Cost: $80 per day, $205 for a three-day pass

What to expect: Lollapalooza, Chicago's three-day monster music fest offers up 150 bands on several stages throughout Grant Park, plus a host of other distractions.

Why to go: Depends on what you're into, but there's something for pretty much everyone. This year's headliners include Tool, Depeche Mode, Jane's Addiction, The Killers, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Lou Reed, Kings of Leon and Ben Harper.

The full schedule:

Friday

Budweiser Stage
12:15 p.m.: Manchester Orchestra
2 p.m.: White Lies
4 p.m.: Ben Folds
6 p.m.: The Decemberists
8:15 p.m.: Kings of Leon

Playstation Stage
11:30 a.m.: Hockey
1 p.m.: Zap Mama
3 p.m.: Bon Iver
5 p.m.: Fleet Foxes
7 p.m.: Andrew Bird

Perry's Stage
noon: Last Band Standing Remix
1 p.m.: DJ Mel
2 p.m.: Dark Wave Disco
3 p.m.: Rye Rye
4 p.m.: La Roux
4:45 p.m.: The Bloody Beetroots (DJ set)
5:45 p.m.: A-Trak
7 p.m.: Simian Mobile Disco (DJ set)
8:30 p.m.: Crookers
9:25 p.m.: Kid Cudi

BMI Stage
11:15 a.m.: April Smith
12:30 p.m.: Gringo Star
1:45 p.m.: The Builders and The Butchers
3 p.m.: Kevin Devine
4:15 p.m.: Eric Church

Kidzapalooza Stage
11:30 a.m.: Yuto Miyazawa
12:30 p.m.: Paul Green's All Stars
1:30 p.m.: Frances England
2:15 p.m.: Secret Agent 23 Skidoo
2:45 p.m.: Zach Gill
3:45 p.m.: Lunch Money

Citi Stage
noon: Other Lives
1 p.m.: The Knux
2:15 p.m.: Amazing Baby
3:30 p.m.: The Virgins
5 p.m.: Asher Roth
6:30 p.m.: Peter Bjorn and John

VitaminWater Stage
11:30 a.m.: The Henry Clay People
1 p.m.: Black Joe Lewis and the Honeybears
3 p.m.: Heartless Bastards
5 p.m.: Crystal Castles
7 p.m.: Of Montreal

South Stage
12:15 p.m.: Hey Champ
2 p.m.: The Gaslight Anthem
4 p.m.: STS9
6 p.m.: Thievery Corporation
8 p.m.: Depeche Mode

Saturday

Budweiser Stage
12:30 p.m.: Delta Spirit
2:30 p.m.: Los Campesinos!
4:30 p.m.: Arctic Monkeys
6:30 p.m.: TV on the Radio
8:30 p.m.: Yeah Yeah Yeahs

Playstation Stage
11:45 a.m.: Ezra Furman and The Harpoons
1:30 p.m.: Federico Aubele
3:30 p.m.: Robert Earle Keen
5:30 p.m.: Santigold
7:30 p.m.: Ben Harper and Relentless7

Perry's Stage
11:30 a.m.: Last Band Standing Remix
12:30 p.m.: Moneypenny
1:30 p.m.: Kaskade
2:30 p.m.: Animal Collective (DJ set)
3:30 p.m.: Prophit
4 p.m.: Perry Farrell
5 p.m.: Hercules and Love Affair (DJ set)
6 p.m.: LA Riots
7 p.m.: Diplo
8:30 p.m.: Bassnectar

BMI Stage
11:15 a.m.: Band of Skulls
12:30 p.m.: Dirty Sweet
1:45 p.m.: Langhorne Slim
3 p.m.: Joe Pug
4:15 p.m.: Blind Pilot

Kidzapalooza Stage
11:30 a.m.: Frances England
12:30 p.m.: Zach Gill
1:30 p.m.: Quinn Sullivan
2:30 p.m.: Secret Agent 23 Skidoo
3 p.m.: Care Bears on Fire
4 p.m.: Ralph's World

Citi Stage
12 p.m.: Thenewno2
1 p.m.: Constantines
2:15 p.m.: Ida Maria
3:30 p.m.: Chairlift
5 p.m.: No Age
6:30 p.m.: Lykke Li

VitaminWater Stage
noon: The Low Anthem
1:30 p.m.: Mike Snow
3:30 p.m.: Gomez
5:30 p.m.: Glasvegas
7:30 p.m.: Animal Collective

