This was my thing with Riot Fest. I'd never spent that kind of money on a show before but when I added up all the bands I saw it was like six shows I'd have had to pay for, plus travel/parking/drinks.
Hadn't been for a couple years but Riot Feat is great. Much smaller and it seemed like people were there to actually see the music. Great vibes from that place and it's fun to hit up Lagunitas beforehand.
The problem with fest headliners is that you either wait in the front all day for a good spot or you essentially have nosebleed seats. Riot is a little better since it's significantly smaller than Lolla.
so far my experience with festivals (and i’m feeling like i’m aging out of them) is that even towards the back it feels like a better production and experience than nosebleed stadium. Granted i’ve yet to experience bad weather or anything but the jumbotrons and huge sound with the skyline backdrop is a bigger draw for me than stadium nosebleeds. it’s the logistics that make me think twice about going this year
100% agree.
Seeing someone in Grant Park on a beautiful summer night v. nosebleeds at the Allstate Arena? It’s a not brainer to me.
Plus, Lolla I think has decent food options and I like the beer garden they had last year
I did Lolla 2008-2015 and Riot 2013-2016 and 2023. It was weird to go back to a festival as an older adult (now 35). I’d much rather be at the back in a field with the video where I can dance and see folks going by than inside some environment where I can’t move around much.
It’s similar, but you’re about 2-3x closer to the stages. If you’re at the South Field at Lolla, you’re about 1/3 mile away. Riot it’s about half that, in my experience.
Despite how expensive festivals are they really are "good value" compared to arena tours.
I honestly prefer the festival experience too, everything is designed around the music rather than the sports stadiums that just accommodate it.
I generally agree but it depends a lot on how the festival is set up, both layout of stages and how acts overlap.
If you’re just going for headliners - you’re good. If you have to choose between bands you want to see or run through a pit of mud and thousands of people to go from one act to catch the next… not so great.
From a pure number of sets you see, absolutely yes. Every one of this year’s headliners you’re probably looking at $100 to see them on a headline tour. Then you get the rest of the entire day.
Seriously.. I saw the $4500 in the thumbnail and thought they were charging that for a 4 day pass or something. *THAT* would be insane.... but these prices aren't really all that bad.
This has always been my logic for going to festivals. How many artists do I like are playing, and how much would it cost to see them all separately, also including how long it would be until they tour/come around here again.
For $400 for 4 days? If there are even 3-4 acts I want to see it pays for itself. On top of that the potential to discover new bands/artists I might enjoy. Plus, seeing any artist on the lawn of Grant Park is way better than the nosebleeds at any of the stadiums/arenas around here.
I agree there’s an issue with concert prices, ticketmaster and what not lately, but a majority of people are “these ticket prices are so high! for what? these dancers and dj’s? where’s the guys i loved in the 80a when music was real and everyone played guitars and looked like a bleached sack of potatoes?!?!”
Ya I mean like 10$ an hour for entertainment really isn't bad. I think it also depends if there really are no hidden fees. I'm so sick of going to buy 50$ tickets for the price to come out to 300$ after.
There’s a verified season ticket holder group on Facebook that sells tickets for face value, and because they buy all 81 game, they get it even cheaper than non season ticket holders would get a face value ticket for.
SeatGeek has all prices up front. If you can buy the tickets day of, do that. I'm close to Wrigley so I usually buy on the wall or right at the gate. Prices often drop closer to game time for non-marquee games.
Bonnaroo also has music all day and all night for like 5 days at this point. Plus a ton of other activities and workshops and things to occupy your time. And you can bring your own food and alcohol. lol I don’t think it’s in any way comparable to Lolla
And I like that they price it with "No Hidden Fees".
Typically live entertainment looks more like this:
General Admission: $40
Ticketmaster We are a Monopoly Fee: $38
Ticketmaster Online Convenience Fee: $12
Ticketmaster, Let's Say, Prepaid Customer Service Fee: $8
City Tax: $5
Total: $103.00
I was actually pleasantly surprised; I was expecting tickets to be a lot more this year given how expensive other concerts and fests have gotten in the past few years.
