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Pitchfork Festival’s Mike Reed to Launch Sound & Gravity in Chicago

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Pitchfork Festival’s Mike Reed to Launch Sound & Gravity in Chicago

Pitchfork festival co-founder Mike Reed and his cultural nonprofit Constellation Performing Arts have launched Sound & Gravity, a Sept. 10-14 festival set in Chicago. Sound & Gravity will be spread out across Chicago’s Bricktown and Avondale neighborhoods with seven venues hosting the festival — Constellation, Hungry Brain, Judson & Moore, Beat Kitchen, Guild Row, and Rockwell on the River. Reed, who is known for curating challenging and contemporary artists through […]

todayMay 1, 2025 2

Black Country, New Road, Roc Marciano, the Alchemist, Machine Girl, and More Join Pitchfork Music Festival CDMX 2025 Lineup

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Black Country, New Road, Roc Marciano, the Alchemist, Machine Girl, and More Join Pitchfork Music Festival CDMX 2025 Lineup

Pitchfork Music Festival CDMX has revealed the first slate of artists in its 2025 lineup. Black Country, New Road, Roc Marciano and the Alchemist, Machine Girl, Dummy, Luz Luz Luz!, and more will perform across multiple Mexico City venues from May 2 to 4. Check out the lineup on the poster below.The first shows are on Friday, May 2, at La Roma’s Foro Indie Rocks! On Saturday, May 3, the […]

todayJanuary 30, 2025 2

Pitchfork shocks many fans by announcing the end of its Chicago music festival: “Corporations ruin everything”

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Pitchfork shocks many fans by announcing the end of its Chicago music festival: “Corporations ruin everything”

Pitchfork Music Festival in Chicago, 2017. [Photo by swimfinfan / CC BY 2.0]On Monday afternoon, music magazine Pitchfork announced that its famed summer music festival in Chicago, which it first held in its own name in 2006, would not return to the city in 2025.In a statement posted on its website and social media, Pitchfork pointed vaguely to a “music festival landscape” that “continues to evolve rapidly” as reason for […]

todayNovember 14, 2024 7

3 Highlights From Pitchfork Music Festival Paris 2024

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3 Highlights From Pitchfork Music Festival Paris 2024

At the Badaboum, Fcukers’ dance party hit “Homie Don't Shake” shimmied into the jangling “UMPA.” Wise’s voice was sugary but never overly sweet, even when leaning into lush slowness on the R&B-inflected “Heart Dub.” At one point during the set, she broke out a whistle like a gym teacher.Sweat levels rose with the bleating bop “Mothers,” and when “Bon Bon” hit, the mosh pit flourished. When the set ended with […]

todayNovember 12, 2024 2

Pitchfork Music Festival is leaving Chicago after 19 years – News

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Pitchfork Music Festival is leaving Chicago after 19 years – News

Pitchfork Music Festival has cancelled its flagship Chicago edition after 19 years. In a statement released via Instagram yesterday (November 11), Pitchfork announced that the festival will not go ahead in 2025, citing the "rapidly evolving" festival landscape as the reason for its termination.“This decision was not made lightly,” reads the statement. “For 19 years, Pitchfork Music Festival has been a celebration of music, art, and community—a space where memories […]

todayNovember 12, 2024 3

Pitchfork Music Festival Will Not Return in 2025

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Pitchfork Music Festival Will Not Return in 2025

After two decades spent as one of the most acclaimed music festivals in North America, the Pitchfork Music Festival will not be returning to Chicago in 2025, organizers have revealed. Explore Explore See latest videos, charts and news See latest videos, charts and news The news was shared on both the festival’s website and social media accounts, explaining that, “as the music festival landscape continues to evolve rapidly, we have […]

todayNovember 12, 2024 2

Pitchfork Music Festival ends 19-year run in Chicago

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Pitchfork Music Festival ends 19-year run in Chicago

Chicago music lovers are saying goodbye to an annual staple.The 2025 Pitchfork Music Festival will not be set at Chicago's Union Park after 19 years, organizers announced on its website Monday. The decision, which the music magazine emphasized was not made lightly, comes as the "music festival landscape continues to evolve rapidly.""The Festival, while aligned with the taste of the Pitchfork editorial team, has always been a collaborative effort, taking […]

todayNovember 12, 2024 1

An Update on Pitchfork Music Festival

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An Update on Pitchfork Music Festival

To our Chicago festival community:As the music festival landscape continues to evolve rapidly, we have made the difficult decision not to host Pitchfork Music Festival in Chicago in 2025.This decision was not made lightly. For 19 years, Pitchfork Music Festival has been a celebration of music, art, and community—a space where memories were made, voices were amplified, and the shared love of music brought us all together. The Festival, while […]

todayNovember 11, 2024 9

Marquette Radio Pitchfork Music Festival Coverage – Marquette Wire

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Marquette Radio Pitchfork Music Festival Coverage – Marquette Wire

Pitchfork Music Festival returned for another summer with three stages over the span of three days and 14 artist performances across Union Park. The festival was full of food trucks and stands, art vendors, artist interactions and of course, live music. The festival would be nothing without attendees who line up before the gates even open, crowding the park excited to see their favorite artists. Here are some notable moments […]

todaySeptember 10, 2024 6

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