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Preview: Pitchfork Music Festival 2018

13 is hopefully the magic number for the 2018 edition of the Pitchfork Music Festival which takes place July 20 - 22 at Union Park. With the festival circuit taking some casualties this year due to some notable event cancellations, Pitchfork continues to persevere amidst the chaos and uncertainty of the ‘’festival bubble‘’. Another spectrum covering line up that counts the folk of Julie Byrne, noise rockers Japandroids, R&B veteran Lauryn Hill and electronic auteur Mount Kimbie amongst some of the offerings to explore across 3 days of performances. This year also brings a heavy dose of hometown love with over a dozen artists hailing from the Chicago area. Upstarts such as Melkbelly, Nnamdi Ogbonnaya and Open Mike Eagle to living legend Chaka Khan will grace the stages at Union Park. Here are 5 acts you should not miss.

Pitchfork 2018 Festival Announces Lineup

The 2018 Pitchfork Music Festival has announced this year's lineup! The festival—which will be held from Friday, July 20, to Sunday, July 22, at Union Park in Chicago—will feature headliners Tame Impala, Fleet Foxes, and Ms. Lauryn Hill, who's doing a 20th anniversary performance of The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill. Others scheduled to perform include Julien Baker, Courtney Barnett, Big Thief, Blood Orange, Japandroids, Japanese Breakfast, Kelela, Mount Kimbie, Moses Sumney, The War On Drugs, Zola Jesus, and many more. Check out the festival poster above for the complete lineup.

Preview: Pitchfork Festival 2017

Photo by Christopher Alvarez of Pitchfork 2016 for The Scenestar

The 2017 edition of the Pitchfork Music Festival will be held at Union Park in Chicago from Friday, July 14, to Sunday, July 16. This year's headliners are LCD Soundsystem, A Tribe Called Quest, and Solange. Others scheduled to perform include The Avalanches, Danny Brown, Dirty Projectors, Francis and the Lights, Thurston Moore Group, PJ Harvey, Angel Olsen, Arab Strap, Nicolas Jaar, Ride, Hamilton Leithauser, Hiss Golden Messenger, Vince Staples, American Football, Cherry Glazerr, Isaiah Rashad, and many more. Three-day, single-day, and VIP tickets are still available. Here are five artists one should not miss over the weekend. — Christopher Alvarez

Pitchfork 2017 Festival Announces Lineup

The 2017 Pitchfork Music Festival has announced this year's lineup! As reported earlier, the festival—which will be held from Friday, July 14, to Sunday, July 16, at Union Park in Chicago—will feature headliners LCD Soundsystem, A Tribe Called Quest, and Solange. Others scheduled to perform include Dirty Projectors, Thurston Moore Group, PJ Harvey, Angel Olsen, Arab Strap, Nicolas Jaar, Ride, Hamilton Leithauser, Hiss Golden Messenger, Vince Staples, American Football, Cherry Glazerr, Isaiah Rashad, and many more. Click on the festival poster above to enlarge, or here for the complete lineup.

Pitchfork 2017 Festival Announces Headliners

The headliners for the 2017 Pitchfork Music Festival have been announced! Held from Friday, July 14, to Sunday, July 16, at Union Park in Chicago, the festival will feature headliners LCD Soundsystem, A Tribe Called Quest, and Solange. The rest of the lineup will be announced at a later date.

Pitchfork Music Festival Announce 2017 Dates

Photo of Pitchfork Music Festival 2016 by Chris Alvarez

Pitchfork has announced the dates for next year's music festival! The 2017 Pitchfork Music Festival will be held from Friday, July 14, to Sunday, July 16, at Union Park in Chicago.

Live: Pitchfork Music Festival 2016

ARTICLE AND PHOTOS BY CHRIS ALVAREZ

JULY 15-17 | CHICAGO—The 11th annual Pitchfork Music Festival was held once again at Chicago's Union Park. The three-day event featured an eclectic mix of musical genres to please the palate. The weather also decided to abide by these rules: There was chilly temps and some rain on Friday, absolutely perfect summer weather on Saturday, and not to be forgotten, brutally hot and humid conditions on Sunday, as is the norm for the Midwest in mid-July. With the summer festival circuit being so saturated, it can be difficult to stand out, but the tried and true Pitchfork Music Festival was able to deliver plenty of stand-out moments that would make anyone in attendance look forward to next year the minute the last note rang out on Sunday night. Below are a handful of thoughts on some of the performers during the weekend.

Live: Pitchfork Music Festival At Union Park

ARTICLE AND PHOTOS BY CHRIS ALVAREZ AND AMANDA BARTELS

JULY 17-19 | CHICAGO—The Pitchfork Music Festival, now in its 10th year, has come a long way from its humble beginnings as Intonation in 2005. At that time, boutique festivals were few and far between in North America, so Pitchfork easily stood apart from such behemoth events as Coachella, Lollapalooza, and Bonnaroo. The Pitchfork Music Festival carefully selects its talent to represent that moment in music, and this year's event was no different, with a plethora of artists (old and new) that aimed to please serious music lovers' palette. At the core was the representation from the city of Chicago with seven artists on the lineup, two of which were headlining. It was only fitting that they opened and closed the festivities.