The festival regularly brings hundreds of thousands of people to Grant Park. It runs throughout the weekend.
DOWNTOWN — Mega music festival Lollapalooza returns to Chicago on Thursday.
The festival regularly brings hundreds of thousands of people to Grant Park. It runs 11 a.m.-10 p.m. Thursday-Sunday.
Here’s what you need to know:
Metallica, Lil Baby, Jazmine Sullivan, Billy Strings and ZHU will headline Thursday’s opening day.
Dua Lipa, Machine Gun Kelly, Glass Animals, Don Toliver and Rezz will headline Friday.
Saturday will see J. Cole, Kygo, Big Sean, Kaskade, Idles, Turnstile and Wallows headline.
And Sunday will end the weekend with Green Day, J-Hope, Porno for Pyros, The Kid LAROI and Charli XCX headline.
Click here for the full schedule.
One-day general admission tickets for $125 and four-day passes for $350 are still available here.
Concertgoers can enter Grant Park at the main entrance by Michigan Avenue and Ida B. Wells Drive or at the north entrance at Columbus and Monroe Street. Accessible lanes for people with disabilities will be available at each entrance.
All attendees will be subject to a “complete airport-style search” that includes searching bags, magnetometer screening and pat-downs, according to the city.
To enter, ticket-holders must have their festival wristband on their right wrist. People can bring small, clear bags; fanny packs and clutch purses with one pocket, according to the city. No liquids are allowed on-site. Free water will be provided at hydration stations across festival grounds.
People who are not vaccinated against COVID-19 are encouraged to wear a mask while at the festival, according to the city. But people will not need to provide proof of vaccination.
The risk of spreading monkeypox at clubs and festivals is “very low,” but people who are concerned should consider how much skin-to-skin contact they’d have at an event, and they should avoid touching rashes or sores on people and minimize skin-to-skin contact, according to the health department.
The festival grounds in Grant Park are from Michigan Avenue to Lake Shore Drive and Roosevelt Road to Randolph Street, according to a news release from the city’s Office of Emergency Management and Communications.
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