Trixie Mattel, Billie Joe Armstrong and beabadoobee are among the queer artists in the Coachella line-up 2025 (Rick Kern/Medios y Media/Getty Images/Samir Hussein/WireImage)
The Coachella 2025 line-up this year is full of queerness! From Trixie Mattel to Green Day, here are 10 LGBTQ+ favourites you won’t want to miss at the Empire Polo Club in Indio, California.
Lady Gaga is top of the bill both weekends (11-13 and 18-20 April), in what will be the ‘Abracadabra’ singer’s second headline set at the festival.
Coachella has a great history when it comes to platforming LGBTQ+ artists. Frank Ocean was the first out LGBTQ+ man to headline in 2023, and Billie Eilish headlined a year earlier. Festival-goers have also seen the likes of boygenius, Ethel Cain, and Christine and the Queens.
We’ve taken a look through the 2025 line-up to pick out some fo the best acts.
Clairo
The bisexual indie-pop artist recently toured the US and Europe as part of her Charm tour and doesn’t care about labels.
Japanese Breakfast
Michelle Zauner is the bisexual force behind the band. Peter Bradley joins her on guitar, with Deven Craige on bass. Drummer Craig Hendrix, who also plays keyboards, completes the line-up.
Green Day
You don’t have to wait until September Ends but, despite being veterans on the music scene, Green Day are only now about to make their debut on the Coachella stage.
Beabadobee
The singer is returning to Coachella, having first appeared in 2022.
Arca
This trans musician from Venezuela uses her music to explore concepts like gender identity and celebrate queerness.
Hope Tala
This queer British singer-songwriter blends R&B, Latin, neo-soul and bossa nova influences into one smooth sound.
Trixie Mattel
Everybody’s favourite skinny legend, Trixie is getting people fired up for her DJ set with a cover of “Supermodel (You Better Work)”, with Vincint, due out on Friday (11 April).
Coco & Breezy
Twins Corianna and Brianna Dotson not only created their own brand of eyewear, but the are also DJs and producers.
Underscores
April Harper Grey, aka Underscores, has been hailed as “one of the most captivating and fascinating voices in queer alternative electronic music”.
Desiree
A Black South African intersex woman, Desiree is well-known in the afro tech and electro party scene.
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