Lollapalooza

Although Lollapalooza won’t take place in Grant Park this year due to concerns brought on by the coronavirus pandemic, the popular music festival will still go on — albeit in a different way. Lolla2020, a four-night music broadcast event on YouTube, will kick off Thursday evening, coinciding with what’s typically festival weekend. The virtual event, which starts at 5...

Riot Fest has joined a growing list of Chicago-area music festivals canceling their 2020 events during the coronavirus pandemic.

Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot on Tuesday announced all the city’s most popular summer festivals will be canceled. NBC 5 political reporter Mary Ann Ahern reports.

Major Chicago events, including Lollapalooza and the Taste of Chicago, have been canceled in the city amid concerns over large gatherings due to coronavirus, officials announced Tuesday.

Lollapalooza responded to the public after Chicago’s biggest music festival was canceled Tuesday over concerns of the spreading of the coronavirus. The festival’s website states the cancellation aims to protect festival-goers from contracting COVID-19. “We wish we could bring Lollapalooza to Grant Park again this year, but we understand why things can’t move forward as planned. The health and...

Mayor Lori Lightfoot is set to discuss the coronavirus pandemic’s impact on Chicago’s finances Tuesday, shortly after the city announced it had canceled all major events through Labor Day.

Chicago City Markets will go on this summer despite the cancellation of many major seasonal events like Lollapalooza and the Taste of Chicago, city officials said Tuesday.

As the city announces the cancellation of major summer events Tuesday, Mayor Lori Lightfoot and the Department of Cultural Affairs and Special Events created “reimagined” outdoor events for Chicagoans this summer. The new summer events include experiences such as at-home dance parties, drive-in movies, virtual concerts and community meals for frontline workers.  “We must provide ways for people to enjoy...

With Milwaukee’s popular Summerfest and Chicago’s Pitchfork both canceled due to coronavirus, many are still questioning if Lollapalooza will go on. Organizers and city officials have been teasing a decision for weeks, even saying an announcement was expected last week. “I expect that we’ll be making a decision sometime next week,” Lightfoot said during a news briefing on May...

Chicago won’t be eligible to transition into phase three of its reopening plan until at least early June, Mayor Lori Lightfoot announced Friday.

A decision on whether or not Lollapalooza will be held this summer will likely be announced next week, Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot said Friday.

Organizers of Lollapalooza said Tuesday that they still expect to make a decision about the fate of Chicago’s biggest music festival by the end of May as the coronavirus pandemic continues.

Gov. J.B. Pritzker has now revealed details on a five-phased plan to reopen Illinois as the state remains under a stay-at-home order through May 30.

Organizers of Lollapalooza said Tuesday that they expect to make a decision about the fate of Chicago’s biggest music festival during the coronavirus pandemic by the end of May.

All large gatherings planned for summertime in Illinois may need to be canceled, Gov. J.B. Pritzker said Thursday. Mary Ann Ahern reports.

Chicago’s outdoor summer events, including Lollapalooza, face some uncertainty in the midst of the coronavirus outbreak. On Wednesday morning, Mayor Lori Lightfoot addressed what could happen with the city’s largest outdoor musical festival, Lollapalooza. “Lollapalooza is on schedule,” Lightfoot said, with the festival four months away. She added that it would be “foolhardy for me to say anything about...