Billy Corgan of The Smashing Pumpkins attends the Songwriters Hall of Fame fifty fifth Annual Induction and Awards Gala at Marriott Marquis Hotel on June 11, 2026 in New York City. (Jamie McCarthy/Getty Images)
Lollapalooza is not the one palooza coming to Chicago.
The Smashing Pumpkins have introduced “Pumpkinpalooza” in celebration of the band’s upcoming headlining set at their hometown competition. It’ll mark the primary time the Pumpkins, which shaped in Chicago, have headlined Lolla because it moved to the Windy City’s Grant Park in 2005.
“Pumpkinpalooza” will kick off with a sold-out underplay present Wednesday at Chicago’s Rivera Theatre. From Wednesday by Friday, followers can go to a Pumpkins pop-up store providing unique merchandise, positioned at 900 S. Wabash Ave.
Lolla attendees can cease by Madame Zuzu’s Celestial Lounge, described as an growth of frontman Billy Corgan’s Madame Zuzu’s teashop, which he runs in Highland Park, Illinois, along with his spouse, Chloé Mendel Corgan.
For much more Pumpkins festivities, you possibly can go to the Chicago bar The Aviary to strive its limited-edition specialty cocktail, Infinite Mellons, named after the band’s traditional 1995 album, Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness.
“As a Chicagoan, born and raised, I take great pride in contributing to our city’s immense and colorful cultural fabric,” Corgan says in a press release. “And so this year’s already historic Lollapalooza is that chance to make new memories, new friends, and have a bit of Midwest fun, too as only we might.”
Lollapalooza 2026 takes place Thursday by Sunday; the Pumpkins take the stage on Friday. The invoice additionally consists of Lorde, The xx, Turnstile, sombr, Empire of the Sun, Wet Leg, Yungblud, The Neighbourhood and beabadoobee.
You can watch the Lollapalooza livestream by way of Hulu and Disney+.
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