Coachella 2027 has finally moved from rumour season to a real poster, and the top line is built around three artists with very different ideas of scale. Dua Lipa leads Friday, Tame Impala takes Saturday and SZA closes Sunday across April 9–11 and April 16–18, 2027 at the Empire Polo Club in Indio, California.
The headline trio would already be enough to make this one of the year’s defining festival announcements. Coachella has gone further. Madonna is billed for an “In the Dance Tent” appearance on Friday, Daddy Yankee gets a special “In the Desert” slot on Sunday, and the bottom of the official poster promises the Bunker debut of Justice – Blinded by the Lights. Beneath those names sits a 155-act day-split programme that jumps from pop and R&B to indie rock, punk, K-pop, Latin music and an unusually deep electronic undercard.
The two weekends carry the same announced lineup. Stages and set times have not been published, so the breakdown below follows only the official day split and does not invent a running order.
Essential Details for Coachella 2027
- Weekend 1: April 9–11, 2027
- Weekend 2: April 16–18, 2027
- Location: Empire Polo Club, Indio, California, United States
- Tickets: Official pass information is available at coachella.com
- Nearest airport: Palm Springs International Airport; Los Angeles International Airport is the main long-haul alternative
- Current lineup status: Official day split announced; stages and set times remain unannounced
Coachella’s 2027 Headliners Pull in Three Directions
Dua Lipa is an obvious Friday-night centre of gravity. Her catalogue is designed for a field this large: precision pop, disco propulsion and choruses that can carry across the polo grounds without needing explanation. The more interesting part of Friday is what surrounds her. Madonna is not simply squeezed onto the same line as the supporting acts; the poster gives her a separate “In the Dance Tent” label, setting up one of the weekend’s biggest questions before stage details arrive.
Tame Impala sits at the top of Saturday, returning Kevin Parker’s psychedelic production to the kind of vast outdoor setting where its bass, colour and slow-motion drama work best. The day beneath him is almost mischievously broad: Phoebe Bridgers, Weezer, Tiësto, Martin Garrix, Robyn, Måneskin, Underworld and Charlotte de Witte could each anchor a completely different festival.
Sunday belongs to SZA. Her position feels less like a speculative reach than the natural end point of years spent turning intimate, emotionally detailed R&B into arena-scale music. Don Toliver, DOM DOLLA, Kygo, Empire of the Sun, Four Tet and the Neighbourhood give the upper card several possible routes into that closing set.
Then there is Daddy Yankee. The “In the Desert” billing separates him from the standard Sunday hierarchy and makes the appearance feel like its own event. His presence gives the poster another global-pop landmark while reinforcing how heavily Coachella 2027 leans into bookings that can command attention beyond a single genre audience.
Friday: Pop Scale, Dance History and a Restless Undercard
Friday’s first two names tell you almost everything about its ambition. Dua Lipa brings contemporary pop at full scale; Madonna brings the history that helped make dance-pop a global language. The line immediately below them keeps refusing to settle into one lane. Zara Larsson, Steve Lacy, JISOO, Diljit Dosanjh, Peggy Gou and Kehlani connect chart pop, alternative R&B, K-pop, Punjabi music and club culture without treating any of them as novelty bookings.
The veteran names are unusually sharp. Giorgio Moroder links the day directly to disco’s electronic foundations, while Social Distortion, The Damned, American Football and La Dispute pull the bill toward punk, post-punk, emo and post-hardcore. Pinegrove and Gang of Youths add a more expansive indie-rock strain, and Mike D 5D gives the day another booking with history behind the name but a new project around it.
The electronic run goes far deeper than Peggy Gou. Solid Grooves, CHRIS STASSY, Franky Rizardo, Vintage Culture, Obskür, Disco Dom, MPH and Jamback x Marsolo make Friday look built for people who intend to stay in the dance areas long after the biggest pop set has finished.
There is also a younger, less predictable edge running through Drain Gang, Snow Strippers, Nettspend, xaviersobased, the Hellp, mary in the junkyard and Close Friends Only. Coachella lineups are strongest when the smallest text contains artists who may look obvious two years later. Friday has plenty of those bets.
