Lollapalooza has announced music acts for summer 2026, including headliners Charli xcx, Tate McRae, Lorde, Olivia Dean, John Summit, JENNIE of Blackpink, Smashing Pumpkins and The xx.
Plus performances by Lil Uzi Vert, Turnstile, Sombr, The Neighbourhood, YUNGBLUD, Beabadoobee, Ethel Cain, Empire of The Sun, Not For Radio, Suki Waterhouse, Major Lazer and Zara Larsson.
The four-day Lollapalooza music festival will be July 30 to Aug. 2 in Grant Park on Chicago’s lakefront, with 100-plus bands on eight stages.
A limited number of discounted 4-DAY tickets will go on pre-sale at 10 a.m. Thursday; sign up at lollapalooza.com/tickets. The public on-sale begins at 11 a.m. Pre-sale prices for 4-DAY tickets are currently posted as $399 for general admission, $735 for GA+, $1,599 for VIP, $4650 for Platinum and $29,000 for Lolla Insider.
Full ticket sales, including 1-Day and 2-Day passes, and the schedule of music acts by day, are expected at a later date.
Also on the lineup, posted Tuesday: The K-pop stars aespa, I-dle and Cortis, as well as Leon Thomas, Clipse, Geese, Freddie Gibbs, Wet Leg, WORSHIP, Blood Orange, 5 Seconds of Summer, Yoasobi, Viagra Boys, SB19, Snow Strippers, DJ Trixie Mattel, Cameron Whitcomb, Ecca Vandal, The Bends and Calder Allen. Plus breakout artists Audrey Hobert, Oklou, SIENNA SPIRO, Skye Newman, ADÉLA, Ninajirachi and Finn Wolfhard.
Daily capacity inside the fences this summer will be 115,000 people, an attendance limit set after 2022’s fest as part of a 10-year contract extension with the city. Lollapalooza has an agreement to stay in Chicago through at least 2032. The festival is presented by Austin, Texas-based C3 Presents, a division of Live Nation.
Charli xcx last played Lollapalooza in 2022, Tate McRae in 2024. Chicago’s own Smashing Pumpkins last headlined in 1994, though they played Riot Fest in 2021 and Billy Corgan recently brought “A Night of Mellon Collie and Infinite Sadness” to the Lyric Opera of Chicago.
Not For Radio and Suki Waterhouse were among those teased early via pictographs on Lollapalooza social media accounts. Waterhouse last played Lolla in 2023. Not For Radio is a solo project by María Zardoya, lead singer of The Marías — Zardoya announced the project from the stage at the end of last year’s festival when The Marías were a Day 4 closer. Swedish breakout star Zara Larsson played a Chicago concert this last weekend at the Riviera Theatre.
Both the Chicago Made project and the Chicago Youth Symphony Orchestra return for 2026.
The festival is introducing some new premium experiences this summer, including Northside Suites, Suites at Perry’s and a Speakeasy Lounge.
Tickets, registration for the pre-sale and more information at lollapalooza.com.
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