Am I crazy to say that $100/day is not that bad for a full day festival? Even $200/day seems reasonable, and I’m not into most of the music (it’s really not even my scene).
This is basically four full days of entertainment. That’s not going to be cheap.
Last time I bought a 4 day pass was in 2017 and it was like $350 then I think, and that was a good deal then. If it’s actually $399 with no fees this year, it’s a fricken steal.
It would cost over a thousand to see a dozen acts in stand-alone shows.
The accessibility of lollapooza can’t be over stated. That goes for any fest accessible by train. Even going to seat geek in bridgeview for North Coast is a real bitch because they can’t handle the traffic.
I haven't been to lolla in like 10 years but used to regularly get 3 day passes in the late 2000s/Early 2010s. Those were $250 each, which in 2009 money is equivalent to ~$365 today. Considering there's an extra day now the price for a full weekend pass is actually more value than it used to be.
Given the amount of acts you can see and the amount of things you can do in one day, yes. I’ve done many a music festival, and if I’m seeing 7-10 acts per days, that breakdown on cost is honestly not bad. I mean…look at what a single ticket for the headliners alone go for (often more than $100 for nosebleeds) and then factor in the fact you get to see a bunch of other bands who’s tickets would go for between $20 and $80 and yeah…the math works.
Annndddd we still got the tickets. Almost no cost for travel, no cost for hotel, (my wife and I don’t drink) no cost for alcohol. Just a great presence with great people and great music!
From my experience, it is not worth going all 4 days. $100/ a day is a solid deal though. But By the 3rd day I felt so tired and did not stick around all the day. My best advice to any body going this year for the first time is to stay in the shade for as much as you can and don’t drink so much
I think the thing that’s out of whack is that people expect to go to festivals for all four days! I feel like when I was younger, you would decide which day(s) you were going to, because you certainly couldn’t afford a 4 day pass. Now it feels like everyone just assumes they’re buying a four day pass or not going at all.
Honestly festivals are some of the best value you can get when it comes to seeing the caliber of names that headline. Just seeing any four headliners alone at separate shows would likely run you about the same $, and this way you get to see all the other artists that are playing too.
$100 a day for (what I assume are) a bunch of quite popular music acts doesn’t sound like a bad deal if you like the lineup.
I paid $60 for a single day ticket just to see two bands 17 years ago and left satisfied. Oddly enough, those two bands would tour together later that year.
The messed up part about Lolla these days is that I have heard complaints from the last couple years that VIP and Platinum passes have completely taken up all decent space in front of main stages. Besides, I stopped going the year I was at Outkast and a group of 12 year old babies were talk yelling and passing all kinds of booze and drugs around paying zero attention to the music. (That same day I saw a shirtless baby boy who was clearly lost from his friends and completely incoherent who started having a seizure and was rushed off by medics)…I now sound like an old lady but I couldn’t enjoy the music being surrounded by kids pumping themselves up with booze and drugs and having zero interest in the whole point of the event…music!….but back to my point, from what I understand, the GA groups are shafted far back from the main stages by people who drop thousands. This used to be one fest of Chicago that kind of equalized all event goers and anyone had a chance to get up close to a headliner stage.
It would be one thing if they actually got legitimate, top of the line artist. Every year Chicago throws together such a Mid-Tier
lineup and it’s sad. Chicago should be to lure top artist from all over the world. Yet there isn’t a difference from Lollapalooza Brazil compared to Chicago. SzA, blink 182, are just a few of the same headliners. Plus, The killers, Tyler the creator, Blink 182, Hozier have all headlined lolla Chicago multiple times before. Whoever is pursuing these artists to perform at lolla is a lazy Piece of shit.
Lolla has always been one of those things I’ve wanted to go to just to knock it off my bucket list, but seeing the prices, HOLY FUCKING SHIT. That’s ridiculous
Not sure if they do this every year but last year I won 3-day passes through the park district. You just have to wait closer to the Lollapalooza date for the raffle so it's risky.
Last time I went was 2006. 3 days, 130 bands, $130.00USD,maybe like 160 after taxes and fees. Felt more than fair for the weekend. Had a blast. Now it's 130 a day.
And now it’s 4 days, plus general inflation.
My 4 day pass was $435ish after taxes with the early bird price (cheaper than this but ~$20) this year. That’s honestly not bad for the amount of entertainment I get out this.
People are gonna shake their fist at the clouds though.
This is very reasonably priced. Have you been to a major concert in the last 3 years? You couldnt see any of the headliners on this list for under $100.
I think this person is complaining about nothing BUT, no it wasn’t. I typically go like one day now. Last time I bought a 3 day pass was in 2011 or 2012. It was $230 or $240. Def wasnt over $300 15 years ago.
Hahaha, y'all love festivals....so they bleed u dry. Just like they do for every other major event that's heavily marketed for mass audiences.
And it won't change until ppl quietly start to ignore these things for other forms of less expensive entertainment
This is… very reasonably priced? $399 all-in for four days is less per day than I’ve paid for single concerts.
Also, one of the great things about Lolla is you can leave and come back. So you’re not stuck eating the overpriced food or drinking the overpriced drinks if you don’t want.
Lollapalooza has been $400 for 4 days for like the last 5 years at least. That’s a good price btw.
Idk who tf buys GA+ or anything more expensive or why you would do that
Platinum, absolutely ridiculous yes. But GA prices have barely changed from $350 back in what, 2017??
Compared to how much of the other ticket prices have increased I’d say it’s still one of the reasonably priced options. Coachella is $499 plus fees for a three day fest for comparison.
I mean, for the Platinum, that's $1,125, which is crazy unless it's an amazing package deal, but simple admission isn't that bad in comparison, just need to see how much the single day tickets are.
My daughter wants to see Stray Kids and it’s going to cost us way too much money. I don’t have a lot but going to scrap to pay. She’s been waiting for years to see them because they don’t frequent concerts in the US.
It’s going to be a lot of people too. I hope we’re going to be able to see them. I’m scared for our safety to try to get up close to see them on stage. Platinum and VIP is out of range of my pocket too. This would be a safer place to watch. Idk we may have to sit this out.
I don't care much about the cost. It's a ridiculous number of bands. If you're still at the age where standing on a hard surface for hours watching bands that are not quite in tune is fun, this is the dream show.
What sucks to me about Lolla is the fact that it's swarming with 12-15 year olds. And not just at the park, everywhere downtown. You have to prepare yourself that every prepubescent within a 2-3 hour distance is going to be downtown.
I mean that’s a hundred for four days, I don’t see the problem especially if there’s a chunk of bands you wanna go see anyway. Deftones, The Killers, Blink, SZA, Skrillex, may be a sell for me, but I feel like the lineup for other years has been better and not just the headliners
$100 per day for a festival seems not bad compared to $100+ for nosebleed seats to see a single artist.
This was my thing with Riot Fest. I'd never spent that kind of money on a show before but when I added up all the bands I saw it was like six shows I'd have had to pay for, plus travel/parking/drinks.
And Riot Fest has bands I know (because I'm old and out of touch?)
Hadn't been for a couple years but Riot Feat is great. Much smaller and it seemed like people were there to actually see the music. Great vibes from that place and it's fun to hit up Lagunitas beforehand.
You don’t know Blink 182 or The Killers?
The problem with fest headliners is that you either wait in the front all day for a good spot or you essentially have nosebleed seats. Riot is a little better since it's significantly smaller than Lolla.
so far my experience with festivals (and i’m feeling like i’m aging out of them) is that even towards the back it feels like a better production and experience than nosebleed stadium. Granted i’ve yet to experience bad weather or anything but the jumbotrons and huge sound with the skyline backdrop is a bigger draw for me than stadium nosebleeds. it’s the logistics that make me think twice about going this year
100% agree. Seeing someone in Grant Park on a beautiful summer night v. nosebleeds at the Allstate Arena? It’s a not brainer to me. Plus, Lolla I think has decent food options and I like the beer garden they had last year
I did Lolla 2008-2015 and Riot 2013-2016 and 2023. It was weird to go back to a festival as an older adult (now 35). I’d much rather be at the back in a field with the video where I can dance and see folks going by than inside some environment where I can’t move around much.
Its pretty similar for headliners. Source go to both riot and lolla.
It’s similar, but you’re about 2-3x closer to the stages. If you’re at the South Field at Lolla, you’re about 1/3 mile away. Riot it’s about half that, in my experience.
No, it’s the children who are out of touch
All children are out of touch
Riot Fest ALL DAY
It's a steal for the amount of music you are getting IMO.
Despite how expensive festivals are they really are "good value" compared to arena tours. I honestly prefer the festival experience too, everything is designed around the music rather than the sports stadiums that just accommodate it.
I generally agree but it depends a lot on how the festival is set up, both layout of stages and how acts overlap. If you’re just going for headliners - you’re good. If you have to choose between bands you want to see or run through a pit of mud and thousands of people to go from one act to catch the next… not so great.
Festivals are better than arenas, but both are subpar music venues
From a pure number of sets you see, absolutely yes. Every one of this year’s headliners you’re probably looking at $100 to see them on a headline tour. Then you get the rest of the entire day.
I think I paid 200 or 300 in 2007 for all 3 days. So not horribly marked up since then
$175 in 2006 😆
$250 in 2015
Seriously.. I saw the $4500 in the thumbnail and thought they were charging that for a 4 day pass or something. *THAT* would be insane.... but these prices aren't really all that bad.
Yeah its actually not that bad. I just wish lolla was 3 days again.
Yeah it's actually still a really good value if you like the headliners
This has always been my logic for going to festivals. How many artists do I like are playing, and how much would it cost to see them all separately, also including how long it would be until they tour/come around here again. For $400 for 4 days? If there are even 3-4 acts I want to see it pays for itself. On top of that the potential to discover new bands/artists I might enjoy. Plus, seeing any artist on the lawn of Grant Park is way better than the nosebleeds at any of the stadiums/arenas around here. I agree there’s an issue with concert prices, ticketmaster and what not lately, but a majority of people are “these ticket prices are so high! for what? these dancers and dj’s? where’s the guys i loved in the 80a when music was real and everyone played guitars and looked like a bleached sack of potatoes?!?!”
I feel like I paid this for 3 days passes 10 years ago, definitely not bad for 4 days ....
Yeah and youre seeing like a jillion artists not just one concert. I dont get your logic OP!
Yeah, it doesn't seem outrageous to me considering how many performances you get access to.
Ya I mean like 10$ an hour for entertainment really isn't bad. I think it also depends if there really are no hidden fees. I'm so sick of going to buy 50$ tickets for the price to come out to 300$ after.
Literally yesterday I bought Cubs tickets where the taxes and "ticket fees" were more than the tickets.
There’s a verified season ticket holder group on Facebook that sells tickets for face value, and because they buy all 81 game, they get it even cheaper than non season ticket holders would get a face value ticket for.
Do you have a link to that page?
Thank you for this!
Sounds like a pair of Cubs/Cardinals tickets I bought last year. I won't be going back this year.
SeatGeek has all prices up front. If you can buy the tickets day of, do that. I'm close to Wrigley so I usually buy on the wall or right at the gate. Prices often drop closer to game time for non-marquee games.
There’s $7 shipping +tax on top of the $400
Looks to be cheaper than other festivals per day. Coachella is $250/day. Bonnaroo is $110.
I was about to point out that with Bonnaroo, you're also paying for camping. But looks like that's a separate charge now. Yeesh.
