Pitchfork Music Festival 2012

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Pitchfork Music Festival 2012
DatesJuly 13–15, 2012
Location(s) Union Park, Chicago, United States
Website pitchforkmusicfestival.com

The Pitchfork Music Festival 2012 was held on July 13 to 15, 2012 at the Union Park, Chicago, United States. [1] The festival was headlined by Feist, Godspeed You! Black Emperor and Vampire Weekend. [2]

Contents

Lineup

Headline performers are listed in boldface. Artists listed from latest to earliest set times. [3]

Green
Friday, July 13Saturday, July 14Sunday, July 15
Feist
Big K.R.I.T.
The Olivia Tremor Control
Godspeed You! Black Emperor
Sleigh Bells
Flying Lotus
Atlas Sound
The Psychic Paramount
Vampire Weekend
AraabMuzik
Real Estate
Iceage
Dirty Beaches
Red
Friday, July 13Saturday, July 14Sunday, July 15
Dirty Projectors
A$AP Rocky
Lower Dens
Hot Chip
Wild Flag
Cults
Cloud Nothings
Beach House
Chavez
Ty Segall
Unknown Mortal Orchestra
Blue
Friday, July 13Saturday, July 14Sunday, July 15
Purity Ring
Clams Casino
Japandroids
Tim Hecker
Willis Earl Beal
Outer Minds
Grimes
Danny Brown
Chromatics
Schoolboy Q
Nicolás Jaar
Youth Lagoon
Liturgy
Lotus Plaza
The Atlas Moth
The Field
King Krule
Oneohtrix Point Never
Kendrick Lamar
The Men
Thee Oh Sees
Milk Music
A Lull

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References

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