02Every year
The short versionEvery edition on one page, from Pearl Jam's polo-field show in 1993 to the 2026 sellout. A $50 day ticket became a $649 weekend, two days became six, and the gross climbed to $114.6M in 2017 before the published numbers stopped. Three years are missing entirely, and most recent years have no official attendance at all.
The first Coachella charged $50 a day and lost somewhere between $850,000 and a million dollars.316 Eighteen years later the same polo field grossed $114.6M, the first recurring festival to clear $100M.3839 The table below is everything in between, one row per year.
The shape of the curve
It did not go up in a straight line. It went up in steps, and each step was a format change.
Days. Two days in 1999. Nothing in 2000. One day in April 2001, headlined by Jane's Addiction.323 Two days again until 2007, when Coachella went to three days for the first time.28 Then, from 2012, the same three days twice: two weekends, identical lineups, sold separately.32
Prices. A two-day pass cost $142 in 2004.27 The first three-day pass, in 2007, was $249.28 It sat at $269 through the end of the one-weekend era.31 The two-weekend years start at $285 plus fees in 2012, then $349 in 2013, $429 in 2018 and $499 in 2024.42434445 For 2026, general admission started at $649 for the first weekend.46
Grosses. The published numbers run $67.2M in 2013, $78.3M in 2014, $84.3M in 2015, $94.2M in 2016 and $114.6M in 2017.35363738 That is the whole run of figures this project could tie to Billboard or Pollstar. Earlier years in the table come from Wikipedia's summary of Billboard Boxscore and are labeled that way. After 2017, nothing. The money chapter covers why that matters.
The bad years. 2000 was skipped after the first one lost money.3 2010 sold three-day passes only30 and still got overrun at the gates; LA Weekly reported gate-crashing, counterfeit tickets and three-hour entry lines.47 An Icelandic volcano's ash cloud stranded seven acts in England the same weekend.48 The fixes for 2011 were a wrought-iron fence, an extra road lane and the end of the ticket-for-wristband swap.31 Weeks after that festival, on May 31, 2011, Goldenvoice announced the second weekend.32
The gap. Coachella 2020 was moved to October, then cancelled by Riverside County's public health officer in June.4950 The same officer cancelled the April 2021 dates in January 2021.51 The festival came back in April 2022, so the table has two empty rows in a row for the first time.
The slump and the snap-back. In 2024, a first weekend that used to sell out in hours took nearly a month.45 For 2025, second-weekend passes were resold below face value.52 Then 2026 sold out both weekends three days after passes went on sale.53
How to read the table
- Attendance and gross are as reported. Each cell says who reported it. Where two sources disagree, both are in the row.
- Some years have no number. No attendance figure was found for 2018 through 2023, and no gross for 2018 onward. An empty cell means nobody published one, not that it was zero.
- 125,000 is a ceiling, not a count. That is the daily cap Indio has allowed since a 2016 vote.54 It is not how many people came.
- City counts are their own thing. For 2024, Indio counted 81,690 tickets for the first weekend and 80,148 for the second.55 Those are far below the cap, and may cover only the tickets the city collects a fee on.
- Admissions are not people. 2014's 579,000 is not a typo. It is 96,500 a day across six days, the way Billboard counted it.35 The number of different people who came was closer to a third of that.
- Prices are the cheapest general-admission pass at the time it went on sale, before fees. Prices were tiered from about 2022, so the same weekend often sold at more than one price.
- 1993 is not a Coachella. It is the Pearl Jam show that put Goldenvoice on the polo field. It is in the table because the festival starts there.3
Every row links its sources. If you have a better one, especially a Boxscore printout or a city report, the corrections address is at the bottom of every page.
The record
1993
- Dates
- Nov 5, 1993
- Headliners
- Pearl Jam
- Attendance
- about 25,000
- During the Vs. Tour, Pearl Jam would not play Los Angeles on Ticketmaster's terms over service charges. Goldenvoice put them on the Empire Polo Club in Indio instead, for about 25,000 people.
