Pitchfork Music Festival Will Not Return To Chicago In 2025

Pitchfork Music Festival organizers announced the flagship event will not be held in Chicago next year. The announcement ends a 19-year run for the festival at Union Park in the publication’s hometown.

“As the music festival landscape continues to evolve rapidly, we have made the difficult decision not to host Pitchfork Music Festival in Chicago in 2025,” began a statement shared on the festival’s social media channels. “This decision was not made lightly. For 19 years, Pitchfork Music Festival has been a celebration of music, art, and community—a space where memories were made, voices were amplified, and the shared love of music brought us all together. The Festival, while aligned with the taste of the Pitchfork editorial team, has always been a collaborative effort, taking on a life of its own as a vital pillar of the Chicago arts scene,” continued the note.

Pitchfork Music Festival was first held at Union Park in 2006, one year after the publication curated the Intonation Music Festival at the same site. The event has returned to Union Park each year since except for 2020, which was canceled due to the pandemic.

While the note included the news Pitchfork will “produce events in 2025 and beyond,” no other details were shared. Condé Nast purchased Pitchfork in 2015. Major layoffs at the publication were announced this past January.

Read the full statement from Pitchfork Music Festival below: