The 2023 Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival is now officially over, but let’s take a look back at the second weekend of the festival, which took place at the Empire Polo Club in Indio on April 21-23.
RELATED:Our 50 best photos from Weekend 1
Though very similar to the first round of the fest, Weekend 2 is always a bit more special. More of the kinks have been worked out of the sets, the artists are comfortable and playful and fresh surprise guests are added to the lineup.
Moonchild Sanelly performs with Gorillaz on the Coachella Stage during the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival at the Empire Polo Club in Indio on Friday, April 21, 2023. (Photo by David Brendan Hall, Contributing Photographer)
Maya Louis, of Los Angeles, shows off her outfit during first day of weekend two of the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival at the Empire Polo Club in Indio on Friday, April 21, 2023. (Photo by Watchara Phomicinda, The Press-Enterprise/SCNG)
Donning an astronaut headpiece, a festival-goer grooves to the music at the Do Lab on the first day of weekend two at the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival held at the Empire Polo Club in Indio on Friday, April 21, 2023. (Photo by Watchara Phomicinda, The Press-Enterprise/SCNG)
Ashnikko perfroms on the Gobi stage during first day of weekend two of the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival at the Empire Polo Club in Indio on Friday, April 21, 2023. (Photo by Watchara Phomicinda, The Press-Enterprise/SCNG)
Tablee and Kanesha Barnard relax in their lawn chairs while listening to Gorillaz perform on the Coachella Stage on the first day of weekend two at the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival held at the Empire Polo Club in Indio on Friday, April 21, 2023. (Photo by Watchara Phomicinda, The Press-Enterprise/SCNG)
Fans cheer for the Weeknd and Metro Boomin in the Sahara Tent during the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival at the Empire Polo Club in Indio on Friday, April 21, 2023. (Photo by David Brendan Hall, Contributing Photographer)
Fans dance durng Gorillaz’s performance on the Coachella Stage during the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival at the Empire Polo Club in Indio on Friday, April 21, 2023. (Photo by David Brendan Hall, Contributing Photographer)
Blondie performs in the Mojave Tent during the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival at the Empire Polo Club in Indio on Friday, April 21, 2023. (Photo by David Brendan Hall, Contributing Photographer)
The Weeknd performs with Metro Boomin in the Sahara Tent during the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival at the Empire Polo Club in Indio on Friday, April 21, 2023. (Photo by David Brendan Hall, Contributing Photographer)
Maya Louis, of Los Angeles, poses during first day of weekend two of the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival at the Empire Polo Club in Indio on Friday, April 21, 2023. (Photo by Watchara Phomicinda, The Press-Enterprise/SCNG)
Bad Bunny performs on the Coachella Stage during the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival at the Empire Polo Club in Indio on Friday, April 21, 2023. (Photo by David Brendan Hall, Contributing Photographer)
Yves Tumor performs in the Gobi Tent during the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival at the Empire Polo Club in Indio on Friday, April 21, 2023. (Photo by David Brendan Hall, Contributing Photographer)
Festival-goers make their way through the grounds as silhouettes against the backdrop of dusk and the Spectra tower on the first day of weekend two at the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival held at the Empire Polo Club in Indio on Friday, April 21, 2023. (Photo by Watchara Phomicinda, The Press-Enterprise/SCNG)
Kaytranada performs on the Outdoor Theatre stage during the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival at the Empire Polo Club in Indio on Friday, April 21, 2023. (Photo by Drew A. Kelley, Contributing Photographer)
Safe Adair, from New York, poses during first day of weekend two of the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival at the Empire Polo Club in Indio on Friday, April 21, 2023. (Photo by Watchara Phomicinda, The Press-Enterprise/SCNG)
From left to right, Ajah El Sayed, Suzie Nisthauz, Heather Henriksen, and Jenny Chen, all hailing from New York City, strike a pose in their vibrant red outfits on the first day of weekend two at the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival held at the Empire Polo Club in Indio, California on Friday, April 21, 2023. (Photo by Watchara Phomicinda, The Press-Enterprise/SCNG)
