Lollapalooza India: the global giant that found a Mumbai home

When a festival brand as storied as Lollapalooza set up in Mumbai, it signalled that India had arrived as a serious global music market. Its Indian edition has quickly become one of the country's premier events — a sprawling, multi-genre, multi-stage city festival held early in the year.

Lollapalooza isn't a dance-music festival — it's an everything festival. Rock, pop, hip-hop, indie and electronic share the bill, and the line-ups pair huge international headliners with the best of India's homegrown talent. That genre-spanning approach pulls a broad, young, enthusiastic crowd and makes for a very different vibe from a pure EDM event.

• ›It's a city festival — accommodation and transport across Mumbai need planning.
• ›The line-up is vast; map your must-sees against the stage times early.
• ›Come for the discovery — the undercard often outshines the headliners.

For range, scale and a genuine festival atmosphere, Lollapalooza India is a January highlight worth building a trip around.