- Paul Tollett has said that night showed him what the site could hold (NPR). Wikipedia, citing Billboard in 2012, goes further and says the show 'sowed the seeds' of Coachella.
Firsts
- Goldenvoice's first show on the grounds
1999
- Dates
- Oct 9-10, 1999
- Headliners
- Beck, Tool, Rage Against the Machine
- Attendance
- about 17,000-20,000 a day (The Ringer); about 37,000 across both days (Wikipedia, Far Out)
- GA ticket
- $50 per day plus fees
- Gross
- Not reported. The loss was $850,000 (GRAMMY.com) to 'around a million dollars' (Tollett, via The Ringer)
- Ran in October heat over 100 degrees. Kid Koala said his vinyl started melting.
- Lost money badly. Tom Morello says the festival asked Rage for its fee back and the band gave it; Far Out reports it was half the fee.
- Undercard included the Chemical Brothers, Moby, Morrissey, Underworld, DJ Shadow, A Perfect Circle and Jurassic 5. Ninja Tune supplied nine acts.
Firsts
- First Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival
- Empire Polo Club as the festival site
2000
- Dates
- Not held (October 2000 dates cancelled, per Wikipedia)
- Skipped after the 1999 losses. Per Wikipedia, Tollett blamed too many festivals in Southern California.
- Per Wikipedia, Goldenvoice co-staged Pasquale Rotella's Nocturnal Wonderland at the Empire Polo Club in September 2000 instead.
2001
- Dates
- Apr 28, 2001
- Headliners
- Jane's Addiction
- Attendance
- about 35,000 (Daily Bruin); Wikipedia gives 32,000
- GA ticket
- $65, per Wikipedia
- Moved to spring and cut to one day. Jane's Addiction headlined, with Perry Farrell in a white jumpsuit and fedora.
- Rest of the bill: Weezer, The Roots, Mos Def, Gang Starr, Fatboy Slim (closing with a 90-minute set), Paul Oakenfold, the Chemical Brothers (who worked 'Iron Man' into their set), and Sigur Ros (their first Southern California show).
- Goldenvoice was sold to AEG in 2001. Wikipedia puts the price at $7 million, for a sale agreed in March; the original report behind that figure was not found.
- Whether it made money is disputed. Wikipedia quotes Tollett estimating a 'low, low six-figure' loss; Far Out says it was the year the promoters could finally 'make a profit'.
Firsts
- First spring (April) edition
- First edition after the AEG sale of Goldenvoice
2002
- Dates
- Apr 27-28, 2002
- Headliners
- Bjork, Oasis, Siouxsie and the Banshees (reunion, per Wikipedia)
- Attendance
- 55,000, per Wikipedia
- Bjork played second-to-last on the Saturday main stage, drew one of the day's biggest crowds and came back for the encore wearing a large green shell on her dress.
- The Chemical Brothers closed Saturday, and Oasis played Sunday.
- The Sahara tent already had a laser show projected onto circular screens.
Firsts
- Back to two days
- Queens of the Stone Age called the first local Coachella Valley band to play, per Wikipedia
2003
- Dates
- Apr 26-27, 2003
- Headliners
- Beastie Boys, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Iggy and the Stooges (reunion)
- Attendance
- around 30,000 per day (Las Vegas Sun); Wikipedia gives 60,000 total
- GA ticket
- $140 two-day pass; $75 per day, per Wikipedia
- Iggy Pop reunited with Ron and Scott Asheton as the Stooges, their first show together in about 30 years. The Las Vegas Sun ranked it second-best of the weekend.
- MCA gave an anti-war speech during the Beastie Boys' set, weeks after the invasion of Iraq, and the crowd reaction was mixed.
- The White Stripes and Blur also played the main stage. Goldenvoice co-president Rick Van Santen died that December, aged 41, of flu-related complications.
