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With the Pitchfork Music Fest a little under three weeks away, the fest has released its official schedule. And, frankly, we're pretty psyched for Saturday's Hold Steady-Animal Collective pairing and Sunday's Spiritualized-Spoon pairing. Nice work, kids.
In addition to the fest, Pitchfork is also presenting the free lunchtime music series on Mondays, "Audible Architecture: Chicago Nightclubs at Noon" at Millennium Park's Jay Pritzker Pavilion which began two weeks ago and continues through the end of August. Today's performance features Killer Whales. Every show starts at 12:15, so get out and enjoy the awesome summer weather with some awesome music. We're personally excited about working off the post-Lolla hangover with Tortoise.
The rest of this summer's schedule follows after the jump.
- June 30 - Killer Whales (presented by mP Productions)
- July 7 - Le Loup (presented by Schubas)
- July 28 - Bill Callahan (presented by JAM Productions)
- August 4 - Tortoise (presented by The Hideout)
- August 11 - TBA
- August 18 - The Ex with Getatchew Mekuria (presented by Empty Bottle)
- August 25 - Habib Koité & Bamada (presented by Martyrs')
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Too much downtime between worthwhile acts has forced me to sell my ticket via craigslist. The whole no reentry thing is rough.
i liked sunday's lineup til i saw the schedule! all the acts are jammed together overlapping times. so basically i wanted to see everyone from M. Ward on, meaning i'd have to cut each set short or else miss acts. i know that's the breaks of a festival but i was hoping for better spacing at a smaller fest i guess.
Did you guys pay like $25/day for the tickets? That's what you would pay to see one, maybe two of these bands perform at any venue in Chicago. . .so basically, that many great acts and truncated sets will get you a lot of bang worth your buck, right?
And, aren't they two stages within the park that you can simply turn to? Find a spot, park it and you can catch both sets, right?
If you can really just park and turn, that's a great idea... and yeah, I agree the cost is WAY less than what it would cost you at Lolla to miss six or seven of your favorite bands' full sets. I think they just build up your excitement by releasing a lineup and as usual, some of the excitement quells when the schedules are released. But, point taken.
lamgray is correct. Last year, if I remember right, you could sit yourself between the A and B stages and just turn as you want to see both sets as they alternated. Granted, you might be a bit back from both, but I was closest to the stage Malkmus and The New Pornos played but still had a good view of the other main stage for the Lidell and Of Montreal sets. Plus the screens help.
The set times for the main stages don't actually overlap, and you can find a spot where you can see both stages, so you'll catch everything. Now if you MUST be up front for a performance, well, you might not enjoy as much.
I live a few blocks away from the park, but its just too much for me to bear (plus we'll be moving that weekend). I am considering buying a ticket just to see fleet foxes on Sat though. They are fantastic.