Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival is officially in the past, but the differences between Weekend 1 and Weekend 2 weren’t hard to miss. While the lineup remained largely the same across both weekends,

Justin Bieber returned for Weekend 2 of Coachella on April 18, 2026, at the Empire Polo Club in Indio, California. Here's every song he performed.

See when Sabrina Carpenter, Justin Bieber, Karol G, and the Strokes—plus new addition Kacey Musgraves—return to the Indio stages

Drug possession charges accounted for roughly half of the 106 arrests made at Weekend 2 of the 2026 Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival.

With that star power alone on the lineup, it came as no surprise that ticket prices would surge, but fans were shocked the prices even broke Coachella records for a full weekend pass. Right now, a full Weekend 2 pass is hovering consistently above $3,

Why does Coachella happen twice? This is what's different about Weekend 2

Kacey Musgraves has been added to Coachella’s Saturday lineup with no replacement named for Not for Radio and DJ Rezz has canceled her appearance.

Coachella Weekend 2 contained many more noteworthy guests than its first weekend, representing a changing of the guard for the California festival.

The first Coachella was 27 years ago, so it can admittedly feel like — sometimes — we’ve seen it all. Yet, as it comes to an end, this year’s festival seems to have delivered something we're not sure we’ve seen since Coachella expanded to two weekends in 2012: a Weekend 2 that seemed to clearly outshine Weekend 1.