It's summertime in Chicago, and that means it's festival season. Streets are already closing downtown for Taste of Chicago, which kicks off this Friday, but indie music fans are holding their breaths for the Pitchfork Music Festival, which has lined up dozens of the most exciting performers and groups on the music scene today.
Today, Pitchfork released the set times for the concerts, which start up in Union Park on the afternoon of Friday, July 16, and run throughout the weekend.
Unsurprisingly, the biggest names mostly come in at the end of the day: Broken Social Scene and Modest Mouse wrap things up on Friday, LCD Soundsystem is Saturday's closer and Sunday ends with the much-anticipated reunion of Pavement. But there are a few gems tucked into the daytime hours as well: Raekwon of Wu-Tang fame and The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion are performing Saturday afternoon, and the exciting Spanish-pop group Allá kicks things off on Sunday.
If you've already got your tickets, now's the time to start planning your schedule. If not, you're in a bit of a bind -- weekend passes are all sold out, as are tickets for Saturday and Sunday. Buy Friday passes here.
Below is the complete schedule:
Friday July 16
3:30 Sharon Van Etten (a)
4:00 The Tallest Man on Earth (c)
4:35 El-P (a)
5:30 Liars (c)
6:25 Robyn (a)
7:20 Broken Social Scene (c)
8:30 Modest Mouse (a)
Saturday July 17
1:00 Free Energy (a)
1:00 Netherfriends (b)
1:45 Real Estate (c)
1:55 Sonny & the Sunsets (b)
2:30 Delorean (a)
2:50 Kurt Vile (b)
3:20 Titus Andronicus (c)
3:45 Dâm-Funk (b)
4:15 Raekwon (a)
4:45 Smith Westerns (b)
5:15 The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion (c)
5:45 WHY? (b)
6:15 Wolf Parade (a)
6:45 Bear in Heaven (b)
7:25 Panda Bear (c)
7:40 Freddie Gibbs (b)
8:30 LCD Soundsystem (a)
Sunday July 18
1:00 Allá (a)
1:00 Cave (b)
1:45 Cass McCombs (c)
1:55 Best Coast (b)
2:30 Girls (a)
2:50 Washed Out (b)
3:20 Beach House (c)
3:45 Local Natives (b)
4:15 Lightning Bolt (a)
4:45 Surfer Blood (b)
5:15 St. Vincent (c)
5:45 Here We Go Magic (b)
6:15 Major Lazer (a)
6:45 Neon Indian (b)
7:25 Big Boi (c)
7:40 Sleigh Bells (b)
8:30 Pavement (a)