{"id":4625,"date":"2016-07-01T18:08:27","date_gmt":"2016-07-01T18:08:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/notofu.com\/home\/?p=4625"},"modified":"2018-11-02T17:57:09","modified_gmt":"2018-11-02T17:57:09","slug":"2016-pitchfork-music-festival-is-here","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/notofu.com\/new\/2016-pitchfork-music-festival-is-here\/","title":{"rendered":"The 2016 Pitchfork Music Festival Is Here"},"content":{"rendered":"

What started as a modest\u00a0celebration of indie artists aimed at a niche\u00a0Pitchfork-reading demographic, has morphed into one of the largest music festivals in the country\u2014a large, diverse music event\u00a0that is equally about discovery as it is about celebration.<\/p>\n

This year’s\u00a0Pitchfork Music Festival<\/strong>\u00a0is almost here: it is\u00a0happening\u00a0Friday, July 15\u00a0to\u00a0Sunday, July 17\u00a0at\u00a0Chicago\u2019s Union Park,\u00a0and the lineup is as eclectic as we’ve come to expect from the event.<\/p>\n

Artists expected to hit the stage include Sufjan Stevens, Beach House, Whitney, FKA twigs, Broken Social Scene, Brian Wilson, Savages, Blood Orange, Oneohtrix Point Never, Holly Herndon, Neon Indian, Kamasi Washington, Carly Rae Jepsen, Jeremih, Julia Holter, Shamir, Woods, The Range, Anderson .Paak and more.<\/p>\n

Three-day passes are sold\u00a0for $165\u00a0and\u00a0single day passes for Friday and Saturday<\/span><\/span> are available for $65 per day. Not many are left, however.<\/p>\n

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CHVRCHES at the 2015 Pitchfork Music Festival<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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Alongside\u00a0Flatstock<\/strong>,\u00a0CHIRP Record Fair<\/strong>,\u00a0Coterie Craft Fair<\/strong>, and\u00a0Book Fort<\/strong>, from this year, the festival will include\u00a0The Old Town School of Folk Music Kids Area<\/strong>,\u00a0a special new addition for families attending with younger children, which will give the opportunity for kids\u00a0to experiment with instruments, drum, strum, and pick up some fun festival giveaways.<\/p>\n

Additionally, the festival has recently announced the\u00a0Pitchfork Music Festival Voter Engagement and Mobilization Project<\/strong>, a new platform to support voter registration and political participation. In conjunction with the\u00a0Public Action Foundation<\/strong><\/a>,\u00a0<\/strong>the Voter Engagement and Mobilization Project aims to make a difference in both Chicago and the wider Pitchfork community.<\/p>\n

Tickets can be purchased here.<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

2016 PITCHFORK MUSIC FESTIVAL SCHEDULE<\/strong><\/p>\n

FRIDAY, JULY 15<\/span><\/span> \u2013 gates at 3pm<\/span><\/span><\/strong>
\n8:30pm<\/span><\/span> \u2013 (Green) Beach House
\n8:15pm<\/span><\/span> \u2013 (Blue) Shamir
\n7:20pm<\/span><\/span> \u2013 (Red) Broken Social Scene
\n7:15pm<\/span><\/span> \u2013 (Blue) The Range
\n6:25pm<\/span><\/span> \u2013 (Green) Carly Rae Jepsen
\n6:15pm<\/span><\/span> \u2013 (Blue) Mick Jenkins
\n5:30pm<\/span><\/span> \u2013 (Red) Twin Peaks
\n5:15pm<\/span><\/span> \u2013 (Blue) Moses Sumney
\n4:35pm<\/span><\/span> \u2013 (Green) Julia Holter
\n4:15pm<\/span><\/span> \u2013 (Blue) Whitney
\n3:30pm<\/span><\/span> \u2013 (Red) Car Seat Headrest<\/p>\n