Warren Lio, from Sydney Australia, daces to SG Lewis at the Outdoor Theatre during first day of weekend two of the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival at the Empire Polo Club in Indio on Friday, April 21, 2023. (Photo by Watchara Phomicinda, The Press-Enterprise/SCNG)
¿Téo? performs in the Gobi tent during the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival at the Empire Polo Club in Indio on Friday, April 21, 2023. (Photo by Drew A. Kelley, Contributing Photographer)
Kelly Toki, 32, from Garden Grove, dons a custom mask inspired by Ashnikko, who is performing, on the first day of weekend two at the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival at the Empire Polo Club in Indio on Friday, April 21, 2023. (Photo by Watchara Phomicinda, The Press-Enterprise/SCNG)
during first day of week two of the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival at the Empire Polo Club in Indio on Friday, April 21, 2023. (Photo by Watchara Phomicinda, The Press-Enterprise/SCNG)
Beck (left) performs with Gorillaz on the Coachella Stage during the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival at the Empire Polo Club in Indio on Friday, April 21, 2023. (Photo by David Brendan Hall, Contributing Photographer)
From left, Emma Destro, Viola Destro, and Miriam Bellinazzi, from Italy, pose during first day of week two of the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival at the Empire Polo Club in Indio on Friday, April 21, 2023. (Photo by Watchara Phomicinda, The Press-Enterprise/SCNG)
Diljit Dosanjh performs in the Sahara tent during the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival at the Empire Polo Club in Indio on Saturday, April 22, 2023. (Photo by Drew A. Kelley, Contributing Photographer)
Stefanie Aguirre dances with her LED umbrella in the Yuma tent during the second day of the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival at the Empire Polo Club in Indio on Saturday, April 22, 2023. (Photo by Watchara Phomicinda, The Press-Enterprise/SCNG)
A couple share a kiss in front of the “Holoflux” lights up during day 2 of the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival at the Empire Polo Club in Indio on Saturday, April 22, 2023. (Photo by Watchara Phomicinda, The Press-Enterprise/SCNG)
Jason and Stefanie Aguirre dance underneath laser lights in the Yuma tent during the second day of the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival at the Empire Polo Club in Indio on Saturday, April 22, 2023. (Photo by Watchara Phomicinda, The Press-Enterprise/SCNG)
Sofi Tukker perform on the Outdoor Theatre during day 2 of the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival at the Empire Polo Club in Indio on Saturday, April 22, 2023. (Photo by Watchara Phomicinda, The Press-Enterprise/SCNG)
Shygirl performs with Mura Masa in the Mojave tent during the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival at the Empire Polo Club in Indio on Saturday, April 22, 2023. (Photo by Drew A. Kelley, Contributing Photographer)
Laser lights illuminate the Yuma tent as festival-goers dance to Jan Blomqvist during the second day of the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival at the Empire Polo Club in Indio on Saturday, April 22, 2023. (Photo by Watchara Phomicinda, The Press-Enterprise/SCNG)
Shenseea performs in the Gobi tent during the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival at the Empire Polo Club in Indio on Saturday, April 22, 2023. (Photo by Drew A. Kelley, Contributing Photographer)
Laser lights illuminate the Yuma tent as festival-goers dance to Jan Blomqvist during the second day of the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival at the Empire Polo Club in Indio on Saturday, April 22, 2023. (Photo by Watchara Phomicinda, The Press-Enterprise/SCNG)
Cal Neikirk of Marina del Rey poses during the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival at the Empire Polo Club in Indio on Saturday, April 22, 2023. (Photo by David Brendan Hall, Contributing Photographer)
Marc Rebillet performs on the Coachella Stage during the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival at the Empire Polo Club in Indio on Saturday, April 22, 2023. (Photo by David Brendan Hall, Contributing Photographer)