South Stage
12:45 p.m.: Living Things
2:30 p.m.: Atmosphere
4:30 p.m.: Coheed and Cambria
6:30 p.m.: Rise Against
8:30 p.m.: Tool

Sunday

Budweiser Stage
12:30 p.m.: Friendly Fires
2:30 p.m.: Kaiser Chiefs
4:30 p.m.: Neko Case
6:30 p.m.: Lou Reed
8:30 p.m.: Jane's Addiction

PlayStation Stage
11:45 a.m.: Sam Roberts Band
1:30 p.m.: Portugal. The Man
3:30 p.m.: The Raveonettes
5:30 p.m.: Dan Auerbach
7:30 p.m.: Band of Horses

Perry's Stage
12:30 p.m.: Yello Fever
1:30 p.m.: Car Stereo
2:30 p.m.: He Say, She Say
3:30 p.m.: Hollywood Holt
4:30 p.m.: The Glitch Mob
5:30 p.m.: Boys Noize
7 p.m.: MSTRKRFT
8:30 p.m.: DeadMau5

BMI Stage
11:15 a.m.: Mike's Pawn Shop
12:30 p.m.: Esser
1:45 p.m.: The Greencards
3 p.m.: Neon Hitch
4:15 p.m.: Kesha

Kidzapalooza Stage
11:30 a.m.: Care Bears on Fire
12:30 p.m.: Q Brothers
1:30 p.m.: Ralph's World
2:30 p.m.: Lunch Money
3:15 p.m.: Peter DiStefano and Tor
4 p.m.: Paul Green's All Stars with Perry Farrrell

Citi Stage
noon: Carney
1 p.m.: Davy Knowles and Back Door Slam
2:15 p.m.: Cage the Elephant
3:30 p.m.: Gang Gang Dance
5 p.m.: Passion Pit
6:30 p.m.: Deerhunter

VitaminWater Stage
11:45 a.m.: Alberta Cross
1:30 p.m.; Bat For Lashes
3:30 p.m.: Dan Deacon
5:30 p.m.: Cold War Kids
7:30 p.m.: Silversun Pickups

South Stage
12:30 p.m.: Ra Ra Riot
2:30 p.m.: The Airborne Toxic Event
4:30 p.m.: Vampire Weekend
6:30 p.m.: Snoop Dogg
8:30 p.m.: The Killers

Pre- and post-show schedule:

Wednesday, August 5
Last Band Standing Remix Competition Finals (Double Door)

Thursday, August 6
The Decemberists w/ Heartless Bastards (Metro, 8 p.m., 18+)
Thievery Corporation w/ Federico Aubele (House of Blues, 8 p.m., 17+)

Friday, August 7
Arctic Monkeys (Metro, 10 p.m., 18+)
Band of Horses w/ Cass McCombs (House of Blues, 10 p.m., 17+)
TV on the Radio w/ Chairlift (Double Door, 10 p.m., 21+)
Crookers, Major Lazer, Simian Mobile Disco DJ Set, Bloody Beetroots DJ Set, KiD CuDi, and Rye Rye (Congress Theater, 8 p.m, 17+)
Delta Spirit w/ Other Lives (Schubas, 10 p.m., 21+)
Lykke Li w/ Mike Show, Esser (Bottom Lounge, 9 p.m., 21+)

Saturday, August 8
Fleet Foxes w/ Dungen (Metro, 10 p.m., 18+)
STS9 (House of Blues, 10:30 p.m., 17+)
Joe Pug w/ The Low Anthem (Hideout, 10 p.m., 21+)
Dan Auerbach w/ Cage the Elephant (Schubas, 10 p.m., 21+)
Kaskade w/ James Amato and DJ Nigel O'Reilly (Smartbar, 10 p.m., 21+)
The Raveonettes w/ Living Things and Pretty Good Dance Moves (DJ Set) (Empty Bottle, 10 p.m., 21+)
Ezra Furman & The Harpoons and Blind Pilot (House of Blues Back Porch, 10:30 p.m., 21+)

Sunday, August 9
Deerhunter w/ No Age and Dan Deacon (Logan Square Auditorium, 10 p.m., All Ages)
MSTRKRFT w/ LA Riots and Dark Wave Disco (Bottom Lounge, 9 p.m., 18+)

Go to the Lollapalooza site for information on when tickets go on sale.