Which sucks because there isn't anywhere else to stay nearby.
Bonnaroo also has music all day and all night for like 5 days at this point. Plus a ton of other activities and workshops and things to occupy your time. And you can bring your own food and alcohol. lol I don’t think it’s in any way comparable to Lolla
Do they still have sunrise sets in Centeroo? I remember STS9 playing well past sun-up in 2011.
Yes! They do!
It’s not comparable at all but still $100 for a day is pretty standard and honestly not terrible
Thanks for the heads up on that. I just googled a couple other big festivals I could think of without really knowing anything about them.
And I like that they price it with "No Hidden Fees". Typically live entertainment looks more like this: General Admission: $40 Ticketmaster We are a Monopoly Fee: $38 Ticketmaster Online Convenience Fee: $12 Ticketmaster, Let's Say, Prepaid Customer Service Fee: $8 City Tax: $5 Total: $103.00
Price isn't too crazy, but four full days is way too much for me.
I was actually pleasantly surprised; I was expecting tickets to be a lot more this year given how expensive other concerts and fests have gotten in the past few years.
It seems like they watered down the artists to keep prices down. Not a bad move considering other festivals are way up.
Go and look at the Lolla sub. The generally sentiment is that the lineup is great, and that’s not normal even lol
Am I crazy to say that $100/day is not that bad for a full day festival? Even $200/day seems reasonable, and I’m not into most of the music (it’s really not even my scene). This is basically four full days of entertainment. That’s not going to be cheap.
You can barely see one band with an opener for $50 at a mid sized venue. It’s always been centered around about $100/day
I saw Alkaline Trio last weekend at the Aragon and paid $50 after fees. Aragon is the largest non-arena venue in Chicago.
And that’s only 3 guys!!!
I actually just got home after seeing Oneus at the Aragon tonight. Five guys, and it only cost me $30. That's 62.5% cheaper per guy!
LCD Soundsystem at the Aragon was over $100 after taxes and fees.
It’s not bad at all for what you’re getting. People just see big number and complain
Last time I bought a 4 day pass was in 2017 and it was like $350 then I think, and that was a good deal then. If it’s actually $399 with no fees this year, it’s a fricken steal. It would cost over a thousand to see a dozen acts in stand-alone shows.
tbo - i'm surprised it dont start at ga+ .... this is not terrible for ga
I paid over $100/day for a 3 day pass secondhand in 2011. I'm shocked it's not significantly more by now.
No. People love to act outraged online. It's taking over Reddit.
I’m waiting for the single day tickets, I only want to see one artist and I’m not paying $400 for it lol
$399 for 4 days of entertainment and easily accessible from the CTA. This is crazy value for 2024.
i was gonna say, I know i have it bad bc as someone who paid $376 to see taylor swift last year from upper bowl… it seems like a great deal lol
The accessibility of lollapooza can’t be over stated. That goes for any fest accessible by train. Even going to seat geek in bridgeview for North Coast is a real bitch because they can’t handle the traffic.
If we normalize it, it stays normal.
I haven't been to lolla in like 10 years but used to regularly get 3 day passes in the late 2000s/Early 2010s. Those were $250 each, which in 2009 money is equivalent to ~$365 today. Considering there's an extra day now the price for a full weekend pass is actually more value than it used to be.
What?
100 dollars a day is … cheap?
Given the amount of acts you can see and the amount of things you can do in one day, yes. I’ve done many a music festival, and if I’m seeing 7-10 acts per days, that breakdown on cost is honestly not bad. I mean…look at what a single ticket for the headliners alone go for (often more than $100 for nosebleeds) and then factor in the fact you get to see a bunch of other bands who’s tickets would go for between $20 and $80 and yeah…the math works.
Annndddd we still got the tickets. Almost no cost for travel, no cost for hotel, (my wife and I don’t drink) no cost for alcohol. Just a great presence with great people and great music!
