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Pitchfork announced that its annual Chicago music festival would not return in 2025.
In a statement posted on social media and on its website, the music publication said it made the decision after assessing the rapidly evolving “music festival landscape.” It did not elaborate further.
“This decision was not made lightly,” Pitchfork wrote. “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 news comes after major changes at the publication this year. In January, the magazine’s parent company, Condé Nast, merged the publication with men’s magazine GQ, according to Variety. The merger resulted in layoffs.
Representatives for Pitchfork did not immediately respond to a request for additional comment on Monday.
Pitchfork Music Festival was founded in 2006 by the publication’s founder Ryan Schreiber, ex-Pitchfork staffer Chris Kaskie and festival producer Mike Reed.
The last Chicago festival was held in July in Union Park, and featured performances from artists such as Alanis Morissette, Jamie xx, Black Pumas and Carly Rae Jepsen.
In recent years, the event expanded to Paris, London and Mexico City. It is unclear if the music festival will move forward in the other cities, but Pitchfork said in its statement that it “will continue to produce events in 2025 and beyond.”
Pitchfork also thanked the artists, fans and event production company At Pluto for contributing to the festival over the years.
“We look forward to continuing to create spaces where music, culture, and community intersect in uplifting ways — and we hope to see you there,” the publication wrote.
