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. Though originally a small, crazy, travelling rock festival, Lollapalooza chose Chicago as its permanent home in 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. 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 to In , though, hip hop and electronic music are much more heavily feautured, and are placed higher up in the lineup.
Lollapalooza saw an entirely rock and alternative rock-based headliner list with the Pixies, Widespread Panic, Weezer and The Killers. 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. 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. Lollapalooza 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. 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. Go to the content Go to the footer Close Chicago icon-chevron-right Chicago. Time Out Chicago. Steve Aoki Hollywood, CA. Brittany Howard Athens, AL. Band of Horses Charleston, SC.
Young The Giant. Giveon Long Beach, CA. All Time Low Towson, Maryland. Joy Philadelphia, PA. Marc Rebillet Dallas, TX. Whitney Chicago, IL. Dominic Fike. Freddie Gibbs Gary, IN. Yellow Claw Amsterdam. Subtronics Philadelphia, PA. Oliver Heldens Amsterdam, Netherlands.
Oliver Tree. Omar Apollo Hobart, IN. For some, the afternoon turned into a time for a much-needed recharge. Katrina Farrell, 23, was one of many resting under the row of trees that lined the route to the Bud Light Seltzer stage. Around 3 p.
They expressed concern about people who are faking their vaccination cards. Barbara Nelson, 20, and her two younger sisters booked a sightseeing trip to visit Chicago from Mexicali, Baja, California. Neither had heard of Lollapalooza until yesterday but they bought tickets on a whim.
Both had been dancing and spinning like dervishes for SayMyName, a Los Angeles artist who turned his corner of Grant Park into a high-energy nightclub. They were planning on coming back every day through Sunday. They had a packed weekend ahead, looking forward to acts that ranged from the Black Pumas to Miley Cyrus to Foo Fighters. Check out more sights and sounds captured by our photographers on the second day of Lolla here.
Check out more sights and sounds captured by our photographers on the first day of Lolla here. There was no rest on Sunday as Lollapalooza ushered in a day of pure rock with brothers in punk music and real life Radkey opening things up on the Grubhub Stage.
And from Missouri. Of course hailing from Michigan Detroit, to be specific , Singer and crew imbued that laidback Midwest attitude in both their music and their exultation for being tapped for a spot at Lollapalooza.
Tyler, the Creator was trending on social media ahead of his headlining set to close out Day 2 of Lollapalooza. Half of the people were upset the festival was not yet streaming his performance on Hulu and had chosen to broadcast Marshmello instead, and the other half were pleading with the universe to make his rumored appearance with his Odd Future cohort Frank Ocean happen though that seemed like a tall order.
There were fireworks, some memorable covers, a motley crew of guests, moments of nearly flashing the videofeed cameras, and the artist taking a stand on the important of freeing Britney Spears.
DaBaby, real name Jonathan Kirk, has come under heavy fire after he went on a controversial rant last Sunday at the Rolling Loud music festival in Miami Gardens, Florida, that targeted gay people and those living with sexually transmitted diseases. Read the full story here. But not everyone knew about the vaccine mandate in order to attend the music festival. Some of the names on the Lolla lineup are a lot bigger than others.
No one exactly knows who this incognito Canadian country singer is his trademark look is a long, fringed mask and cowboy hat but the boudoir-looking John Wayne has heaped tons of due praise in his few years on the scene.
Both for crafting a highly contagious psychedelic outlaw sound that refreshes the genre and for being an LGBTQ iconoclast whose work with Trixie Mattel and Gaga will soon put him in a new league. Check out all of our recommended shows here.
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