Firsts
- First on-site camping, per Wikipedia (2,252 sites); OC Weekly calls 2004 'the second year camping was permitted'
2004
- Dates
- May 1-2, 2004
- Headliners
- Radiohead, The Cure
- Attendance
- about 100,000 over two days, about 50,000 per day (Las Vegas Sun); NPR gives 120,000
- GA ticket
- $75 per day or $142 for both days
- The re-formed Pixies played the main stage before Radiohead and, in Rolling Stone's words, 'nearly stole the show.' Beck and the Flaming Lips also played.
- Radiohead headlined despite fears they would cancel, but booming bass from the second stage bled into their quieter songs.
- Saturday afternoon went past 100 degrees.
Firsts
- First sellout
2005
- Dates
- Apr 30-May 1, 2005
- Headliners
- Coldplay, Nine Inch Nails, New Order (Sunday closer after NIN, per Rolling Stone)
- Attendance
- about 50,000 per day expected (Las Vegas Sun); Rolling Stone estimated 50,000
- GA ticket
- $81 per day or $152 for two days
- Arcade Fire played Sunday on the Outdoor Stage. Rolling Stone called the set 'galvanizing' and said it drew a massive crowd.
- Bauhaus played together for the first time since 1998, with Peter Murphy hanging upside down during 'Bela Lugosi's Dead'. Gang of Four's original lineup played its first North American show since 1981.
- Coldplay's 'Yellow' turned into a crowd singalong.
2006
- Dates
- Apr 29-30, 2006
- Headliners
- Depeche Mode, Tool
- Attendance
- more than 100,000 over two days (Billboard); Wikipedia gives 120,000
- Gross
- $9 million, per Wikipedia
- Daft Punk debuted the LED pyramid in the Sahara tent at 11 p.m. Saturday and ran nearly 20 minutes past curfew; Tollett said the festival would cover any fine. Water & Music traces a live-production 'arms race' from the set.
- The story that 40,000 people tried to get into a tent built for 10,000 comes from the band's manager, in Daft Punk Unchained. Nobody counted.
- Madonna played the Sahara the next day, came on about 20 minutes late to boos, and did about six songs. Billboard called it a fun novelty but a logistical nightmare.
- Kanye West, Massive Attack (with Liz Fraser), Gnarls Barkley and Scissor Sisters were also on the bill.
Firsts
- Daft Punk pyramid live debut
2007
- Dates
- Apr 27-29, 2007
- Headliners
- Bjork, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Rage Against the Machine (reunion)
- Attendance
- 186,000-187,000 aggregate, per Wikipedia
- GA ticket
- $249 three-day; $85 single day (very limited)
- Gross
- $16.3 million, per Wikipedia
- Rage Against the Machine closed Sunday, Apr 29, their first show since splitting in 2000. They opened with 'Testify', and Zack de la Rocha made a political statement during 'Wake Up'.
- The story of a campground riot after the Rage set, with helicopters and SWAT nearby, comes from one OC Weekly writer's 2018 history built from attendee forum posts. No police report was found.
Firsts
- First three-day Coachella
- Stagecoach country festival launched on the same grounds that spring
2008
- Dates
- Apr 25-27, 2008
- Headliners
- Jack Johnson, Prince, Roger Waters
- Attendance
- more than 150,000 (CBC); Wikipedia gives 151,666
- GA ticket
- $269 three-day; camping $55 per person
- Gross
- $13.8 million, per Wikipedia
- Prince headlined Saturday, Apr 26, with an eight-minute cover of Radiohead's 'Creep', and brought out Sheila E. His team had the fan videos taken down. A December 2015 upload he tweeted was pulled again days later by his own publisher.
- Roger Waters played Dark Side of the Moon. The inflatable pig was let go and floated off into the night.
- Tollett says this was the year he lost the most money, with Stagecoach spending at the same time.
