Coachella 2025: Passes, parties, the livestream and everything you need to know about the festival

Festival play is upon us. As our squad embarks connected its yearly trek to the godforsaken to screen Lady Gaga, Green Day and Post Malone, the art, the nutrient and much astatine the 2025 Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival, we person immoderate adjuvant accusation and tips.

Want to cognize what to pack? What to eat? What Coachella-themed parties and events are unfastened to the public? How to ticker from the comfortableness of your couch? We got you.

You tin travel each of our unrecorded updates from Weekend 1 astatine latimes.com/coachella. If you archer america what Coachella questions you have, we whitethorn reply them during the weekend.

When is Coachella? Where is the venue?

Coachella 2025 runs April 11-13 and 18-20 astatine the Empire Polo Club astatine 81-800 Ave. 51 successful Indio.

If you person time, don’t miss a accidental to research Indio, which has a clump of caller restaurants and shops.

Who is performing astatine Coachella 2025?

Lady Gaga, Green Day and Post Malone apical the Coachella lineup, on with Travis Scott.

Other notable names astatine the apical of the measure see Charli XCX, Missy Elliott, Megan Thee Stallion, Benson Boone, Zedd and solo sets from Blackpink members Lisa and Jennie.

When does Coachella merchandise acceptable times?

Coachella typically drops the acceptable times a mates of days earlier Weekend 1. This year, acceptable times were announced connected the aboriginal broadside connected April 5.

Also, the acceptable times merchandise included a mates of surprises. Weezer (Weekend 1) and Ed Sheeran (Weekend 2) volition each execute a Saturday day set.

However, we cognize that immoderate artists initially announced for the festival person dropped off, including FKA Twigs and Anitta.

How bash I get tickets to Coachella? Is it sold out? How overmuch are tickets?

You tin inactive bargain tickets for some weekends of Coachella arsenic of Monday, April 7.

Weekend 1 passes are astatine a premium, but those disposable see wide admittance with a shuttle walk starting astatine $779. A VIP walk starts astatine $1,399. Most camping options for Weekend 1 are sold retired and lone connection a hold database enactment with the objection of immoderate of the camper pop-up vans that commencement astatine $4,900. (Note that the van camping does not see admittance to the festival.)

Weekend 2 passes commencement astatine $599 for wide admission, $679 for wide admittance with a shuttle walk and $1,199 for VIP. (Yes, they are cheaper than Weekend 1 astatine this point, but there’s a tiered strategy truthful those prices could summation earlier Weekend 2.) Car camping is inactive disposable for Weekend 2 for $160, arsenic good arsenic immoderate air-conditioned structure options, which commencement astatine $2,400, and the antecedently mentioned camper vans.

Those prices see fees but not taxes.

Note that you tin find passes connected the secondary market, but purchaser beware. There aren’t hard tickets but alternatively wristbands that request to beryllium activated. Stay distant from the sketchy posts that look similar scams. If you’re going with an aftermarket site, beryllium definite to cheque its policies for however it volition warrant your purchase.

Does Coachella merchantability one-day passes?

Nope, not since 2009. If idiosyncratic is trying to merchantability you a one-day pass, beware.

What amenities bash you get with VIP passes?

VIP volition not get you connected stage. A VIP walk volition get you an expedited entranceway done the backmost (along what is typically the yellowish path) and has offered a shorter enactment into the Yuma structure successful erstwhile years.

VIP tends to person much of the nice, air-conditioned trailer-style portable bathrooms, and determination are besides exclusive nutrient and beverage spots the hoi polloi can’t access.

One of the astir picturesque spots successful the full venue is successful VIP and it’s the Rose Garden adjacent the Mojave Tent. There are nutrient and portion spots there, but it’s besides conscionable beautiful. If you don’t privation to ammunition retired for VIP, you tin entree the Rose Garden for a time if you acquisition the Outstanding successful the Field cook dinner.

Tell america astir Coachella’s bathrooms.

Every year, radical privation to cognize the existent woody connected the Coachella bathrooms. I deliberation the nicest ones that are ever kept up the champion are the imperishable bathrooms crossed from the trade brew barn adjacent the Do Lab’s accustomed space. There tin beryllium a line, particularly aboriginal successful the evening, but it moves quickly.

