Pitchfork Music Festival 2015

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Pitchfork Music Festival 2015
DatesJuly 17–19, 2015
Location(s) Union Park, Chicago, United States
Website pitchforkmusicfestival.com

The Pitchfork Music Festival 2015 was held on July 17 to 19, 2015 at the Union Park, Chicago, United States. [1] The festival was headlined by Wilco, Sleater-Kinney and Chance the Rapper. [2]

Contents

Lineup

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

Green
Friday, July 17Saturday, July 18Sunday, July 19
Wilco
Panda Bear
iLoveMakonnen
Sleater-Kinney
The New Pornographers
Kurt Vile and the Violators
Future Brown
Jimmy Whispers
Chance the Rapper
Caribou
Courtney Barnett
Waxahatchee
Bitchin Bajas
Red
Friday, July 17Saturday, July 18Sunday, July 19
Chvrches
Mac DeMarco
Natalie Prass
Future Islands
Parquet Courts
Ex Hex
Protomartyr
Run the Jewels
Jamie xx
Madlib & Freddie Gibbs
Viet Cong
Blue
Friday, July 17Saturday, July 18Sunday, July 19
Ought
Iceage
Tobias Jesso Jr.
Steve Gunn
Jessica Pratt
Ryley Walker
Vic Mensa
Towkio [lower-alpha 1]
Shamir
ASAP Ferg
Ariel Pink
Vince Staples [lower-alpha 2]
Mr Twin Sister
Bully
Todd Terje & The Olsens
A. G. Cook
Clark
How to Dress Well
Perfume Genius
The Julie Ruin
Mourn
Single Mothers

Notes

  1. Sophie was set to perform but cancelled due to heavy rain. [4] Then, she was replaced by Towkio. [5]
  2. Vince Staples was set to perform but cancelled due to flight delay. [6]

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