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 Pitchfork Festival 2015

Posted by Loren on February 13, 2015

Pitchfork Festival 2015
Pitchfork Festival 2015

Pitchfork Festival is turning 10 this year, throwing their annual party on July 17-19 at Union Park in Chicago.

Headliners for the even include Wilco, Sleater-Kinney, Run the Jewels, Parquet Courts, Iceage, Madlib & Freddie Gibbs, The Julie Ruin, and others, detailed after the jump in a day-by-day listing.

FRIDAY, JULY 17
Wilco
Chvrches
Panda Bear
Mac DeMarco
iLoveMakonnen
Iceage
Ought
Steve Gunn
Tobias Jesso Jr.
Jessica Pratt
Natalie Prass
Ryley Walker

SATURDAY, JULY 18
Sleater Kinney
Future Islands
New Pornographers
Todd Terje & The Olsens
Kurt Vile
Parquet Courts
Ariel Pink
Vic Mensa
A$AP Ferg
Ex Hex
Vince Staples
Future Brown
Shamir
Mr. Twin Sister
Protomartyr
Bully
Jimmy Whispers

SUNDAY, JULY 19
Chance The Rapper
Run The Jewels
Caribou
Jamie xx
Madlib & Freddie Gibbs
Courtney Barnett
Perfume Genius
Waxahatchee
SOPHIE
The Julie Ruin
Clark
How To Dress Well
A. G. Cook
Viet Cong
Bitchin Bajas
Mourn
Single Mothers

Pitchfork Festival 2015
Pitchfork Festival 2015

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