‘A truly multi-generational festival’: Lollapalooza Berlin on 2026 edition

Artistic director Fruzsina Szép tells IQ a layout redesign and broadened family activities helped draw 100,000 fans to Berlin's Olympic Park

Lewis Capaldi at Lollapalooza Berlin © Julius Hatt

Lollapalooza Berlin has celebrated an “unforgettable” 2026 edition, with artistic director Fruzsina Szép telling IQ a layout change implemented for last week’s 2026 helped the festival bring in 100,000 fans over two days at Berlin’s Olympic Park.

For its latest event between 18-19 July, the festival added a new open-air dance floor outside Berlin’s Olympiastadion, which Szép explained was made possible by moving the position of its Perry’s stage. She told IQ the decision came about after consulting fans, explaining:…

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