Lollapalooza Paris Postponed to 2027, Citing Logistical and Financial Hurdles
PARIS – Lollapalooza Paris will not take place in 2026, organizers announced Monday, October 20, via Instagram. The festival, which debuted in Paris in July 2023, will return in 2027, giving organizers an additional year to address challenges in securing international headliners and navigating the financial realities of large-scale event production in France.
The postponement reflects broader difficulties facing the festival industry, with rising artist fees, stringent French regulations, and overall economic pressures impacting event viability. This decision affects music fans eager for the festival’s return, as well as the Parisian cultural landscape which benefited from the event’s 160,000 attendees in its inaugural year.
According to a statement on the official event page, the decision stems from “various factors inherent to the association of a festival of this magnitude – which cannot be brought together to meet our ambitions for 2026.” Angelo Gopee, director of Live Nation France, the festival organizer, elaborated to Le Parisien that a lack of available international headliners touring France next summer, particularly those appealing to the festival’s young audience, contributed to the postponement.
Gopee further explained that the festival operates “without subsidies or volunteers” and faces “binding” French legislation regarding sound levels.These financial and logistical constraints are echoed in a recent survey by the National Music Center (CNM), which found that at least 80% of festivals are experiencing financial difficulties, with a third currently operating at a deficit.
The CNM survey also highlighted a 52% increase in artistic costs and a 56% rise in technical expenses for festivals in 2025, alongside increasing insurance costs linked to climate-related risks. Lollapalooza Paris 2023 featured headliners including Olivia Rodrigo, Lola Young, and Justin Timberlake.
