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Photo Gallery: Pitchfork Music Festival, 2019

Photo Gallery: Pitchfork Music Festival @ Union Park, Chicago, 2019

On July 19-22, 2019
Photos by CHRISTOPHER ALVAREZ for The Scenestar

Review: Pitchfork Music Festival 2019

ARTICLE AND PHOTOS BY CHRISPHER ALVAREZ

The 14th annual Pitchfork Music Festival brought a dynamic wave to Union Park, whether it was in the artists performing or the weather that came with it. Searing temperatures and unforgiving humidity hindered attendees for the first half of the weekend, which then gave way to an out of nowhere storm that prompted an evacuation of the festival grounds and canceled some scheduled performances outright.  Once the clouds cleared and the sun was out, the music kicked right back into high gear. New to the festival this year was Pitchfork Radio broadcasting the entire weekend at the festival grounds.

Haim To Perform at the Teragram Ballroom

Hometown favorites Haim have announced an intimate warm-up show to get them ready for their headlining set at Pitchfork 2019! The indie-pop act has chosen the Teragram Ballroom as the location for their underplay on Wednesday, July 17.

Pitchfork Music Festival Reveal 2019 Set Times

Get ready to start planning our your weekend in Chicago next month now that Pitchfork Music Festival has revealed this year's set times! The festival—which will be held from Friday, July 19, to Sunday, July 21, at Union Park in Chicago—will feature headliners HAIM, The Isley Brothers, and Robyn. Others scheduled to perform include Belle & Sebastian, Charli XCX, Sky Ferreira, Julia Holter, Ibeyi, Khruangbin, Low, Amber Mark, Parquet Courts, Pusha T, Snail Mail, Soccer Mommy, Mavis Staples, Stereolab, Earl Sweatshirt, Kurt Vile, and many more.

Preview: Pitchfork Music Festival 2019

The 14th annual Pitchfork Music Festival will take place at Chicago’s Union Park July 19th to the 21st. As domestic festivals are now showcasing more and more talent from abroad, Pitchfork has assembled a strong contingent of artists from around the globe. Swedish songstress Robyn, Scottish indie royalty Belle And Sebastian, Japanese punks CHAI and Cuban sisters Ibeyi are among those who will showcase their global influences. As the festival has always prided itself on representing the city of Chicago, another strong group of local artists makes up part of this year's lineup. Whitney, JPEGMAFIA, Mavis Staples, Valee, and Ric Wilson are just a few of the flavors to take in over the weekend. Here are 4 must-see acts over the weekend at Union Park this year.

Pitchfork 2019 Announce Their Festival Lineup

Pitchfork Music Festival has announced this year's lineup! The festival—which will be held from Friday, July 19, to Sunday, July 21, at Union Park in Chicago—will feature headliners HAIM, The Isley Brothers, and Robyn. Others scheduled to perform include Belle & Sebastian, Charli XCX, Sky Ferreira, Julia Holter, Ibeyi, Khruangbin, Low, Amber Mark, Parquet Courts, Pusha T, Snail Mail, Soccer Mommy, Mavis Staples, Stereolab, Earl Sweatshirt, Kurt Vile, and many more. Check out the festival poster above for the complete lineup.

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.