This weekend marks the 20th annual Lollapalooza music festival in Chicago, Illinois. Although the festival is one of the largest in the country, it began with very humble beginnings. Lollapalooza founder Perry Farrell, lead singer of Janes Addiction, originally planned the festival to be the band’s farewell show. Farrell showcased dozens of indie bands that would have otherwise been left unnoticed by commercial radio. In an era without the internet, this was a pretty big deal. Over the years, Lollapalooza brought on bigger and bigger acts from hip hop to reggae to hard rock.
My circle of friends love going to music festivals. Besides the music and partying, one of our favorite things to do is create a bizarre scavenger hunt that could only work at a festival. We create a list of the most insane things we could possibly imagine and spend the entire weekend trying to find the most items. All you need is a camera and a sharp eye. We have an old bowling trophy that we pass around after each festival. I totally got last place at Bonnaroo this year, but my friend Nessa took home the winner’s cup. Although I’m not attending Lollapalooza this year, my buddies created a scavenger hunt that I’d like to share with my fellow counter culture enthusiasts. Enjoy!
- Someone dressed in excessive glow sticks or body paint
- A turtle and a hare racing each other
- A half naked dude playing a harmonica
- A Purple People Eater
- A Misfits t-shirt
- Someone doing the cabbage patch with a Cabbage Patch Kid
- The Ghostbusters
- A cantelope bra
- A fist fight
- More than 10 people dressed the same
- Someone drinking beer from a leather boot
- Girl with crazy long fingernails (like 4+ inches)
- Someone riding a unicycle
- Full black leather outfit
- A person wearing sock gloves
- A farmer’s tan t-shirt
- Someone with a pet lizard
- A unicorn
- Arch enemies hugging (Batman/Joker, Cowboy/Indian, Vampire/Werewolf)
- Someone dressed in full camouflage in a crowd of people
- Identical twins dressed as butterflies
- Two girls with matching tongue rings
- A mermaid
- Beer can pyramid
- Bald headed woman
- An octopus
- Someone sleeping in their own vomit
- Cleopatra costume
- Multi-colored dread locks
- A robot without monocles
- Star Wars and Star Trek nerds hanging out together
- A snake
- A kiddie pool filled with candy
- Old hairy guy wearing speedos
- An Oompa Lumpa
- Someone lighting off fireworks in a busy crowd
- A drum circle with at least a dozen different drummers
- Someone wearing an American flag jump suit
- A double rainbow
- Dora the Explorer and Diego
- A dinosaur
- A kid giving ice cream or cotton candy to a dog
- Someone skateboarding or rollerblading on the grass, not the sidewalk
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Photos courtesy of Nessa Race. All rights reserved.