Earlier this month, we brought you the news on the newest festival to hit the windy city: The North Coast Music Festival.
UPDATE: There have been quite a few additions to the inaugural North Coast Music Festival recently. Chicago hip-hop icon Lupe Fiasco, The New Deal, Holy Ghost!, Grace Potter and the Nocturnals, New Mastersounds and Claude VonStroke have joined the fun alongside a slew of Hip-hop, electronic and jam band acts that include headliners Chemical Brothers, Umphrey’s McGee and Nas & Damian “Jr. Gong” Marley. An updated daily lineup and all ticket purchasing information can be found after the jump.
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Ahoy there, punk rockers! Your favorite fall music festival, aka Riot Fest, returns to Chicago for it’s sixth year this October 6 – 11 with a lineup full of your old-school mosh pit favorites.
The headliners announced so far include Bad Religion, The Mighty Mighty Bosstones, Circle Jerks, Snapcase and Less Than Jake. The bill also includes locals The Lawrence Arms, Articles of Faith, Smoking Popes and a few bands in the metal sector such as High On Fire and Corrosion Of Conformity are thrown in for good measure.
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We really try to keep things hyperlocal to Chicago here on LoudLoopPress.com, but occasionally there are cool happenings two and a half hours south of our fair city.
UPDATE: Keep on growing, it does. Today, the Pygmalion Music Festival have confirmed additions of Of Montreal, Janelle Monae, Cut Chemist, Plastician, Turbo Fruits, Darren Hanlon, Chicago indie psych outfit Light Pollution, Why I Like Robins, New Ruins, 217 Mafia DJs: Mertz, Belly, Positive Vibr8tions, Community College, Revolt Revolt, The Poison Control Center, DISCOTECH DJs: Famicom, Space Police, White Rabbit. And yet, according to their Facebook page, this may not even be the final round of acts anounced for this year’s Fest. So better keep an eye on 2010.pygmalionmusicfestival.com for anymore additions.
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Brace yourself, Chicago. OBBITYFEST 2010 is coming your way on Saturday, July 3.
OBBITYFEST is the brainchild of psychedelic DIY rockers The Earth Program. The band recruited eight up-and-coming Chicago groups, including Rabble Rabble and Animal City, for its all day music festival.
The festivities kick off at 3 p.m. at the ToyShop on 4818 N. Magnolia Ave., between Lawrence and Argyle in Uptown. In addition to the music, free vegan food and snacks will be provided in a drug- and alcohol-free environment.
OBBITYFEST is an all ages event; the cover is a $5 suggested donation. With nine bands on the bill, that is a little over 50 cents per act. You can’t beat that value.
Find the complete OBBITYFEST 2010 after the jump.
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Pitchfork has finally revealed the set times for their Pitchfork Music Festival set times for this July 17 – 19 in Chicago’s Union Park.
The best part about Pitchfork Fest’s planning is that, due to only three stages, they plan the set times very accordingly so that there’s almost no run-over on the main Aluminum and Connector stages. Want to catch Modest Mouse AND Broken Social Scene on Friday night? No problem. Simply turn to your right.
Finally, three-day passes for Pitchfork Music Festival 2010 have sold out as well as tickets for Sunday. No worries, you still have time to grab tickets to days one and two, or even catch Pavement back in Chicago on September 13 in Millennium Park (Tickets for that go on sale tomorrow morning!).
Get the full Pitchfork Fest 2010 schedule, via Pitchfork.com, after the jump.
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Now that the Lollapalooza lineup has been announced, tickets are on sale and it’s full steam ahead to August 6, we thought it’s time for a little update.
Since the initial lineup was announced last month, there have been quite a few additions to the lineup – some official and some not. The official additions include Frank Turner, J. Cole, Chiddy Bang, Son of a Bad Man and Chicago hip hop duo Kidz In The Hall.
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The 13th annual Chicago Folk & Roots Festival will once again grace Chicago’s Welles Park, 2333 West Sunnyside Avenue, on July 10 and 11.
The main stage lineup for the fest was released this afternoon and includes well known local acts such as Hoyle Brothers, Sanctified Grumblers and the Occidental Brothers. French-pop, roots act Les Saltimbanks, Brooklyn funk outfit Red Baraat and Niger roots-y, afro-beat ensemble Etran Finatawa are also highlights. Finally, the festival will kick off on Saturday, July 10, with the 8th annual Midwest Fiddle Championship, which is always a good time.
You can find the complete lineup for the 2010 Chicago Folk & Roots festival after the jump.
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Pitchfork.com finally announced the full lineup for Pitchfork Festival 2010 on Thursday evening.
A partial lineup was announced in February and included headliners Broken Social Scene, Modest Mouse, LCD Soundsystem and Pavement. Well, tonight’s additions make Pitchfork 2010 one of the most stacked editions of the fest ever.
One-half of OutKast Big Boi, Wolf Parade, Robyn, Diplo, Major Lazer, Beach House, Liars, Surfer Blood, WHY?, Neon Indian, the Tallest Man on Earth, Delorean, Real Estate, Free Energy, Sharon Van Etten, Local Natives, Washed Out, Kurt Vile, Best Coast, jj and Chicago’s own Netherfriends have all joined the three day event, which takes place at Chicago’s Union Park on July 16 – 18.
Three days passes sold out weeks ago, but single day passes are still available at Pitckforkmusicfestival.com for $40.
You can find the full lineup broken down by day after the jump.
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