SATURDAY, JULY 16<\/span><\/span> \u2013 gates at 12pm<\/span><\/span><\/strong>
\n8:30pm<\/span><\/span> \u2013 (Green) Sufjan Stevens
\n8:45pm<\/span><\/span> \u2013 (Blue) Holly Herndon
\n7:50pm<\/span><\/span> \u2013 (Blue) Anderson .Paak & The Free Nationals
\n7:25pm<\/span><\/span> \u2013 (Red) Brian Wilson
\n6:40pm<\/span><\/span> \u2013 (Blue) Jlin + RP BOO
\n6:15pm<\/span><\/span> \u2013 (Green) Super Furry Animals
\n5:35pm<\/span><\/span> \u2013 (Blue) Martin Courtney
\n5:15pm<\/span><\/span> \u2013 (Red) Blood Orange
\n4:30pm<\/span><\/span> \u2013 (Blue) Jenny Hval
\n4:15pm<\/span><\/span> \u2013 (Green) Savages
\n3:25pm<\/span><\/span> \u2013 (Blue) Royal Headache
\n3:20pm<\/span><\/span> \u2013 (Red) Digable Planets
\n2:30pm<\/span><\/span> \u2013 (Green) Kevin Morby
\n2:20pm<\/span><\/span> \u2013 (Blue) BJ the Chicago Kid
\n1:45pm<\/span><\/span> \u2013 (Red) Girl Band
\n1:00pm<\/span><\/span> \u2013 (Green) Circuit Des Yeux<\/p>\n

SUNDAY, JULY 17<\/span><\/span> \u2013 gates 12pm<\/span><\/span><\/strong>
\n8:30pm<\/span><\/span> \u2013 (Green) FKA twigs
\n8:45pm<\/span><\/span> \u2013 (Blue) Oneohtrix Point Never
\n7:45pm<\/span><\/span> \u2013 (Blue) LUH
\n7:25pm<\/span><\/span> \u2013 (Red) Miguel
\n6:45pm<\/span><\/span> \u2013 (Blue) Oneman
\n6:15pm<\/span><\/span> \u2013 (Green) Jeremih
\n5:45pm<\/span><\/span> \u2013 (Blue) Thundercat
\n5:15pm<\/span><\/span> \u2013 (Red) Neon Indian
\n4:45pm<\/span><\/span> \u2013 (Blue) The Hotelier
\n4:15pm<\/span><\/span> \u2013 (Green) Holy Ghost!
\n3:45pm<\/span><\/span> \u2013 (Blue) Empress Of
\n3:20pm<\/span><\/span> \u2013 (Red) Kamasi Washington
\n2:50pm<\/span><\/span> \u2013 (Blue) NAO
\n2:30pm<\/span><\/span> \u2013 (Green) Woods
\n1:55pm<\/span><\/span> \u2013 (Blue) Sun Ra Arkestra
\n1:45pm<\/span><\/span> \u2013 (Red) Porches<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

What started as a modest\u00a0celebration of indie artists aimed at a niche\u00a0Pitchfork-reading demographic, has morphed into one of the largest music festivals in the country\u2014a large, diverse music event\u00a0that is equally about discovery as it is about celebration. This year’s\u00a0Pitchfork Music Festival\u00a0is almost here: it is\u00a0happening\u00a0Friday, July 15\u00a0to\u00a0Sunday, July 17\u00a0at\u00a0Chicago\u2019s Union Park,\u00a0and the lineup is as eclectic as we’ve come […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4629,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[49],"tags":[335],"class_list":["post-4625","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-music","tag-pitchfork"],"acf":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/paoQFa-1cB","_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/notofu.com\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4625","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/notofu.com\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/notofu.com\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/notofu.com\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/notofu.com\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4625"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/notofu.com\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4625\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5264,"href":"http:\/\/notofu.com\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4625\/revisions\/5264"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/notofu.com\/new\/wp-json\/"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/notofu.com\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4625"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/notofu.com\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4625"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/notofu.com\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4625"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}