Everything you need to know about Lollapalooza 2019
Offering four days of pop, rock and hip-hop stars, Lollapalooza is one of Chicago's most beloved summer music festivals
Looking for the biggest music festival in Chicago? Welcome to Lollapalooza 2019. Attendees at the annual Grant Park event enjoy four whole days of bands, heat and huge crowds, all in the vicinity of some of Chicago's best attractions. This year, Ariana Grande, Childish Gambino, Twenty One Pilots, Tame Impala, the Strokes and the Chainsmokers top a lineup of more than 170 acts—many of whom will also perform during aftershows at some of Chicago's best music venues. Before you head to the Loop, learn everything you need to know about the year's most colossal music event and take a look at some wild photos from previous editions.
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When is Lollapalooza 2019?
Lollapalooza 2019 is hosted from August 1 to 4.
Where is Lollapalooza?
Lollapalooza takes place in Grant Park in downtown Chicago, near attractions such as Millennium Park and the Art Institute. There are two entrances that attendees can use: The main gate is at Congress Parkway and Michigan Avenue, while the secondary entrance is at Columbus Drive and Jackson Drive.
How do I get to Lollapalooza?
With 100,000 people cramming into Grant Park each day during Lollapalooza weekend, parking is at a premium. That's why we recommend taking public transportation to and from the event. If you're hopping on the train, take the Brown, Pink, Orange or Purple Lines to Harold Washington Library or ride the Blue and Red Lines to Jackson. By bus, the 1, 3, 4, 7, 26, 28, 126, 132 and 147 are your best bets. You can also take the Metra Electric line to Millennium Station, just North of Grant Park.
How do I get tickets to Lollapalooza?
You can find single-day and weekend passes on Time Out's ticket page or the festival’s official website.
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The best fashion at Lollapalooza 2017
Lollapalooza isn't all crop tops, body glitter and jean shorts (though there was certainly a lot of that). We combed the crowds throughout the four-day event to find inspired festival fashion. From gingham galore and candy-colored shades to pearl-studded jeans and playful graphic tees, these are the trend-forward looks we loved at Lollapalooza. RECOMMENDED: Our complete guide to Lollapalooza Photograph: Jaclyn Rivas Photograph: Jaclyn Rivas Photograph: Jaclyn Rivas Photograph: Jaclyn Rivas Photograph: Jaclyn Rivas Photograph: Jaclyn Rivas Photograph: Jaclyn Rivas Photograph: Jaclyn Rivas Photograph: Jaclyn Rivas Photograph: Jaclyn Rivas Photograph: Jaclyn Rivas Photograph: Jaclyn Rivas Photograph: Jaclyn Rivas Photograph: Jaclyn Rivas Photograph: Jaclyn Rivas Photograph: Jaclyn Rivas Photograph: Jaclyn Rivas Photograph: Jaclyn Rivas Photograph: Jaclyn Rivas Photograph: Jaclyn Rivas Photograph: Jaclyn Rivas Photograph: Jaclyn Rivas Photograph: Jaclyn Rivas Photograph: Jaclyn Rivas Photograph: Jaclyn Rivas Photograph: Jaclyn Rivas Photograph: Jaclyn Rivas Photograph: Jaclyn Rivas Photograph: Jaclyn Rivas Photograph: Jaclyn Rivas Photograph: Jaclyn Rivas Photograph: Jaclyn Rivas Photograph: Jaclyn Rivas Photograph: Jaclyn Rivas
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Final thoughts on Lollapalooza 2014
I'm going to offer up two statements to gauge your interest in Lollapalooza. See how you react. Lorde is curating the Mockingjay – Part 1 soundtrack. Keep Calm and Chive On. If you had to tab over to Google to understand any of that, Lollapalooza is probably not the music festival for you. If one or both of those sentences elicited a "Fuck, yeah!" either verbally or deep within your myelinating brain cells, dude, you are so going to rage in Grant Park. As I wrote in my final thoughts in 2013, Lollapalooza has largely become a festival for high school and college students. I criticized C3, the company that puts on the fest, for not recognizing that. This year, the promotors wisely catered more to adolescents. There was an official tank top for sale that read OFF TO LOLLA LAND, a hashtag slogan decided upon via a Twitter contest. The row of food vendors along Columbus Drive, dubbed "Chow Town," eschewed the watermelon gazpacho of the past to focus more on burgers, pizza and cheese fries. In fact, I'm pretty certain they could shovel out nothing but cheese fries from a cauldron with few complaints. Likewise, it's more and more of a pizza-and-cheese-fries bill, musically. There are very of-the-moment pop acts from the upper echelon of the current iTunes chart like Lorde, Iggy Azalea, Bleachers, Kongos, Childish Gambino. The first two could have and should have been headlining. Is there any doubt Sam Smith, Ed Sheeran, Ariana Grande or Magic! could have drawn a larger crowd t
