com) NBC Los Angeles reported $24,000 in fines on Friday, April 17, and $20,000 on Saturday, April 18, at the Empire Polo Club in Indio, California. The city said the penalties followed late finishes by Anyma and Justin Bieber. (nbclosangeles.com) According to the city’s figures, Anyma ended at 1:09 a.m. and Bieber finished at 1:02 a.m., both after the festival’s 1 a.m. cutoff on Friday and Saturday nights. Weekend 1, held April 10-12, had no reported violations. (nbclosangeles.com; seatgeek.com) The fine schedule is steep by design: Goldenvoice owes $20,000 each time a performance goes past curfew, plus $1,000 a minute starting with the sixth minute after curfew. That formula matches the reported totals for a nine-minute overrun and a two-minute overrun. (desertsun.com; nbclosangeles.com) The money does not go back to the festival. NBC Los Angeles reported that Indio puts the fine revenue into the city’s general fund, while the bills are sent to festival operator Goldenvoice. (nbclosangeles.com) The late sets landed in the same weekend that drew heavier attention for guest appearances and schedule tweaks. Daily Breeze reported that Weekend 2 felt different from Weekend 1 even with the same core lineup, and SeatGeek’s 2026 guide noted a Weekend 2 set-time change that added Kacey Musgraves in Jack White’s previous slot. (dailybreeze.com; seatgeek.com) Coachella’s curfew rules are not new. The Desert Sun reported before this year’s festival that Goldenvoice has long operated under the same city agreement, with penalties tied to each late-ending set rather than to the weekend as a whole. (desertsun.com) Goldenvoice had not publicly responded in NBC Los Angeles’ report. By Monday, the story of Weekend 2 was both the added buzz onstage and the cost of keeping the music going after 1 a.m. (nbclosangeles.com)