Stagecoach 2026 guide: What to know about the festival and how to watch from home
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Trade the flower crowns and sneakers for a cowboy hat and some boots, because Coachella has moved out of the Empire Polo Club in Indio and the Stagecoach Festival is moving in, April 24 to 26.Post Malone, who headlined Coachella in 2025 and played a set of country covers at Stagecoach in 2024, is back to headline the country music fest along with Lainey Wilson and Cody Johnson.From what to know about the festival to how you can watch from home, here’s your guide to Stagecoach.
Stagecoach 2026 runs April 24 to 26 at the Empire Polo Club at 81-800 Ave.51 in Indio.This year’s main stage headliners are Cody Johnson, Lainey Wilson and Post Malone.
You can also expect big sets from Brooks & Dunn, Bailey Zimmerman and more rock-centric acts like Journey, Counting Crows, Third Eye Blind and Bush.Then there’s Ludacris, Pitbull and Diplo, who is bringing back his HonkyTonk dance area as well as performing.
See the full lineup.Fun fact: Mane Stage performer Teddy Swims played the main stage at Coachella the last two weekends, but we haven’t heard if he’s bringing out David Lee Roth again.And Diplo was also at Coachella with Major Lazer.
Music The annual country music festival in Indio will also feature Brooks & Dunn, Ella Langley and Bailey Zimmerman, among other acts.The big thing is the new Mustang Stage.Back in the early years of Stagecoach, there was a tent with the same name that featured a lot of cowboy poets and bluegrass.
It was much smaller than what we’re expecting of this new one, which is set up where the massive Sahara Tent is during Coachella.Anyone who has tried to see one of the big artists over at the Palomino Stage during Stagecoach in recent years knows how it can easily overflow, so this should ease some of that congestion for artists like Journey, Hootie & the Blowfish and the Red Clay Strays.
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