Coachella wouldn’t be Coachella without its rush of special guests.
Last year, Coachella saw the gamut of special guests, including Queen’s Brian May joining Benson Boone for ‘Bohemian Rhapsody;’ Billie Joe Armstrong taking the stage to play with The Go-Go’s; and Becky G performing “On My Body” with Tyla.
Here’s our running list of the guest appearances as they happen, which we’ll be adding to throughout the weekend.
Joe Jonas, Vanessa Carlton and David Lee Roth join Teddy Swims
Joe Jonas joins Teddy Swims on the Coachella Stage during the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival in Indio, Calif., on Friday, April 10, 2026.
The first major special guest alert at Coachella 2026 officially rung as Joe Jonas surprised the afternoon crowd Friday by joining Teddy Swims for a duet on the Jonas Brothers song “When You Look Me in the Eyes.”
Passersby started running toward the Coachella Stage at around 5:30 p.m. as they realized what was happening.
Swims also brought out singer-songwriter Vanessa Carlton to sing “A Thousand Miles,” and Van Halen star David Lee Roth to sing “Jump.”
Snoop Dogg joins HUGEL
As HUGEL performed his late afternoon set Friday, Snoop Dogg jumped in to join him. The icon headlined the festival in 2012, and fans were definitely not expecting to see him at the French DJ and music producer’s 4:50 p.m. set in the Sahara.
Susan Sarandon and Will Ferrell show up for Sabrina Carpenter
Susan Sarandon performs a monologue during Sabrina Carpenter’s headlining set at Coachella.
Oscar winning actress Susan Sarandon surprised the Coachella crowd with a monologue spoken from a stationary car in the middle of Sabrina Carpenter’s headlining set Friday. The actress spoke about showbusiness and performing, although it was difficult to hear her at times.
Will Ferrell showed up later, during a comedic bit when the lights on the stage seemingly went out. Ferrell acted as a repairman tasked with plugging in the lights.
No singers joined Carpenter onstage, so the spotlight remained on her throughout the performance (except for the above two instances). Both Sarandon and Ferrell covered for Sabrina’s costume changes, of which she had many.
Khalid performs with Disclosure
It was starting to feel like Friday wasn’t getting enough surprise musical guests (aka not the kind we got during Carpenter’s set) when suddenly we got news that Khalid was onstage during Disclosure’s set to perform his song “Talk.”
Lizzo surprises crowd at Sexyy Red
Lizzo has been a surprise guest at Coachella before (anyone remember when she joined headliner Harry Styles onstage at Coachella 2022?) but this time, when she surprised fans watching rapper Sexyy Red’s set in the Sahara, she put on a particularly memorable show because she didn’t sing — just came out to play the flute.
This is a developing story and will be updated as new information becomes available.
This article originally appeared on Palm Springs Desert Sun: Sabrina Carpenter Coachella guest? Every Coachella 2026 guest we saw