Coachella Weekend 2 began Friday, April 17, with the festival's stage-by-stage YouTube livestreams carrying performances throughout the day and night. Sabrina Carpenter, Justin Bieber and Karol G were among the weekend's featured names as the desert's second round opened online for viewers who were not on the grounds.
The schedule, listed in Pacific Daylight Time, gave the stream its shape. Teddy Swims was set for 5:20 p.m., the xx for 7:00 p.m. and Sabrina Carpenter for 9:00 p.m. on one stream, while Addison Rae was listed for 5:25 p.m., Giveon for 7:00 p.m., the Strokes for 9:00 p.m. and Justin Bieber for 11:25 p.m. Another lineup put Tijuana Panthers at 4:00 p.m., Wet Leg at 4:45 p.m., Major Lazer at 6:10 p.m., Young Thug at 7:50 p.m. and Karol G at 10:10 p.m.
Other streams stretched the day into a dense run of acts: Dabeull at 4:00 p.m., Lykke Li at 5:20 p.m., Dijon at 6:40 p.m., Turnstile at 8:05 p.m. and Disclosure at 10:40 p.m.; Los Hermanos Flores at 4:00 p.m., Alex G at 5:10 p.m., Blondshell at 6:10 p.m., Sombr at 7:05 p.m., Labrinth at 8:30 p.m. and David Byrne at 10:20 p.m. The listings also included Gigi Perez, Clipse, Foster the People, Laufey, Bigbang, Youna, Hugel, Marlon Hoffstadt, Katseye, Levity, Swae Lee, Sexyy Red, Zulan, Hamdi, ¥ØU$UK€ ¥UK1MAT$U, Teed, Nine Inch Noize, Adriatique, Worship, Girl Math, Bunt., Duke Dumont, Mochakk, Subtronics, Kaskade, Bini, Central Cee, Devo, Moby, Slayyyter, Ethel Cain, Blood Orange, Kacey Musgraves, Fujii Kaze, Royel Otis, Taemin, PinkPantheress, Interpol, Little Simz, Suicidal Tendencies, Samia, Iggy Pop, FKA Twigs, Bob Baker Marionettes, NewDad, Joyce Manor, CMAT, Fakemink, Holly Humberstone, Joost, Creepy Nuts, Whatmore, Luísa Sonza, Geese, Noga Erez, Davido, BIA and Morat.
The stream-first presentation matters because it turns the festival into a real-time schedule people can follow from anywhere, not just a lineup to be scanned after the fact. Coachella Weekend 2 again put its biggest draws at the center of that online coverage, with Sabrina Carpenter, Justin Bieber and Karol G anchoring the night's most watched slots.
What comes next is simple enough: the livestreams keep moving from stage to stage as the weekend unfolds, and the set times will determine which performances reach the widest audience first.