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- SPONSOR. The BMI Stage 20th Anniversary Bingo (the “Contest”) is sponsored by Broadcast Music, Inc., 7 World Trade Center, 250 Greenwich Street, New York, New York 10007 (“BMI” or “Sponsor”). This Contest is in no way sponsored, endorsed, or administered by Caring & Daring, LLC, Lollapalooza, LLC, C3 Presents, LLC, the City of Chicago, or the Chicago Parks District (collectively, the “Producer Parties”). This Contest is also in no way sponsored, endorsed, or administered by Instagram or Meta Platforms, Inc. All inquiries regarding the Contest should be directed to Sponsor.
- CONTEST PERIOD. The Contest period begins on the first day of the 2026 Lollapalooza Festival at Grant Park in Chicago, IL (the “Festival”) on July 30, 2026, and ends on the last day of the Festival on August 2, 2026 (the “Contest Period”). The Contest Period will be divided into separate daily entry periods (each, a “Daily Entry Period”) beginning at 12:00 PM CT and ending until such time when two (2) winners have accepted the prize during that day of the Daily Entry Period. All entries must be completed and submitted during the applicable Daily Entry Period. Entries submitted after the close of a Daily Entry Period will not be eligible for that day’s prize.
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ELIGIBILITY. This Contest is not open to the general public. This Contest is open only to individuals who meet ALL of the following qualifications: (i) must be physically present at the Festival during the applicable Daily Entry Period; (ii) is at least 18 years of age (or at least 13 years of age with a consenting parent or legal guardian); and (iii) must be a registered user of Instagram. Employees and officers of Sponsor and the Producer Parties and each of their respective parent companies, subsidiaries, affiliates, production partners, advertising, promotion, and public relations agencies, and the immediate family members (e.g., spouses, domestic partners, parents, children, siblings) or persons living in the same households of such individuals are not eligible to participate or win this Contest.
By participating in the Contest, entrants agree to be bound by (i) these Official Rules, including all eligibility requirements, and (ii) the decisions of Sponsor, which are final and binding in all matters relating to the Contest. Sponsor reserves the right to verify eligibility qualifications of any winner. Failure to comply with these Official Rules as determined in Sponsor’s sole discretion may result in disqualification from the Contest. This Contest is subject to all applicable federal, state, and local laws and regulations. -
HOW TO ENTER. During the Contest Period, physical BMI Bingo cards (“Bingo Cards”) will be distributed by a BMI representative at or near the BMI Stage at the Festival on a first-come, first-served basis, while supplies last. Limit: one (1) Bingo Card per person, per Daily Entry Period. Bingo Cards are free of charge; no purchase or Festival ticket upgrade is required to obtain a Bingo Card. Bingo Cards have no cash value and are non-transferable.
Each Bingo Card contains a four-by-four (4×4) grid consisting of sixteen (16) activity squares (each, a “Square”), each containing a specific social media or Festival-related prompt. To complete a valid entry, an entrant must complete four (4) Squares in a single row—horizontally, vertically, or diagonally—on their Bingo Card (a “Bingo”). For each Square an entrant completes, the entrant must post the corresponding content to their Instagram Stories and must include all of the following in each post:
(a)Tag @BMI; and
(b) Tag @Lollapalooza
Each Instagram Story post must remain publicly viewable at the time of in-person verification (see Section 5 below). Entrants are subject to all notices posted online including, but not limited to, the terms of use and privacy policies on Instagram, Lollapalooza.com, and BMI.com. Any Instagram Story post without the required Instagram tags noted above is ineligible. -
ENTRY SUBMISSION & VALIDATION. After completing a valid Bingo (i.e., four Squares in a row), the entrant must bring their completed physical Bingo Card to a designated BMI representative located at the BMI Stage fence area during the applicable Daily Entry Period. The BMI representative will visually inspect the completed Bingo Card and verify that the entrant’s Instagram Stories contain the required posts corresponding to the four (4) completed Squares, including proper tagging of @BMI and @Lollapalooza. An entry will only be deemed complete and valid upon successful in-person verification by a BMI representative.
Entries that are (a) illegal, offensive, defamatory, threatening, or inappropriate; (b) ineligible, incomplete, damaged, altered, forged, or otherwise not obtained through legitimate means (including, without limitation, entries generated by script, macro, bot, or other automated means); and/or (c) in violation of these Official Rules, as determined in Sponsor’s sole discretion, will be void. Multiple entries in a single Daily Entry Period by the same individual will be void. Any attempt by an entrant to obtain more than the permitted number of entries by using multiple Instagram accounts, multiple Bingo Cards, fraudulent information, or any other means will void all of that entrant’s entries and may result in disqualification from the Contest. Sponsor reserves the right to reject any entry which, in the Sponsor’s sole discretion, may be considered offensive to individuals of any race, ethnicity, religion, sexual orientation, or socioeconomic group, or may otherwise be inconsistent with the Sponsor’s reputation and image. Sponsor also reserves the right to disqualify any entrant who, in Sponsor’s sole discretion, has tampered with, or attempted to tamper with, the entry process or the operation of the Contest, or has otherwise acted in violation of these Official Rules.
