The 2026 Stagecoach country music festival will be remembered as the first time there was an emergency evacuation at a local Goldenvoice festival, but thankfully Day 3, the final day of the one-weekend festival, started on a much less dramatic note.
Sunday included performances by Amos Lee, The Wallflowers, Third Eye Blind, Wyatt Flores, Hootie & The Blowfish, headliner Post Malone, and many others. Although the Empire Polo Club was under a wind advisory, the winds were not as intense as the day prior, and there was plenty of sunshine to keep attendees’ spirits high.
Here are the best and worst moments of Sunday, April 26 at Stagecoach.
THE BEST MOMENTS
Amos Lee’s serenading — and raunchy — afternoon Palomino performance
Singer-songwriter Amos Lee’s set in the Palomino tent began 15 minutes late on Sunday afternoon, but when he started the set, he serenaded the crowd with a Hammond organ-led soul song. The raunchy moment came later on when he announced that he was going to perform a cover of the indie-rock band Ween’s explicit song “Piss Up A Rope,” which is featured on their 1996 country-themed album “12 Golden Country Greats.” As he began singing the lyrics, many people joined in, laughing and singing along. A few parents with small children, however, chose to leave the performance.
Lee also brought out funk/soul/pop artist Remi Wolf as a special guest to perform his song “Windows Are Rolled Down” as well as a portion of Rage Against the Machine’s “Killing In The Name.”
Third Eye Blind making a well-received Stagecoach debut
Stagecoach is a country music festival that also features some alternative rock acts, which is a little odd, but it works in the mix of things. On Sunday, the ’90s band Third Eye Blind was well-received by the Stagecoach crowd, and it felt a little surreal to be singing along to “Semi-Charmed Life” with a country audience that went back almost to the iconic Ferris wheel near the festival’s entrance.
But when you’re at Stagecoach, you just go with it and enjoy the moment. This was a good vibe.
Every cover we heard, from Kameron Marlowe covering Kings of Leon to Max McNown covering U2
On Sunday, we heard some particularly great covers during the festival. Kameron Marlowe performed a great cover of Kings of Leon’s “Use Somebody,” while Max McNown (who absolutely crushed his Stagecoach debut) sang several incredible covers: U2’s “With Or Without You,” an excerpt of “Three Little Birds” by Bob Marley & The Wailers and finally “Hurt” by Nine Inch Nails. Third Eye Blind covered David Bowie’s “Heroes,” and Brett Young played an awesome rendition of Justin Bieber’s “Yukon.”
THE WORST MOMENTS
Walking into the last day with an extended wind advisory
There is nothing more that could be said about Saturday night’s evacuation and couple-hour-long delay that hasn’t already been said. But after what we went through the day before, walking into Sunday with an extended wind advisory forecasting 20 to 30 mile per hour winds — with gusts up to 45 miles per hour until 5 p.m. — was super unsettling. Nobody wanted a repeat of the day before, but thankfully we didn’t get one.
The Wallflowers putting on an average performance
Not to knock Jakob Dylan and the rest of the ’90s alternative band The Wallflowers, who did fit in at Stagecoach with the blues and country edge to their sound, but it was a pretty average and unmoving set. The band didn’t make much of an effort to develop a rapport with the Mustang Stage crowd, and they didn’t bring a whole lot of energy to the massive stage. Dylan did perform a few songs without his hat and said, “If you’re going to wear hats, I’m going to wear one too,” and put his Western-style hat on before “6th Avenue Heartache.”
A chilly night to close out the festival
As Stagecoach wrapped up on Sunday night before Post Malone’s performance, the temperatures began to drop. Although it wasn’t as windy as Saturday, it felt like the coldest night of the festival, as predicted in the weather forecast. If you want to party in the desert in April, this is the price you pay.
(This story was updated to add links.)
Desert Sun journalists Niki Kottmann and Paul Albani-Burgio contributed to this report.
This article originally appeared on Palm Springs Desert Sun: Best and worst of Stagecoach 2026 Day 3, from Remi Wolf to Max McNown
Reporting by Brian Blueskye, Palm Springs Desert Sun / Palm Springs Desert Sun
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