Coachella Valley Music & Arts Festival2026 · Date · History
Coachella’s official 2026 festival information lists the two weekends as 10–12 April and 17–19 April 2026.
About Coachella Valley Music & Arts Festival
The Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival is a multi-day ticketed music and arts event held in Indio, California, rather than a public holiday or a fixed annual awareness day.
Official city and organizer sources confirm April 10–12 and April 17–19 in 2026. The event organizer’s 2027 official festival-hospitality materials specify April 9–11 and April 16–18, 2027. These are edition-specific dates, not a permanent April recurrence rule.
Why Coachella Valley Music & Arts Festival matters
Coachella brings staged live music, visual art and visitors to the Coachella Valley, with a significant effect on transport and surrounding neighborhoods.
Festival participation is voluntary and ticket-dependent; an event date is not a local public holiday or a reason to assume employer closures.
History of Coachella Valley Music & Arts Festival
The City of Indio officially lists the 2026 two-weekend festival at the Empire Polo Club and issues traffic plans for the event.
Goldenvoice’s current festival directory and the organizer-branded 2027 hospitality site identify the event and its separately published 2027 dates. Its origins are not dated to a first edition here without matching first-party historical documentation.
What the evidence establishes
Confirmed institutional roles and milestones are shown first. Details that could not be established from the reviewed sources are listed separately below.
7 fields not established in reviewed sources
How to Observe Coachella Valley Music & Arts Festival
Verify the correct year, weekend, tickets and transport using official organizer notices rather than reusing an old date.
Check the City of Indio travel advisories and be considerate of local residents during festival season.
Use accessibility, hydration and transport information from official festival staff, not speculative social posts.
Coachella Valley Music & Arts Festival Facts
The 2026 weekends were April 10–12 and April 17–19.
Goldenvoice and festival hospitality materials list April 9–11 and April 16–18 in 2027.
No fixed date should be auto-generated for 2028 or later without new organizer evidence.
Topic and context
What this page does not assume
- Keep the source-defined country, community, organizer or institutional scope; do not silently broaden it.
- Do not treat the title alone as proof of government recognition or public-holiday status.
- Do not add a creator, founding story or origin claim unless the supporting evidence establishes it.
- Confirm the date again before carrying it into a new year.
Evidence & sources
Sources used across the guide are gathered here. Labels show how each source supports the page, and contextual references are kept separate from primary evidence.
City of Indio (opens in a new tab)
Coachella 2027 organizer hospitality (opens in a new tab)
Goldenvoice (opens in a new tab)
Coachella — 2026 Festival Info (opens in a new tab)
First Party Organizer
Coachella — official site (opens in a new tab)
First Party Organizer
Coachella official 2026 festival guide (opens in a new tab)
Understand it, compare it, then explore further
Start with the most common factual questions, then compare closely related observances and explore useful connections.
Frequently asked questions
When is Coachella Valley Music & Arts Festival?
10–12 and 17–19 April 2026 The documented recurrence rule is: Refresh the authoritative target-year edition/schedule; current stored evidence: 10–12 and 17–19 April 2026.
Does Coachella Valley Music & Arts Festival fall on the same date every year?
Not automatically. This date is specific to a particular edition and should be confirmed for another year.
Is Coachella Valley Music & Arts Festival an official public holiday?
The reviewed sources verify it within this scope: Coachella 2026 / two festival weekends. That recognition does not by itself make it a statutory public holiday; the site only makes public-holiday claims when reliable evidence explicitly does so.
Who established or recognizes Coachella Valley Music & Arts Festival?
The documented basis is: Coachella’s official 2026 festival information lists the two weekends as 10–12 April and 17–19 April 2026.. Supporting evidence includes Coachella — 2026 Festival Info. The site does not infer a separate creator or founder unless reviewed evidence establishes one.
Is Coachella Valley Music & Arts Festival international or country-specific?
No single country is assigned to this observance. Its documented scope is: Coachella 2026 / two festival weekends. Use that scope rather than assuming worldwide or country-specific status.
How is this page verified?
The factual information is checked against reviewed sources, including the date pattern, scope and institutional history. This page was checked on 2026-09-08.
When was Coachella in 2026?
April 10–12 and April 17–19, 2026, in Indio.
What are Coachella’s announced 2027 dates?
The organizer’s current materials give April 9–11 and April 16–18, 2027; always confirm before booking.
Is Coachella a public holiday?
No. It is a ticketed cultural festival.
Can a future year be calculated by the same April weekend pattern?
No. Coachella dates require edition-specific organizer confirmation; the 2027 publication does not establish dates beyond 2027.