Lollapalooza 2025, Grant Park, Chicago, US, July 31 – August 3, 2025

Sabrina Carpenter, Olivia Rodrigo, Djo, Clairo, TWICE

Lollapalooza 2025, Grant Park, Chicago, US, July 31 – August 3, 2025,

Aug 05, 2025
By Joshua Mellin
Images by Joshua Mellin
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Celebrating 20 years in Chicago’s Grant Park, Lollapalooza 2025 reaffirmed that, regardless of worldwide spinoffs in Paris, Berlin, and South America, the Second Metropolis stays the center and headquarters of the worldwide competition model. This 12 months’s lineup leaned exhausting into pop spectacle, with history-making units from TWICE, the primary all-female Okay-pop group to headline, and nation’s official arrival by way of Luke Combs. 4 days deep into the summer season competition season, the stakes have been excessive, however Lolla delivered a tightly-run, high-gloss manufacturing with somewhat one thing for everybody.

Standout moments got here stacked throughout the schedule. Clairo took on a near-mythic presence, drifting throughout the primary stage in a gauzy white robe like a ‘60s dream cult princess, commanding a crowd that held on each whisper. T-Ache turned his set right into a throwback SNES rave, Djo replicated The Bean in a surreal hometown homage, and Sierra Ferrell charmed her approach into new fandoms with a efficiency that felt like a breakout in actual time. After darkish, aftershows from Magdalena Bay on the Vic and Remi Wolf at Salt Shed stored the vitality pulsing nicely previous curfew. From viral newcomers to competition vets, this was probably the most environment friendly, star-studded editions in latest reminiscence.

Pop reigned supreme, however the weekend’s most electrical moments got here via sudden visitor appearances: Robyn exhibiting up for Gracie Abrams’ “Dancing On My Personal,” Weezer becoming a member of Olivia Rodrigo for a full-on pop-punk lovefest, and Earth, Wind & Fireplace giving Sabrina Carpenter’s headlining slot a hometown stamp of approval, and presumably its record-breaking attendance. Even smaller acts introduced surprises, with tour bulletins (Doechii), household cameos (Dominic Fike), and loads of midsong surprises throughout the park.

Scroll via our photograph gallery beneath for a take a look at the units, the fashion, and the moments that outlined the weekend. See extra pictures from these acts and extra on our Official Instagram Web page