Lollapalooza 2025 is reaffirming its commitment to sustainability by reviving its hybrid-powered Main Stage, a groundbreaking initiative that debuted last year. In partnership with Live Nation’s Green Nation and the music sustainability nonprofit REVERB, the T-Mobile Main Stage will once again operate on over 1.5 million watts of battery storage, significantly reducing biodiesel generator use and slashing greenhouse gas emissions.
This effort aligns with the festival’s broader eco-vision. As a recipient of the Illinois Sustainability Award, Lollapalooza continues to implement green initiatives throughout Chicago’s Grant Park. These include composting, recycling, filtered water stations, and the use of eco-friendly service items at Chow Town. In 2024 alone, nearly 22,000 pounds of construction material were recovered and redirected to local community use.
“We are excited and proud to continue this effort by utilizing a cutting-edge hybrid battery system to power our performances while reducing emissions,” said Jake Perry, Director of Operations and Sustainability, C3 Presents. “Partnering with both Green Nation and REVERB aligns us with experts and perspectives to continually push ourselves to become more efficient and build a sustainable future for live events.”
“Lollapalooza continues to demonstrate what’s possible when a festival leads with ambition and action,” said Lucy August-Perna, Head of Global Sustainability at Live Nation. “Through Green Nation, we’re committed to driving measurable progress on sustainability across all corners of live music. Bringing the battery-powered main stage back to Lollapalooza in 2025 is part of that mission – not only reducing emissions and improving the fan experience, but helping shape a more sustainable blueprint for festivals around the world.”
“We’re thrilled to be back at Lollapalooza with REVERB’s Music Decarbonization Project, building on what we started in 2023 with Billie Eilish–the first battery-powered headline set on a main stage,” shares Adam Garder, co-founder of REVERB, “Powering the entire T-Mobile Stage this year with Green Nation and the festival means even less diesel and a bigger step for climate-friendly live music. Lollapalooza keeps raising the bar on what a sustainable festival can look like, and we’re proud to be part of it.”
The festival also welcomes the return of Re:wild, a global conservation group co-founded by Leonardo DiCaprio. Re:wild will engage festivalgoers on-site to promote plant-based diets and eco-conscious living as tools to fight biodiversity loss and environmental degradation.
To support this mission, the Plant Base food court returns, featuring more vendors that offer exclusively plant-based meals, aligning food choices with climate solutions.
Lollapalooza 2025 is set for July 31 to August 3 in downtown Chicago’s Grant Park, with performances by Olivia Rodrigo, Tyler, The Creator, Sabrina Carpenter, RÜFÜS DU SOL, Luke Combs, TWICE, A$AP Rocky, and Korn, among others. Limited tickets are available now at lollapalooza.com.
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With music and mission intertwined, Lollapalooza 2025 continues to lead by example, proving that festivals can entertain and inspire positive environmental change.