AceShowbiz - The highly anticipated Lollapalooza 2026 will showcase an exciting lineup with Charli XCX, Lorde, and Tate McRae as the main headliners. The festival is scheduled to take place over four days, from July 30 to August 2, at Chicago's iconic Grant Park.

Alongside these pop stars, the festival will also feature performances from notable artists such as Olivia Dean, the XX, Jennie, John Summit, and the legendary Smashing Pumpkins. Remarkably, this will mark the first U.S. Lollapalooza appearance for the Smashing Pumpkins since 1994, much to the excitement of fans.

This year’s event promises a diverse roster, with over 100 artists performing across eight stages. The lineup spans a wide array of genres, including hip-hop, indie, rock, and pop. Other prominent names confirmed for the festival include Lil Uzi Vert, Turnstile, Sombr, Beabadoobee, Yungblud, Ethel Cain, Leon Thomas, Clipse, Zara Larsson, Geese, I-dle, Freddie Gibbs, Aespa, Wet Leg, Blood Orange, Suki Waterhouse, 5 Seconds of Summer, Audrey Hobert, Oklou, Horsegirl, Little Simz, CMAT, Boys Noize, Wolf Alice, Nettspend, and Mustard. A complete lineup is available on the official festival poster.

Presale tickets for Lollapalooza 2026 will go on sale starting Thursday, March 19, at 11 a.m. ET/10 a.m. CT. The earliest buyers during the first hour will have access to the lowest-priced tickets. The public on-sale will begin the same day at noon ET/11 a.m. CT. For more details, ticket options, and pricing, fans can visit the official Lollapalooza website.

For Charli XCX, this festival appearance marks her only North American concert scheduled for 2026. Besides Lollapalooza, she is set to perform at the Reading and Leeds festivals in the U.K. Over the past two years, she has toured extensively supporting her breakthrough album Brat. However, in 2026, her focus has shifted towards film projects, including her own movie The Moment and work on the soundtrack and score for Emerald Fennell’s adaptation of Wuthering Heights.

Both Tate McRae and Lorde will also headline the Osheaga festival in Montreal, which coincidentally occurs the same weekend as Lollapalooza. For Lorde, whose latest album Virgin was released last summer, the Chicago festival is one of several North American events she will headline this summer, including Governors Ball in New York and All Things Go in Toronto.

Meanwhile, Tate McRae has a more limited 2026 schedule, with only Lollapalooza and Osheaga on her itinerary after spending much of 2025 touring in support of her album So Close to What. Fans can expect memorable performances from all three artists at this summer’s festival.