2009
- Dates
- Apr 17-19, 2009
- Headliners
- Paul McCartney, The Killers, The Cure
- Attendance
- 152,962 aggregate, per Wikipedia
- GA ticket
- $269 three-day (layaway plan offered); $120 single day at the door
- Gross
- $15,328,863, per Wikipedia
- Paul McCartney opened the festival on Friday with a two-and-a-half-hour set and two encores. Per Wikipedia, he ran 54 minutes past curfew.
- Per Wikipedia, the Cure's set was cut off after running about 30 minutes past curfew. Leonard Cohen made a rare appearance.
Firsts
- First payment plan for passes, offered in the recession; 18-19% of buyers used it
2010
- Dates
- Apr 16-18, 2010
- Headliners
- Jay-Z, Muse, Gorillaz
- Attendance
- about 75,000 per day (UPI); 225,000 aggregate, per Wikipedia
- GA ticket
- $269, three-day passes only
- VIP
- Safari tent camping package $5,000
- Gross
- $21,703,500, per Wikipedia
- Overcrowding: LA Weekly reported gate-crashing, fistfights and 'near-riot' conditions at the gates on Friday, counterfeit tickets, three-hour entry waits, and a near-crush at an exit on Sunday. Tollett said in 2011: 'The mistakes were in the planning.'
- The Eyjafjallajokull volcanic ash cloud stranded seven acts in England.
- Jay-Z brought out Beyonce as a surprise guest.
Firsts
- First year selling three-day passes only, on nontransferable wristbands (BizBash)
- Ferris wheel on site by this year (BizBash)
- Car camping beside your tent (Phoenix New Times)
- Webcast of one act at a time, behind a Wrigley Facebook 'like' (CNET; the multistage YouTube stream came in 2011)
2011
- Dates
- Apr 15-17, 2011
- Headliners
- Kings of Leon, Arcade Fire, Kanye West
- Attendance
- 225,000 aggregate, 75,000 paid per day, per Wikipedia; Tollett would not announce capacity in advance
- GA ticket
- $269 three-day plus fees (resale at $400 and up)
- Gross
- $24,993,698, per Wikipedia
- Fixes after 2010: a wrought-iron perimeter fence, an extra road lane partly funded by Goldenvoice, and an end to the ticket-for-wristband exchange.
- YouTube streamed three stages on separate channels, about 60 bands over three days with Wrigley as sponsor, and nearly 4 million people watched.
- On May 31, 2011, Goldenvoice announced a second identical weekend for 2012.
Firsts
- First full YouTube livestream
- Permanent perimeter fence
2012
- Dates
- Apr 13-15 and Apr 20-22, 2012
- Headliners
- The Black Keys, Radiohead, Dr. Dre and Snoop Dogg
- Attendance
- 158,387 paid across both weekends (80,726 + 77,661), per Wikipedia citing Billboard Boxscore
- GA ticket
- $285 per weekend plus service charge
- VIP
- $665 upgrade
- Gross
- $47,313,403, per Wikipedia citing Billboard Boxscore; GRAMMY.com gives $47.3M
- The Tupac 'hologram' during Dr. Dre and Snoop Dogg's set on Apr 15 was Pepper's ghost, projected onto Mylar foil. Digital Domain built the digital Tupac, AV Concepts projected it, and it was Dre's idea.
- First year with two weekends. Tollett preferred cloning the festival to adding about 40,000 people a day.
Firsts
- First two-weekend year
2013
- Dates
- Apr 12-14 and Apr 19-21, 2013
- Headliners
- Blur, The Stone Roses, Phoenix, Red Hot Chili Peppers
- Attendance
- 180,000, per Wikipedia
- GA ticket
- $349
- VIP
- $799
- Gross
- $67.2 million (Billboard, via SPIN)
- Poetic Kinetics brought Helix Poeticus, a moving snail about 30 ft tall and 80 ft long, built on a forklift.
