Lollapalooza Paris 2026 Is Cancelled: What Happened & What's Next
If you were planning a trip to Paris around Lollapalooza this July, here is the important news: there is no Lollapalooza Paris in 2026. Live Nation France confirmed in October 2025 that the festival is taking a year off, with no edition at the Hippodrome de Longchamp this summer. The organisers have said the festival is expected to return in 2027.
This page previously covered Lollapalooza Paris as an upcoming mid-July event. We are keeping it live - updated to reflect the cancellation - so that anyone still searching for dates, tickets, or a lineup knows not to plan a trip around it this year.
The situation at a glance:
- 2026 status: Cancelled - there is no Lollapalooza Paris this year.
- Announced: October 2025, by Live Nation France.
- Reasons cited: Artist availability, rising production costs, and the loss of public subsidies.
- Next edition: Live Nation France has said the festival is planned to return in 2027.
- Venue: Hippodrome de Longchamp, Bois de Boulogne, western Paris (16th arrondissement) - unchanged for when it returns.
What Happened
In October 2025, Live Nation France announced that there would be no Lollapalooza Paris in 2026. The organisers cited a combination of factors behind the decision: the difficulty of securing headline artists for the dates, rising production and touring costs across the festival industry, and the loss of public subsidies that had previously helped support the event. Rather than run a scaled-back edition, Live Nation France chose to pause the festival for a year, with a return planned for 2027.
If you have seen older listings, social posts, or articles - including earlier versions of this page - referring to a mid-July 2026 edition with dates and a lineup, that information predates the October 2025 announcement and is no longer accurate. There is no festival to attend at the Hippodrome de Longchamp this July.
Looking Back: Lollapalooza Paris 2025
The most recent edition, in 2025, was one of the festival's biggest yet - a reminder of what the Hippodrome de Longchamp looks like when Lollapalooza is running. Over three days, the festival drew around 160,000 attendees, with headline sets from Olivia Rodrigo and Justin Timberlake among the acts topping the multi-stage bill of pop, rock, rap, and electronic music.
"The scale of the 2025 edition is exactly why its absence in 2026 is being felt - and exactly what organisers will be aiming to match when the festival returns."
What This Means If You're Visiting Paris in July 2026
If Lollapalooza was the anchor of your July 2026 Paris trip, it is worth reworking your plans - there is no festival weekend to build a visit around this year. The good news is that Paris in July is full of other events, from the Bastille Day parade and Eiffel Tower fireworks to the Tour de France's grand finale on the Champs-Élysées and free evenings at the open-air cinema at Parc de la Villette. A relaxed, sightseeing-led trip works well in its place - the Full Day Tour with Eiffel Tower, Métro & Montmartre or the Original Paris Walking Tour are easy ways to fill the time a festival weekend would otherwise have taken. To bundle the major sights into one guided day, the Grand Parisian Full Day Experience covers the icons with a guide.
What to Know Going Forward
- No tickets are on sale: There is no official ticket sale for a 2026 edition. Be wary of any site claiming to sell Lollapalooza Paris 2026 tickets.
- The festival is expected back in 2027: Live Nation France has said Lollapalooza Paris is planned to return in 2027, again at the Hippodrome de Longchamp.
- Watch official channels: Dates and lineup announcements for the 2027 edition will come from Lollapalooza Paris and Live Nation France's official channels - treat other sources with caution.
- The venue isn't going anywhere: The Hippodrome de Longchamp remains the festival's home in the Bois de Boulogne, western Paris (16th arrondissement), for whenever it returns.
For help planning a Paris trip this July - including alternatives to Lollapalooza and booking assistance for major sites - contact our Tour Concierge at support@onejourney.com.
