Fans have taken to social media to share their surprise at the litany of special guests who joined Yo Gabba Gabba! at Coachella 2025.
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Playing the Mojave tent yesterday (April 12), the icons of kids TV joined the likes of fellow performers Charli XCX and Benson Boone in bringing out unexpected artists for their sets.
The Saturday slot marked their first solo performance at the festival since 2010, with Yo Gabba Gabba! creators Christian Jacobs and Scott Schultz telling TMZ that the characters got such a positive response when walking around festival grounds in costume last year, they were asked to do a full performance.
Playing to a surprisingly packed audience, the children’s musical act brought out Flava Flav, ‘Weird Al’ Yankovic, Portugal. The Man and Thundercat.
Last year, the latter joined them on a spin-off to show, Yo Gabba GabbaLand!, which also saw contributions from Flea, Anderson .Paak, Betty Who, Diplo, and Kurt Vile.
@browniesandlemonade yo gabba gabba going so crazy rn to an overflowing stage at coachella @coachella @Yo Gabba Gabba! #coachella #festival #livemusic #rave
♬ original sound – Brownies & Lemonade
@spookymulderrr what do you mean weird al sang the rainbow connection with thundercat and yo gabba gabba and i wasn’t there?? #themuppets #jimhenson #therainbowconnection #weirdal #thundercat #yogabbagabba #fyp #coachella2025 #foryou #foryoupage #coachella #kermit
♬ original sound – j ⚭
@finnfm They brought out Flavor Flav, Thundercat, Weird Al, Portugal the Man 😭 Most iconic shit ever #coachella #coachella2025 #yogabbagabba
♬ original sound – Finn Fox-Mills
Yo Gabba Gabba at Coachella 2025 played:
‘Yo Gabba GabbaLand!’
‘I Like to Dance’
‘Party in My Tummy’
‘Get the Sillies Out’
‘Hold Still’
‘I’m So Mad (Just Breathe)’
‘I Love Bugs’ (Biz’s Beat of The Day)
‘Bubbles’
‘Don’t Bite Your Friends’
‘DJ Lance Says’ (with DJ Lance Rock)
‘The Orange Cat’s Special Time Outdoors’ (with Thundercat)
‘Rainbow Connection’ (The Muppets cover with “Weird Al” Yankovic, Paul Williams, Portugal. The Man, and Thundercat)
Several X/Twitter users took to the app to say they were shocked how much they enjoyed the surprise additions, with one joking: “Mainstage next year?”. Others nodded to the “overflowing” crowd they drew, saying the set was “so camp and fun”. Check out more social media reactions below.
yo gabba gabba being at coachella is honestly so camp and fun. like what do you mean this crowd of grown adults is playing along with hold still while fucking MIYAVI is shredding in the background
— Aubrey Firedrill (@aubreyfiredrill) April 13, 2025
yo gabba gabba having the biggest crowd at coachella oh they are icons. pic.twitter.com/eFI3ngphGR
— ♱ (@bynxtdoor) April 13, 2025
yo gabba gabba’s coachella performance pic.twitter.com/DGC4zUqJDO
— elliot (⊙_◎) (@simonlits) April 13, 2025
girl i didn’t give a fuck about coachella this year until i saw a clip of yo gabba gabba’s set pic.twitter.com/wby58n6hmf
— 🍒FROOTY🍌 (@tr3blez) April 13, 2025
Watching yo Gabba Gabba at Coachella pic.twitter.com/wJ7Cj5vmWX
— Rachel🇺🇦 (@xovivalarachel) April 13, 2025
Yo Gabba Gabba just threw down so hard at Coachella. Main stage next year?
I don’t think people knew what they were in for.
Surprise special guests during the set: Flava Flav, Portugal. The Man, Weird Al, DJ Lance, Paul Williams, Thundercat, more. pic.twitter.com/j0l4Qjsx61
— the friendly lion (@lionfaceahh) April 13, 2025
flava flav rapping with muno about how much they like bugs goes unironically hard actually
— count eggenheimer (@wlwbarnes) April 13, 2025
FLAVA FLAV AT COACHELLA WITH YO GABBA GABBA pic.twitter.com/oB9PhfECOl
— 𝙙𝙧𝙚𝙖 ﾒ૦ (@okaybrb) April 13, 2025
What & Why in the actual hell is Flava Flav “Performing” with Yo Gabba Gabba at #Coachella. Adults paid money for this. pic.twitter.com/ijLJzWcqUh
— Shawn (@osu45804) April 13, 2025
yo gabba gabba going so crazy rn to an overflowing stage at coachella @yogabbagabba @coachella pic.twitter.com/xOxlLFTCuq
— Brownies & Lemonade🍫🍋 (@TeamBandL) April 13, 2025
2025 is watching the Coachella stream and *Yo Gabba Gabba* brings out Flava Flav for a Biz Markie tribute. Absolute cinema
— Justin Katz Media (@justinkatzmedia) April 13, 2025
Elsewhere this weekend, Lady Gaga performed a theatrical five-act set, and A. G. Cook brought out Danny Brown, performing a host of tracks before remixing Charli XCX’s ‘Party 4 U’.
Charli XCX brought out Lorde, Billie Eilish and Troye Sivan for her highly-awaited performance, and there was controversy during Kneecap‘s set after they led an anti-Margaret Thatcher chant, with fans reporting the online stream had cut out shortly after.
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