Lollapalooza is an annual music festival featuring popular alternative rock,
heavy metal, punk rock and hip hop bands, dance and comedy performances, and craft booths.
It has also provided a platform for non-profit and political groups.
Lollapalooza was conceived and created in 1991 by Perry Farrell as a farewell
tour for his band,Jane's Addiction.
Lollapalooza ran annually until 1997, and was revived in 2003.
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Genre:
Alternative rock, punk rock, heavy metal, hip hop, electronica
Frequency:
Annually
Locations:
Touring (1991-1997, 2003)
Grant Park, Chicago (2005-present)
O'Higgins Park, Santiago, Chile (2011-present)
Jockey Club, São Paulo, Brazil (2012-2013)
Interlagos, São Paulo, Brazil (2014)
Hipódromo de San Isidro, San Isidro, Buenos Aires, Argentina (2014)
Year Started:
1991
Name Origin:
The word lollapalooza dates from a late 19th-/early 20th-century American phrase meaning
"an extraordinary or unusual thing, person, or event; an exceptional example or instance."
Its earliest known use was in 1896. In time the term also came to refer to a large lollipop.
Farrell, searching for a name
for his festival, liked the way it sounded upon hearing it in a Three Stooges
short film. Paying homage to the term's double meaning, a character in the festival's original logo holds
one of the lollipops.