page_title: Lollapalooza
section_title: Revival and rebirth
hierarchical_section_title: Lollapalooza / History / Revival and rebirth
caption_attribution_description: English: Lollapalooza Chicago Welcome Sign
context_page_description: Lollapalooza is an annual four-day music festival in Chicago, Illinois, at Grant Park, founded in 1991 and since expanded to other countries. Performances include but are not limited to alternative rock, heavy metal, punk rock, hip hop, and electronic music. Lollapalooza has also provided a platform for non-profit and political groups and various visual artists. The four-day music festival in Chicago's Grant Park hosts an estimated 400,000 people each year and sells out annually. Lollapalooza is considered one of the largest and most iconic music festivals in the world and one of the longest running in the United States. In 2019, its Brazilian edition was the world's third most grossing festival, with revenues of $14.5 million.
  Conceived and created in 1991 by Jane's Addiction singer Perry Farrell as a farewell tour for his band, Lollapalooza ran annually until 1997, and was revived in 2003. From its inception through 1997 and its revival in 2003, the festival toured North America. In 2004, the festival organizers decided to expand the dates to two days per city, but poor ticket sales forced the 2004 tour to be cancelled.
context_section_description: In 2003, Farrell reconvened Jane's Addiction and scheduled a new Lollapalooza tour. The festival schedule included venues in 30 cities through July and August. The 2003 tour achieved only marginal success with many fans staying away, presumably because of high ticket prices. Another tour scheduled for 2004 was to consist of a two-day festival taking place in each city. It was cancelled in June due to weak ticket sales across the country. Farrell partnered with Capital Sports & Entertainment (now C3 Presents), which co-owns and produces the Austin City Limits Music Festival, to produce Lollapalooza. CSE, Farrell and the William Morris Agency—along with Charles Attal Presents—resurrected Lollapalooza as a two-day destination festival in 2005 in Grant Park, Chicago, Illinois, with an even greater variety of performers (70 acts on five stages) than that of the touring festival. The festival was generally successful, attracting over 65,000 attendees, despite a 104 degree Fahrenheit Sunday (40 degrees Celsius) heat wave (two people were hospitalized for heat related illness).
  It returned to Chicago on August 4–6, 2006. On October 25, 2006, the Chicago Park District and Capital Sports & Entertainment agreed to a five-year, $5 million deal, keeping Lollapalooza at Grant Park in Chicago until 2011. Lollapalooza ran August 3–5 in 2007, August 1–3 in 2008, August 7–9 in 2009, August 6–8 in 2010, August 5–7 in 2011, August 3–5 in 2012, August 2–4 in 2013 and August 1–3 in 2014.   After a successful 2008 festival, another deal was signed to keep Lollapalooza in Chicago through 2018, guaranteeing the city $13 million.
  In 2016, Lollapalooza was four days long, from July 28 to July 31, to celebrate the event's 25th anniversary.
  In 2017, the festival kicked off on the 3rd of August celebrating its 26th year of existence.
  In 2018, the festival began on August 2 with a line-up of 180 bands.
  On March 20, 2019 - The next version of the annual Lollapalooza festival was announced.
  On July 27, 2020 it was announced that due to COVID-19 pandemic, the 2020 festival in Chicago would now be renamed Lolla2020 and feature a virtual festival broadcast for free on YouTube on July 30-August 2, 2020. The event was scheduled to feature a reunion by Porno for Pyros marking their first performance in 24 years. The event featured new original live performances along with performances from past years. Perry Farrell hosted  conversations with Metallica's Lars Ulrich, Chuck D, Matt Pinfield and others, and the event was also planned to feature a special tribute to David Bowie.
caption: Lollapalooza Welcome Sign in Grant Park, Chicago.
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