(CNN) — Plan accordingly for the acts performing this year at the Coachella Valley Music And Arts Festival. That was organizers’ message as they released the set times Wednesday via social media. The massive music festival is held annually over two weekends in April in Indio, California. This year Childish Gambino, Tame Impala and Ariana Grande will be headlining. Coachella 2019 lineup announced Childish Gambino is the Friday headliner and will hit the stage at 11:25 p.m. Saturday headliner Tame Impala takes the stage at 10:35 p.m. Grande is the Sunday headliner, and her performance starts at 10:30 p.m. They will be joined by other performers, including Janelle Monáe, Wiz Khalifa and Billie Eilish, who currently has the No. 1 album on the charts. Solange is out of Coachella But you don’t need a coveted pass to the festival to enjoy the action. YouTube will once again be offering a curated livestream of the event, but for the first time will do so for both weekends. Those tuning in to the YouTube Coachella 2019 channel can create personalized viewing schedules and will be able to catch moments from more than 80 acts, including Grande, Eilish, Childish Gambino, Tame Impala, Kacey Musgraves, BlackPink and more. Viewers will also be treated to a one-time premiere of the new Childish Gambino film, “Guava Island,” featuring Rihanna. Coachella starts Friday, runs through Sunday and then picks back up April 19-21.<doc-sep>It’s almost time for music buffs and “do it for the gram” millennials alike to flood to Indio, Calif. Ahead of the 2019 Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival, kicking off April 12, here’s a handy survival guide for both lovers and haters (counterprogramming options below). FULL COVERAGE: Coachella 2019 » Advertisement THE ESSENTIALS What is it? For fans, the Goldenvoice-produced festival rivals Disneyland as “the happiest place on Earth.” For three days in a row, you can frolic between multiple stages to listen to music you love, discover new sounds, immerse yourself in art installations and devour great food. For the critics, it’s a claustrophobic nightmare in dangerously hot temperatures where an odd mix of people — rebellious 13-year-olds, aspiring influencers, college frat bros, committed ravers in knee-high fur boots, and seemingly clueless parents who brought small children — come together to wait in line for overpriced watermelon and conduct Instagram shoots. Because #Chella. READ MORE: How to watch Coachella performances by Childish Gambino and Ariana Grande live online » When is it? Weekend one is April 12-14, and weekend two is April 19-21. Expect your social media feeds to be flooded each night until the early morning hours, as the festival wraps around 1 a.m. on Friday and Saturday, and midnight on Sunday. Where is it located? The Empire Polo Club in the Coachella Valley, near Palm Springs or about two and a half hours from Los Angeles. Advertisement Who is performing? The better question is, “Who’s brave enough to follow Beychella?” Childish Gambino, Tame Impala and Ariana Grande are headlining this year’s lineup. Others at the top of bill include Janelle Monáe, Diplo, Weezer, J Balvin, Khalid, Zedd, Bassnectar, Chvrches and YG. And, yes, Idris Elba is DJing. Beyoncé’s Coachella performance was incredible — and she knew it » Advertisement Beyonce performs at the Coachella Music and Arts Festival in Indio on Saturday, April 14, 2018 (Luis Sinco / Los Angeles Times) What are the set times? Take a breath and sip some pre-Chella coconut water. The set times are here. Is it sold out? Advertisement Technically yes, but you can join the official waitlist or find some being traded or sold online. How much does it cost? General admission is $429, though it creeps up to $509 with the shuttle pass. VIP is priced at $999. And for the record, Coachella and Stagecoach, the country music festival that follows it, generated about $704 million of overall economic activity last year (spending by consumers and businesses), according to an estimate by the Coachella Valley Economic Partnership and Greater Palm Springs Convention and Visitors Bureau. Advertisement Tell me about the nomz. Besides pop-up dinners, a temporary ice cream shop and a 40,000-square-foot food hall, Outstanding in the Field is back. It’s a $225 four-course dinner for a couple hundred attendees each night in the VIP area. Some of Los Angeles’ most-lauded chefs are featured on this year’s menu, including “Top Chef” alums Shirley Chung of Ms. Chi Cafe and Casey Thompson. Jacqueline Le from Santa Ana is held by her boyfriend, Bunsomitt Nhoung from Garden Grove as they dance together Sunday at Coachella during weekend two. (Maria Alejandra Cardona / Los Angeles Times) IF YOU CAN’T DEAL WITH CROWDS Where and when can you watch the live stream? Advertisement YouTube will continue to serve as the festival’s exclusive live-streaming partner, presenting live content over both weekends. And how many people go, anyway? 99,000 per day during the six days, according to a 2018 report from Goldenvoice. RELATED: Coachella by the numbers, a breakdown of the festival’s $700-million impact » Advertisement IF YOU CAN, BUT ONLY WITH A PLAN IN PLACE How do you get there? Try to take one of the shuttles, if you’d like to avoid the extra headache of funneling into an on-site parking spot. Other options include carpoolchella (carpooling with friends), driving solo, public transportation or walking and biking. Dodge the road closures and research the best routes. And if you want to avoid the traffic as much as possible, you can fly from L.A. to Palm Springs in under an hour, thanks to recently added flights. 