After teasing festival-goers with instrumental performances by the Chicago Youth Symphony Orchestra, the official Lollapalooza lineup is finally here. Over 170 artists are scheduled to perform across eight stages set up in Grant Park in Chicago, Illinois, from July 31 to August 3, 2025.

Tyler, The Creator (Thursday), Olivia Rodrigo (Friday), Rüfüs Du Sol (Saturday) and Sabrina Carpenter (Sunday) have been named as this year’s headliners. Other notable acts include Clairo, Role Model, Finneas, Remi Wolf, Dominic Fike, Del Water Gap, Bleachers, Wallows, The Dare, and so many more. Lollapalooza is praised for its diversity of genres, ensuring that there is a performance for everyone to experience and enjoy. Fans flock to Lollapalooza each year to see their favorite artists, but written on the lower lines of the festival flyer lie some incredible artists you shouldn’t miss.

RATBOYS

Chicago is known for its music, so it’s only right that they bring on local musicians like Ratboys. Julia Steiner (guitar), Dave Sagan (guitar), Marcus Nuccio (drums), and Sean Neumann (bass) make up this rat band from Chicago and have been on the music scene for close to a decade. This group has five studio albums and 3 EPs under their belt, but their latest full-length release, The Window, was recognized on a variety of best albums lists in 2023, such as those posted by Paste Magazine, Stereogum, Uproxx, and Pitchfork. Ratboys are making their Lollapalooza debut on Thursday and will definitely show you what Chicago music is all about.

ORLA GARTLAND

Like many of us, we all had a dream of creating a YouTube channel and making it big. For the Irish-born Orla Gartland, she made that dream her livelihood. In 2009, Gartland joined YouTube as “Music Maaad” and after many covers, busking, and opening acts, Gartland began headlining shows across the UK and Ireland in 2013. Her latest studio album, Everybody Needs a Hero, was released in October 2024 and has been praised for its distinctive sound, vocals, and emotion; providing listeners with a beautiful story from beginning to end. Gartland is a rockstar through and through. She commands a stage like no other and is dedicated to making music that is confident and relatable. You can catch her set on Saturday at Lollapalooza. Hope to see you there!

SAM AUSTINS

Sam Austins is a Detroit-born artist that experienced homelessness and a need to create following his high school years. Taking this transformative period of his life in account, Austins poured himself into his songwriting and rode the wave of Michigan’s independent releases before finding hims music on HBO’s Euphoria, Global Viral charts, and making headlines on Billboard, OnesToWatch, Vogue, and AltPress. His artistry is celebrated for its boundary-breaking music and limitless creativity. Even though Austins is now based in Los Angeles, he’ll be returning to the midwest for Lollapalooza to continue to prove that you can make your dreams a reality. He’ll be gracing one of Lollapalooza’s many stages on Saturday, make it a priority to stop by!

KATSEYE

Katseye, pronounced “cat’s eye” is an all-girl group hailing from Los Angeles, California. The six-piece is composed of Manon, Sophia, Daniela, Lara, Mega, and Yoonchae. Katseye has a unique origin story. In 2021, Hybe and Geffen Records were looking for a girl group with “contestants from around the world”. Auditions were held in South Korea, the United States, Japan, and the United Kingdom. With over 120,000 applicants, twenty girls were chosen to compete in a reality show titled Dream Academy to determine the group we now know as Katseye. The girls label themselves as a “global girl group” to not only encompass the diversity of the group’s members but the music they create. Katseye’s music and stage presence is unmatched, check them out on Sunday if you have the chance!

JOE P

Joe P, also known as Joe P the Hyena, decided to take on a solo career after his long-standing middle school band decided to call it quits. Taking to TikTok during the COVID-19 pandemic pushed him into the spotlight with over 300K followers in just a few months of his initial videos. This alternative/indie artist’s latest album, Garden State Vampire, is an ode to his home state of New Jersey, continuing to build his discography. Since then, he’s been selling out shows across the United States and taken on a variety of opening slots to grow his fanbase. If you stop to see him on Sunday at Lollapalooza you’ll be able to say you were there before everyone else! 

Lollapalooza will be here before you know it! It’s time to start planning your outfits and prepping your day-to-day line up. 4-Day general admission tickets have already sold out, but you can still purchase 1-Day, 2-Day, and a variety of VIP packages here!

Words: Isabell Dowell

Photography: Miranda McDonald & Nathan Zucker