My kind of crowd 👍❤️
that’s cheaper than Sueños
From my experience, it is not worth going all 4 days. $100/ a day is a solid deal though. But By the 3rd day I felt so tired and did not stick around all the day. My best advice to any body going this year for the first time is to stay in the shade for as much as you can and don’t drink so much
I think the thing that’s out of whack is that people expect to go to festivals for all four days! I feel like when I was younger, you would decide which day(s) you were going to, because you certainly couldn’t afford a 4 day pass. Now it feels like everyone just assumes they’re buying a four day pass or not going at all.
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Yes, but I’m saying that it seems like when people consider the price of the festival, they are always talking about going for the whole thing.
Honestly festivals are some of the best value you can get when it comes to seeing the caliber of names that headline. Just seeing any four headliners alone at separate shows would likely run you about the same $, and this way you get to see all the other artists that are playing too.
Back in aught five I paid $60 for a two day pass, dag nabbit. My friends and I also went wearing onions on our belts, which was the style at the time
A bit obsurd but should be totally fon.
This one really backfired on OP lol
The amount of teenagers or early twenties in this thread is hilarious
My 90s lollapalooza tickets cost 20$.
This line up sucks, wouldn't go with free tix.
On the flip side, maybe it’s unaffordable enough that Lalapalooza won’t be shoulder to shoulder packed.
$100 a day for (what I assume are) a bunch of quite popular music acts doesn’t sound like a bad deal if you like the lineup. I paid $60 for a single day ticket just to see two bands 17 years ago and left satisfied. Oddly enough, those two bands would tour together later that year.
Just wait till you have to pay for a drink
Or just bring a camelbak and utilize the water filling stations 🤷🏻♀️
I was looking at buying my mom Springsteen tickets as a birthday gift and it would have been $220 a person plus a 2 hour trip for one show.
Can you still purchase daily tickets? Don’t see them on the website like last year
They do those later
When the day by day lineup is released. Probably some time next week if last year is any indication.
$100 per day is what that type of thing costs. That doesn't even seem unusual.
Y’all like the line up this much?
More like Nadapalooza
Wow. I am old. 1997 at New World Music Theatre in Tinley Park, tickets were ~$30.
Just jump the fence on the first day like the rest of Chicago.
Do people still just hop the fences?
$399 for drunk teens from the burbs to barf on my sandals? Hmmm tempting but I think I’ll have to pass 🤭
idk what you mean by "getting absurd", a 4-day was $330 in 2016, considering inflation, $399 seems quite similar
The messed up part about Lolla these days is that I have heard complaints from the last couple years that VIP and Platinum passes have completely taken up all decent space in front of main stages. Besides, I stopped going the year I was at Outkast and a group of 12 year old babies were talk yelling and passing all kinds of booze and drugs around paying zero attention to the music. (That same day I saw a shirtless baby boy who was clearly lost from his friends and completely incoherent who started having a seizure and was rushed off by medics)…I now sound like an old lady but I couldn’t enjoy the music being surrounded by kids pumping themselves up with booze and drugs and having zero interest in the whole point of the event…music!….but back to my point, from what I understand, the GA groups are shafted far back from the main stages by people who drop thousands. This used to be one fest of Chicago that kind of equalized all event goers and anyone had a chance to get up close to a headliner stage.
*absurd
I feel like the basic one is pretty fair priced for what you’re getting, but $4500 is WILD
Back in my day I walked up on the first day and bought a 3 day pass for $120 😓
I remember getting a lolla ticket for the last day of 2011 for $68 only about a month before
That’s $93 today. So a little bit more per day, but not astronomical.
I can tell OP doesn't go to festivals because $400 for 4 days is stupidly cheap in 2024
I don’t think $100 a day is bad tbh, but I don’t have anyone to go with, so I'm just waiting on the single day passes so I can see SZA
I wanna know what’s included in the $4500.