- Indio approved a deal keeping the festival there through at least 2030 and raising the city's per-ticket share from $2.33 to $5.01 starting in 2014.
Firsts
- Yuma tent opened as the sixth stage
- Sahara tent expanded, per Wikipedia
2014
- Dates
- Apr 11-13 and Apr 18-20, 2014
- Headliners
- Outkast, Muse, Arcade Fire
- Attendance
- 96,500 per day, 579,000 admissions across six days (Billboard via SPIN)
- VIP
- over $5,000, per Wikipedia (likely a premium package, not standard VIP)
- Gross
- $78,332,000 (Billboard via SPIN), the third straight record year
- Outkast reunited for their first shows in about a decade, with Janelle Monae and Future as guests. It was the first stop of a 20th-anniversary run of more than 40 festivals. Billboard called it 'imperfect'.
- Heineken House replaced the sponsor's domes, with sets by Skrillex, Outkast and Lorde. AXS TV broadcast weekend two, per Wikipedia.
Firsts
- TV broadcast of weekend 2 on AXS TV, per Wikipedia
- Heineken House
2015
- Dates
- Apr 10-12 and Apr 17-19, 2015
- Headliners
- AC/DC, Jack White, Drake
- Attendance
- 198,000 tickets sold (Pollstar)
- GA ticket
- $375 (low end of Pollstar range)
- VIP
- $899 (high end of Pollstar range)
- Gross
- $84,264,264 (Pollstar 2015 year-end top 20 festivals)
- On weekend one Sunday, Apr 12, Madonna joined Drake's set for three songs and kissed him. His recoil went viral.
- AC/DC headlined Friday despite online grumbling, and LAist said the whole crowd sang along.
Firsts
- SiriusXM broadcast, per Wikipedia
2016
- Dates
- Apr 15-17 and Apr 22-24, 2016
- Headliners
- LCD Soundsystem, Guns N' Roses, Calvin Harris
- Attendance
- 198,000 tickets sold (Pollstar)
- GA ticket
- $399 (low end of Pollstar range)
- VIP
- $899 (high end of Pollstar range)
- Gross
- $94,218,000 (Pollstar 2016 year-end; the chart misprints it as '$94,218,0000')
- Guns N' Roses with Slash and Duff McKagan: Axl Rose had broken his foot and performed seated on a guitar-studded throne built by Dave Grohl. He brought out Angus Young the day his move to AC/DC as frontman was announced.
- Weekend two included tributes to Prince, who died Apr 21, 2016, per Wikipedia.
Firsts
- Despacio sound system
- Same year Goldenvoice staged Desert Trip on the grounds in October; Tollett told The New York Times it would gross about $160M
2017
- Dates
- Apr 14-16 and Apr 21-23, 2017
- Headliners
- Radiohead, Lady Gaga (replacing Beyonce), Kendrick Lamar
- Attendance
- 250,000 (Pollstar)
- GA ticket
- $399 (low end of Pollstar range)
- VIP
- $899 (high end of Pollstar range)
- Gross
- $114,593,000 (Pollstar). The first recurring festival to gross over $100M (Billboard via Dancing Astronaut)
- Beyonce withdrew on doctors' advice during her pregnancy, and Lady Gaga took the Saturday slot. On Apr 15 Gaga debuted 'The Cure' live and released it that night.
- Radiohead's Friday weekend-one set lost sound at least four times, starting during 'Ful Stop'. Thom Yorke joked about aliens.
- Tollett told The New Yorker each headliner was paid $3-4M.
Firsts
- La Grande XL Ferris wheel debuted, replacing the original La Grande wheel
- Sonora tent
- Antarctic projection dome
- First recurring festival over $100M gross
2018
- Dates
- Apr 13-15 and Apr 20-22, 2018
- Headliners
- The Weeknd, Beyonce, Eminem
- Attendance
- not reported
- GA ticket
- $429 ($504 with shuttle)
- VIP
- $999
- Gross
- not reported
- Beychella: Beyonce headlined both Saturdays, Apr 14 and Apr 21, the first Black woman to headline. The show was built as an HBCU homecoming with about 200 people on stage, plus a Destiny's Child reunion, Jay-Z and Solange. Netflix released Homecoming on Apr 17, 2019.
