YouTube Streams All Seven Coachella Stages Live This Weekend

Coachella 2026 is streaming across seven YouTube channels covering all seven stages at the festival in Indio, California, with most performances broadcast live starting April 10. Sabrina Carpenter, Justin Bieber, and Karol G headline the three-day festival, with Carpenter performing Friday at 9:05 p.m. PT, Bieber taking the stage Saturday at 11:25 p.m. PT, and Karol G closing Sunday at 9:55 p.m. PT.

YouTube's livestream coverage begins each day at 4 p.m. PT and runs through midnight, with dedicated channels for the Main Stage, Outdoor Theatre, Sahara, Mojave, Gobi, and two additional stages. The streams feature overlapping sets across all seven venues, allowing viewers to choose which performances to watch in real time. Some performances air on a delayed basis—Jack White's 3 p.m. Saturday set on the Mojave stage will not stream until 4 p.m., when the afternoon broadcasts begin.

Each night's full lineup repeats overnight and into the morning hours, starting around midnight PT and continuing through breakfast time for viewers unable to catch live performances. This rebroadcast schedule allows international audiences and night owls to see the complete festival programming on their own schedule.

The main stage lineup includes Teddy Swims, The xx, and Anyma on Friday; Addison Rae, Giveon, and The Strokes on Saturday; and Tijuana Panthers, Wet Leg, Major Lazer, and Young Thug on Sunday. Other stages feature artists including Turnstile, Disclosure, Labrinth, David Byrne, Foster the People, Laufey, Rezz, Moby, Iggy Pop, and FKA Twigs across the three-day event.

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Context

Coachella has livestreamed performances since 2007, initially on YouTube and later expanding to multiple platforms. The festival's YouTube channel has become a primary distribution method for reaching audiences who cannot attend in person. In 2025, Coachella's YouTube streams drew millions of viewers across the festival's two weekends, with peak viewership during headliner sets.

The seven-channel streaming approach allows YouTube to broadcast all simultaneous performances without forcing viewers to choose between stages in a single feed. This structure mirrors the festival's physical layout, where attendees navigate between multiple performance areas throughout each day.

What's Next

Weekend 2 of Coachella runs April 17-19, with separate headliners and artist lineups that will also stream across the same seven YouTube channels. Viewers who miss live performances during Weekend 1 can catch full replays starting at midnight each night, making the complete festival accessible regardless of time zone or schedule constraints. The festival's streaming strategy has become a standard industry practice, with major music events now factoring livestream audiences into their production planning and artist booking decisions.