Chicago's Pitchfork Music Festival heads to Paris

Chicago's Pitchfork Music Festival, a leading annual event for indie music lovers (July 15-17), announced on July 1 its plans to expand internationally for the first time, with a two-day festival in Paris with headliner (and curator) Bon Iver.


The Paris Pitchfork event will run October 28-29 at La Grand Halle de la Villette in Paris's Parc de la Villette and will feature 20 bands and DJs, expecting to draw some 10,000 people. Other acts expected to perform so far include Justin Vernon, Jens Lekman, Wild Beasts, Cut Copy, Kathleen Edwards, and Pantha du Prince.

Bon Iver, an international chart-topping act thanks to the release of its new self-titled sophomore album, will headline the event on Saturday, October 29, as well as handpick bands to perform. Two-day passes, now on sale, run €79.90. Further details, including full lineups and schedules, will be revealed in the coming weeks.

Fleet Foxes, Animal Collective, and TV on the Radio are taking the main stage at this year's Chicago event, now in its sixth year. Other acts in the lineup include James Blake, Toro y Moi, Guided by Voices, Das Racist, Ariel Pink's Haunted Graffiti, Cut Copy, Deerhunter, Destroyer, and Yuck, among many others. Single-day tickets cost $45 (€32) and are available at Ticketweb.com.

Other international festivals catering to indie-lovers and eschewing corporate sponsorship include Barcelona's Primavera Sound (July 27-28) with Animal Collective, Joanna Newson, and Beach House. Also, the UK's All Tomorrow's Parties will host an event curated by Portishead in London's Alexandra Palace on July 23 and 24, with Portishead, PJ Harvey, Caribou, and a slew of other indie acts.

source:http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/chicagos-pitchfork-music-festival-heads-to-paris-2306924.html