Just as summer finally makes an appearance in Chicago, imagine fall in Paris. Crunchy leaves in every color falling swiftly upon wide boulevards, couples in berets strolling hand in hand along the Seine. In this dream landscape, Pitchfork just announced an offshoot of their annual Chicago concert series, Pitchfork Music Festival Paris.  None other than indie favorite Bon Iver is tasked with cultivating the set list for the second day of the fest.

It’s taking place at La Grande Halle de La Villette et Le Grand Parc de la Villette, a sweeping, modern concert complex surrounded a 55-hectare park in the Saint Denis area in the north of the city from October 28-29, 2011. Set in lush surroundings accompanied by a roster promising to be ahead of the curve, Pitchfork Paris should be a French delight.

If a trip Paris isn’t in the cards, enjoying Bon Iver’s eponymous release should be the perfect (and far cheaper) consolation prize. The current line up includes Jens Lekman, Wild Beasts, Kathleen Edwards, Cut Copy, and Pantha du Prince. Tickets are available at digitick.com.  Also, if you're interested in the continental Pitchfork Festival, click here to check out the line up. 

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