

Bridgeview’s SeatGeek Stadium will host none other than Phil Lesh & Friends, the War on Drugs, Animal Collective, Margo Price, and more for a three-day spell of psychedelic experiences, transcendent sounds, and, let’s face it, probably a few hacky sacks and white dreadlocks (you know who you are). The lowdown: Another first-timer amid Chicago’s tried-and-true festival contingent, this testament to all things classic rock, jam bands, and Americana has garnered quite the star-studded lineup for such a young endeavor. When: Friday, August 26 - Sunday, August 28 The Lyrical Lemonade Summer Smash Festival The cost: 4-day passes start at $350 per person. Additional acts feature Jane’s Addiction, Glass Animals, Billy Strings, Big Sean, The Kid Laroi, Jazmine Sullivan, Don Toliver, Charli XCX, Idles, Turnstile, Kaskade, Rezz, The Marías, Zhu, YG, Dominic Fike, King Princess, Wallows, Still Woozy, Girl in Red, Ashnikko, Denzel Curry, BLXST, Black Coffee, Duke Dumont, Polo & Pan, Liquid Stranger, CloZee, Willow, Royal Blood, Måneskin, Manchester Orchestra, Cordae, Local Natives, Tove Lo, and Caroline Polachek. Cole, Green Day, Doja Cat, Machine Gun Kelly, Lil Baby, and Kygo. The lineup: Headliners include Metallica, Dua Lipa, J.
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This year, expect even more people plus hundreds of bands spread across a multitude of stages blasting everything from pop and hip-hop to hard rock and EDM. One of the world’s largest of its kind, Lolla 2021 managed to attract upwards of 385,000 enthusiastic concert-goers despite the pandemic’s unrelenting reign.

The lowdown: Another edition of this four-day bacchanal takes over Grant Park and the lives of every downtowner this July as Chicago’s premiere fest resumes its natural course. When: Thursday, July 28 - Sunday, July 31
