Lesbian mud wrestling becomes unexpected highlight of Lollapalooza as ‘hundreds show up’
Lindsay Perrin hosted Lollapalooza’s Lesbian Mud Wrestling. (Instagram/@laperrin10)
At the 2026 Lollapalooza festival, Lindsay Perrin’s last-minute ‘lesbian mud wrestling’ event became a surprise highlight.
Perrin, a 38-year-old lesbian, saw an opportunity for fun on the festival’s rain-soaked grounds, as People reported.
The creator of ‘Scissor Slam 2K26’, a lesbian mud-wrestling contest, explained how a silly idea became an emblem of sapphic joy.
“Community building is one of the biggest passions in my life,” Perrin told the outlet. “I came out later in life, so I know what it feels like to spend years wishing you had a community that understood you. Once I found mine, I wanted to help create that feeling for other people.”
When Perrin’s original post went viral on Instagram, with over 100,000 views, it was clear this event was turning heads.
‘We went from zero to 200 people in about 30 seconds.’
“I had absolutely no idea how many people would actually show up, let alone how many would want to participate.” Perrin added: “I would have been happy with 10 people. I was elated when hundreds showed up.
“I started making announcements and looking for our first participants. A girl named Eve quickly stepped forward and said she’d do it. Then another girl named Sarah volunteered, and suddenly we had our first match.
“I’m telling you, it felt like we went from zero to 200 people in about 30 seconds.”
What occurred was lesbians rolling around in the mud, hugging and even making out as a crowd cheered them on.
“I need a romance novel about this STAT,” one commenter on the post wrote. Another added: “same time next year?”
For Perrin, the unique event is symbolic of the importance of queer spaces and queer joy.
“It’s not always easy being a queer person in 2026,” she said. “There is so much heaviness surrounding the LGBTQ+ community right now.
“So many of the headlines are about legislation, our rights, conflict or people debating whether we should even be allowed to exist as ourselves. Those conversations matter. But so does joy.
“It wasn’t only queer people. Yes, the girls, gays and theys showed up, but straight people showed up too.
“For those 30 minutes, nobody needed to make it deeper than that. People were laughing. They were cheering for strangers. They were getting dirty. Some of them jumped into the mud themselves. Everyone was just having a good time together.”