Sponsor is not responsible for entries that are not received before the deadline during each Daily Entry Period, or for any entries that are received but are inaccurate, incomplete, lost, misrouted, stolen, altered, destroyed or otherwise not in compliance with these Official Rules for any reason, including, but not limited to, Instagram platform outages, changes to Instagram’s features or terms of service, any technical issues that may prevent an entrant from posting or maintaining content, or any other error or malfunction. -
WINNER SELECTION & NOTIFICATION. Up to two (2) potential winners will be selected per Daily Entry Period (for a maximum of eight (8) potential winners across the entire Contest Period). Winner selection will be determined on a first-come, first-to-complete basis from among all eligible, verified entries received during the applicable Daily Entry Period. The first two (2) eligible entrants during each Daily Entry Period who (i) present a fully completed physical Bingo Card in person to a designated BMI representative at the BMI Stage fence area, (ii) successfully complete the in-person verification process set forth in Section 5, and (iii) accept the prize in accordance with these Official Rules, will be declared the winners for that Daily Entry Period. The order of winning will be determined solely by the order in which entrants present their completed Bingo Cards to the BMI representative and complete the verification process. In the event of a dispute regarding the order of arrival or verification, the determination of the BMI representative on-site shall be final and binding. Once two (2) winners have been verified and have accepted the prize for a given Daily Entry Period, that Daily Entry Period will close and no further entries may be presented to a BMI representative or verified for that day. All decisions made by the Sponsor are final.
Potential winners will be notified in person at the time of submission by a BMI representative at the BMI Stage on the day of the applicable Daily Entry Period. Each winner will be required to confirm their acceptance or rejection of the prize in person to the BMI representative immediately upon notification. Except where prohibited, acceptance of prize constitutes winner’s consent, and winner and guest will be required to sign any required documents, including an Affidavit of Eligibility/Grant of Rights and Liability/Publicity Release. Prize will only be awarded after receipt and verification of completed prize notification. If a potential winner fails to return the required documents within the specified timeframe or is found to be ineligible or otherwise not in compliance with these Official Rules, such potential winner will be disqualified and the next eligible entrant to present a completed Bingo Card and complete the verification process during that Daily Entry Period will be selected as a winner. -
PRIZE. Each winner will receive two (2) backstage access wristbands to the BMI Lollapalooza Lounge valid for the remainder of the Festival weekend. The approximate retail value (“ARV”) of the prize is $250 plus applicable taxes and fees. The ARV of all prizes to be awarded is $2,000.
In no event shall more than the number of stated prizes be awarded. All prizes are intended to be awarded. No cash or other substitution, assignment, or transfer of all or any portion of the prize by a winner is permitted. The prize is awarded “AS IS” and WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, express or implied, (including, without limitation, any implied warranty of merchantability or fitness for a particular purpose). Sponsor reserves the right to substitute a prize, in which case a prize of equal or greater value will be awarded.
Any and all expenses incurred by an entrant, winner, and/or guest in connection with the prize and/or this Contest, including without limitation, transportation, accommodation, meals, and other personal expenses, are the sole responsibility of the entrant, winner, or guest. All federal, state, local, and other taxes, costs, and expenses relating to the use, acceptance, or possession of the prize are the sole responsibility of the winner.
Winner and guest must comply with all rules and regulations of Sponsor, the Producer Parties, and the Festival, including execution of all required releases and documents (if applicable). Failure to do so may result in forfeiture of the prize, and Sponsor reserves the right to revoke the prize from any winner or winner’s guest who it or Festival personnel deem may, in its sole discretion, to be intoxicated, be a safety risk, have violated any law or Sponsor or Festival policy, or may bring the Festival into disrepute. Sponsor and the Producer Parties have no obligation or responsibility to any person who is denied entry or who may be removed from the Festival. - PUBLICITY. Except where prohibited by law, entry and acceptance of a prize constitutes the winner’s consent for Sponsor and its agents to use the winner’s name, likeness, photograph, voice, biographical information, statements, and city/state of residence for advertising, publicity, and promotional purposes in any and all media now known or hereafter devised, worldwide, in perpetuity, without any additional compensation, notice, or approval. Furthermore, the Sponsor and/or its agents may film, record and/or take photographs of each winner and their guest during the Festival, and may use the resulting footage, recordings or photographs for any and all purposes, in any and all media now known or hereafter devised, worldwide, in perpetuity, without any additional compensation, notice, or approval to winner or guest.
