Lollapalooza’s organizers announced the event’s full star-studded lineup on March 19, sharing the event’s day-by-day lineup six days later. If you did not yet get tickets, here you have a few pointers on what to expect this year.
Summer festivals in the Windy City, a treat for locals and visitors
Chicago has many well known and loved summer and early fall festivals, from dance to outdoor movies, via music for all tastes, not forgetting Chicagoans and visitors love to eat, so food is the main attraction for many of these events.
But Lollapalooza, event if it now has editions in South America and Europe, retains a firm homebase in the Windy City, thanks to Perry Farrell, the bizarre and quirky visionary who reinvented the American music festival, first taking it on the road in the last century and then putting down stakes in Chicago. So, although it creates havoc in the neighborhood and the clean-up bill afterwards is always steep, Lollapalooza Music Festival is always welcomed back with glee.
Here’s what we know about Lollapalooza 2024: lineup and stars
The annual festival’s organizers announced the event’s full star-studded lineup on March 19. Six days later, organizers shared the event’s day-by-day lineup.
Blink-182, SZA and the Killers will headline Lollapalooza this summer in Chicago.
The four-day festival takes place Aug. 1-4 in Grant Park and will also feature headlining sets by Tyler, the Creator, Hozier, Stray Kids, Melanie Martinez, Future X Metro Boomin and Skrillex. The festival’s lineup features more than 170 acts from around the world performing across eight stages.
The 2024 Lollapalooza headliners are Blink-182, SZA, the Killers, Tyler, the Creator, Hozier, Future X Metro Boomin, Stray Kids, Melanie Martinez and Skrillex.
Other big names on the roster include “Mean Girls” star Reneé Rapp, Kesha, the Deftones, Tate McRae, Cults and Brandi Cyrus.
Tyler, the Creator, and Hozier kick off Lollapalooza as headliners on Thursday, Aug. 1.
SZA and the Stray Kids will headline on Friday, Aug. 2.
The Killers and Future X Metro Boomin headline the festival on Saturday, Aug. 3, with Skrillex also treating fans to a performance on that night.
Blink-182 and Melanie Martinez will headline the festival’s final day on Sunday, Aug. 4.
Where are the entrance gates to the festival?
The four-day festival takes place August 1-4 in Grant Park. The gates to Lollapalooza are located at the following locations:
- Main Entrance: Michigan & Ida B. Wells
- North Entrance: Monroe & Columbus
Gate Opening Times:
Thursday, August 3rd – Open at 11am
Friday, August 4th – Open at 11am
Saturday, August 5th – Open at 11am
Sunday, August 6th– Open at 11am
Gates close at 10pm each night.
How much are the tickets and where do we find them?
Four-day General Admission starts at $385, General Admission+ starts at $715, VIP starts at $1,565 and Platinum starts at $4,500. Ticket prices will increase over time as they sell out.
Festival Community Impact
Beyond the music it brings to the city, the festival is also trying to positively impact the community, by creating opportunities for young people to enjoy art.
Lollapalooza’s community engagement initiatives work to introduce Chicago youth to the diverse creative opportunities in the festival industry and reduce barriers to arts access in Chicago schools. In 2021, Lollapalooza reaffirmed its commitment to the city with the creation of the Lollapalooza Arts Education Fund, a $2.2M donation to support arts education in Chicago Public Schools (CPS). Distributed through local nonprofit, Ingenuity, the funds will support more than 100,000 CPS students through 2026. Outside the classroom, Lollapalooza’s partnership with After School Matters supports after-school and summer programs that provide Chicago teens with opportunities to learn new artistic skills and display their artworks at Lollapalooza. In addition, Lollapalooza hosts youth from across the city to participate in Immersion Day, a half-day event that gives Chicago teens a behind-the-scenes tour of the Lollapalooza grounds and provides an intro to event production through hands-on learning experiences led by the festival organizers. Lollapalooza provides post-secondary opportunities through the Lollapalooza & Sueños Festival Job Fair, a networking event that highlights employment opportunities at Chicago festivals and pathways to careers in the creative sector for students at City Colleges of Chicago, one of the largest community college systems in the country. Through community engagement efforts, Lollapalooza received and responded to Chicago residents’ requests for improved communal spaces by fully funding the Grant Park Tennis and Pickleball Court Project, and Lollapalooza engages its Chicago arts and culture community year-round through ongoing partnerships with the African American Heritage Festival, TIP Fest, Musically Fed, Black Culture Fest, and more.
