GRANT PARK — Lollapalooza’s 2025 music festival had a record impact on Chicago’s economy, organizers said this week.

The annual four-day music festival in Grant Park generated $480 million in overall economic activity in the city this year, the founders of C3 Presents, Lollapalooza’s parent company, wrote in a letter to City Council members Wednesday.

That’s about $40 million more than 2024, and it comes alongside more than $10 million paid by organizers to the Chicago Park District in rent, $7.2 million in city amusement taxes and $1 million in park restoration fees this year, plus overtime costs for city workers.

Overall, 56 percent of Lollapalooza’s more than 460,000 attendees traveled from outside Chicago to attend the festival in late July and early August, according to the letter,

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