Singer-rapper Post Malone will be among the headliners Sunday as tens of thousands of fans converge at the Empire Polo Club grounds in Indio for the final day of the 2025 Coachella Valley Music & Arts Festival.
Sunday’s lineup will also include performances from Megan Thee Stallion, Junior H, Shaboozey, Soft Play, Kraftwerk, Muni Long, Tripolism, Ty Dolla $ign, Circle Jerks, Basement Jaxx and others.
The highly-anticipated Stagecoach Music festival will follow next weekend, April 25 to 27, at the Polo Club.
Saturday’s Coachella highlights included Gustavo Dudamel and the LA Phil featuring “Wicked” star Cynthia Erivo and Foo Fighters frontman Dave Grohl, headliner Travis Scott, El Malilla, Green Day and T-Pain, Charli xcx, Jimmy Eat World and Record Safari.
On Friday, a Lady Gaga headset mic malfunction, and her decision to power through it, won praise from fans in Indio — and online.
As her microphone started making crackling sounds before shutting down, Gaga kept singing — and dancing — to her hit “Abracadabra” while making a smooth transition to a handheld mic.
“I’m sorry my mic was broken for a second,” she told the crowd later in her set. “At least you know I sing live. I guess all we can do is our best, and I’m certainly giving you my best tonight.”
Social media quickly filled with mostly favorable reactions.
“I was watching it live while it happened, fan @nicholkola noted on Reddit. “… she’s a professional so she just used a mic the rest of the song. By the time the entire set was done, I forgot about the issues. She gives her all in her performances.”
Music critics also took note.
“In a time when everything is only getting uglier, a striking vision like Gaga’s is critical in proving that beauty is not lost; it’s just harder to find,” senior staff culture writer and critic Coleman Spilde wrote on Salon.com. “Her Coachella masterpiece makes our world all the more beautiful just by existing.”
During the festival’s first weekend, Sen. Bernie Sanders made a surprise appearance during singer-songwriter Clairo’s set on April 13, telling the crowd, “You can turn away and ignore what goes on, but if you do, you do it at your own peril.”
The annual festival features artists across genres including vintage, alternative, indie pop, R&B, electronica and more.
Police Sgt. Abe Plata said Thursday’s camper arrivals went smoothly, and no significant traffic issues were reported. That was a sharp change, when many motorists waited for hours in long lines to access the camping area. Festival organizers said they added more toll plazas for this weekend’s event to avoid a repeat of those waits.
Up to 40,000 campers were expected on-site, while thousands more stayed in area hotels or traveled daily via Interstate 10, ride-shares or private vehicles, organizers said.
At the end of March, the Indio Police Department shut down Avenue 50, between Monroe Street and Madison Avenue, which will remain closed until May 5 for the dual-weekend entertainment associated with Coachella, as well as the Stagecoach Music Festival.
According to the city of Indio, there will be no access on Avenue 49, between Hjorth and Monroe streets, or along Avenue 50, between Jackson and Madison streets, or on Hjorth, from Avenues 49 to 50, or along Madison, between Avenues 49 and 52.
Officials cautioned travel delays will be heavy along Washington Street, between I-10 and Avenue 52, as well as on Jefferson Street and Avenues 48 and 52 going into the Empire Polo Club grounds. Extensive delays are also anticipated on Highway 111 at Jefferson and Monroe, and at all the exits into Indio from the freeway.
Options for slightly faster travel may be available on Jackson, Calhoun Street and Golf Center Parkway, going north- and southbound, while less vexing east- and westbound travel might be open on Fred Waring Drive, Miles Avenue and Dr. Carreon Boulevard, officials said.
Shuttle services were available from area hotels and motels daily.
A designated pay ride spot was also reserved for Uber and Lyft users at the southwest corner of Avenue 49 and Monroe, while family and taxicab pickups and drop-offs were designated on the northeast corner of Avenue 52 and Madison.
The Indio Police Department received support from the Riverside County Sheriff’s Department and the California Highway Patrol throughout the event Sunday.
Arrests for various, usually misdemeanor, violations are common during the celebrations, officials noted. The number of arrests during the first weekend increased by 17% compared to last year’s event, according to the Indio Police Department.