On January 24^th-25^th 2026, Mahalaxmi Racecourse will once again transform into a living, breathing epicentre of music, where beats, bars and basslines collide to create an unforgettable weekend. With tens of thousands of fans travelling to Mumbai for the festival and 98% planning to return year after year, Lollapalooza India continues to establish itself as one of India’s most trusted and anticipated annual live experiences.

BookMyShow Live, the live entertainment experiential division of BookMyShow, announced the highly anticipated return of Asia’s largest multi-genre music festival, Lollapalooza India, for a fourth consecutive edition. Four stages will command over 20 hours of live music, creating non-stop, parallel top-tier experiences. Slated for January 24th and 25th, 2026, Lollapalooza India will once again transform Mumbai’s iconic Mahalaxmi Racecourse into a paradise for music lovers.

Ticket sales for Lollapalooza India 2026 are open. The 2026 edition will also introduce RuPay Amplified Access, offering vouchers for select Lolla India must-haves such as merchandise, cocktails and select secret dishes that are sure to be a culinary delight, along with VIP privileges like access to an exclusive shaded experience zone, fan pit access and more, adding a fresh layer to the festival’s immersive and inclusive vibe, ensuring there’s something unforgettable at every turn.

BookMyShow Live, the live entertainment experiential division of BookMyShow, India’s leading entertainment destination, will continue to spearhead Lollapalooza India as the promoter and co-producer for the festival’s Indian edition along with global producers, Perry Farrell and C3 Presents.

Since its debut, Lollapalooza India has charted a deliberate and dynamic ascent. The inaugural edition served as a bold blueprint to test the appetite for a truly global music experience on Indian soil followed by power-packed editions each year thereafter. From Imagine Dragons and The Strokes sharing the stage with AP Dhillon and DIVINE in 2023, to Sting, OneRepublic, Jonas Brothers, The Raghu Dixit Project and Prabh Deep in 2024 and Green Day and Shawn Mendes’ India debut in 2025 alongside Louis Tomlinson and Hanumankind, Lollapalooza India has turned talent into global currency, amplifying India’s voice on the world map while shining a spotlight on homegrown artists. As a cultural anchor, it has redefined how the country experiences live music, creating a living, breathing community that has turned the festival into an annual musical pilgrimage; one that is inclusive, rooted in discovery and defined by unforgettable moments. Over the past three editions, lakhs of fans have gathered for over 60 hours of live music featuring 100+ artists from around the world and India’s thriving independent music community.

According to a survey conducted by Live Nation with Lollapalooza India 2025’s attendees, over tens and thousands of fans travelled to Mumbai for the festival, making Lollapalooza India a true destination for music lovers nationwide. They included those arriving with friends, transforming the festival into an annual reunion, as well as solo attendees drawn by the promise of new connections and the energy of a like-minded community. The festival’s atmosphere was cited by 62% as the reason they come back, owing to the intangible energy, the freedom to discover and the assurance that there will always be more to find than what is printed on the schedule. Over half of all respondents said they come to Lollapalooza India specifically to stumble upon new music, a testament to the festival’s promise of creating a culture of discovery rather than passive consumption. Beyond the music, the Lolla Food Park continues to resonate strongly, becoming a food festival within a festival, with audiences valuing the diversity of choices it adds to the experience. An overwhelming 98% plan to return, year after year, reinforcing Lollapalooza India’s standing as a cultural mainstay and cornerstone of Asia’s most dynamic live entertainment renaissance.

One of its defining trends has been the culture of surprise on stage. Lollapalooza India has made once-in-a-lifetime collaborations part of its signature, rewriting what a festival set can be. From Nick Jonas and King, DIVINE and Jonita Gandhi, Keane with Anoushka Shankar, Eric Nam with Armaan Malik, Zedd with Cory Wong and The Karan Kanchan Experience with Yashraj, Kayan, Hanumankind, D’Evil, MC Altaf, to moments like Shawn Mendes proudly wearing Indian cricket star Virat Kohli’s jersey and Green Day’s Billie Joe Armstrong calling a fan on stage to perform ‘Dilemma’ before gifting him his iconic red guitar, Lollapalooza India’s stages have become launchpads for hallmark musical moments that can’t be replicated, setting new ideas and unshackled sounds for India’s next generation of fans.

