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Pitchfork Music Festival
| Pitchfork Music Festival | |
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| Genre | |
| Dates | Third weekend of July (Chicago) Last weekend of October or first weekend of November (Paris) |
| Location(s) | Union Park, Chicago (2006-2019, 2021-2024) Grande Halle de la Villette, Paris, France (2011-2019, 2021–present) |
| Years active | 2006–2019, 2021–present |
| Founders | Pitchfork, Mike Reed, Chris Kaskie, Ryan Schreiber |
| Website | pitchforkmusicfestival |
Pitchfork Music Festival was an annual music festival in Union Park in Chicago, Illinois, organized by the online magazine Pitchfork. Starting in 2011, the festival announced a branch staged in Paris at Grande halle de la Villette.[1] The festival, which is normally held over three days (Friday, Saturday, and Sunday) in July, focuses primarily on artists and bands from the alternative rock, hip hop, electronic and dance music genres, although it has also ranged into hardcore punk, experimental rock and jazz in its lineups.[2] A festival planned for Berlin at Tempodrom in 2020 was cancelled.[3]
In addition to music, Pitchfork Festival also includes food, beverages, art, and gig posters from local, regional, and national vendors. Pitchfork Festival also hosts a record fair that is organized and managed by CHIRP Radio, a Chicago community radio station. In November 2024, Condé Nast announced that the Chicago Pitchfork Music Festival was permanently closing, though the fate of the Paris branch is unclear.
- ^ "Pitchfork Music Festival Paris 2011 - Festival Outlook". Consequence of Sound. Retrieved July 1, 2019.
- ^ Kot, Greg (July 22, 2019). "Pitchfork Music Fest 2019: 3 days of heat, rain and music rich in cultural diversity". Chicago Tribune. Retrieved 2019-07-22.
- ^ "Pitchfork Announces First-Ever Pitchfork Music Festival Berlin". Pitchfork. September 19, 2019. Retrieved January 13, 2020.
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