About this episode
Chicago is bracing for nearly half a million people to flood Grant Park for Lollapalooza. The four-day festival makes residents cranky anyway, with street closures, crowded buses, and trains, teenagers stumbling around during rush hour, but Lolla during a pandemic is another level. Chicago’s Department of Public Health Commissioner Allison Arwady says festival organizers and the city have made the necessary preparations to keep people safe and said other festivals around the country went on as scheduled even without COVID safety protocols. We talk to a music journalist from Miami who went to one of those music festivals about what it was like, and a Chicago reporter who talked to experts about how to stay safe if you are going to Lollapalooza this weekend. Guests: Kim Bellware -Reporter, Washington Post Tony Centeno -Freelance Journalist Follow us on Twitter: @CityCastChicago Sign up for our newsletter: chicago.citycast.fm