Taking to Instagram, Pitchfork announced on the 31^st May that British jazz quintet Ezra Collective will be opening the festival at the iconic Albert Hall on the 7^th November. Listen to their track with Loyle Carter “What Am I to Do?” below:

In addition, Japanese Ichiko Aboba and Cameroonian-American multi-instrumentalist Vagabon will now be supporting Weyes Blood for the closing show on the 13^th November at the Eventim Apollo.

Japanese pop band CHAI will also be performing at the renovated warehouse club Village Underground on the 10^th November. American poet and singer-songwriter Kara Jackson will be performing at Kings Place the following evening. Watch the video for CHAI’s song “Donuts Mind If I Do” below:

This year’s event will be run from the 7^th – 13^th November in various venues across the city including The Barbican, EartH, Hackney Church, KOKO, and The Roundhouse. In April, Pitchfork announced the first wave of artists performing at the festival including Crumb, Ryoji Ikeda, Porridge Radio, Sorry, Wednesday, MAVI & MIKE, Sleater-Kinney, U.S. Girls, Yaeji, yuné pinku, Youth Wagoon, and a headlining set from Weyes Blood closing the festival.

Tickets to the festival are sold individually for each event. For more information and to purchase tickets see here.

As well as in London, Pitchfork Music Festival will be hosted in Berlin and Paris this year. The Berlin edition of the festival will be held from the 1^st – 5^th November and take place in venues such as Zenner, Betonhalle at silent green, Kulturquartier, Astra Kulturhaus, and Festsaal Kreuzberg. The line-up includes sets from CHAI, Dudu Tassa and Jonny Greenwood, MAVI, MIKE, yunè pinku, Porridge Radio, and Annahstasia. For the complete line-up see the poster below.

Pitchfork Music Festival will then take place in Paris a day after the Berlin festival comes to a close and run from the 6^th – 12^th November. Held in venues such as Trabendo, Eglise Saint-Eustache, La Place, Petit Bain, the line-up will include Crumb, Dream Wife, Ichiko Aboba, Kara Jackson, Weyes Blood, and Youth Lagoon. For the complete line-up see the poster below.

This is the third year the Pitchfork Music Festival has been held in London. In previous years George Clanton, Injury Reserve, Faye Webster, Animal Collective, Courtney Barnett, Cate Le Bon, Stereolab, Black Midi, and Metronomy have played to audiences around London courtesy of the festival.

Standout acts on the line-up include Crumb, Ryoji Ikeda, Porridge Radio, Sorry, Wednesday, MAVI & MIKE, Sleater-Kinney, U.S. Girls, Yaeji, yuné pinku, Youth Wagoon, and a headlining set from Weyes Blood closing the festival. For a full list of artists see the poster below:

So far it has been announced that the experimental Japanese sound artist Ryoji Ikeda will be performing at The Barbican on the 8^th November. The Brooklyn-based psychedelic band Crumb will be playing Hackney Church on the 9^th November. On the same evening, the American rappers MAVI & MIKE will be teaming up to headline Earth Hall.

Riot Grrl heroes Sleater-Kinney will be joined by U.S. Girls to play the Roundhouse on the 10^th November. Alabaster DePlume will be playing Koko whilst Dudu Tassa pairs up with Jonny Greenwood at Hackney Church on the 10^th November.

On the 11^th November, the festival will take over multiple venues around Dalston. Artists involved include Porridge Radio, Sorry, Wednesday, Just Mustard, and many more. Meanwhile, electronic house artist Yaeji will be joined by Jessy Lanza, yuné pinku, Debby Friday, and blackwinterwells at the Roundhouse.

Idaho dream pop artist Youth Lagoon is set to play the Earth Theatre on the 12^th November. Closing the festival on the 13^th November will be the whimsical baroque pop artist Weyes Blood at Eventim Apollo.

Tickets for the Yaeji and Weyes Blood events are on sale now. All other events go on sale this Friday 28^th April at 10 a.m. Click here for tickets and for a complete list of artists and venues.

This will be the third year the festival has been held in London. Last year acts such as George Clanton, Injury Reserve, Faye Webster, Animal Collective, Courtney Barnett, and Cate Le Bon played to audiences around London as part of the festival.

The Pitchfork Music Festival will also be held in Paris and Berlin this year. Though the lineup has yet to be announced it’s confirmed that Weyes Blood will be headlining both festivals.

The London festival is a spin-off of Pitchfork’s Summer Music Festival which has been held annually in Chicago since 2005. This year the festival will be held from 21^st – 23^rd July with acts such as The Smile, Alvvays, Perfume Genius, Big Thief, Weyes Blood, King Krule, Bon Iver, Kelela, and JPEGMAFIA gracing the stage at Union Park.