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Must-see artists at the 2025 Pitchfork Festival
Blood Orange at the Olympia, Erika de Casier at the Trianon, Panda Bear at the Élysée Montmartre… From November 3rd to 9th, some of the most iconic venues in the French capital will host the 14th edition of the Pitchfork Festival.
Blood Orange, Erika de Casier… Pitchfork Festival unveils the lineup
Since 2011, Pitchfork Music Festival Paris has been spotlighting the most cutting-edge international indie artists. While the early days of the American edition featured The Knife, Bon Iver, Nicolas Jaar, and Kendrick Lamar, the Parisian edition quickly carved out a reputation as a talent scout, featuring artists before they hit the cover of magazines. Think of Frank Ocean and Björk in 2013, Loyle Carner in 2017, or Yaeji in 2019.
The latest Paris editions had been less prestigious than their predecessors. After a slight slump, Pitchfork is now returning to its roots. From November 3rd to 9th, around fifteen concerts will be given across the Olympia, the Trianon, the Élysée Montmartre and the Trabendo.
Among the first names announced on April 1st is British composer Devonté Hynes, aka Blood Orange. The latter will kick off the festivities with a highly-anticipated show at the Olympia. Next up are Erika de Casier and Léa Sen at the Trianon, the duo Panda Bear + Panchiko at the Élysée Montmartre, as well as Momma, Du Blonde, and Ekko Astral at the Trabendo that same evening. On November 5th, A. G. Cook and underscores will take the stage to deliver their hybrid performances, while Indigo de Souza, Jay Som, and Marie Davidson will offer more intimate sets at the Trabendo on November 9th.
The must-see artists performing at the festival
First up is Annahstasia, a captivating American singer whose rapid rise recalls Tracy Chapman’s breakthrough. Her recent album Tether (2025) redefines contemporary folk, infusing it with soulful depth and rare elegance. Then there is Saya Gray, a Canadian artist of Japanese and Scottish descent, whose album Saya (2025) assembles fragments of jazz, groove, and introspection into a sonically free-form collage. It evokes the same search for balance found in the work of Hannah Jadagu. This young Texan bedroom pop prodigy is able to transform simple iPhone demos into soaring anthems of delicate beauty.
Meanwhile, Marie Davidson continues her electronic dissection of the everyday life. Her stripped-down techno and incisive voice deliver a sharp critique of digital capitalism. Finally, Léa Sen, a French artist based in London, offers with LEVELS an ethereal pop sound tinged with trip-hop. Five distinct worlds that, each in their own way, confirm the role of the Pitchfork Festival as a vital musical laboratory.
And what would the festival be without Pitchfork Avant-Garde? This circuit through six venues on the Right Bank is back from November 6th to 9th, with no fewer than 51 up-and-coming artists to discover. The Café de la Danse, Supersonic, POPUP!, and Badaboum will welcome a new wave of rising stars. Their names are to be unveiled very soon.
Pitchfork Festival Paris, from November 3rd to 9th at the Olympia, the Trianon, the Trabendo, the Élysée Montmartre, Badaboum, Café de la Danse, La Mécanique Ondulatoire, POPUP! and Supersonic in Paris.
