abstract:The Pitchfork Music Festival is an annual summer music festival organized by Pitchfork Media and held in Union Park in Chicago, IL. The festival, which is normally held over three days (Friday, Saturday, and Sunday) in July, focuses primarily on artists and bands from alternative rock, rap & hip-hop, electronica, and dance music, although it has also included acts from hardcore punk, experimental/avant-garde rock and jazz in its lineups.
The 13-event festival, which runs from 13 to 24 February, is organised by Super, a Parisian creative agency that represents more than 150 artists (including international music stars Bon Iver and the XX), organises more than 800 concerts a year around France and co-organises the annual Paris outpost of the three-day indie PitchforkMusicfestival, which originated in Chicago and takes place at concert venue La Villette in the north of Paris.