Pop's reigning vanguardist — the brat era's architect bringing club-pop chaos to the main stage, a decade of underground experiments finally cashing out at scale.
From Essex, UK · Sounds like Slayyyter, SOPHIE, Lorde
Lollapalooza 2026 Lineup
Four days and eight stages in Grant Park — pop titans on the marquee, and 170 acts deep in discoveries underneath.
About Lollapalooza 2026
Lollapalooza is the big one: four days, eight stages, and the Chicago skyline rising behind Grant Park. The 2026 edition stacks 172 acts into pop's widest tent — art-pop royalty and brat-era chaos up top, tech-house and K-pop taking over whole afternoons, and a small-print undercard that quietly holds next year's breakouts. Chicago threads itself through the weekend, from John Summit's hometown-hero main-stage set to The Smashing Pumpkins in their own backyard to the Chicago Youth Symphony Orchestra's traditional opener. It's a festival you navigate rather than simply attend — which is exactly why it pays to know your must-sees before you walk through the gates.
Expect pop, alternative, dance and electronic across 172 acts.
Lollapalooza 2026 lineup: all 172 acts
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BLACKPINK's coolest-in-the-room star gone solo — sleek K-pop, R&B, and fashion-week poise at main-stage scale, with solo hits that stand on their own.
From Seoul, KR · Sounds like BLACKPINK, Rosé, Lisa, IU
Chicago's own tech-house superstar — main-stage house music with hometown-hero energy and the biggest crossover run the genre has seen in years.
From Chicago, IL · Sounds like Dom Dolla, FISHER, Fred again..
The NZ art-pop auteur — brooding, minimal, and generation-defining, back on a headline stage where the whispered verses hit hardest.
From Auckland, NZ · Sounds like Caroline Polachek, Robyn, Phoebe Bridgers, Lana Del Rey
The UK's warmest new pop-soul voice — effortless, jazz-schooled songwriting that's conquered charts on both sides of the Atlantic, charm fully intact live.
From London, UK · Sounds like Corinne Bailey Rae, Jorja Smith, Amy Winehouse, Lianne La Havas
Dancer-first pop stardom — precision choreography and inescapable hooks, delivered at full sprint with a dance captain's discipline.
From Calgary, AB · Sounds like Ariana Grande, Sabrina Carpenter
Chicago's alt-rock monument — Mellon Collie-scale guitars at home in Grant Park, Corgan drama at full wingspan.
From Chicago, IL · Sounds like Nirvana, Jane's Addiction
Whispered minimalism that somehow fills a festival field — intimacy at headline scale, 'Intro' still raising arm hair.
From London, UK · Sounds like Beach House, Rhye, London Grammar, James Blake
Sydney pop-rock veterans who long outgrew their boy-band billing — arena-sized hooks, real instruments, and a pop-punk past that still sneaks into the setlist.
From Sydney, AU · Sounds like All Time Low, One Direction
Hyper-futurist K-pop — metallic drops, AI-avatar lore, and immaculate execution, with 'Next Level' and 'Supernova' proving experimental concepts can still conquer charts.
From Seoul, KR · Sounds like BLACKPINK, ITZY
Fuzzy '90s-leaning indie-pop grown into lush, easy songcraft — from bedroom demos to Rick Rubin sessions without losing the diary-page intimacy.
From London, UK · Sounds like Clairo, The 1975
Dev Hynes's velvety art-R&B — '80s soul textures, jazz chords, and quiet heartbreak from one of pop's most sought-after collaborators.
From London / NYC · Sounds like Solange, Frank Ocean, Toro y Moi, Sampha
Pusha T and Malice, reunited — coke-rap scripture over pristine beats, one of rap's great comebacks and a masterclass in brotherly chemistry.
From Virginia Beach, VA · Sounds like Pusha T, Westside Gunn, Roc Marciano, Killer Mike
Technicolor disco-house — relentless fun, zero pretension, hooks big enough to convert whoever wandered past the stage.
From Denver, CO · Sounds like Dom Dolla, LP Giobbi
Theatrical Aussie synth-pop royalty — headdresses, spectacle, and 'Walking on a Dream' euphoria, a duo that treats every festival set as full-scale cinematic ritual.
From Sydney, AU · Sounds like MGMT, Cut Copy, Tame Impala
Southern-gothic epics — hymn-like, haunted Americana that turns festival fields reverent, the 'Preacher's Daughter' mythology unfolding at its own patient pace.
