A late-night desert appointment
If you were planning to keep the glitter on through Sunday, Coachella has a reason to stay open a little longer. The Season 3 premiere of HBO’s Euphoria will screen in the festival campgrounds on Sunday at 11:59 p.m. PT, after the final performances of the weekend have wrapped.
Access will be limited to people with Coachella wristbands, and the watch party will run on a first-come, first-served basis. Because naturally, a show about beautiful people making chaotic choices is getting a very Coachella-style rollout.
A return with a long pause in the middle
Euphoria returns on April 12 at 9 p.m. PT on HBO after a four-year break. Sam Levinson’s hit drama picks up five years after Season 2, with Zendaya, Sydney Sweeney, Jacob Elordi, Hunter Schafer, Alexa Demie and Maude Apatow all playing characters who are now out of high school.
Returning as well are Eric Dane, Martha Kelly, Colman Domingo, Dominic Fike, Chloe Cherry and Nika King.
Coachella and Euphoria have already crossed paths
This is not the show’s first brush with the festival. In 2023, Euphoria composer Labrinth performed at Coachella and brought out Zendaya for a surprise set of “All for Us” and “I’m Tired,” two songs they worked on for the series. It was Zendaya’s first live performance in more than seven years, which is the sort of detail that tends to make a festival crowd lose its collective mind.
A crowded third season
The eight-episode third season also adds a long list of new cast members, including:
- Trisha Paytas
- Natasha Lyonne
- Danielle Deadwyler
- Eli Roth
- Sharon Stone
- Rosalía
- Marshawn Lynch
- Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje
- Toby Wallace
- Darrell Britt-Gibson
- Kadeem Hardison
- Priscilla Delgado
- James Landry Hébert
- Anna Van Patten
- Asante Blackk
- Bella Podaras
- Bill Bodner
- Cailyn Rice
- Colleen Camp
- Gideon Adlon
- Hemky Madera
- Homer Gere
- Jack Topalian
- Jessica Blair Herman
- Kwame Patterson
- Madison Thompson
- Matthew Willig
- Rebecca Pidgeon
- Sam Trammell
So yes, Euphoria is back, and apparently it is arriving with a cast list large enough to require its own festival pass.
