County Commissioner Bridget Gainer's proposal would require a County Board vote on any amusement tax exemption that costs the city $150,000 or more. Lollapalooza currently enjoys that exemption to the tune of at least half a million dollars. more ›

There's still no publicly-disclosed price tag--or time line-- for the restoration. With summer on the wane, and a current spell of pleasant weather, the limited use of the park has folks grumbling. more ›

Last week, Vocalo's Jim DeRogatis broke the news that state Attorney General Lisa Madigan was investigating anti-trust allegations related to the Lollapalooza radius clause which limits the dates on which a band playing the festival can play within a certain radius (estimated to be as much as 300 miles in some cases) of Chicago. Interesting conversations about the actual limits of the clause broke out in our comments and in other publications. Brent DiCrescenzo had a solid write-up for Time Out that observed other local fests' similar clauses as well as the flexibility given to many bands in the clause. more ›

Now that this year's (excellent) Pitchfork Fest is behind us, it's time to turn our attention to that fest's bigger brother, Lollapalooza. A week or so back, when the schedules and map of the festival grounds were released, something caught our eye: gone from the South end was the AT&T stage and in its place is the Chicago 2016 stage. That gave us a big "hmmmmmm" moment, but then we rolled our eyes and moved along. After all, the bid had a large set-up at last year's fest, too. Other media outlets have jumped on the sponsorship, including Jim DeRogatis at the Sun-Times and NBC 5. Of course, Chicago 2016 is not a corporate sponsor of the event so it seems like a "goodwill gesture" on promoter C3's part as Chicago 2016 spokesman Patrick Sandusky told DeRo. Ah! But wait, there's more. Sandusky himself also said: more ›

Well, this is interesting. Even as the Obama campaign has limited the number of tickets and is focusing on security concerns, our benevolent mayor has invited any- and everyone down to Grant Park next Tuesday night, tickets be damned! more ›

We're six days from Election Day and we're finally starting to get some of the details nailed down as the City Parks District released the permit application for the event. They include: more ›