Beyond the stage, the festival’s #LollaForChange commitment has embedded sustainability, inclusivity and accessibility into every corner of the experience. Sign language interpreters, PWD risers, wheelchair-friendly layouts, safe spaces, free hydration stations for unlimited water refill, gender-neutral washrooms, waste segregation, trained counsellors and help desks make sure everyone is truly welcome. Family-friendly measures like the Tag Your Kid programme and protective earplugs for children ensure a safer experience for all ages. Lollapalooza India’s footprint is just as deliberate with tonnes of single-use plastic diverted from landfills, surplus food donated to local communities and green travel campaigns like #TakeTheTrain and Cityflo shuttle partnerships reinforcing the festival’s larger responsibility to the city that hosts it. Meanwhile, the Lolla Food Park has transformed festival food into a celebration of India’s culinary diversity, with over 200 F&B brands weaving local and global flavours into the experience since 2023.

With global and home-grown brands H&M, Budweiser 0.0, Johnnie Walker Refreshing Mixer Non-Alcoholic, RuPay, Airbnb and more supporting the festival in 2026, the fourth edition promises another genre-agnostic line-up and culture-shaping weekend that will raise the bar yet again.

Launched by founder Perry Farrell in 1991 as a touring festival, Lollapalooza remains an innovator in festival culture more than 30 years later. Lollapalooza was the first festival to bring together artists from a wide range of musical genres on one bill, it was also the first to travel, the first to expand to multiple days, the first to introduce a second stage, the first to blend art and activism, the first to offset its carbon emissions, the first to put electronic dance music artists on the main stage, the first to create family-friendly programming, the first to make its home in an urban city center and the first to expand internationally.

Lollapalooza has grown into an annual world-class festival in Chicago (2005), as well as culturally rich countries including Chile, Brazil, Argentina, Germany, France and India. Lollapalooza is one of the premier destinations both for music fans in the United States and abroad. Lollapalooza observed its 30th anniversary in 2021, celebrating its enduring success as a powerhouse global festival brand.

Launched in 2007, BookMyShow, owned and operated by Big Tree Entertainment Pvt. Ltd. (founded in 1999), is India’s leading entertainment destination with global operations and the one-stop shop for every entertainment need. The firm is present in over 700 towns and cities in India and works with partners across the industry to provide unmatched entertainment experiences to millions of customers. Over the years, the company has evolved from a purely online ticketing platform for movies across 7,000 plus screens, to end-to-end management of live entertainment events including music concerts, live performances, theatricals, sports and more, all accomplished at par with global standards. Some of the key properties that BookMyShow Live, the live entertainment experiential division of BookMyShow, has brought to its markets over the past few years include Lollapalooza India, Bandland, Coldplay’s Music Of The Spheres World Tour, Ed Sheeran: +–=÷x Tour, Maroon 5, Guns N’ Roses, Backstreet Boys’ DNA World Tour, Post Malone’s debut India show at the Feeding India concert, U2’s The Joshua Tree Tour, NBA’s debut games in India, Disney’s Aladdin, Cirque du Soleil BAZZAR as also international artists such as Justin Bieber to name a few.

BookMyShow is invested in providing the best user experience, whether on-ground or online and to that effect, launched BookMyShow Stream, India’s largest home-grown transactional video-on-demand (TVOD) platform hosting award-winning and critically acclaimed content from around the world, complementing its cinemas business. BookMyShow also houses India’s most extensive organic reviews and ratings engine for movies and has driven technology innovations, such as the m-ticket and Movie Mode, impacting tens of millions of users and the industry at large. With continued support from marquee investors like TPG Growth, Stripes Group, Elevation Capital (formerly SAIF Partners), Accel and Network18, BookMyShow has constantly demonstrated category leadership, growing beyond India with operations in Singapore, Indonesia, Malaysia, UAE and Sri Lanka.  BookMyShow is also committed to society at large, by way of BookAChange, by BookMyShow Foundation, dedicated to enriching lives through the transformative power of music and the performing arts.

C3 Presents creates live experiences for millions of fans across the globe, setting the new standard each year for events that are as memorable as they are spectacular.  One of the world’s largest music festival producers, C3 is the force behind some of the world’s most iconic multi-day festivals including Austin City Limits Music Festival in Texas and Lollapalooza in Chicago and its six international editions — drawing a combined 2 million music lovers annually. The current event roster also includes Bonnaroo Music & Arts Festival (Manchester, TN), Innings Festival (Tempe and Tampa), Shaky Knees (Atlanta), Austin Food + Wine Festival and many more. C3 has produced a diverse portfolio of affinity-building experiences for high profile brands and cultural institutions, including the Biden Inauguration Field of Flags, the Obama Presidential Inauguration Ceremonies, White House Easter Egg Roll, the NFL Draft Fan Festival (Chicago, Philadelphia, Dallas, New Orleans, Nashville, Cleveland, Las Vegas), plus initiatives for the PGA Tour, Nike and more. Headquartered in Austin, TX, the company also promotes thousands of concerts annually in arenas, casinos and clubs throughout North America.  In addition to full-service event production, C3’s artist management division guides and develops careers for a select roster of artists.

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