- 40 mph winds kept the weekend-two campgrounds closed until 3 a.m. Friday, and many campers waited in a Walmart parking lot (OC Weekly).
Firsts
- First Black woman headliner
- Record of about 458,000 concurrent YouTube viewers for Beyonce's weekend-one set (TMZ, via The FADER)
2019
- Dates
- Apr 12-14 and Apr 19-21, 2019
- Headliners
- Childish Gambino, Tame Impala, Ariana Grande
- Attendance
- not reported
- GA ticket
- $429
- VIP
- $999
- Gross
- not reported
- Ariana Grande, at 25, was the youngest headliner (AFP). On Apr 14 she brought out four members of NSYNC and sang Justin Timberlake's parts herself; Diddy, Mase and Nicki Minaj also came out.
- Kanye West walked away from a headline slot in January after asking late for a custom dome stage, and Grande got the slot. He held a public Sunday Service on Easter, Apr 21, on a hill built in the campground between weekends.
- Lead rigger Christopher Griffin, 49, a 20-year Goldenvoice employee, died in a fall from scaffolding during setup. Solange cancelled a week before.
Firsts
- Both weekends livestreamed on YouTube for the first time (USA Today, via Wikipedia)
- 20th edition
2020
- Dates
- Cancelled (scheduled Apr 10-12 and Apr 17-19; moved to October, then cancelled)
- Headliners
- Rage Against the Machine (scheduled), Travis Scott (scheduled), Frank Ocean (scheduled)
- Postponed to October in March 2020 over COVID-19, then cancelled in June 2020 by Riverside County's public health officer, Dr. Cameron Kaiser.
- The documentary 'Coachella: 20 Years in the Desert' premiered on YouTube on Apr 10, 2020.
Firsts
- First cancellation since the skipped 2000
2021
- Dates
- Cancelled (scheduled Apr 9-11 and Apr 16-18)
- Cancelled again. Riverside County's public health officer cancelled the April dates in January 2021.
- Oct 2021: Goldenvoice signed a lease with the Haagen family for the Empire Polo Club running to 2050, and Indio's council voted 3-1 to extend its festival deal to 2050.
2022
- Dates
- Apr 15-17 and Apr 22-24, 2022
- Headliners
- Harry Styles, Billie Eilish, Swedish House Mafia and The Weeknd (replacing Ye)
- Attendance
- not reported. Variety, via Wikipedia, reported that Styles' opening-night crowd topped 100,000
- GA ticket
- $449-$549 before fees (tiered)
- VIP
- $929 (tier 1) to $1,119 (tier 4) before fees
- Gross
- not reported
- Ye dropped out about Apr 4, less than two weeks before. Swedish House Mafia and The Weeknd were announced as replacements on Apr 6.
- On the first Friday Harry Styles brought out Shania Twain and played 'As It Was' live for the first time. Lizzo joined him on weekend two.
- First edition after the pandemic. Rage Against the Machine and Travis Scott (removed after Astroworld) were carried over from 2020 and didn't play. 2NE1 performed together for the first time in six years, and Brockhampton played their final shows.
Firsts
- 88rising's 'Head in the Clouds Forever', in Billboard's words 'the first label-curated set ever to hit the festival's main stage'
2023
- Dates
- Apr 14-16 and Apr 21-23, 2023
- Headliners
- Bad Bunny, BLACKPINK, Frank Ocean (W1), Blink-182 (W2, replacing Ocean)
- Attendance
- not reported
- GA ticket
- $549 (W2 at sale time; $599 with shuttle)
- VIP
- $1,069
- Gross
- not reported
- Bad Bunny opened Friday as the first Latin artist to headline. Post Malone joined for 'La Cancion'.
