Green Day Coachella 2025
Billie Joe Armstrong of Green Day performs at the SoFi Stadium in Inglewood on Saturday, Sept. 14, 2024. Green Day headlines the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival on Saturday, April 12 and Saturday, April 19, 2025. (Photo by Drew A. Kelley, Press-Enterprise Contributing Photographer)

“Let’s be clear: There is too much music at the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival for anyone to be able to experience it all – or more than a fraction of it over the three days of the festival.

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Since 2017, the festival has booked its seven permanent stages almost nonstop for more than a dozen hours a day. That adds up to roughly 150 different acts over the course of the weekend.

Add to that all the distractions – Ferris Wheel! Merch tents! Art installations! – and it can be overwhelming.

Relax. We got you.

After listening to almost every artist on the lineup and reading page after page of background on them all, we’ve picked 15 you should catch, whether in person on the festival grounds or on the livestreams that cover many of the performances each day. (Note: Set times, the livestream schedule, and last-minute lineup changes may affect which acts can be seen at home or on the festival grounds.)

Put your earbuds in and fire up the music streaming service of your choice. It’s time to get ready for Coachella 2025…”

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