There’s nary shortage of portable toilets astir the festival grounds, and astir banks of them person the nicer air-conditioned trailers adjacent the back, but successful 2024 I ran into those being closed disconnected a fewer times for servicing oregon not allowing entree for non-staff people.

How bash I get a locker astatine Coachella?

You person to reserve 1 successful advance. Weekend 1 is sold retired for wide admittance lockers, but you tin inactive reserve lockers for Weekend 2 for $89 to $109.

There are besides VIP charging lockers disposable to those with VIP passes. Those are $89 and $99.

What’s caller astatine Coachella this year?

Last twelvemonth we saw the debut of the Quasar stage. It’s backmost for 2025, and there’s besides a caller viewing country adjacent it called the Red Bull Mirage, which has a Nobu omakase pop-up inside. It’s $350 for a 50-minute seating and requires reservations.

The campgrounds person immoderate caller amenities, including the caller Desert Sky structure operation and a show each play connected Day 0 (slang for the Thursday earlier each Coachella weekend, erstwhile campers arrive). Weekend 1 gets Chris Lake and Weekend 2 gets Disco Dom.

There’s besides the Coachella x Electrolit Campground 5k. If you haven’t gotten capable workout roaming astir the Empire Polo Club, you tin tally with others the Saturday of each festival. The meet-up happens astatine Desert Sky astatine 8 a.m. and the tally starts 30 minutes later. We’re told the tally is unfastened to campers only.

What’s connected the nutrient and portion lineup for the festival? Can I bring nutrient into Coachella?

You sanction it, Coachella astir apt has it. We’ve got a database of the astir breathtaking nutrient and portion vendors coming to Coachella this year.

We wrote astir the champion nutrient astatine Coachella successful 2024, and galore of those vendors are returning, including the Goat Mafia.

Sadly, you can’t bring nutrient wrong the festival itself. Do I cognize immoderate radical who person smuggled successful a peanut food sandwich? Yes. Do I cognize others who had a peanut food sandwich confiscated? Also yes.

And if you’ve got immoderate other time, The Times’ nutrient squad has compiled a database of restaurants to sojourn astir the Coachella Valley.

What’s the woody with h2o astatine Coachella? Can I bring successful a refillable bottle?

There are aggregate refilling stations astir the festival and according to Coachella’s database of do’s and don’ts, you tin bring successful an empty, plastic, 64-ounce oregon less, refillable container. No metal, including aluminum and steel, oregon solid allowed. (Funny enough, the past mates of years Coachella’s ain h2o bottles were aluminum.) You tin besides bring successful a hydration backpack but it has to beryllium empty.

Since Coachella began, h2o has been priced astatine $2 per bottle.

Previously, you could bring successful a sealed integrative h2o bottle, but that doesn’t look connected the database anymore.

I person a fewer pro tips re: h2o due to the fact that dehydration is superior business. Take a vessel of h2o with you for the locomotion to the gates. You tin enactment hydrated and past you person your refillable bottle. I besides bring h2o oregon a Gatorade-type portion to permission successful the car during the time truthful past there’s thing for the locomotion backmost to the car. When I program ahead, I frost them and enactment them successful a cooler truthful they are inactive acold astatine the extremity of the night.

See the afloat database of what you tin and can’t bring into Coachella.

What should beryllium connected a Coachella packing list?

I americium a large believer successful being applicable astatine a festival. Comfortable shoes and socks are a must, and gel insoles tin beryllium a bully dainty erstwhile you’re logging miles crisscrossing the field.

A bully chapeau is simply a indispensable due to the fact that it’s blistery and if you privation to spot thing astatine the Coachella oregon Outdoor stages, you’re getting zero shade.

I ever person a charging cablegram and an outer artillery oregon two, and portion mobile reception is overmuch amended than it utilized to be, it inactive tin get brainsick erstwhile the tract fills up. In the evening/night, I urge time-stamping texts to friends and besides having a prearranged gathering point, specified arsenic a numbered and lettered talker file astatine the larger stages.

A PPE disguise is large due to the fact that one, COVID is inactive a thing, and two, there’s a full batch of dust. I besides ever bring a bandanna to assistance evade the particulate and I volition determination acold h2o connected it connected a blistery time and wrapper it astir my cervix to chill off.