From Perry, FL · Sounds like Lana Del Rey, Florence + the Machine
Gangsta rap's most technically devastating voice — cold-blooded bars over soul loops, with 'Alfredo' and 'Bandana' as modern-classic proof.
From Gary, IN · Sounds like Madlib, Pusha T, Curren$y
Unhinged Brooklyn art-rock — yelping, swaggering, and critically adored, like the Stones reassembled by art students mid-fever.
From Brooklyn, NY · Sounds like Black Midi, Parquet Courts, King Krule, The Rolling Stones
Midwest emo's chaotic favorites — screamed choruses, absurd song titles, real feelings, and a crowd that knows every word including the yelps.
From Lansing, MI · Sounds like Origami Angel, The Wonder Years, Free Throw, Prince Daddy & The Hyena
'Mutt' made him R&B's breakout craftsman — a producer-writer's touch with a showman's voice, years of behind-the-scenes credits finally center stage.
From Brooklyn, NY · Sounds like SZA, Brent Faiyaz
Mosh-pit-summoning Philly superstar — melodic rage rap at festival scale, with a hits run that turns fields into trampolines.
From Philadelphia, PA · Sounds like Playboi Carti, Travis Scott
Diplo's dancehall-electronic party machine — pure festival serotonin, 'Lean On' and a dozen more global smashes in one set.
From Los Angeles, CA · Sounds like Diplo, Skrillex
Life-affirming queer synth-pop — 'Silk Chiffon' joy with serious writing chops, and the best live banter in pop included.
From Los Angeles, CA · Sounds like HAIM, King Princess
Anonymous collective making orchestral hip-hop spectacle — the mystery is the point, and the strings are real.
Moody, reverb-soaked alt-pop from a Manhattan teenager who went from bedroom demos to festival bills — heartbreak at streaming scale.
From New York, NY · Sounds like The Neighbourhood, Conan Gray
EDM-pop juggernauts — the closers everyone knows every word to, 'Closer' included, obviously, a hits run that never left the radio.
From New York, NY · Sounds like Zedd, Kygo
Monochrome California moodiness — 'Sweater Weather' and a decade of slow-burn alt-pop, reunited for a generation that streamed them into legend.
From Newbury Park, CA · Sounds like Arctic Monkeys, LANY
Hardcore's joyful crossover kings — dreamy interludes, stage dives, total communion, and a crowd that moves as one.
From Baltimore, MD · Sounds like Scowl, Militarie Gun, Trapped Under Ice, Fugazi
Deadpan, hook-loaded post-punk — the Isle of Wight duo grown into a full-blast rock band, 'Chaise Longue' just the opening joke.
From Isle of Wight, UK · Sounds like Dry Cleaning, Franz Ferdinand, Sleater-Kinney
Bass-music duo trading in sermon-heavy drops — the name is the mission statement.
Sounds like Subtronics, Space Laces
UK alt-rock provocateur — theatrical, communal, and louder every year, a fanbase that treats shows like family reunions.
From Doncaster, UK · Sounds like Machine Gun Kelly, My Chemical Romance
Swedish pop machinery at its shiniest — 'Lush Life' to main-character bangers, delivered with total command.
From Stockholm, SE · Sounds like Dua Lipa, Tove Lo, Rina Sawayama, Anne-Marie
54 Ultra
Adéla
Japan's masked vocal phenomenon — an anonymous silhouette with a voice that swings from guttural growl to glass-shattering belt, performing chart-conquering J-pop from behind a screen.
From Tokyo, JP · Sounds like YOASOBI, Kenshi Yonezu
Club-circuit electronic project.
Classically trained cellist turned bass heavyweight who sings on her own emotionally raw records — trap-sized drops carrying genuinely vulnerable songwriting underneath.
From Sydney, AU · Sounds like Whipped Cream, RL Grime, NGHTMRE, Jessica Audiffred
Globe-trotting soul-pop — a rich, agile voice over self-produced grooves, folding the percussion and texture of everywhere she's lived into modern R&B.
From New York, NY · Sounds like Jorja Smith, Mahalia
Irish folk trio — hushed three-part harmonies and homesick story-songs that have been quietly filling rooms far bigger than anyone expected.
From Ireland · Sounds like Hozier, Dermot Kennedy, Noah Kahan
Asha Banks
Wry, conversational pop songwriting from Gracie Abrams's longtime collaborator turned solo act — diaristic detail delivered with sharp comic timing.