Mud people at Lollapalooza 2014
Rain at Lollapalooza is nothing shocking. It's just a fact of life with music festivals, which mostly take place atop baseball fields: There is going to be mud (as you can see here in 2012). On day three of Lollapalooza 2014, it rained. And rained and rained and rained. By my count, there were at least four downpours, at 1pm, 3pm, 5pm and 6pm. It was some strait up Orlando BS. Some of us took shelter in the trees or cowered under umbrellas with the disposition of wet cats. Some of us (and even some of those ubiquitous celebrity signs) opened their arms to the skies and treated Sunday like a water park. Or, well, a mud park. Big crowds at Chromeo, Cage the Elephant and, of course, Perry's Stage just kept on ragin' in the slop. RECOMMENDED: Check out more photos and coverage from Lollapalooza
Lolla street style
Lollapalooza might not lure the crazy costumes of a Spring Awakening or North Coast Music Festival, nor does it present quite the wild hipster safari of Pitchfork. But that's okay, that means you see more summer looks in Grant Park you might want to rock in your day-to-day life. We wandered the grounds of Grant Park to find festival chic. RECOMMENDED: Check out more photos and coverage from Lollapalooza
A visual history of Lolla acts
Though originally a small, crazy, travelling rock festival, Lollapalooza chose Chicago as its permanent home in 2005. From that first Saturday in Grant Park, Lollapalooza became the city's favorite summer event. Every year there are more acts and more stages, and over the last ten years the Lollapalooza has transformed from a Chicago-local weekend to one of the biggest and most popular music festivals in the U.S. We took a look at the ways in which the demographic of Lollapalooza has changed since its settlement in Chicago, to explore how the festival has developed since becoming a part of our city. What once was a bastion for '90s alternative has diversified with greater numbers of hip-hop, pop and electronic acts. Genre of Lolapallooza artists | Create Infographics It's no suprise to see the continued dominance of indie and alternative rock from 2005 to 2014. In 2014, though, hip hop and electronic music are much more heavily feautured, and are placed higher up in the lineup. Lollapalooza 2005 saw an entirely rock and alternative rock-based headliner list with the Pixies, Widespread Panic, Weezer and The Killers. This year, The Kings of Leon share their space with Eminiem, Outkast and Skrillex. Gender of Lollapalooza frontmen | Create Infographics So. Lollapalooza is still not quite up to date on gender equality. Still, female representation has slowly increased over the years, and this year a female solo act, Lorde, features just seventh on the lineup. Nationality of Lol
Sunday faces in the crowd
By day three of Lollapalooza, you have stopped caring about your appearance. You have hardly slept. You are covered in sweat, lotion, dirt and your BFFs' beer spills. Your shoes—if you are still wearing shoes—are toast. Add to that the downpour that swept through Grant Park Sunday afternoon, which left people soaked and (often intentionally) coated in mud, and you have a true mess. (Don't they know there's tons of goose shit in that mud?) In spite of all that, or perhaps because of all that, the people watching on Sunday is always top notch. So take a stroll with us through the grounds of Grant Park for a final peek at Lollapalooza fandom and the best acts on stage, like Chance the Rapper, Childish Gambino, Skrillex and more. RECOMMENDED: Check out more photos and coverage from Lollapalooza
Saturday faces in the crowd
Lollapalooza 2014 carried onward into day two with better-than-average weather and larger-than-ever crowds. Tens and tens of thousands clad in tank tops and flower headbands (and some in more sophisticated outfits) turned out for Outkast, now deep into their formulaic reunion tour, as well as "Summer" hitmaker Calvin Harris and Foster the People. As always, the mix of music on offer, the low median age of the crowd and a liberal amount of booze made for some fantastic people watching. Can Saturday's crowd top Friday's array of half shirts and American flag tees? Let's take a peek at the fans in Grant Park and the performers onstage. RECOMMENDED: Check out more photos and coverage from Lollapalooza
Friday faces in the crowd
Lollapalooza kicked off with the strongest single-day lineup of its weekend bill. The ladies in jorts and the guys in American flag muscle shirts didn't let a little rain deter them from catching the stellar acts, from Iggy Azalea, who was clearly booked long before she became a E! News regular, to Lorde who played later in the evening. RECOMMENDED: Check out more photos and coverage from Lollapalooza
