Last year’s late-November drop already felt pretty early for the Coachella lineup to come out, but this formerly-early-January tradition has now arrived startlingly early.
Sabrina Carpenter, Justin Bieber, Karol G and Anyma will headline the 2026 edition of the festival. Coachella will once again stage two weekends of nearly identical lineups in Indio from April 10 to 12 and April 17 to 19, 2026.
Presale technically already came and went in the late spring. But additional passes will go on sale Friday, September 19 at 11am (2024 and 2025 attendees and American Express card members can also access them a day earlier, on Thursday, September 18 at 11am). Including fees, general admission starts at $649 for weekend one—and weekend two actually costs less at $549. Compared to last year, weekend one is $50 more, while weekend two’s price has held steady. With a shuttle pass included, it’s $779 for the first weekend and $679 for the second. VIP costs $1,299 for weekend one and $1,199 for weekend two. It’s worth noting that all of these prices are listed as “starting at”; in the past, this has meant that prices increased slightly after the initial batches of tickets were snatched up, and the ticketing page lays out how much the “next price” will cost in each of these ticket categories.
Back to the lineup, the smaller-sized names at Coachella are always just as interesting as—if not more so than—the headliners. This year’s edition includes the likes of the XX, the Strokes, Young Thug, Addison Rae, Nine Inch Noize (that’s a collab between Nine Inch Nails and Boys Noize), Disclosure, Turnstile, Kaskade, KATSEYE, Laufey, Clipse, Interpol, Ethel Cain, BIGBANG and many, many more. (Oh, and as far as we can tell, the “Radiohead Kid A Mnesia” mention on the bottom of the poster refers to the video game-esque digital exhibition as opposed to a set from the recently-reconvened band.) We’re always curious to see what sorts of nostalgic trends make their way onto the lineup, and there’s certainly a bit of ’70s and ’80s rock and punk (Devo, David Byrne, Iggy Pop, Black Flag) and ’90s electronic music (Moby, Groove Armada, Röyksopp). And though there doesn’t appear to be a blockbuster composer or classical slot this year, surely the biggest out-of-left-field surprise is seeing L.A.’s beloved Bob Baker Marionettes on the lineup.
If you’re trying your hand at tickets, it’s a bit encouraging to know that passes for the past few editions haven’t sold out immediately; in fact, you could even still nab tickets in the days leading up to each weekend. It’s no surprise, then, to see a lineup out months in advance with mega pop stars on it—but maybe that’ll be enough to ignite ticket sales.
So who’s headlining Coachella 2026?
Sabrina Carpenter, Justin Bieber, Karol G and Anyma will headline 2026’s festival, with additional sets from the XX, the Strokes, Addison Rae, Young Thug, BIGBANG and more.
And as a reminder, who headlined last year’s festival?
Lady Gaga, Green Day, Post Malone and Travis Scott topped the 2025 lineup.