1 / 9 Guerrilla Tacos offers sweet potato tacos at the 2018 Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival. (Luis Sinco / Los Angeles Times) 2 / 9 Try the Valley sandwich and a strawberry-lemonade slushie from David Chang’s Fuku. (Luis Sinco / Los Angeles Times) 3 / 9 The Ponte is selling avocado toast. (Luis Sinco / Los Angeles Times) 4 / 9 A grilled chicken sandwich from Top Round is among the offerings at this year’s Coachella festival. (Luis Sinco / Los Angeles Times) 5 / 9 There’s more than burgers and beer at Coachella. Try the chicken dumplings from Ms Chi. (Luis Sinco / Los Angeles Times) 6 / 9 Among the offerings at David Chang’s Fuku are the loaded fries. (Luis Sinco / Los Angeles Times) 7 / 9 Beverages at Coachella 2018 include, clockwise from left, a chillada colada, the It’s a Mule Fool and Notgroni nonalcoholic cocktails from Bar Not. (Luis Sinco / Los Angeles Times) 8 / 9 Hanjip is offering Korean rice bowls with beef to hungry festival-goers. (Luis Sinco / Los Angeles Times) 9 / 9 For dessert, Milk Bar offers cereal milk soft serve ice cream. (Luis Sinco / Los Angeles Times) Advertisement STAYING SAFE What resources are in place to prevent or report sexual misconduct? This year, Coachella announced its most thorough efforts yet to prevent and combat sexual harassment and assault. The new “Every One” program serves to enforce a zero tolerance policy of assault or harassment, be it sexual, physical or verbal. “Anyone found to be in violation of this policy is subject to immediate removal from the festival site, and law enforcement may be notified,” the organization states on its website. To help enforce this, there will be trained ambassadors on the ground. Coachella also asks attendees to “hold each other accountable” and report misconduct to an Info Kiosk. Advertisement RELATED: After widespread complaints, Coachella is enacting a new anti-sexual harassment policy. But is it enough? »<doc-sep>Gentleman and ladies, start your circling. Roughly 72 hours out from the beginning of weekend 1, the Coachella festival has released a full schedule for the Aug. 12-14 and 19-21 gatherings. Billie Eilish, the musical meme and bestselling artist of the moment, plays at the Outdoor Theatre Saturday at 9:35. That’ll create a crush, so expect a lot of attendees to stake out a place in that field during Christine and the Queens’ preceding set, whether or not they’ve heard of the band. Her set falls between the cracks of the Weezer and Tame Impala shows over on the main stage. Also off the main stage, K-pop phenomenon Blackpink have been booked into the massive and roomy Sahara Tent on Friday night at 8, five nights before they headline the Forum. Their competition on the main stage at that time is rock band the 1975, which probably counts as reasonable counterprogramming. Rest assured that the fest has pretty much cleared out all competition for Ariana Grande’s closing headlining set Sunday night. She’ll only be up against a couple of acts in the dance tents… eliminating a rerun of the unfortunate conflict last year when X Japan made what was supposed to be a historic appearance, only to play to a near-empty tent when they were scheduled against Beyonce. For anyone counting on catching Blackpink’s Times Square simulcast (for which we’ve been assured there will be audio, and not a silent big-screen appearance), their Friday night appearance at 8 means they’ll be on at 11 in the heart of Manhattan, just in time to regale unaware exiting theater-goers as well as what could be throngs of K-pop enthusiasts. Performances begin at noon each day on small-ish stages and 2-3 hours after that on the main stage. As headliners go, Childish Gambino makes a truly late night of it beginning at 11:25 p.m. Friday, Tame Impala is at 10:35 Saturday and Grande performs at 10:30 Sunday. Recent Variety cover subject Kacey Musgraves, winner of the album of the year Grammy, is playing at a perhaps unexpectedly early time — a pre-“Golden Hour” slot Friday at 5:50 — so drivers interested in this very zeitgeist-y performer are advised to time their departures accordingly. Not everyone is going to have their minds completely on the music this weekend. Asked one commenter on Coachella’s Instagram page: “What stage is showing GoT?” Find the full schedule for both weekends here.