Pitchfork Paris 2018 Avant Garde Shows Announced: JPEGMafia, Hop Along, Trevor Powers, Madison McFerrin, the Courtneys, More

46 artists will perform at seven venues on the two nights preceding Pitchfork Music Festival Paris

Pitchfork is happy to announce the first half of the lineup for Avant-Garde, the two-day block party that precedes Pitchfork Music Festival Paris 2018. Pitchfork Avant-Garde 2018 takes place on October 30 and 31 at seven venues around the Bastille (the 11th arrondissement). There will be 46 artists performing Avant-Garde shows. Among them are: Weakened Friends, the Courtneys, Lauren Auder, Wicca Phase Springs Eternal, JPEGMAFIA, Stella Donnelly, Jimothy Lacoste, Hatchie, Madison McFerrin, Trevor Powers, Hop Along, and Anaïs. Check out the day-by-day breakdown below.

The venues participating in Avant-Garde include Café de la Danse, Badaboum, Mécanique Ondulatoire, La Loge, Café de la Presse, PopUp!, and Supersonic. Tickets are available for 15€ per day. Tickets for October 30 are available here and October 31 available here. For more information, visit the Pitchfork Music Festival Paris website.

Pitchfork Music Festival Paris takes place November 1-3 at La Grande Halle de La Villette. This year’s lineup features Mac DeMarco, Fever Ray, CHVRCHES, Bon Iver, DJ Koze, Etienne Daho, Blood Orange, Stephen Malkmus and the Jicks, Snail Mail, and more. Tickets are available here. RSVP to the Facebook event here!

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October 30:

Apollo Noir
Grand Pax
Hop Along
IDER
Jimothy Lacoste
JPEGMAFIA
Jockstrap
Kiran Kai
Lauren Auder
Stella Donnelly
The Courtneys
Weakened Friends
Wicca Phase Springs Eternal
More to come!

October 31:

Anaïs
Biig Piig Gold Star
Hatchie
Helena Deland
Honey Harper
Madison McFerrin
Mint Field
Naaz
Palm
SASAMI
Suzi Wu
Trevor Powers
More to come!

Check out the lineup for Pitchfork Music Festival Paris:

See the video.