The poster is out, and the desert has its marching orders. Goldenvoice dropped the Coachella 2027 lineup on Tuesday night, and the top of the poster reads Dua Lipa on Fridays, Tame Impala on Saturdays, and SZA on Sundays.
Coachella runs two weekends at the Empire Polo Club in Indio, California: Friday, April 9 through Sunday, April 11, and Friday, April 16 through Sunday, April 18, 2027. Same lineup both weekends, per the poster. Pick your weekend and start pricing flights.
THE TAKE IN ONE LINE
The biggest name on this poster is not a headliner. Madonna is on the Friday bill, and the poster bills her, in so many words, as playing in the dance tent. Sit with that for a second.
MADONNA IN THE DANCE TENT
Madonna has been a Coachella story for twenty years without ever getting a normal set at this festival, and now she is back on the poster in the most Madonna way possible: not at the top, but in a slot everybody will be talking about until April. A dance tent set from Madonna is either a fever dream or a traffic jam. Probably both. Get there early or watch it on a screen like the rest of us.
THE HEADLINERS
Dua Lipa gets Fridays, her first time on the Coachella poster, and she gets the biggest pop slot in American festivals. Tame Impala takes Saturdays, which means Kevin Parker gets the desert after dark, where that show belongs. SZA closes Sundays, and if her last few years are any hint, Sunday night is going to feel like a coronation.
TWO SPECIAL BILLINGS AT THE BOTTOM OF THE POSTER
Daddy Yankee gets the standalone treatment at the bottom of the poster: DADDY YANKEE, IN THE DESERT. No day attached, no small print. That is the festival telling you this is an event inside the event.
And the bunker is back. Last year it held a Radiohead installation. This year the poster promises The Bunker Debut Of JUSTICE, BLINDED BY THE LIGHTS. Nobody knows exactly what that looks like yet, and that is the point.
FRIDAY, APRIL 9 AND 16
Dua Lipa headlines. Also playing Friday: Madonna (in the dance tent), 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, Eli, Las Petunias, Violet Grohl, Jackie Hollander, Jamback x Marsolo, NOYA.
“Madonna. In the dance tent. That is the whole story under the story.”
Moe Train
SATURDAY, APRIL 10 AND 17
Tame Impala headlines. Also playing Saturday: 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 headlines. Also playing Sunday: 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, AKRIILA, 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, Jakob Nowell and THE CASTLE, Talón, Klave Efectiva.
And across the weekend, with no day printed on the poster: Daddy Yankee, in the desert.
THE GUITAR THREAD IS REAL
Read the small print and this poster has a spine of guitar bands running through it. Social Distortion and the Damned on Friday. Weezer, Basement, and American Football on the weekend. Pennywise on Sunday. Pinegrove is back on a poster. La Dispute is on a Coachella poster. If you only read the top line, you miss the best argument in the whole announcement.
THE SURPRISES AND THE SNUBS
Enigma. On a Coachella poster in 2027. Fetty Wap is on there too, and Giorgio Moroder, who basically invented the dance tent Madonna is about to play in. The K-pop contingent is deep: JISOO and BABYMONSTER and NCT and SB19.
And the names that are not on the poster tell their own story. No BTS. No Rage Against the Machine. No Drake. The rumor mill worked overtime this fall, and the poster just graded its homework.
PASSES AND THE ON-SALE
Passes go on sale Friday, November 13 at 12 p.m. PT, 3 p.m. ET, per the festival's announcement. American Express card members get a presale on Thursday, November 12. Hotel packages are on sale now. Set an alarm, because the first drop of Coachella passes never lasts long.
COACHELLA 2027 FAQ
When is Coachella 2027? Two weekends at the Empire Polo Club in Indio, California: April 9 to 11 and April 16 to 18, 2027.
Who is headlining Coachella 2027? Dua Lipa on Fridays, Tame Impala on Saturdays, and SZA on Sundays.
When do Coachella 2027 passes go on sale? Friday, November 13 at 12 p.m. PT, with an American Express presale on Thursday, November 12.
Is Madonna really playing Coachella 2027? Yes. She is on the Friday bill, and the poster bills her set as in the dance tent.
Is the lineup the same both weekends? Yes. The poster lists each day once, for both weekends: Friday April 9 and 16, Saturday April 10 and 17, Sunday April 11 and 18.
What is the Justice bunker debut? The poster bills it as The Bunker Debut Of Justice, Blinded By The Lights, an installation style presentation following the Radiohead bunker exhibit at Coachella 2026.
Source: Coachella
