Lolla main stage to be powered by batteries

Lollapalooza’s main stage will be powered using a hybrid battery system, festival producer C3 Presents has announced. The festival kicks off this week (1–5 August) in Grant Park, Chicago, featuring acts such as SZA, Tyler, The Creator, blink-182, The Killers, Hozier and Future x Metro Boomin.

For this edition, audio, lighting, video and stage production will all run on a hybrid battery system and the stage will deploy more than 1.5 Mwh of battery storage capacity to reduce the usage…

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