400,000 people. Four days. One festival. Lollapalooza is a familiar experience to high school students and Chicagoans. Roughly 200 bands will play at Grant Park in the span of four days, July 28 to 31. Last year, Lollapalooza brought in an estimated 100,000 people each day, according to the Chicago Tribune.

“I was walking around when Lolla tickets went on sale […] in the library every single computer screen was on the Lollapalooza website,” junior Abby Finnegan said. “Everyone was trying really hard to get tickets.”

Similar to Finnegan, junior Niki Blinov explains the challenge of getting tickets first hand for the festival in 2015 when the tickets came on sale in March.

“It was extremely hard to get the tickets,” Blinov said. “I had three laptops open in class along with my phone. I waited around 10 minutes after 10 a.m. on my phone and it finally loaded.”

The performers are from different genres. Rock, rap, pop, electronic and more. This year’s artists range from The Red Hot Chili Peppers to Mac Miller to Disclosure. According to senior Cameron Beach, this aspect of musical diversity is the cornerstone of the four-day festival.

“[What] I love about it is how diverse the sets are […] you have electronic artists playing next to rappers and alternative bands,” Beach said. “There’s really something for everybody, which is what makes the festival so unique.”

According to junior Neda Abbaszadeh, Lollapalloza expectations are based on what students hear from friends and see on social media. For sophomore Kayli Fradin, her expectations were based upon her previous personal experience at the festival.

“I was expecting to go see a lot of good music and have a good time […],” Fradin said. “Now that I’ve gone for a few years, I know my expectations were accurate, and that’s a great thing.”

According to Beach, her first time going to Lollapalooza was the summer after her sophomore year. She explained that although it was a hectic atmosphere, she enjoyed the festival.

“I didn’t expect how fast­paced everything would be,” Beach said. “I didn’t realize that I would be standing up all day, […] sprinting down Adams St. to catch a train back to Glenview and […] getting separated from my friends halfway through the day. That being said, my first day at Lolla was awesome!”

For some South students, including sophomore Lena Sanchez, this year will be their first time attending Lollapalooza. Sanchez explained that she was influenced to attend Lollapalloza by her friends positive experiences at the festival in previous years.

“A bunch of my friends went last year […] and were talking about it for weeks, and I was extremely jealous,” Sanchez said. “I think Lolla differs [from other music festivals] because it’s such an amazing experience to see so many of your favorite artists in one place and just that overwhelming experience of having your friends with you to have the same feeling as you.”

According to Finnegan, the combination of music and a promising time is what appeals to people. Finnegan explains that she looks forward to the festival and the experiences that await just around the corner at Lollapalooza 2016.

“Lolla is definitely a different music festival because everyone there has such great energy and it’s really welcoming,” Finnegan said.