{"id":797813,"date":"2026-08-01T18:01:09","date_gmt":"2026-08-01T18:01:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/797813\/"},"modified":"2026-08-01T18:01:09","modified_gmt":"2026-08-01T18:01:09","slug":"lollapalooza-extends-saturday-delay-due-to-rain","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/797813\/","title":{"rendered":"Lollapalooza Extends Saturday Delay Due To Rain"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">DOWNTOWN \u2014 Day three of Lollapalooza is officially delayed, festival organizers <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DbgEGLlm-k3\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener external nofollow\" data-wpel-link=\"external\">announced via social media Saturday morning.<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">According to a banner on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.lollapalooza.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener external nofollow\" data-wpel-link=\"external\">the Lolla website<\/a>: \u201cDOORS\u00a0DELAY UPDATE:\u00a0At this time, our plan is to open doors at 3pm, with the Box Office opening at 1pm. Please stay tuned for further updates.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Lollapalooza will open its doors at 3 p.m., a four-hour delay, due to continued rain showers across the city. Updates to Saturday\u2019s performance schedules are unknown at this time. The evening\u2019s scheduled headliners include Olivia Dean, DJ Trixie Mattel and Jennie. Geese, Wolf Alice and <a href=\"https:\/\/blockclubchicago.org\/2026\/07\/28\/check-out-smashing-pumpkins-case-oats-whethan-and-other-local-acts-at-lollapalooza-2026\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\">local DJ Whethan<\/a> are also scheduled to perform.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Images on social media sites like <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/r\/Lollapalooza\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener external nofollow\" data-wpel-link=\"external\">Reddit<\/a> show a lot of water on the Lolla grounds. <\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Chicago is under a flood watch until 7 p.m., according to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/photo?fbid=1483578417132317&amp;set=a.301009895389181\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener external nofollow\" data-wpel-link=\"external\">National Weather Service<\/a>. Rain showers are expected throughout the day and into the early evening hours.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Currently, there is no rain in the forecast for Sunday, according to the National Weather Service.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This is a developing story. Check back for updates.<\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"DOWNTOWN \u2014 Day three of Lollapalooza is officially delayed, festival organizers announced via social media Saturday morning. According&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":797814,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[33],"tags":[88],"class_list":["post-797813","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-entertainment","tag-entertainment"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/797813","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=797813"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/797813\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/797814"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=797813"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=797813"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=797813"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}