The annual Pitchfork Music Festival in Chicago has announced its first round of performers to grace the various stages at Union Park from July 20-22.
2018 is the lucky thirteenth year the festival has taken place, and this year will include sets bya diverse set of artists including, Tame Impala, Julien Baker, Japandroids, Raphael Saadiq, and more. The full list of early announcements is included below.
SPB hit the festival last year, covered in this wrap-up.
March 6 update: Wave 2 has announced. New additions included below and marked with "NEW" include The War on Drugs, Zola Jesus, and Courtney Barnett.
March 17 update: The full line-up is now posted below.
FRIDAY, JULY 20
Tame Impala
Courtney Barnett
Mount Kimbie
Big Thief
Earl Sweatshirt
Syd
Julien Baker
Saba
Open Mike Eagle
Julie Byrne
Joshua Abrams & Natural Information Society
Lucy Dacus
Melkbelly
The Curls
SATURDAY, JULY 21
Fleet Foxes
The War on Drugs
Blood Orange
Raphael Saadiq
This Is Not This Heat
Moses Sumney
Kelela
Girlpool
Kaitlyn Aurelia Smith
Circuit des Yeux
Nilüfer Yanya
Zola Jesus
berhana
Paul Cherry
SUNDAY, JULY 22
Ms. Lauryn Hill–The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill 20th Anniversary Performance
Chaka Khan
DRAM
Noname
Japandroids
(Sandy) Alex G
Alex Cameron
Smino
Japanese Breakfast
Kelly Lee Owens
Ravyn Lenae
Kweku Collins
Irreversible Entanglements
Nnamdi Ogbonnaya
