Pitchfork Music Festival 2009

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Pitchfork Music Festival 2009
DatesJuly 17–19, 2009
Location(s) Union Park, Chicago, United States
Website pitchforkmusicfestival.com

The Pitchfork Music Festival 2009 was held on July 17 to 19, 2009 at the Union Park, Chicago, United States. [1] [2]

Contents

In 2009, the festival initiated a program called Write the Night, which all of the performing bands on Friday night played sets consisting of songs voted for online by ticket-holders. [3]

Lineup

Artists listed from latest to earliest set times. [4]

Aluminum Stage
Friday, July 17Saturday, July 18Sunday, July 19
Built to Spill
Yo La Tengo
The National
DOOM
Final Fantasy
Fucked Up
Cymbals Eat Guitars
The Flaming Lips
M83
The Thermals
Blitzen Trapper
The Mae Shi
Connector Stage
Friday, July 17Saturday, July 18Sunday, July 19
The Jesus Lizard
Tortoise
Beirut
Yeasayer
The Pains of Being Pure at Heart
Plants and Animals
Grizzly Bear
The Walkmen
Pharoahe Monch
Frightened Rabbit
Balance Stage
Saturday, July 18Sunday, July 19
The Black Lips
Matt and Kim
Lindstrøm
Wavves
Ponytail
Bowerbirds
The Antlers
The Dutchess and the Duke
Disappears
The Very Best
Mew
Vivian Girls
Japandroids
DJ /rupture
Women
The Killer Whales
Dianogah
Michael Columbia

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References

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