Who's Playing Coachella From Korea? JISOO, NCT, BABYMONSTER and the Day Each One Plays
Five Korean acts are on the Coachella 2027 lineup, announced on November 11. JISOO plays her first solo Coachella on Friday, April 9 and 16, the same day as pansori band Leenalchi and DJ Peggy Gou. NCT 127 and NCT DREAM play Saturday, April 10 and 17, and BABYMONSTER plays Sunday, April 11 and 18. The festival runs over two weekends at the Empire Polo Club in Indio, California, with Dua Lipa, Tame Impala and SZA headlining, and passes go on general sale on Friday, November 13, at noon Pacific time, which is 5 a.m. on Saturday in Korea and Japan.
Every Korean Act on the Lineup, Day by Day
Coachella announced its 2027 lineup on November 11, and five Korean acts are on it. The festival runs over two weekends, April 9 to 11 and April 16 to 18, 2027, at the Empire Polo Club in Indio, California, and most artists play the same day on both weekends. Here is who plays when.
| Artist | Day | Dates | At Coachella before? |
|---|---|---|---|
| JISOO | Friday | April 9 and 16 | With BLACKPINK in 2019 and 2023; first solo set |
| Leenalchi | Friday | April 9 and 16 | First time |
| Peggy Gou | Friday | April 9 and 16 | 2018, 2022 and 2024 |
| NCT (NCT 127 and NCT DREAM) | Saturday | April 10 and 17 | First time |
| BABYMONSTER | Sunday | April 11 and 18 | First time |
The headliners are Dua Lipa on Friday, Tame Impala on Saturday and SZA on Sunday. Madonna also plays Friday, which makes April 9 and 16 the busiest Korean day of the festival: three of the five acts share that bill. Set times have not been released yet; Coachella usually publishes them closer to the festival.
The list builds on a long run of Korean names in Indio. BLACKPINK made its Coachella debut in 2019 and returned as a headliner in 2023, the first Asian act to top the bill. JENNIE and LISA each played solo sets in 2025, and bands such as HYUKOH and The Rose have played the festival too, as our guide to Korean bands popular overseas explains.
JISOO Returns to Coachella on Her Own
JISOO is the only BLACKPINK member on this year's lineup, and it is her first Coachella as a solo artist. She played the festival twice with the group, first in 2019 and then on the 2023 headline night. This time she has her own catalog to draw from: her first solo album, ADDICTED, came out this autumn, and our JISOO solo album guide covers its release, music video and versions.
She plays Friday, April 9 and 16, on the same day as headliner Dua Lipa and Madonna. The dance performance video for "ADDICTED," released on her channel in November, is the best preview of how she stages the title track.
NCT and BABYMONSTER: Two Coachella Debuts
The lineup lists simply "NCT," and SM Entertainment has confirmed that it means NCT 127 and NCT DREAM. Each unit will play its own set, and the two will then share the stage. NCT is the only K-pop boy group on this year's lineup, and both units arrive in an anniversary year. NCT 127 released its seventh full album in August to mark 10 years since debut, and NCT DREAM released its sixth full album, DREAM AFTER DREAM, on November 9, led by "Boogie Woogie"; our NCT DREAM comeback guide has the details. They play Saturday, April 10 and 17, the Tame Impala night.
BABYMONSTER plays Sunday, April 11 and 18, the night SZA headlines. According to YG Entertainment, the seven-member group is the first fifth-generation K-pop act to be booked for Coachella. It comes about three years after their debut and a month after their newest music video, "DESERVE," which came out in October.
Leenalchi, Peggy Gou, Passes and How to Watch
Two of the Korean names come from outside K-pop. Leenalchi is a seven-piece Seoul band with two bassists, a drummer and four singers trained in pansori, the traditional Korean art of sung storytelling. The band signed with the US label Luaka Bop in 2026 and spent the year touring North America and Europe, and in August released a live set filmed at the Getty in Los Angeles. Peggy Gou, the Berlin-based Korean DJ and producer, returns for her fourth Coachella after 2018, 2022 and 2024. Both play Friday.
Passes go on general sale on Friday, November 13, at 12 p.m. Pacific time through the official Coachella website. That is 5 a.m. on Saturday, November 14, in Korea and Japan, and 4 a.m. in Taipei, Hong Kong and Beijing. Pass types and prices change by tier as each one sells out, so check the official site for what is left. If you can't go, Coachella has streamed many of its sets free on YouTube in recent years.
Sori's Note
Look at the Friday bill again: JISOO, Leenalchi and Peggy Gou on the same day. One is a K-pop star, one sings stories that are centuries old over two bass guitars, and one plays dance music in Berlin. That is a wider picture of Korean music than any single act could give, and it all happens on one afternoon in the desert.
If I could only catch one set, I would pick Leenalchi. Most people in that crowd will have never heard pansori, and that first reaction is what Coachella does best.
