YouTube extends Coachella livestreams through 2030

YouTube will livestream Coachella exclusively through 2030.

The extension was announced at YouTube's Made on YouTube event in New York, where Global Head of Music Lyor Cohen appeared on stage, according to Deadline. It keeps the festival's official livestream only on YouTube through the end of the decade. The deal is exclusive, meaning no other platform carries the official stream.

The agreement extends YouTube's livestream and content partnership with Goldenvoice, the promoter behind the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival. YouTube has carried the festival for years. In a blog post, Cohen said the platform will mark 15 years of bringing Coachella to its global audience.

The 2026 edition set a record for live viewership on YouTube. No viewing figure was disclosed. The record was reported by Deadline in its coverage of the extension.

That 2026 coverage ran live across both festival weekends. It streamed seven stages live, and viewers could watch up to four stages at once, according to Coachella.

Multiview, which lets one screen show several live feeds side by side, was central to the offer. YouTube also offered the 2026 stages in 4K and built in shopping for exclusive merchandise during the livestream, according to YouTube.

YouTube first rolled out multiview functionality for Coachella in 2024. It later became a key part of YouTube TV, the company's pay-TV bundle.

The Coachella renewal adds to YouTube's wider push into live events. YouTube will begin streaming the Academy Awards in 2029.

For fans, this means certainty. The line-up will change each year. The slot will not. If you watch from outside the festival grounds, YouTube remains the place to find every stage live.