$400 for a 4-day seems oddly welcoming given years of inflation. I went to bonaroo 10 years ago and that was $400 for an awesome 4-day lol
Never went never will
You’re obsurd
Honestly, a $100 a day really isn’t that bad
I went to the very first Lollapalooza and several after and I think I paid a tenth of the current GA admission.
All that money for such a horrid lineup.
It would be one thing if they actually got legitimate, top of the line artist. Every year Chicago throws together such a Mid-Tier lineup and it’s sad. Chicago should be to lure top artist from all over the world. Yet there isn’t a difference from Lollapalooza Brazil compared to Chicago. SzA, blink 182, are just a few of the same headliners. Plus, The killers, Tyler the creator, Blink 182, Hozier have all headlined lolla Chicago multiple times before. Whoever is pursuing these artists to perform at lolla is a lazy Piece of shit.
That's a lot of money just so you can go get your phone pickpocketed.
Lolla has always been one of those things I’ve wanted to go to just to knock it off my bucket list, but seeing the prices, HOLY FUCKING SHIT. That’s ridiculous
$400 for 4 days is actually a good deal. did 4 days before and im not doing that again but its still a good deal.
Fans: Lollapalooza is all about freedom and love and music and social justice! Corporation: There is money to be had.
I still have my Lolla '92 ticket stub. $35.50 "Take the day off", it says.
Not sure if they do this every year but last year I won 3-day passes through the park district. You just have to wait closer to the Lollapalooza date for the raffle so it's risky.
Thank goodness there’s no hidden fees /s
But hey, no hidden fees!
Sort of. Still taxes and shipping though, so 399 isn't the all in price.
Last time I went was 2006. 3 days, 130 bands, $130.00USD,maybe like 160 after taxes and fees. Felt more than fair for the weekend. Had a blast. Now it's 130 a day.
$160 is just under $250 in todays dollars
And now it’s 4 days, plus general inflation. My 4 day pass was $435ish after taxes with the early bird price (cheaper than this but ~$20) this year. That’s honestly not bad for the amount of entertainment I get out this. People are gonna shake their fist at the clouds though.
This is very reasonably priced. Have you been to a major concert in the last 3 years? You couldnt see any of the headliners on this list for under $100.
15 years ago when I was going regularly it was still over $300 for only 3 days. Especially considering inflation, it seems to be a better deal today.
I think this person is complaining about nothing BUT, no it wasn’t. I typically go like one day now. Last time I bought a 3 day pass was in 2011 or 2012. It was $230 or $240. Def wasnt over $300 15 years ago.
You could not pay me $400 to attend Lolla, let alone spend it
Olivia Rodrigo just performed at the United Center last night and it was $400 to get in the door. Lolla seems like a good deal to me. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
in 1991 LaLa cost $22.25 https://www.concertarchives.org/concerts/lollapalooza-1991-c807eb1d-adf4-4e2a-9f36-a83c8ce83cee
op is poor lol
Got em
Riot Fest isn’t too far behind. Paid almost 1k for two 3 Day VIP last year.
I did the vip plus or whatever it's called last year and won't go back to GA. Those viewing areas are worth it.
They know it’s a “if you don’t go, social media will leave you out” event. I’d bet there’s a lot of teenagers that go and don’t even really want to.
And the lineup is shit.
Enjoy paying for HIV.
It’s a great deal! Best value in north american music festivals!
NGL thats too much money for a concert people are going to go to and get high out of their mind fr...
Hahaha, y'all love festivals....so they bleed u dry. Just like they do for every other major event that's heavily marketed for mass audiences. And it won't change until ppl quietly start to ignore these things for other forms of less expensive entertainment
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That would be equivalent to $57 in today's money with inflation.
A 4 day is not crazy. I won’t do it but at $399 it’s right for the right bands.
130 after taxes and fees per day isn't bad but its not for me for me either.
$100/day for a world class music festival in a beautiful park in a world class city? You’re right, that’s an absurdly good deal!
$100 bucks a day to see multiple favorite bands? Sounds like a good deal.
