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The clock above counts down to opening night of Coachella 2026, with the Empire Polo Club in Indio, California gates opening on Friday, April 10, 2026. The festival runs across two weekends: April 10-12 and April 17-19, 2026.
Coachella 2026 is the 25th-anniversary edition of the desert festival and lands one of the most talked-about lineups in its history. Karol G headlines as the first Latina solo headliner in the festival's run — a milestone announcement when the lineup poster dropped. Sabrina Carpenter takes a Coachella headline slot for the first time, fresh off her arena tour and Grammy run, and Justin Bieber returns to festival headlining for the first time since the 2017 Purpose hiatus.
The undercard features the festival's traditional cross-genre mix — K-pop, hyperpop, Afrobeats, electronic, and indie — with a strong reggaeton, drill, and corridos tumbados footprint reflecting Karol G's headline week.
Coachella streams the headliner sets and selected mid-card performances live on YouTube each weekend, free worldwide, with multi-stage simultaneous feeds and on-demand replays. Set times are released in the week before each weekend. Expect headliner sets at roughly 11:30 PM PT (6:30 AM UTC the next day). Tickets sell through Coachella's official channels via AXS, with weekend passes typically selling out within minutes.
For more 2026 festival countdowns, see the Glastonbury 2026 countdown, the Tomorrowland 2026 countdown, and the Lollapalooza 2026 countdown. For the next year's edition, see the Coachella 2027 countdown.
When does Coachella 2026 open? Friday, April 10, 2026 at the Empire Polo Club in Indio, California. Who is headlining? Karol G (Friday), Sabrina Carpenter (Saturday), Justin Bieber (Sunday) — across both weekends. Can I watch online? Yes — headliner sets and selected mid-card stream free worldwide on YouTube. Are there two weekends? Yes — April 10-12 and April 17-19, 2026, with the same lineup both weekends.