- BLACKPINK became the first K-pop group billed as headliners. All three headliners were nonwhite, a first.
- Frank Ocean came on about an hour late and the planned ice-rink segment never happened; a source told Rolling Stone he had hurt his ankle in rehearsals. He withdrew from weekend two citing two fractures and a sprain in his left leg, and Blink-182 took his slot.
- Indio fined Goldenvoice $117,000 for curfew overruns on weekend one alone.
Firsts
- First Latin headliner
- First K-pop headliner
- First all-nonwhite headliner slate
2024
- Dates
- Apr 12-14 and Apr 19-21, 2024
- Headliners
- Lana Del Rey, Tyler, the Creator, Doja Cat, No Doubt (reunion, sub-headline)
- Attendance
- Indio counted 81,690 (W1) and 80,148 (W2) tickets (KESQ)
- GA ticket
- $499 / $549 / $599 tiers ($619-$719 with shuttle)
- VIP
- $1,069-$1,269
- Gross
- not reported
- SFGate called it the 'slowest ticket sales in ten years'. Weekend one took nearly a month to sell out, and Billboard's sources put sales down 14-17% year over year.
- No Doubt played their first show in nearly a decade, with Olivia Rodrigo joining for 'Bathwater'.
- Billie Eilish joined Lana Del Rey for 'Ocean Eyes' and 'Video Games'.
2025
- Dates
- Apr 11-13 and Apr 18-20, 2025
- Headliners
- Lady Gaga, Green Day, Post Malone, Travis Scott (special slot)
- Attendance
- about 120,000 per weekend, about 240,000 total (NBC Palm Springs); the state alcohol regulator counted daily peaks of nearly 110,000; Wikipedia gives about 245,000
- GA ticket
- $549 at Dec 2024 tier; $649 W1 / $599 W2 by April 2025
- VIP
- $1,399 W1 / $1,199 W2
- Gross
- not reported
- Lady Gaga debuted the Mayhem show, a 'demonic opera house' set in four acts and a finale. Per Wikipedia, she was the second woman to headline twice, after Bjork.
- Green Day's Coachella debut included a 'not part of the MAGA agenda' line. Travis Scott built 'The Village by Cactus Jack'.
- The LA Philharmonic, conducted by Gustavo Dudamel, became the first major orchestra to play (Apr 12).
Firsts
- First major orchestra (LA Phil), per Wikipedia
- YouTube dedicated Coachella livestream app (Sherwood News)
2026
- Dates
- Apr 10-12 and Apr 17-19, 2026
- Headliners
- Sabrina Carpenter, Justin Bieber, Karol G, Anyma (special slot)
- Attendance
- not reported
- GA ticket
- from $649 (W1) / $549 (W2); $779 / $679 with shuttle
- VIP
- from $1,299 (W1) / $1,199 (W2)
- Gross
- not reported
- Justin Bieber headlined Saturday on a deal he negotiated himself. Rolling Stone, citing one unnamed source, reported a fee 'north of $10 million'. On weekend two SZA and Sexyy Red came out, and he serenaded Billie Eilish.
- Karol G became the first Latina headliner. Madonna joined Sabrina Carpenter on weekend two for three songs, timed to her new single.
- Radiohead did not play. The poster's 'bunker' was their KID A MNESIA Motion Picture House, about 17,000 sq ft underground, on a foundation Indio's assessors valued at $2.5M.
- Wind cancelled Anyma's weekend-one Friday set; he played a Do LaB b2b that Sunday and moved his full show to weekend two. TMZ put weekend two's curfew fines at $44,000. The Strokes closed Apr 18 with visuals condemning strikes on Iran and Gaza.
Firsts
- First Latina headliner (Karol G)
- First time three pop acts headlined (Pollstar)
- Underground art venue on the grounds
Sources for this chapter
27 of the guide's 514 sources. Numbers match the full list.