Complete Friday Lineup – April 9 and 16
- Dua Lipa
- Madonna
- Zara Larsson
- Steve Lacy
- JISOO
- Diljit Dosanjh
- Peggy Gou
- Kehlani
- Solid Grooves
- Giorgio Moroder
- Social Distortion
- Pinegrove
- Angine de Poitrine
- Leon Thomas
- Drain Gang
- Snow Strippers
- Mike D 5D
- CHRIS STASSY
- Milo J
- SG Lewis
- Kelela
- Franky Rizardo
- Fetty Wap
- Vintage Culture
- The Damned
- ATARASHII GAKKO!
- Nettspend
- American Football
- xaviersobased
- La Dispute
- Haute & Freddy
- the Hellp
- Disco Dom
- MPH
- Bella Kay
- This Is Lorelei
- Womack Sisters
- mary in the junkyard
- Close Friends Only
- Obskür
- Jacob Lusk
- LEENALCHI
- Bea Miller
- Gang of Youths
- Love Spells
- Rafael
- Nirosta Steel
- Ragie Ban
- Jacob Nowell and THE CASTLE
- Eli
- Las Petunias
- Violet Grohl
- Jackie Hollander
- Jamback x Marsolo
Special billing: Madonna is labelled “In the Dance Tent” on the official poster.
Saturday: Tame Impala at the Centre of a Genre Collision
Saturday may be the poster’s most deliberately chaotic day. Tame Impala sits above a row containing Phoebe Bridgers, Weezer, Tiësto, Martin Garrix, Robyn, Role Model, ADÉLA, Måneskin, Solomun and NCT. That is not a smooth genre progression. It is a bet that Coachella audiences prefer sharp turns.
The electronic programme is serious enough to function as a festival within the festival. Underworld and Enigma bring long histories of electronic music into the present, while Charlotte de Witte, Cloonee, Barry Can’t Swim, KI/KI, Brutalismus 3000, Beltran, Mathame, Apollonia, Jimi Jules and Kolter x Sidney Charles cover techno, house and the increasingly porous space between club music and live-festival spectacle.
Saturday’s band bookings offer a useful counterweight. Weezer provides instant recognition, but Boy Harsher, Basement, Twin Tribes, Good Neighbours, Twisted Teens and Getdown Services push toward darker, stranger or more guitar-led territory. Magdalena Bay occupies the sweet spot between meticulous pop construction and surreal visual imagination.
The international range is just as important. Bad Gyal, SB19, Los Pibes Chorros, La Texana, Odeal and NCT make this more than a US-and-UK touring circuit with a few imported names attached. Coachella’s global reach is clearest when the poster places different scenes side by side and lets the audience work out the connections.
Complete Saturday Lineup – April 10 and 17
- Tame Impala
- Phoebe Bridgers
- Weezer
- Tiësto
- Martin Garrix
- Robyn
- Role Model
- ADÉLA
- Måneskin
- Solomun
- NCT
- Enigma
- Underworld
- Charlotte de Witte
- Leon Bridges
- Cloonee
- Magdalena Bay
- Barry Can’t Swim
- Boy Harsher
- KI/KI
- Mariah the Scientist
- Bad Gyal
- Basement
- Brutalismus 3000
- Beltran
- underscores
- SB19
- Twin Tribes
- Odeal
- Bassvictim
- Los Pibes Chorros
- Tiffany Day
- no na
- Mathame
- ear
- Vandelux
- rommulas
- Apollonia
- Getdown Services
- Good Neighbours
- First Day Back
- Jimi Jules
- Twisted Teens
- Murda Beatz
- Villanelle
- Kolter x Sidney Charles
- La Texana
- OMRI.
- Volkoder
- Zimmer90
- LuSiD
- Dream Boat
Sunday: SZA, Daddy Yankee and the Weekend’s Broadest Closing Day
SZA closes a Sunday that moves between festival-sized electronic names and artists whose music is built around intimacy. Don Toliver, DOM DOLLA, Kygo, Empire of the Sun, Four Tet, the Neighbourhood, Becky G and BABYMONSTER form an upper line with no obvious single audience. That is the point.
The dance bookings are particularly muscular. Amelie Lens x Sara Landry is presented as one collaboration, not two separate sets. Boris Brejcha, Chase & Status, Odd Mob, Silva Bumpa, Adam Ten, DJ Habibeats and Marten Lou x Alex Wann keep Sunday from winding down politely. This is a closing day with enough club music to remain fully operational after sunset.
