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Goes to Coachella Tour
March 9th, 2026 by Kevin Gomez
Gainesville Rock City’s favorite sons, Less Than Jake have finally made it to the big leagues. As the band’s newly announced tour states, the Less Than Jake Goes to Coachella Tour will be celebrating with stops along the way to commemorate their featured set at the upcoming festival.
As festivals get postponed and scrapped left and right (When We Were Young just announced they will be taking 2026 off), the legendary Coachella Festival moves ahead with full steam the weekends of April 10th-12th and 17th-19th. The three headliners for this year’s festival are Sabrina Carpenter, Justin Beiber, and Karol G. But Coachella has always prided itself on displaying various musical genres, everything from pop to hip-hop to dance to alternative, and even punk. Well, it turns out they made room in their lineup for some beloved ska-punk.
Less Than Jake will be playing on the Sundays, April 12th and April 19th. They won’t be completely alone in the punk category as they will be joined by Iggy Pop, Black Flag, Suicidal Tendencies, Drain, and The Chats.
Less Than Jake have been doing their thing establishing themselves as ska-punk icons in their own right for nearly 35 years. From humble beginnings in Gainesville, FL, they have played all over the world promoting fun and silliness with extremely catchy songs to skank to. While tickets to Coachella are already sold out, the boys will be playing shows in between week one and two of the festival in surrounding cities.
You can catch them April 15th at the Glass House in Pomona, April 16th at La Rosa in Tucson, and April 18th at Pappy & Harriet’s in Pioneertown. As they usually do, they will be bringing along a stellar lineup of ska bands. And if you need more incentive to go, the band has announced these will be their only West Coast shows of 2026.
One of Orange County’s brightest stars, Half Past Two will be playing the Less Than Jake Goes to Coachella Tour. They killed their set in January with Mustard Plug and The Toasters.
Half Past Two is ready to start the Bad Times Tour next week with fellow Bad Time Records labelmates Kill Lincoln, JER, and Bad Operation.
Also joining them for these CA dates is Omnigone. They are known for their killer live shows, so they will be bringing the heat to Less Than Jake’s tour.
Tickets for all three shows of the Less Than Jake Goes to Coachella Tour are on sale now, so go out and get yours!
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