<doc-sep>For the ninth consecutive year, YouTube will stream the Coachella Festival’s two weekends so fans outside Indio, California can watch the spectacle on their screens. The streams of over eighty acts at the festival will be available on YouTube’s Coachella channel and the YouTube Music app. This year, YouTube Music announced it was “turning it up a notch.” What that means is, the first weekend (April 12th-14th) will include a premiere of festival headliner Childish Gambino’s new film “Guava Island,” featuring Rihanna. Viewers will have their choice of three simultaneous live stream feeds throughout the weekend, with a new feature that will allow users to create a “personalized viewing schedule” and flip to their most anticipated acts automatically. YouTube will also stream Coachella’s second weekend for the first time ever, on April 19th-21st, with a somewhat different viewing experience. Coachella Curated, hosted by radio personality Jason Bentley from Santa Monica’s NPR affiliate KCRW, “will take a deep dive into the festival experience and deliver fans a slate of original content – encore and live performances, artist commentary, mini-docs, animated adventures and more.” The Coachella announcement is the latest push from YouTube to craft its music content into a communal user experience, in the same vein of live-broadcasted performances on television and music video “premiere” events during MTV’s heyday. At the end of 2018, the video service unveiled their YouTube Premiere feature, allowing users to join together in a live stream and live chatroom before and during a music video premiere from their favorite artists.<doc-sep>
YouTube is upping its Coachella game. The popular video site will begin live streaming from the Indio, California, music festival Friday for the ninth consecutive year, but for the first time will continue its coverage into the fest's second weekend. With Beyonce reigning at Coachella 2018, YouTube had a massive audience of more than 41 million live streams from the festival viewed from more than 232 countries and territories. YouTube could connect viewers with more pop cultural moments this year including a performance by Childish Gambino and the premiere of his new film, "Guava Island,” featuring Rihanna. The Grammy, Golden Globe and Emmy-Award winning rapper/actor, also known by day as Donald Glover, has already delivered a big hit on YouTube with his video for "This is America" earning 12.9 million views in its first 24 hours, making it one of last year's 10 biggest music video debuts. Also on the schedule: an Easter Sunday morning performance by Kanye West. Coachella 2019 set times:Find out when your favorite act is performing Coachella ceremony:Rejoice! Kanye West is bringing his 'Sunday Service' to Coachella on Easter YouTube's live stream (www.youtube.com/coachella) during Coachella's first weekend starts at 7 p.m. ET/4 p.m. PT on Friday and runs through the weekend and will pick up again Friday, April 19. (Subscribe to the channel for updated schedule information.) Viewers can watch across various devices such as smart TVs, computers, tablets and smartphones. You can also watch or listen using the YouTube Music app, which has a free tier and a $12.99 monthly subscription (no ads and you can download music). Coachella lineup also includes Kacey Musgraves, Billie Eilish YouTube will offer three simultaneous live streams with performances by more than 80 artists including Ariana Grande, Janelle Monáe, Kacey Musgraves, Khalid, Maggie Rogers, Weezer, Billie Eilish, Chvches, Tame Impala, Wiz Khalifa, and Soccer Mommy. Some content will be available on-demand. "In many ways if you're not able to get to the desert, you can do the next big thing and stream" the festival, said Lyor Cohen, YouTube's head of music. "Instead of the Super Bowl with pizza and beers, this is another opportunity to get a bunch of friends together and watch your fave bands." In addition to Kanye West's Easter morning performance, YouTube's second weekend from Coachella will include encore and live performances, interviews, artist commentary, mini-documentaries and other curated content. "For years the YouTube Livestream has helped us reach an international audience. I’m still overwhelmed by how many people saw last year’s event across the world," said festival founder Paul Tollett in a statement to USA TODAY. The second weekend's offerings will include profiles of international artists. "We've been spending the past few months traveling to artists’ home countries to film their stories," Tollett said. "Can’t wait for the viewers to enjoy it as much as we have enjoyed putting it together." Also in lineup: K-Pop group BLACKPINK Another artist you may want to add to your streaming plans: BLACKPINK. The K-pop group recently saw its 'Kill This Love' music video become the fastest to 100 million views (less than three days), and was the most viewed music video debut in YouTube history, with 56.7 million views in its first 24 hours. YouTube will be broadcasting the band's performance, scheduled for 11:50 p.m. ET on Friday , on The Beast jumbotron in Times Square. "It's a not to be missed performance," Cohen said. For artists, the live stream takes a Coachella appearance to another level. "YouTube has been a big factor in helping my music and Música Urbano as a whole reach a growing global audience," said Colombian-born reggaeton singer J Balvin in a statement to USA TODAY. He assisted Cardi B, along with Bad Bunny, on "I Like It," and won a 2018 Latin Grammy Award for best urban music album for "Vibras," released in May 2018. "I am really excited and grateful that they will be sharing my performance with fans worldwide when we bring a full Reggaeton set to the mainstage at Coachella for the very first time!" he said. Beyoncé at Coachella:'Homecoming' Coachella performance coming to Netflix Coachella 2018:The year Beyoncé reigned, was a historic moment for the festival Follow USA TODAY reporter Mike Snider on Twitter: @MikeSnider.