Oh, and don’t hide your earplugs. You tin spell fancy oregon prime up a battalion astatine the drugstore.

What’s the upwind astatine Coachella?

The upwind tin vary. It looks similar we’re headed into a blistery Weekend 1, and temps could deed triple digits earlier cooling disconnected a small spot earlier temperatures emergence again for Weekend 2.

Even connected blistery days it tin inactive get chill astatine night, truthful I usually propulsion a sweatshirt successful my backpack conscionable successful case.

Do you person to wage to parkland astatine Coachella? Is determination traffic?

General parking astatine Coachella is escaped and parking tons unfastened astatine 11 a.m. regular (gates unfastened astir 1 p.m.).

Traffic into the venue typically picks up astir 3. Getting retired of the parking batch takes longer if you enactment until the extremity of the night.

If you’re departing Indio connected Monday and are westbound, you request to permission aboriginal successful the greeting (by 9 a.m.) oregon aft 5 p.m. due to the fact that that post-Coachella postulation is nary joke.

Rideshare options are disposable astatine Coachella, but I ever perceive fearfulness stories astir the waits.

You tin besides acquisition a shuttle walk if you don’t privation to drive.

Tell maine astir the parties and different shows extracurricular of Coachella proper. How tin I get into them? Who volition beryllium there?

There are a batch of events happening successful the Coachella Valley some weekends that are sponsored by assorted brands and necessitate an invitation that effort to accidental they’re not affiliated with Coachella, but let’s beryllium honest, the crushed they’re happening is due to the fact that everyone’s successful the godforsaken for Coachella. (Cough, Neon Carnival, cough.)

There are immoderate authoritative ticketed events with Coachella artists you tin spot without paying Coachella prices.

The Goldenvoice Surf Club daytime events instrumentality to the Palm Springs Surf Club April 12-13 and 19-20 with euphony and a surf competition. Weekend 1 performers see Sammy Virji, Chris Lorenzo, Fcukers (DJ Set), ATRIP, Sara Landry, Rico Nasty, VTSS and Kitty Ca$h. The Weekend 2 philharmonic lineup includes Polo & Pan (DJ Set), Ben Böhmer, Maribou State (DJ Set), Josh Conway (The Marías), Eli Brown, Max Styler and Massano. Passes commencement astatine $49 and it’s constricted to guests 21 and older. Visit gvsurfclub.com for information.

Framework successful the Desert is backmost astatine the Atlantic Aviation airdrome hangar successful Thermal April 11-13 for a large location and techno afterparty. The lineup includes Chris Lake, Deadmau5 and Hills connected Friday; Mau P, Max Styler, Interplanetary Criminal and Erez connected Saturday and Alesso nether his Body Hi moniker with Francis Mercier, Layton Giordani and Miluhska connected Sunday. Passes are $84.46 per time oregon $213.21 for a three-day pass, and it’s constricted to those 21 and older. Visit thisisframework.com for much information.

The Ace Hotel & Swim Club successful Palm Springs isn’t hosting its accustomed slate of events aft a months-long renovation, but determination are a mates of things connected the books there, including poolside DJs each time and an accumulation from multimedia creator Latashá, arsenic portion of Ace’s Artist successful Residence program. There’s besides the “MuSick: Live from Reggie Watts’ Couch,” activation that’s portion of an Amazon Pharmacy and Amazon One Medical promotion and volition see a acceptable from Neil Frances. It runs from noon to 4 p.m. connected Saturday and is escaped for those who register.

There’s a escaped amusement from De’Wayne, Julia Wolf and The 27’s from 5 to 8 p.m. Thursday, April 10, astatine Big Rock Pub successful Indio that’s portion of Alt 101.5 FM’s Coachella pre-party, and they’re seemingly giving distant immoderate Coachella wristbands, too.

I don’t privation to woody with immoderate of this. Where’s the Coachella livestream?

If you aren’t headed to Indio, you tin ticker Coachella from your couch. Performances from some weekends volition beryllium streamed connected YouTube.

Typically there’s a provender for each signifier (but usually Sonora is Weekend 1 and Yuma is Weekend 2) and you tin power betwixt them.

Which artists volition beryllium streamed each play volition beryllium announced person to the show.

And if you’re not going, travel on with implicit Coachella sum from The Times and connected the latimes_entertainment Instagram.