Home ›

Pitchfork Music Festival

Jul 16 2010 - Jul 18 2010  •  Chicago IL  •  Union Park
Genre(s): indie
Rate
 
 Share
Track
Category: Rock
Region: Great Lakes
Type: Urban Outdoor

"With so many blockbuster festivals gouging their attendees out of absolutely obscene sums of money, only to confine them in uncomfortable, tight spaces and skimp on basic necessities, our goal is to do the right thing: That is, to create a reasonably priced summer music festival that provides an overwhelmingly positive, comfortable and fun festival experience for both attendees and musicians."—Description by festival




VIDEO FEED
To view video, hover your cursor over a thumbnail image. Video is sourced from Google Video search.



Jaunted's Guide to Chicago's Indie Pitchfork Music Festival

While blockbuster music festivals like Coachella seem get all of the love, the little indie fest that could, the Pitchfork Music Festival, will bring hot beats from more than 40 bands like LCD Soundsystem to Chicago from July 16 to 18. Indie artists in every genre, from hip-hop to rock 'n' roll, will perform at the fifth annual festival.

The band lineup has just been released and tickets are already selling like hotcakes, even thought the festival is yet months away, so get a move on...

Pitchfork rounds out lineup with 20 more acts

Festival: Pitchfork Music Festival
Announced: April 8
Status: Lineup is complete (we think)
Notable adds: Beach House, Big Boi, Liars, Major Lazer, Robyn, Wolf Parade
The rest: Best Coast, Delorean, Free Energy, JJ, Kurt Vile, Local Natives. Neon Indian, Netherfriends, Real Estate, Sharon Van Etten, Surfer Blood, The Tallest Man On Earth, Washed Out, Why?

Broken Social Scene tops list of 12 in Pitchfork Round 2

The full outlines of Pitchfork 2010 are beginning to shape up with a dozen new names added to the 11 already named. The most prominent additions are Toronto indie rockers Broken Social Scene; Panda Bear, the solo project by Animal Collective member Noah Lennox; veteran punk blues band The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion; and underground hip-hop artist El-P.

Also newly named were Titus Andronicus, Bear in Heaven, The Smith Westerns, Dàm-Funk, Girls, CAVE and Allá. They join...

Pitchfork sells out three-day passes in under one week

In a sure sign of vitality for the 2010 festival market, Pitchfork Music Festival has sold out of three-day passes in less than a week after going on sale, despite having only nine artists so far named to the lineup. Single-day passes remain available for the high-profile indie-rock festival, which takes place July 16-18 in Chicago's Union Park. Singles are priced at $40, so you can still see the entire festival for $120 ($30 more than you would have paid for an all-festival pass), but you...

July dates set for fifth Pitchfork festival; lineup expected soon

The influential Chicago indie weekend Pitchfork Music Festival will return for its fifth running July 16-18 at Union Park in Chicago. The festival is expected to follow up with its preliminary artist announcement as soon as tomorrow. A reunited Pavement and songstress St. Vincent are two of the rumored acts.

more