Lollapalooza on Tuesday morning unveiled its 2026 aftershow schedule, sending late-night concerts across Chicago to more than 25 venues and setting up a second wave of tickets for festival week. The first show starts Tuesday, July 28, when Paris Paloma opens the run at Metro Chicago.
For anyone searching now, the timing matters: aftershow tickets go on sale at 10 a.m. Friday, and the slate stretches through Sunday, Aug. 2. The lineup reaches from Zara Larsson, Ethel Cain, Cortis, Empire of the Sun, Five Seconds of Summer, Blood Orange and Cameron Winter of Geese to local names including Kaicrewsade and Horsegiirl, with stops listed at the Salt Shed, Sleeping Village, House of Blues, Ramova Theatre, Reggies and the Aragon.
The aftershows land as Lollapalooza returns to Chicago in July with its four-day mega music festival, and they give fans another shot at the week after tickets sold out quickly, even though limited one-day passes are still available. That makes the late-night schedule more than a side note; it is now one of the few places where festivalgoers can still turn a sold-out weekend into a longer run of shows.
What is still unresolved is which dates and rooms will disappear first. With more than 25 venues in play and a mix of international headliners and local acts, the rush on Friday is likely to settle that before the festival even begins.
