Lollapalooza delayed its Day 3 opening on Saturday, pushing doors back to 3 p.m. as rain kept falling over Chicago and forced organizers to rewrite part of the schedule. The festival said the delay was official in a Saturday morning social media post, then issued an updated lineup around 1:40 p.m. that kept Jennie on the bill while cutting other acts.
That mattered because the change was not a full reset. The Box Office was still set to open at 1 p.m., and the new schedule kept Olivia Dean, DJ Trixie Mattel and Jennie, along with Geese and DJ Whethan, while Sunday, Chezile, Wisp and the Chicago Youth Symphony Orchestra were removed. Wolf Alice’s set was cut to 30 minutes, a sign that the festival was only partly back on track even after the delay was eased.
Saturday’s disruption came during Day 3 in Grant Park, where muddy grounds and a flood watch from the National Weather Service had already complicated the day. Rain showers were expected through the afternoon and into the early evening, and a text message from the festival told attendees to wear waterproof shoes, be patient moving around the grounds and bring positive vibes. By Sunday, the weather outlook had improved, with no rain in the forecast.
The friction in the day was simple: organizers restored part of the schedule, but not all of it. Keeping some headline names while dropping others left the afternoon looking unfinished, and the revised plan still left open the question of whether every remaining set would reach the stage as listed.
For now, the answer is that Jennie stayed on the Saturday lineup while several other acts did not, and the festival’s next move was to keep updating fans as the day went on. For anyone heading to Grant Park, the schedule was no longer just delayed; it was changing in real time.