From Los Angeles, CA · Sounds like Gracie Abrams, Olivia Rodrigo
Avello
Bouncy, bass-heavy tech house built for peak hour — San Diego swagger engineered for the biggest room available.
From San Diego, CA · Sounds like John Summit, Chris Lake
Hyperspeed UK power-pop — Ramones velocity with Strokes melody, two-minute songs played like the venue is on fire.
From Essex, UK · Sounds like Ramones, The Strokes
Kiwi brothers making slinky, falsetto-led alt-funk — Auckland groove-pop polished to a late-night sheen, with basslines that do most of the flirting.
From Auckland, NZ · Sounds like Glass Animals, Jungle
Absurdist pop-rap entrepreneurship — 'edamame' energy and meme-fluent hooks, shockingly great live from a performer who takes the joke completely seriously.
From Vancouver, BC · Sounds like Zack Fox, Yung Gravy, Jutes, Doobie
Bella Kay
BENO
Sibling duo making fuzzy, playful alt-pop with internet-era intimacy — lo-fi textures and hooks that sound DM'd directly to you.
From Los Angeles, CA · Sounds like BENEE, Wallows
BIXBY
German 'high-tech minimal' techno in a joker mask — precise, melodic, relentless, with marathon sets that build like clockwork machinery.
From Germany · Sounds like Charlotte de Witte, ARTBAT
Alex Ridha's brand of electro is abrasive by design — hardware-driven, distorted, and consistently ahead of whatever is fashionable, two decades running.
From Berlin, DE · Sounds like Justice, Gesaffelstein, Soulwax
Bradeazy
Calder Allen
Sounds like Charley Crockett, Colter Wall, Tyler Childers
Backflipping former pipefitter with a howl — raw-nerve folk-country redemption songs delivered with gymnastic stage energy and zero polish where it counts.
From British Columbia, CA · Sounds like Zach Bryan, Noah Kahan, Shane Smith & the Saints
Chicago alt-country charmers — loose, warm, and unhurried, twang-flecked songs with a next-door intimacy, porch-light music in city clothes.
From Chicago, IL · Sounds like Waxahatchee, Wednesday
Chace
Belfast noise-dance — industrial techno pulse under post-punk vocals, engineered to blur the line between gig and rave.
From Belfast, UK · Sounds like Gilla Band, Fontaines D.C.
'Beanie' broke him everywhere — woozy, warm bedroom soul from Baton Rouge, falsetto sighs over underwater guitar.
From Baton Rouge, LA · Sounds like Steve Lacy, Omar Apollo
Chicago Made
Chicago's own youth symphony bringing full orchestral firepower to Grant Park — a Lolla tradition, and reliably one of the weekend's most disarming sets.
From Chicago, IL
Breezy bedroom-pop hooks from the 'Backyard Boy' breakout, all grown up — TikTok-era beginnings matured into proper songcraft.
From California · Sounds like BENEE, Chelsea Cutler
Irish country-pop with a wicked sense of humor and a bigger voice — a riotous live show that swings from comedy to gut-punch inside one chorus.
From Dublin, IE · Sounds like Self Esteem, Kacey Musgraves
HYBE's youngest boy band — self-producing K-pop upstarts on a rocket trajectory, writing and arranging their own material from debut.
From Seoul, KR · Sounds like BTS, TOMORROW X TOGETHER
Yes, that Beckham — scrappy young rock band earning its stripes on the small-print circuit, with famous-family curiosity doing the marketing.
From London, UK
Anthemic young alt band.
Velvet-toned R&B intimacy from the Kehlani school — plush late-night vocals with an internet-native fanbase that sings every ad-lib.
From Tampa, FL · Sounds like Kehlani, Summer Walker
Dark, cinematic bass and techno crossovers from the LA underground — trap-schooled drops recast in warehouse shadows.
From Los Angeles, CA · Sounds like RL Grime, Baauer
Austin's instrument-swapping all-women punk-metal wrecking crew — everyone plays everything, and it all lands at full force.
From Austin, TX · Sounds like Amyl and the Sniffers, The Linda Lindas, Gully Boys, L7
The drag superstar behind the decks — camp, pop edits, and pure joy, a set built for singing along in sunglasses.
From Milwaukee, WI · Sounds like Slayyyter, Kim Petras
French-touch house with a permanent grin — filtered disco loops and rubber-band basslines in the proud national tradition.