A performer dances as Mikey Lion performs on the Do Lab stage during day 3 of the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival at the Empire Polo Club in Indio on Sunday, April 23, 2023. (Photo by Watchara Phomicinda, The Press-Enterprise/SCNG)
Elyanna performs in the Gobi Tent during the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival at the Empire Polo Club in Indio on Saturday, April 22, 2023. (Photo by David Brendan Hall, Contributing Photographer)
Blink-182’s Tom DeLonge performs on the Coachella Stage during the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival at the Empire Polo Club in Indio on Sunday, April 23, 2023. (Photo by David Brendan Hall, Contributing Photographer)
Willow performs in the Mojave Tent during the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival at the Empire Polo Club in Indio on Sunday, April 23, 2023. (Photo by David Brendan Hall, Contributing Photographer)
Blink-182’s Tom DeLonge performs on the Coachella Stage during the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival at the Empire Polo Club in Indio on Sunday, April 23, 2023. (Photo by David Brendan Hall, Contributing Photographer)
Latto performs in the Sahara Tent during the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival at the Empire Polo Club in Indio on Sunday, April 23, 2023. (Photo by David Brendan Hall, Contributing Photographer)
Willow performs in the Mojave Tent during the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival at the Empire Polo Club in Indio on Sunday, April 23, 2023. (Photo by David Brendan Hall, Contributing Photographer)
Kevin Nannerman, from San Francisco, holds a cutout of Uncle Waffles as she perfroms at the Sonora during first day of weekend two of the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival at the Empire Polo Club in Indio on Friday, April 21, 2023. (Photo by Watchara Phomicinda, The Press-Enterprise/SCNG)
A festival-goer dances on her friend’s shoulders while Fisher and Chris Lake perform on the Outdoor Theater stage on day 3 of the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival at the Empire Polo Club in Indio on Sunday, April 23, 2023. (Photo by Watchara Phomicinda, The Press-Enterprise/SCNG)
Fisher and Chris Lake perform on the Outdoor Theater during day 3 of the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival at the Empire Polo Club in Indio on Sunday, April 23, 2023. (Photo by Watchara Phomicinda, The Press-Enterprise/SCNG)
Jackson Wang performs in the Sahara tent during the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival at the Empire Polo Club in Indio on Sunday, April 23, 2023. (Photo by Drew A. Kelley, Contributing Photographer)
Sofi Tukker performs at the Outdoor Theatre during the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival at the Empire Polo Club in Indio on Saturday, April 22, 2023. (Photo by David Brendan Hall, Contributing Photographer)
Fans of Diljit Dosanjh dance during his performance in the Sahara tent during the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival at the Empire Polo Club in Indio on Saturday, April 22, 2023. (Photo by Drew A. Kelley, Contributing Photographer)
Uncle Waffles perfroms at the Sonora during first day of weekend two of the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival at the Empire Polo Club in Indio on Friday, April 21, 2023. (Photo by Watchara Phomicinda, The Press-Enterprise/SCNG)
Fans watch Bad Bunny on the Coachella Stage during the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival at the Empire Polo Club in Indio on Friday, April 21, 2023. (Photo by David Brendan Hall, Contributing Photographer)
As dusk falls on the first day of weekend two of the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival, Kumkum Fernando’s towering art installation “The Messengers” stands prominently over the festival grounds at the Empire Polo Club in Indio on Friday, April 21, 2023. (Photo by Watchara Phomicinda, The Press-Enterprise/SCNG)
Garrett Babbitt, left, and Charley Dussalt, pose during first day of weekend two of the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival at the Empire Polo Club in Indio on Friday, April 21, 2023. (Photo by Watchara Phomicinda, The Press-Enterprise/SCNG)
The long weekend featured headlining sets by Bad Bunny, Blackpink and Sunday replacement headliner, Blink-182, who stepped in after Frank Ocean bowed out of Weekend 2. Other performers included Gorillaz, Sofi Tukker, Björk, Willow, Porter Robinson, Elyanna, Labrinth, Metro Boomin and many, many more.
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