Elsewhere, Jorja Smith, Victoria Monét, MUNA, Caroline Polachek, Remi Wolf, Tove Lo, Shygirl and Ayra Starr make the day’s pop and R&B section unusually deep. Pennywise, Lambrini Girls, Fat Dog and The Avalanches ensure the route through Sunday can still veer into punk, art-rock and sample-built psychedelia.
Daddy Yankee appears at the bottom of the Sunday section with the special “In the Desert” label. It is a distinctive piece of billing, and the official poster does not yet explain its stage, format or running time. That uncertainty is worth preserving rather than filling with guesses.
Complete Sunday Lineup – April 11 and 18
- SZA
- Don Toliver
- DOM DOLLA
- Kygo
- Empire of the Sun
- Four Tet
- the Neighbourhood
- Becky G
- BABYMONSTER
- Amelie Lens x Sara Landry
- Remi Wolf
- Tove Lo
- Victoria Monét
- EsDeeKid
- Caroline Polachek
- Chase & Status
- MUNA
- Boris Brejcha
- Jorja Smith
- The Avalanches
- BOLO
- Pennywise
- Freddie Gibbs
- Shygirl
- Julia Wolf
- Odd Mob
- Ayra Starr
- Lambrini Girls
- AKRILLA
- Dinner Party
- Silva Bumpa
- DJ Habibeats
- Chanel Beads
- Adam Ten
- After
- Zack Fox
- Fat Dog
- Omar+
- Genesis Owusu
- Joshua Slone
- the Mainliners
- Marten Lou x Alex Wann
- ChaseWest
- Florence Road
- Jazzy
- TUL8TE
- Talón
- Klave Efectiva
- Daddy Yankee
Special billing: Daddy Yankee is labelled “In the Desert” on the official poster.
The Bunker Has Its Own 2027 Mystery
The poster closes with “The Bunker Debut Of” Justice – Blinded by the Lights. It is separated from the three day-by-day columns, and Coachella has not assigned it to Friday, Saturday or Sunday on the current artwork. We have therefore kept it separate from the daily lists rather than manufacturing a date.
The wording suggests a purpose-built audiovisual concept rather than an ordinary line on a stage schedule. That fits Justice, whose live identity has always treated lighting, architecture and physical impact as part of the music. Until Coachella publishes more detail, the confirmed information is simple: the Bunker debut is on the 2027 poster, the title is Blinded by the Lights, and its exact day and format remain to be announced.
What Makes This Poster Different
The dance lineup has real historical range. A single weekend can move from Giorgio Moroder and Underworld to Peggy Gou, Charlotte de Witte, DOM DOLLA, Four Tet and Sara Landry. That is not one electronic sound marketed at different ages. It is several generations of club culture occupying the same festival.
The global pop bookings are structural, not decorative. JISOO, Diljit Dosanjh, NCT, SB19, BABYMONSTER, Becky G and Daddy Yankee are positioned throughout the bill rather than isolated in one token international lane.
The guitar music is stranger than it first appears. The poster has familiar names such as Weezer, Social Distortion and Pennywise, but it also finds room for American Football, La Dispute, Boy Harsher, Twin Tribes, Lambrini Girls, Fat Dog and mary in the junkyard. The result is not a rock revival block. It is a series of different underground histories threaded through a pop festival.
The smallest names matter. Every Coachella poster becomes a time capsule. The acts near the bottom are where the festival makes its most interesting predictions, and 2027 is packed with names that could climb quickly between announcement day and April.
The Practical Stuff Before You Book
Choose the weekend, not the lineup. The announced artist programme is the same on both weekends. Your decision is more likely to depend on travel, accommodation, weather tolerance and whether you prefer the first-weekend discovery rush or the second-weekend benefit of knowing more about the site and surprise moments.
Do not mistake the day split for a timetable. Coachella has confirmed who plays Friday, Saturday and Sunday, but not the stages or performance times. Any conflict planner published now is speculative.
Plan transport before you plan outfits. Indio is easy to understand on a map and slower in festival traffic. Official shuttles, hotel packages, camping and car arrangements should be sorted early, especially if flying through Los Angeles rather than Palm Springs.
Prepare for desert conditions. April days can be hot, evenings can cool quickly and wind can change the experience. Sun protection, hydration and a light layer are practical necessities, not optional festival accessories.