From France · Sounds like Tchami, Malaa
UK house classicist — 'Ocean Drive' sunsets guaranteed, with 'Need U (100%)' and a decade of chart-house craft behind them.
From London, UK · Sounds like Disclosure, Calvin Harris
Easy Honey
Genre-smashing Melbourne punk-rap — riffs, bars, and zero regard for lanes, delivered with a hardcore band's physicality.
From Melbourne, AU · Sounds like Nova Twins, Ho99o9, Amyl and The Sniffers, Rico Nasty
Bristol techno muscle — dark, driving, and huge, a producer who crossed from tech-house into the hard stuff and doubled down.
From Bristol, UK · Sounds like Charlotte de Witte, Boris Brejcha
Elizabeth Nichols
Ella Boh
Ella Red
Emi Grace
Evening Elephants
UK underground rap's internet-native riser — lo-fi menace and offhand melody built for the timeline, low-lit tracks that travel by repost.
From London, UK · Sounds like Fimiguerrero
Moroccan-Canadian vocal powerhouse — dramatic, belt-heavy pop with runs that stop scrollers mid-thumb, technique that turns ballads into main events.
From Carman, MB (via Morocco) · Sounds like Dua Lipa, Ariana Grande
Yes, that Finn Wolfhard — scrappy, sincere indie rock beyond the Stranger Things shadow, garage-band instincts played without celebrity gloss.
From Vancouver, BC · Sounds like Car Seat Headrest, Wallows
Sibling NYC hyperpop chaos agents — glitchy, funny, and relentless, a live set that plays like a timeline scrolled at maximum speed.
From New York, NY · Sounds like 100 gecs, Charli xcx
Cinematic Nova Scotia noir-pop — smoky, widescreen ballads with an old-Hollywood streak, torch songs delivered with movie-star poise.
Genre-hopping duo bringing club heat.
UK hardcore with baggy Britpop swagger — working-class catharsis that turned the scene's head, then everyone else's.
From London, UK · Sounds like Turnstile, Fiddlehead
Berlin's masked 'farmcore' phenomenon — giddy barnyard-trance house played dead serious, 'My Barn My Rules' as manifesto.
From Berlin, DE · Sounds like Sarah Bonito, Kim Petras, A. G. Cook, Marlon Hoffstadt
Self-producing K-pop hitmakers (formerly (G)I-DLE) — swaggering concept queens who write their own statements and back them with hooks.
From Seoul, KR · Sounds like BLACKPINK, aespa
LSE-grad-turned-dance-pop-star — chatty, clever club-pop that sounds like a group chat set to four-on-the-floor, wit-first songs with genuine club instincts.
From Istanbul, TR · Sounds like PinkPantheress, Charli xcx
INK
IVRI
Jackie Hollander
Little Mix's Jade gone gloriously weird — 'Angel of My Dreams' announced a real pop auteur, camp and chaos with A-list polish.
From South Shields, UK · Sounds like Little Mix, Charli xcx
Sleek, funny, funk-forward R&B on the rise — bounce-first records with a comic's pen, grooves polished for late-night replay.
From Dallas, TX · Sounds like Victoria Monét, Ravyn Lenae
South London genre-blur — drill, indie, and R&B folded into diaristic collage, homemade and heartsore in equal measure.
From London, UK · Sounds like Wesley Joseph, Dijon, Berwyn, Jean Dawson
Moody, guitar-flecked alt-pop with a whisper-to-hook delivery — quiet verses that detonate into choruses, diary-page lyrics under the gloss.
From New York, NY · Sounds like Halsey, Maggie Lindemann
Brooklyn R&B veteran of the purple-haired era, sharper than ever — sleek vocals with a decade of industry survival behind them.
From Brooklyn, NY · Sounds like Kehlani, Jhené Aiko
Irish rave-house heat — big-room energy with underground credentials, breakbeats and pianos at full sprint, Galway-to-warehouse momentum fully underway.
From Galway, IE · Sounds like Skin on Skin, Mall Grab, Sammy Virji, Cloonee
Silky retro-modern R&B with a writer's restraint — every note placed, nothing oversung, late-night soul with a craftsman's patience.
From Boston, MA · Sounds like Daniel Caesar, Giveon, Omar Apollo, Brent Faiyaz
Kim Theory
Anthemic Irish folk-rock — banjo-driven singalongs built for fields, Limerick lads on a steep national rise.
