Stagecoach Festival Briefly Evacuated Due to High Winds: Lainey Wilson Set Delayed
The Stagecoach country music festival experienced a temporary evacuation on Saturday night due to severe wind conditions, impacting set times and causing frustration among attendees.
The Stagecoach festival was briefly evacuated Saturday night after high winds swept through the Empire Polo Club in Indio.
The country music festival, headlined this year by Post Malone, Lainey Wilson, and Cody Johnson, updated its Saturday night schedule following the temporary evacuation.
According to Rolling Stone, the wind gusts intensified to the point that food vendors had to close early, leading to a pause in the festival and performers being escorted offstage.
An emergency evacuation message appeared on screens at the festival's Mane Stage, stating: "The festival has been postponed until further notice. Please move quickly and calmly to the nearest exit."
However, about an hour later, after thousands had moved towards the parking lot and shuttles, the festival announced its resumption, with headliner Wilson's set delayed by an hour to 10:30 pm.
"We're back in the saddle," the update read, advising that the festival would continue until 1 am instead of the originally planned 11:55 pm.
🚨| A tense day! Stagecoach had to cancel the performances for a few hours due to weather conditions. Unfortunately, @Marshmello's set, which was scheduled to happen minutes after the event's cancellation, will no longer take place. Stagecoach has just posted that they are back,… pic.twitter.com/GuNl0nkQsQ
— Portal Mellogang (@portalmellogang) April 26, 2026
— Stagecoach Festival (@Stagecoach) April 26, 2026
Scheduled sets by Gavin Adcock and Pitbull were also delayed, while Journey and Riley Green had their performances cancelled altogether.
Many fans expressed their frustration on social media, as many had already left the crowded parking lot and had to scramble to return to the festival.
"Stagecoach knew high winds were expected, let people in after a casual noon warning, gave no escalating contingency/re-entry instructions, then issued a full emergency evacuation saying the festival was ‘postponed’," one fan fumed on X.
"For shuttle/rideshare attendees, complying meant entering a one-way exit system," they continued. "By the time they later reopened, return wasn’t just inconvenient — it was functionally impossible."
The third and final day of the 2026 country music fest commences today (March 26) with Post Malone scheduled to headline, with support acts on the final day including Third Eye Blind, Wyatt Flores, Brett Young, Ty Myers, Warren Zeiders, and Hootie & The Blowfish.
This incident follows the cancellation of one of the final performances on the opening night of Coachella due to similar weather conditions. American-Italian DJ and producer Anyma was unable to perform earlier this month because of strong wind conditions affecting his stage set up.
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