Leave discovery space in the schedule. A 155-act day-split poster guarantees clashes. Pick a small number of non-negotiable sets, then reserve time for the dance tents and smaller stages. Coachella’s best bookings are often the ones that looked like tiny print in November.
Final Take
Coachella 2027 does not rely on one reunion or one obvious blockbuster to carry the announcement. Dua Lipa, Tame Impala and SZA give each day a clear identity. Madonna, Daddy Yankee and Justice add special billing that makes the weekend feel larger than a conventional three-headliner structure.
The undercard is the stronger argument. It is huge, occasionally baffling and full of collisions that only make sense at Coachella: Giorgio Moroder beside contemporary club stars, Weezer sharing a day with Charlotte de Witte, and Pennywise appearing in the same Sunday ecosystem as SZA, Kygo and BABYMONSTER. The poster understands that festival culture is no longer organised into clean genre neighbourhoods.
Check official passes and updates at coachella.com.
Complete Coachella 2027 Lineup
The current official poster assigns 155 artists across Friday, Saturday and Sunday. A separate Justice – Blinded by the Lights Bunker billing appears without an announced day. The same programme is scheduled for both weekends.
Poster update: Jacob Nowell and THE CASTLE is now listed on Friday with corrected spelling, while NOYA is no longer listed.
Friday, April 9 and 16
Dua Lipa, Madonna, Zara Larsson, Steve Lacy, JISOO, Diljit Dosanjh, Peggy Gou, Kehlani, Solid Grooves, Giorgio Moroder, Social Distortion, Pinegrove, Angine de Poitrine, Leon Thomas, Drain Gang, Snow Strippers, Mike D 5D, CHRIS STASSY, Milo J, SG Lewis, Kelela, Franky Rizardo, Fetty Wap, Vintage Culture, The Damned, ATARASHII GAKKO!, Nettspend, American Football, xaviersobased, La Dispute, Haute & Freddy, the Hellp, Disco Dom, MPH, Bella Kay, This Is Lorelei, the Womack Sisters, mary in the junkyard, Close Friends Only, Obskür, Jacob Lusk, LEENALCHI, Bea Miller, Gang of Youths, Love Spells, Rafael, Nirosta Steel, Ragie Ban, Jacob Nowell and THE CASTLE, Eli, Las Petunias, Violet Grohl, Jackie Hollander, Jamback x Marsolo.
Saturday, April 10 and 17
Tame Impala, Phoebe Bridgers, Weezer, Tiësto, Martin Garrix, Robyn, Role Model, ADÉLA, Måneskin, Solomun, NCT, Enigma, Underworld, Charlotte de Witte, Leon Bridges, Cloonee, Magdalena Bay, Barry Can’t Swim, Boy Harsher, KI/KI, Mariah the Scientist, Bad Gyal, Basement, Brutalismus 3000, Beltran, underscores, SB19, Twin Tribes, Odeal, Bassvictim, Los Pibes Chorros, Tiffany Day, no na, Mathame, ear, Vandelux, rommulas, Apollonia, Getdown Services, Good Neighbours, First Day Back, Jimi Jules, Twisted Teens, Murda Beatz, Villanelle, Kolter x Sidney Charles, La Texana, OMRI., Volkoder, Zimmer90, LuSiD, Dream Boat.
Sunday, April 11 and 18
SZA, Don Toliver, DOM DOLLA, Kygo, Empire of the Sun, Four Tet, The Neighbourhood, Becky G, BABYMONSTER, Amelie Lens x Sara Landry, Remi Wolf, Tove Lo, Victoria Monét, EsDeeKid, Caroline Polachek, Chase & Status, MUNA, Boris Brejcha, Jorja Smith, The Avalanches, BOLO, Pennywise, Freddie Gibbs, Shygirl, Julia Wolf, Odd Mob, Ayra Starr, Lambrini Girls, AKRILLA, Dinner Party, Silva Bumpa, DJ Habibeats, Chanel Beads, Adam Ten, After, Zack Fox, Fat Dog, Omar+, Genesis Owusu, Joshua Slone, the Mainliners, Marten Lou x Alex Wann, ChaseWest, Florence Road, Jazzy, TUL8TE, Talón, Klave Efectiva, Daddy Yankee.