From Limerick, IE · Sounds like Mumford & Sons, Noah Kahan
KLO
Know Good
UK R&B songwriter with quiet-storm control — hushed vocals and late-night restraint, minimal production leaving all the room for the voice.
One of rap's sharpest pens, full stop — orchestral ambition and North London grit, 'Sometimes I Might Be Introvert' the modern benchmark.
From London, UK · Sounds like Kendrick Lamar, Dave, Noname
Liverpool heaviness that swings between crushing metalcore and gorgeous shoegaze drift — Deftones lineage carried somewhere genuinely new.
From Liverpool, UK · Sounds like Deftones, Sleep Token
Oxnard bedroom balladry — '70s soft-soul romance on vintage keys, one-man-band craft with a crooner's patience.
From Oxnard, CA · Sounds like Cuco, Mac DeMarco
Narcotic dream-pop duets — slow-motion romance in the Cigarettes After Sex register, candlelit vocals over slow-blooming guitar.
From Los Angeles, CA · Sounds like Cigarettes After Sex, Men I Trust
Lucy Bedroque
Textural, psychedelic bass music — heavy without being blunt about it.
Sounds like LSDREAM, CharlestheFirst, Ravenscoon
Bass-forward producer on the rise.
Sun-soaked tech house on the rise — California grooves tuned for pool decks and peak hour alike.
From California · Sounds like John Summit, Dom Dolla
MC4D
Dual-frontwoman indie rock that lovingly resurrects '90s alternative — big fuzzy hooks, deadpan cool, and twin guitar harmonies built for radio that no longer exists.
From Brooklyn, NY · Sounds like Smashing Pumpkins, Pavement, Veruca Salt, Snail Mail
Houston rap firecracker — funny, ferocious, and hometown-proud, with punchlines that hit like haymakers and Houston pride in every ad-lib.
From Houston, TX · Sounds like Megan Thee Stallion, Flo Milli
Vancouver's TikTok-resurrected art-rockers — quirky harmonies and a huge devoted crowd, a back catalog rediscovered by a generation that made it theirs.
From Vancouver, BC · Sounds like Cage the Elephant, Glass Animals
UK garage revival heat — skippy drums and low-end pressure, two-step engineered for the new generation of dancefloors.
From UK · Sounds like Sammy Virji, Interplanetary Criminal
The West Coast's ratchet-era architect — a DJ set stacked with his own hits ('Not Like Us' included), a decade of radio in an hour.
From Los Angeles, CA · Sounds like YG, Kendrick Lamar, Ty Dolla $ign, DJ Quik
Korean-American country-blues revivalist — National steel guitar and dust-bowl holler, prewar blues played like breaking news.
From Kentucky · Sounds like Charley Crockett, Keb' Mo'
Gen-Z underground rage — distorted, chaotic, and inexplicably magnetic, the sound of the internet's id at full volume.
From Richmond, VA · Sounds like 2hollis, Yeat
New Constellations
Next of Kin
Glittering, game-engine electronic — Australia's most inventive young club producer, chiptune sparkle at rave pressure, drops that sparkle as hard as they hit.
From Sydney, AU · Sounds like Anna Lunoe, Kito, underscores, Alice Longyu Gao
UK bass and garage — clean, physical, dancefloor-first, drops with surgical timing and low-end pressure without a wasted bar.
From UK · Sounds like MPH, Sammy Virji
Gossamer French avant-pop — choral synths and whispered melody, songs that feel lit by candles and screens at once.
From Paris, FR · Sounds like Caroline Polachek, A. G. Cook, Erika de Casier, Sega Bodega
Wonky, bass-heavy house — the other half of the HYPERBEAM b2b with Odd Mob, edits engineered for double-takes.
From Chicago, IL · Sounds like Odd Mob, Chris Lake
Paloma Morphy
Mythic, incantatory folk-pop — 'Labour' made her the internet's feminist bard, and the deeper catalog keeps the incantation going.
From Derbyshire, UK · Sounds like Florence + the Machine, Hozier
partyOf2
Peace Control
Pearly Drops
Penelope Road
Warm-hearted indie folk on the undercard.
Sounds like The Head and the Heart, Gregory Alan Isakov, Fleet Foxes
Left a YouTube career behind to make genuinely ambitious, orchestral experimental rap about death and dissolution — one of the internet's great reinventions.
