We've all been holding our breaths waiting for Pitchfork Music Festival's lineup announcement. With the sudden changes at the festival's namesake, there's been a worry about what this years fest will hold. After a leak, some clues, and just a little more waiting, we finally have some news as the lauded festival returns to Union Park on July 19-21 with a lineup headlined by Black Pumas, JaimeXX, and Alanis Morissette!
While the indie and eclectic sounds will still dominate the majority of the festival, there is a strong lean toward more pop and mainstream forward acts this year. Add to that some very prominent legacy acts and you have a much wider scope for the festival. The number of local acts remains a little low with only Black Duck, Akenya, Angry Blackmen, Lifeguard, Kara Jackson, representing the Chicagoland area. Nonetheless, these are some amazing acts that deserve to be spotlighted on the Pitchfork stages. Of course there are some incredible touring bands set to hit the stage including 100 Gecs, Billy Woods & Kenny Segal, Carly Rae Jepsen, Jessie Ware, De La Soul, Brittany Howard, Muna, Grandmaster Flash and so many more!
This year also brings some changes to the ticketing tiers. Regular GA and Plus tickets are still around at the same price (or a little less in the case of Plus), but they have opened up their VIP passes to the public. VIP tickets will offer a backstage VIP lounge with A/C bathrooms, photo portraits and special festival amenities including bar with preferred pricing and a daily curated meal. VIP will also be home to the front-of-stage viewing & double-decker Viewing Decks with elevated sightlines, both at the two main stages.
Check out their full lineup below and snag your tickets asap as they are on sale NOW! Single day passes are $109 ($199 for Plus, $379 for VIP) and 3-day passes for $219 ($399 for Plus, $699 for VIP)! Check out the full lineup below or at their website!
Friday July 19
Black Pumas
Jai Paul
100 Gecs
Jeff Rosenstock
Yaeji
Sudan Archives
Amen Dunes
Billy Woods & Kenny Segal
Tkay Maidza
ML Buch
Doss
Rosali
Angry Blackmen
Black Duck
Saturday July 20
Jaime XX
Carly Rae Jepsen
Jessie Ware
De La Soul
Unwound
Bratmobile
Wednesday
Water From Your Eyes
Sweeping Promises
Feeble Little Horse
Hotline TNT
Kara Jackson
L'Rain
Lifeguard
Sunday July 21
Alanis Morissette
Brittany Howard
Muna
Grandmaster Flash
Les Savy Fav
Crumb
Jessica Pratt
Mannequin Pussy
Hailu Mergia
Model/Actriz
Nala Sinephro
Maxo
Joanna Sternberg
Akenya