Chicago’s 33rd iteration of the Lollapalooza Music Festival is here featuring SZA, Megan Thee Stallion, blink-182, The Killers, Future X Metro Boomin, Hozier, Stray Kids, Melanie Martinez, Skrillex and many more in the heart of downtown Chicago. Lollapalooza is set to make history as the first major U.S. festival to power a stage solely and completely on a hybrid battery system, including all audio, lighting, video and stage production. The Main Stage, sponsored by T-Mobile, continues Live Nation initiative Green Nation’s goal of sustainability.
Lollapalooza has always been committed to sustainable festival practices, both behind the scenes and through the preservation of its location in Grant Park. As an Illinois Sustainability Award recipient, this commitment is integrated into every area of the park, from recycling and composting to eco-friendly service items at Chow Town, as well as Hydration Stations that provide patrons free, filtered water, and the TURN reusable cup system which collectively help avoid millions of single-use plastic cups and bottles.
“We have set a goal to build a more sustainable future for music festivals, which requires taking bold steps to find solutions that can reinvent how we operate and in turn, build industry trust in new technology so that major live events can see a path towards becoming more energy efficient”
-Jake Perry, Director of Operations and Sustainability at C3 Presents
This festival weekend, the hybrid powered stage (which will deploy over 1.5 MWh of battery storage capacity, minimizing the run time of biodiesel generators providing significant fuel and emissions savings) will provide important results and learnings with the companies network of over 200+ festivals around the world, all committed to raising the bar for more sustainable live events.
“Solutions like the ones Lollapalooza are pioneering not only contribute toward our global Green Nation goal of cutting our emissions in half by 2030, but they provide local benefits as well through reduced noise and air pollution which creates a better experience overall for the artists, fans and crew”
-Lucy August-Perna, Head of Global Sustainability at Live Nation
New this year is “Plant Base,” a stand-alone food court that will feature multiple vendors serving entirely plant-based food options, and an activation from conservation organization Re:wild, who became an official global Lollapalooza partner earlier this year. Re:wild encourages plant-based diets as animal agriculture is the biggest driver of biodiversity loss and ecosystem destruction. The organization, which was founded by a group of renowned conservation scientists together with actor Leonardo DiCaprio believe choosing more plant-based foods is the best thing an individual can do for the planet. To learn more about Re:wild and its partnership with Lollapalooza, please visit https://lolla.rewild.org/.
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