Lollapalooza music festival

The Lollapalooza music festival starts today and runs this weekend, August 4th through the 6th, taking place in Chicago's Grant Park this year.

There's 130 bands on eight stages. That's quite a lineup of bands and artists. It kind of reminds me of the Austin City Limits music festival...
3 days, 8 stages and 130 bands.

But Lollapalooza is so much more than just a music festival...there's Mindfield, where you can win prizes, see short films or enjoy comedy, take part in gaming, and there's even a DJ dance party at night. The kidz area features all kinds of family oriented music, a hip-hop workshop, dance floor, hair and makeup styling and even a rock and roll petting zoo. And of course, Causapalooza provides a special place where you can explore a host of charitable organizations and their causes.

Here's just a few of the bands and artists appearing this year:
Ben Kweller
Blues Traveler
Death Cab For Cutie
My Morning Jacket
Queens of the Stone Age
Red Hot Chili Peppers
Reverend Horton Heat
The Flaming Lips
Violent Femmes
Ween
Wilco

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Perry Farrell (Jane's Addiction; Porno for Pyros) created Lollapalooza in 1991. The "lifestyle festival" has become known for its musical diversity and recognized for providing a platform for environmental and human rights causes.

A three day pass costs $150. One day pass is $65. The website says that's about a dollar a band. What a deal.

Source: www.lollapalooza.com

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