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- GRAMMY.com (Nina Frazier) - "On This Day In Music: The First Coachella Festival Took Place In The California Desert" - 2024-10-09 - grammy.com
- Daily Bruin (Ruvin Spivak) - "Music, Tracks, Field" - 2001-04-30 - dailybruin.com
- Las Vegas Sun (Spencer Patterson) - column, "Audiences feel the heat" - 2004-05-07 - lasvegassun.com
- JamBase - "Coachella 2007: Rage, Bjork" - 2007-01-22 - jambase.com
- BizBash (Alesandra Dubin) - "Coachella Sells Out With Three-Day Passes, Towering Ferris Wheel, and Upgraded Camping" - 2010-04-19 - bizbash.com
- Las Vegas Sun - "After rough 2010, Coachella tries to iron itself out" - 2011-04-13 - m.lasvegassun.com
- The Boombox (Charley Rogulewski) - "Coachella Founder Explains Back-to-Back Weekends in 2012" - 2011-06-05 - theboombox.com
- SPIN (Colin Joyce), citing Billboard - "Coachella Made More Money Than Ever in 2014" - 2014-07-08 - spinmagazine.com
- Pollstar - "2015 Year End Top 20 Worldwide Festival Grosses" (PDF, third-party mirror) - 2016-01 - flypaper.soundfly.com
- Pollstar - "2016 Year End Top 20 Worldwide Festival Grosses" (PDF) - 2017-01 - data.pollstar.com
- Pollstar - "2017 Year End Top 20 Worldwide Festival Grosses" (PDF) - 2018-01 - data.pollstar.com
- Dancing Astronaut (Elizabeth Ninivaggi), citing Billboard - "Coachella officially surpasses festival franchise records in 2017" - 2017-10-18 - dancingastronaut.com
- IBTimes (Peggy Truong) - "Coachella 2012: Five Things to Know Before You Go" - 2012-01-10 - ibtimes.com
- Dancing Astronaut (Brett Kundtz) - "Coachella announces 2013 dates and prices, tickets available Thursday" - 2012-05-14 - dancingastronaut.com
- CBS Los Angeles - "Coachella Tickets Go On Sale" - 2018-01-05 - cbsnews.com
- Billboard (Dave Brooks) - "Coachella Ticket Sales Were Slower Than Usual, But Other Festivals Are Seeing a Dip Too" - 2024-04-12 - ca.billboard.com
- California Today (Pat Sharyon) - "Passes for Coachella 2026: Complete guide to pricing, options, and add-ons" - 2025-09-16 (updated 2026-03-25) - californiatoday.com
- LA Weekly (Dennis Romero) - "Five Ways Organizers Can Make Coachella A Better Experience" - 2010-04-20 - laweekly.com
- UPI - "Coachella Fest draws record crowds" - 2010-04-18 - upi.com
- Time Out Los Angeles (Michael Juliano) - "Coachella 2020 is getting postponed until October due to coronavirus" - 2020-03-11 - timeout.com
- KESQ (Jesus Reyes) - "Riverside County cancels Coachella, Stagecoach music festivals for 2020" - 2020-06-10 - kesq.com
- NBC Palm Springs - "Riverside County health officials cancel Coachella, Stagecoach" - 2021-01-29 - nbcpalmsprings.com
- Digital Music News (Ashley King) - "Coachella Weekend 2 Passes Dropping Below Face Value On StubHub, Vivid Seats" - 2025-04-07 - digitalmusicnews.com
- VICE (Lauren Boisvert) - "Both Coachella 2026 weekends sold out just three days after passes went on sale" - 2025-09-23 - vice.com
- Pollstar - "Coachella, Stagecoach expansion approved" - 2016-04-19 - news.pollstar.com
- KESQ (Jesus Reyes) - "Coachella, Stagecoach sold around 250K tickets for 2024 festivals, city reports" - 2024-06-13 - kesq.com