Beyoncé 2018 Coachella performance

American singer-songwriter Beyoncé headlined the 2018 Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival, performing on April 14 and 21 at the Empire Polo Club in Indio, California. She was the first Black woman to headline the festival and her performance immediately received widespread critical acclaim. Many in the media described the show as "historic," while The New York Times proclaimed it as "meaningful, absorbing, forceful and radical." The performance was internally nicknamed "Beychella", as can be seen in the Homecoming documentary, and the nickname was announced during the performance.

Her performances paid tribute to the culture of historically black colleges and universities, featuring a full marching band and majorette dancers, while incorporating various aspects of black Greek life, such as a step show along with strolling by pledges. The performances were also influenced by black feminism, sampling black authors and featuring on-stage appearances by fellow Destiny's Child members Kelly Rowland and Michelle Williams, her husband Jay-Z, and her sister Solange Knowles.

The performances were recorded and released as a Netflix-original concert film, Homecoming: A Film by Beyoncé, on April 17, 2019, as well as a live album. Homecoming likewise received widespread critical acclaim and has been named as one of the greatest concert films of all time.