This morning Pitchfork announced the aftershow lineup for its Chicago music festival in July. There will be one prefestival performance on Thursday, July 19, and during the festival (it runs Friday, July 20, through Sunday, July 22, in Union Park) aftershows will take place at venues scattered across the city. Headliners include Japanese Breakfast, Girlpool, Kweku Collins, the Curls, Open Mike Eagle, and Zola Jesus.
Here’s the full lineup, with links to Reader coverage where appropriate:
Thursday, July 19
Circuit des Yeux at the Empty Bottle
Friday, July 20
Girlpool, J Fernandez at Subterranean
Open Mike Eagle, Fess Grandiose at Lincoln Hall
The Curls, Wei Zhongle, Deeper at the Hideout
Zola Jesus, Fee Lion, Wingtips at the Empty Bottle
Saturday, July 21
Japanese Breakfast, Varsity, Mothers at Thalia Hall
Kweku Collins, Ajani Jones, Loona Dae at Schubas
Melkbelly, Nnamdi Ogbonnaya at Subterranean
Sunday, July 22
Kaitlyn Aurelia Smith, Cool Maritime at Constellation
Paul Cherry, Bunny, Slow Pulp at Schubas