Before you pop a fuse, consider this: VIP Concierge has VIP passes to the Lollapalooza 2013 throw-down. And these aren’t any VIP passes—these are the best VIP passes with total access to all the zones that are forbidden to the common festival attendee. You can even go places where you probably don’t want to be. By the numbers, all access passes give you access to hundreds of wild performances spread across a handful of massive stages. For this magical rock event, Hutchinson Field becomes “southpalooza,” which is taken over by two main stages. Butler Field, on the opposite end of the park, becomes “northpalooza,” which is home to two additional performance areas. Fans also cram into the newly expanded electronic music areas at Perry’s Place and gather around stages that line the area around Buckingham Fountain. Did we mention all the great museums and art exhibits that are also located in the park? Or the nightclubs that light up after the festival ends for the day? You could even head out on Lake Michigan, because the park has its own marina and boat launches, or you could pose with the dramatic bronze warriors that decorate CongressPlaza. Yep, there is a lot to do in Chicago, aside from Lollapalooza. No matter where you are when you’re at Grant Park, you’ll be surrounded by music and merriment—over 110 acres of music and merriment, to be exact. Good thing Grant Park has plenty of room, because more than 90,000 crazed music fans cram into the lakeside park each day. The festival is constantly breaking its own attendance records. That will show all those parents who don’t want their teenagers listening to the latest and greatest rock acts. Last year, more than 270,000 fans got to see their favorite bands perform at Lollapalooza. The crowds are huge, it’s party o’clock. Check out this bulleted list. (Bulleted lists make things look really impressive, don’t you think?) At this year’s fest, you could see all these bands, depending on how fast you can get from one stage to the next. There are eight stages, and you’ll need to do some serious planning to attain maximum musical saturation.
Friday
• Crystal Castles • Disclosure • Queens of the Stone Age • Band of Horses • Chance the Rapper • New Order
Saturday
• The Postal Service • Dada Life • Kendrick Lamar • Azelia Banks • Death Grips • The Lumineers
Sunday
• Phoenix • Knife Party • Steve Angello • Major Lazer • Beach House • Cat Power • The Cure Anyway, we could put many, many more bulleted lists of bands, but that takes up too much space. So before you space it out, pick up a few pairs of tickets to one of the greatest music festivals of any summer.Lollapalooza only comes around once a year, so unless you want to hear all your friends’ stories about this year’s show, don’t miss it. Then you can rain down your good times on those poor schlemiels who didn’t make the show.
