Reader’s Choice Pitchfork Music Festival

While it’s easy to bitch about its, uh, Pitchforkiness—each year’s lineup is like a snapshot of indie rock trends—the Pitchfork Music Festival is undoubtedly best single-site music festival in town. The tickets are affordable, the environment is miles from the kaleidoscopic “alternative” stampede of Lollapalooza, and the bookers always deliver at least a couple excellent left-field entries. And the fest’s recent partnering with the All Tomorrow’s Parties Don’t Look Back series has added a little historical weight to the proceedings. Fri-Sun 7/18-7/20, Union Park, Randolph and Ogden, $30 per day, $50 for a two-day pass, three-day passes were sold out at press time, pitchforkmusicfestival.com, ticketweb.com or 866-468-3401. —Miles Raymer

Readers’ Choice Pitchfork Music Festival

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