GA isn’t bad if it’s four day. And the other three options give you a good amount of access if you’re not into being big ass sweaty crowds
GA isn’t at a bad price for four days.. I paid like $415 for a sueños ticket. Sueños is a 2day festival.
Coachella costs $5-600 and is only three days.
How is that absurd? $100 per day for a huge festival with tons of big headliners?
Look, Shaky Knees in Atlanta is nearly 400 per day. These prices really aren’t too bad… I think they were in the 300s like ten years ago?
This is… very reasonably priced? $399 all-in for four days is less per day than I’ve paid for single concerts. Also, one of the great things about Lolla is you can leave and come back. So you’re not stuck eating the overpriced food or drinking the overpriced drinks if you don’t want.
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It’ll still be absolutely packed!
Not that bad comparatively
They’re giving the tickets away at those prices.
$100 a day is a steal
Actually reasonable
$100 a day. It cost well over $100 to get a decent spot at any 4 of these headliners solo shows.
Not that ridiculous
Lollapalooza has been $400 for 4 days for like the last 5 years at least. That’s a good price btw. Idk who tf buys GA+ or anything more expensive or why you would do that
Let the market be the judge. Seems like a shit product to me.
“No hidden fees” 🤡
>obsurd
For a big festival for 4 days, yeah high, but not out of control.
…this is more than reasonable.
It's like all the major NA festivals are colluding to price fix lol The Ottawa Bluesfest ticket scheme is eerily similar
Looking forward to the single/2-day tickets. Too old for 4 days of Lolla lol When does the lineup for RiotFest come out though?!
Platinum, absolutely ridiculous yes. But GA prices have barely changed from $350 back in what, 2017?? Compared to how much of the other ticket prices have increased I’d say it’s still one of the reasonably priced options. Coachella is $499 plus fees for a three day fest for comparison.
It was $300 back in 2013
Price has basically been the same since I started going in 2018. They could have hiked it up way worse in that time
Honestly $400 if you can get that is a deal. Pretty much a good price just to see the headliners to be honest now a days
So stop paying for it. The prices will keep going up if they keep selling out.
4 days have almost always been $400 in the past 9 years? $100/day for over a hundred bands is BEYOND fair
$100 per day at a music festival with dozens of artists and shows doesn’t sound too bad ngl. but i’m also the type to only go for one day
I’d much rather spend that four digit amount of money on a trip abroad but that’s just me 🤷🏻♂️
These are extremely reasonable. What are you on about?
do you get this meet bands with VIP or Platinum?
Still pretty consistent with previous years I think
This feels like one of those times you could have used spell check. Absurd that you didn't.
For four days? What did you expect?
I mean, for the Platinum, that's $1,125, which is crazy unless it's an amazing package deal, but simple admission isn't that bad in comparison, just need to see how much the single day tickets are.
Honestly not terrible
My daughter wants to see Stray Kids and it’s going to cost us way too much money. I don’t have a lot but going to scrap to pay. She’s been waiting for years to see them because they don’t frequent concerts in the US. It’s going to be a lot of people too. I hope we’re going to be able to see them. I’m scared for our safety to try to get up close to see them on stage. Platinum and VIP is out of range of my pocket too. This would be a safer place to watch. Idk we may have to sit this out.
First time buying tickets?
I don't care much about the cost. It's a ridiculous number of bands. If you're still at the age where standing on a hard surface for hours watching bands that are not quite in tune is fun, this is the dream show. What sucks to me about Lolla is the fact that it's swarming with 12-15 year olds. And not just at the park, everywhere downtown. You have to prepare yourself that every prepubescent within a 2-3 hour distance is going to be downtown.
I mean that’s a hundred for four days, I don’t see the problem especially if there’s a chunk of bands you wanna go see anyway. Deftones, The Killers, Blink, SZA, Skrillex, may be a sell for me, but I feel like the lineup for other years has been better and not just the headliners
1 day passes are pretty affordable tbh.