Lollapalooza to Return to Chicago July 29-Aug. 1 at Full Capacity, Lightfoot Says

Lil Pump on stage at Lollapalooza on Aug. 4, 2018. (Scott Witt / Lollapalooza 2018)Lil Pump on stage at Lollapalooza on Aug. 4, 2018. (Scott Witt / Lollapalooza 2018)

Lollapalooza will return to Chicago at full capacity from July 29 through Aug. 1, after being canceled in 2020 by the COVID-19 pandemic, Mayor Lori Lightfoot announced Tuesday.

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Attendees will be required to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 or record a negative test for COVID-19 within 24 hours before attending the annual festival that draws music lovers from all over the Chicago area to Grant Park, officials said.

The lineup for the four-day music festival will be announced at 10 a.m. Wednesday, with tickets going on sale at noon Wednesday at lollapalooza.com.

Lightfoot announced the news in a video with Dr. Allison Arwady, the commissioner of the Chicago Department of Public Health, that featured Dave Grohl of the Foo Fighters, perhaps offering a glimpse of one of the festival’s headliners.

“Here in Chicago, the word ‘Lollapalooza’ has always been synonymous with summer, great music and four days of unforgettable fun — which made last year’s decision to postpone it all the more difficult,”  Lightfoot said. “Now, less than a year later and armed with a vaccine that is safe, effective and widely available, we are able to bring back one of our city’s most iconic summer music festivals.

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