website. “The health and safety of our fans, artists, partners, staff and community is always our highest priority.” As the Chicago Tribune notes, the festival was canceled alongside a handful of other local events, such as Taste of Chicago and the Chicago Jazz Festival.
Lollapalooza, which was set to take place July 30 through Aug. 2, is held at Chicago’s Grant Park and typically draws about 100,000 people each year.In lieu of the actual festival, however, Lolla said they would host a virtual livestream festival during the same weekend that will feature “performances from around the city and beyond, epic archival sets from Chicago and the festival’s six international editions, never-before-seen footage from the 1990s and much more.” A full.