While quite a different beast than than when Jane's Addiction's Perry Farrell co-founded a wild, traveling alt-rock event in 1991, over 30 years on Lollapalooza remains one of the world's preeminent music festivals. Now a stand-alone four-day fest in Chicago's Grant Park, many storylines emerged for this year's edition. On the opening night, Karol G made history as the first Latina headliner at Lolla, competing with Billie Eilish's set on the Bud Light stage. Kendrick Lamar kept it minimal the next night with his hit-laden set. On Saturday, Tomorrow X Together made headlines as the first K-pop band to headline the fest wowing even the unfamiliar, while rain on Sunday afternoon provided the crowds with a minefield of muddy terrain before Red Hot Chili Peppers' closing night performance.
FLOOD photographer Christian Sarkine was there to take it all in, snapping nearly 6,000 photos along the way. Here's a sampling of highlights from all four days.

Rina Sawayama

Rina Sawayama at Lollapalooza in Chicago, IL. August 6, 2023. Photo by Christian Sarkine

Tomorrow x Together

Tomorrow x Together

Tomorrow x Together

Tomorrow x Together

Tomorrow x Together

Tomorrow x Together

Ekkstacy


Kendrick Lamar

Kendrick Lamar

Kendrick Lamar

Suki Waterhouse

photo by Christian Sarkine

Suki Waterhouse

Maggie Rogers

Maggie Rogers

Maggie Rogers

SOFI TUKKER


SOFI TUKKER Lollapalooza 2023 credit Christian Sarkine

SOFI TUKKER



Karol G

Karol G

Karol G

Carly Rae Jepsen

Carly Rae Jepsen

Carly Rae Jepsen

Alex G

Alex G



Holly Humberstone

Holly Humberstone


Backseat Lovers

Backseat Lovers


Lil Yachty

Lil Yachty

Lil Yachty

Thirty Seconds to Mars

Big Wild


Sabrina Carpenter

Sabrina Carpenter

Sabrina Carpenter

NIKI

NIKI

Red Hot Chili Peppers

Red Hot Chili Peppers

Red Hot Chili Peppers

Red Hot Chili Peppers

Red Hot Chili Peppers

Noah Kahan

Declan McKenna

Declan McKenna