From Los Angeles, CA · Sounds like JPEGMAFIA, Bon Iver, Danny Brown, Yves Tumor
Liverpool DJ-producer pushing bassline-flecked house — Merseyside heat in the garage revival's slipstream, club momentum rising fast.
From Liverpool, UK · Sounds like Sammy Virji, Interplanetary Criminal, Salute
RØZ
Emerging indie songwriter.
The Philippines' biggest pop group — precision choreography and a ferociously devoted fanbase, P-pop pride at global scale.
From Manila, PH · Sounds like BTS, SEVENTEEN
Grammy-nominated house duo — greasy basslines and instant grooves, 'On My Mind' the calling card, grooves greasy enough to require napkins.
From Los Angeles, CA · Sounds like Chris Lake, John Summit
Smoky-voiced UK balladeer — big-room soul at 19, torch songs with an old head's control, a debut voice that sounds decades deep.
Sounds like Adele, Raye, Jorja Smith, Duffy
Warm Spanish-language indie-pop from Venezuela via Miami — breezy, guitar-led songs with café intimacy, easygoing charm that translates in any language.
From Caracas, VE · Sounds like Cuco, Ed Maverick
UK breakout with a smoky retro-soul voice and diaristic pop instincts — old-soul phrasing on new-school subjects.
From London, UK · Sounds like RAYE, Amy Winehouse
Glitter-and-grit dance-pop — Y2K excess reborn as main-stage camp, played with total commitment to the fantasy.
From St. Louis, MO · Sounds like Charli xcx, Kim Petras
Philly street-corner brass-funk party — impossible not to dance, a second line that took over the city.
From Philadelphia, PA · Sounds like The Roots, Lucky Chops
Lo-fi electroclash duo — distorted synths and detached vocals for the afterparty, Detroit cool for the post-everything generation.
From Detroit, MI · Sounds like Crystal Castles, 2hollis
Perth indie-rock with aching hooks — Australia's biggest new guitar band, 'Booster Seat' devotion at full volume.
From Perth, AU · Sounds like Hippo Campus, Vance Joy
Stella Lefty
Hazy, vintage-toned dream-pop — cinematic sad-girl songs with a wink, screen-star mystique earning its music credentials.
From London, UK · Sounds like Lana Del Rey, Faye Webster
Gauzy, nostalgic dream-rock — exactly what the name promises, Mazzy Star haze for a new decade.
From Los Angeles, CA · Sounds like Mazzy Star, The Sundays
Sunshine
Surfing For Daisy
The Army, The Navy
The Bends
The Braymores
The Creekers
Modern pop-punk standard-bearers — gruff, fast, and beloved, Walnut Creek's chip-on-shoulder anthems in full stride, pits and singalongs in equal measure.
From Walnut Creek, CA · Sounds like Neck Deep, The Wonder Years
Valencia Grace
Moody melodic electronic with live-instrument warmth — Vancouver atmosphere in the ODESZA lineage, drops that glow rather than strike.
From Vancouver, BC · Sounds like ODESZA, Flume
Sweaty, saxophone-wielding Swedish post-punk satire — one of the best live bands on earth right now, 'Sports' shouted by thousands.
From Stockholm, SE · Sounds like IDLES, Fontaines D.C., The Fall
Villanelle
Deadpan Brooklyn experimentalism — Matador-signed art-rock puzzles that groove, absurdist and airtight at once, strangeness with a beat you can trust.
From Brooklyn, NY · Sounds like Palm, Stereolab
Teenage Arkansas country prodigy — porch-honest writing in the Zach Bryan lineage, wise beyond the birth certificate.
From Arkansas · Sounds like Zach Bryan, Wyatt Flores
NYC tech house — punchy, playful peak-time tools with remix-radar ubiquity, reliability with personality.
From New York, NY · Sounds like John Summit, Matroda
Whatmore
Chicago's future-bass wunderkind, grown into a versatile electro-pop craftsman — collabs across pop's whole spectrum, festival sets with pop fluency.
From Chicago, IL · Sounds like Flume, Louis The Child
Whitney Whitney
Will Swinton
Mercury-winning UK alt-rock — from whispered folk to full-throated fuzz in one set, Ellie Rowsell commanding every register.
From London, UK · Sounds like Foals, Florence + the Machine
Raw-nerve UK rock — Cobain-worn songwriting building a serious cult, intensity that reads as truth, a band critics keep underestimating upward.
