Landing in Chicago’s beautiful Grant Park on August 1, 2 and 3, Lollapalooza hosts 137 bands, eight stages, and 100,000 fans for a weekend to remember. Situated in the heart of the festivities, Green Street keeps the Festival’s values of social responsibility and environmental stewardship at its core. Home of a curated art market, non-profit organizations, farm-to-festival fare, and environmental efforts, Green Street provides an experience unique to Lollapalooza.
In between sets, shop the Greet Street Art Market where you’ll find treasures ranging from music inspired paintings to upcycled accessories to ethically traded international artwork. Swing by the Lolla Farmers Market to enjoy small-batch, homegrown Chicago flavors. Visit Syd Rocks to see how a lady in high school is clearing the path for others suffering from a rare blood disease. Join the sixteen potentially life saving matches from Lollapalooza attendees who registered with Love Hope Strength’s bone marrow database. Discover environmental practices around the globe from The Lexicon of Sustainability’s pop-up art show.
Minimizing Lollapalooza’s environmental impact has been a mission since its inaugural year in 1991. Over the past seven years, Lollapalooza’s producers and fans offset 16.6 million pounds of carbon dioxide (the work of 1.7 million young trees in a year). More than one million water bottles have been avoided through free water filling stations since 2010. Returning for its tenth year, The Rock & Recycle Program invites thousands of fans each year to be rewarded for joining waste diversion efforts. Now expanded to Chile, Brazil and Argentina, the flags of Lollapalooza’s hosting countries fly high over Green Street as we celebrate international efforts to maintain environmental programs around the globe.
Take a few moments to get inspired by some of the excellent causes in Green Street, and make a contribution to the world straight from Lollapalooza this weekend.
Enjoy the show!
—Emily Stengel, Green Street Producer
Newcity has partnered with Lollapalooza to produce this official guide to Green Street