- GENERAL CONDITIONS; RELEASE. Sponsor reserves the right to cancel or modify the Contest in its sole discretion. These Official Rules are subject to modification by Sponsor. In the event of a dispute, all decisions made by Sponsor are final and binding. Sponsor also reserves the right, at any time as deemed necessary in Sponsor’s sole discretion, to permanently disqualify any person it believes has violated these Official Rules. ANY ATTEMPT BY AN INDIVIDUAL, WHETHER OR NOT AN ENTRANT, TO DELIBERATELY INTERFERE WITH THE OPERATION OF THE CONTEST, IS A VIOLATION OF CRIMINAL AND CIVIL LAWS, AND SPONSOR RESERVES THE RIGHT TO SEEK DAMAGES AND DILIGENTLY PURSUE ALL REMEDIES AGAINST ANY SUCH INDIVIDUAL TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW.
By participating in the Contest, you agree, on your own behalf, and on behalf of your heirs, executors, administrators, legal representatives, successors and assigns (collectively the “Releasing Parties”) to hereby release, defend, indemnify, and hold harmless the Sponsor, the Producer Parties, and those working on their respective behalf, and all other businesses and entities involved in this Contest (including prize provider, talent, or Festival venue), as well as each of their respective employees, officers, directors, agents and representatives, successors and assigns (collectively the “Released Parties”), from any and all actions, causes of action, suits, debts, dues, sums of money, accounts, covenants, contracts, controversies, agreements, promises, trespasses, lost profits, indirect or direct damages, consequential damages, incidental damages, punitive or exemplary damages, including for injury and death, judgments, claims and demands whatsoever, in law or equity, whether known or unknown, foreseen or unforeseen, against the Released Parties which any one or more of the Releasing Parties ever had, now have or hereafter can, shall or may have, whether known or unknown, asserted or non-asserted, which may in any way arise out of or relate to your participation in this Contest or the awarding, acceptance, use, or misuse of a prize, including, without limitation, traveling to and attending the Festival.
- DISCLAIMER OF LIABILITY. The Released Parties shall not be responsible for (i) any errors in the publishing or printing of the offer, the administration of the Contest, or the announcement of any prize; (ii) lost, late, misdirected, damaged, illegible or incomplete entries; (iii) error, omission, interruption, deletion, defect, delay in operations or transmission, theft or destruction or unauthorized access to or alterations of entry materials, or for technical, network, electronic, computer, mobile device, hardware or software malfunctions of any kind, or inaccurate transmission of or failure to receive entry information by Sponsor on account of technical problems or traffic congestion on the Internet or at any web site or any combination thereof; (iv) any injury or damage to entrant’s or any other person’s computer or mobile device related to or resulting from participating in the Contest; or (v) the failure of any third party to comply with the instructions and proper administration of this Contest. You agree that the Released Parties shall not be liable for any injury, including illness, death, loss, or damage of any kind caused or claimed to be caused, by participation in this Contest, or from the acceptance, use, or redemption of any prize, including, without limitation, traveling to and attending the Festival.
- FORCE MAJEURE. In the event Sponsor is prevented from continuing with the Contest as contemplated herein due to any event beyond its control or otherwise, including, but not limited to, fire, flood, earthquake, explosion, pandemic, virus, quarantine, labor dispute or strike, act of God, satellite or equipment failure, riot or civil disturbance, terrorist threat or activity, war (declared or undeclared) or any federal, state, or local government law, order, or regulation, or order of any court, or other cause not within its control, Sponsor shall have the right to modify, suspend, extend or terminate the Contest in its sole discretion.
- GOVERNING LAW. This Contest shall be governed by and interpreted under the laws of the United States and the State of New York, without regard to its conflict-of-laws doctrines. All disputes, claims, and causes of action arising out of or in connection with this Contest or any prize awarded shall be resolved individually, without resort to any form of class action. Any action or litigation concerning this Contest shall take place exclusively in the federal or state courts located in New York, New York, and entrants irrevocably consent to the jurisdiction of and venue in such courts. UNDER NO CIRCUMSTANCES WILL ENTRANT BE PERMITTED TO OBTAIN AWARDS FOR, AND ENTRANT HEREBY WAIVES ALL RIGHTS OR CLAIMS TO, ANY ATTORNEY’S FEES, INDIRECT, SPECIAL, PUNITIVE, INCIDENTAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES AND ANY OTHER DAMAGES, OTHER THAN FOR ACTUAL OUT-OF-POCKET EXPENSES ASSOCIATED WITH ENTERING THIS CONTEST. Sponsor’s total cumulative liability in connection with this Contest, whether in contract or tort or any other legal theory, shall not exceed the stated ARV of the prize offered hereunder.
WINNER(S) LIST: For the name of winner(s), please send a self-addressed, stamped envelope to “BMI Lolla Contest Winner’s List,” 7 World Trade Center, 250 Greenwich Street, New York, New York 10007, by August 10, 2026.
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