From London, UK · Sounds like Fontaines D.C., Sam Fender, Nirvana, The Murder Capital
Japan's novel-into-song hitmakers — 'Idol' broke every record; the live band goes harder than you'd guess, J-pop precision with rock muscle.
From Tokyo, JP · Sounds like Ado, Kenshi Yonezu
Zack Martino
The headliners
- Lorde — The NZ art-pop auteur — brooding, minimal, and generation-defining, back on a headline stage where the whispered verses hit hardest.
- John Summit — Chicago's own tech-house superstar — main-stage house music with hometown-hero energy and the biggest crossover run the genre has seen in years.
- Charli xcx — Pop's reigning vanguardist — the brat era's architect bringing club-pop chaos to the main stage, a decade of underground experiments finally cashing out at scale.
- The Smashing Pumpkins — Chicago's alt-rock monument — Mellon Collie-scale guitars at home in Grant Park, Corgan drama at full wingspan.
- Olivia Dean — The UK's warmest new pop-soul voice — effortless, jazz-schooled songwriting that's conquered charts on both sides of the Atlantic, charm fully intact live.
- JENNIE — BLACKPINK's coolest-in-the-room star gone solo — sleek K-pop, R&B, and fashion-week poise at main-stage scale, with solo hits that stand on their own.
- Tate McRae — Dancer-first pop stardom — precision choreography and inescapable hooks, delivered at full sprint with a dance captain's discipline.
- The xx — Whispered minimalism that somehow fills a festival field — intimacy at headline scale, 'Intro' still raising arm hair.
Up-and-comers to catch early
- Audrey Hobert — Wry, conversational pop songwriting from Gracie Abrams's longtime collaborator turned solo act.
- Nettspend — Gen-Z underground rage rap: distorted, chaotic, and inexplicably magnetic.
- Chezile — "Beanie" broke him everywhere; woozy, warm bedroom soul from Baton Rouge.
- Waylon Wyatt — Teenage Arkansas country prodigy: porch-honest writing in the Zach Bryan lineage.
- Jim Legxacy — South London genre-blur: drill, indie, and R&B folded into diaristic collage.
- CORTIS — HYBE's youngest boy band: self-producing K-pop upstarts on a rocket trajectory.
Other acts worth planning around
- Little Simz — One of rap's sharpest pens, full stop: orchestral ambition and North London grit.
- Viagra Boys — Sweaty, saxophone-wielding Swedish post-punk satire; one of the best live bands on earth right now.
- YOASOBI — Japan's novel-into-song hitmakers; the live band goes harder than you'd expect.
- Ado — Japan's masked vocal phenomenon: a voice that swings from growl to glass-shatter.
- Wolf Alice — Mercury-winning UK alt-rock: whispered folk to full-throated fuzz in one set.
- Mustard — The West Coast's ratchet-era architect, with a DJ set stacked with his own hits.
- DJ Trixie Mattel — The drag superstar behind the decks: camp, pop edits, and pure joy.
The lineup by day
- Thursday, July 30: Lorde, John Summit, Sombr, Empire of the Sun, Wet Leg, Worship + 36 more
- Friday, July 31: Charli xcx, The Smashing Pumpkins, Lil Uzi Vert, YUNGBLUD, Major Lazer, Not For Radio + 38 more
- Saturday, August 1: Olivia Dean, JENNIE, The Neighbourhood, Ethel Cain, Disco Lines, Leon Thomas + 37 more
- Sunday, August 2: Tate McRae, The xx, Turnstile, beabadoobee, aespa, The Chainsmokers + 37 more
Lollapalooza 2026 lineup FAQ
When is Lollapalooza 2026?
July 30 – August 2, 2026 — Thursday through Sunday.
Where does Lollapalooza take place?
Grant Park, downtown Chicago, across eight stages.
Who is headlining Lollapalooza 2026?
Lorde, Charli xcx, The Smashing Pumpkins, John Summit, Tate McRae, The xx, Olivia Dean, and JENNIE.
How many acts are playing Lollapalooza 2026?
172 acts over four days — one of the deepest bills of any 2026 US festival.
What days do specific acts play?
Every act's day is already on this page — expand the full lineup below or check the day-by-day breakdown.
How do I figure out which of the 172 acts I'd actually like?
Tell the finder at the top of this page a few bands you love — it'll match you with your must-see sets, with reasons why.
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