Each summer, Chicago festivals offer iconic settings, and undeniable mainstream, alternative, and indie acts. But Midwest’s most fervent and insatiable music fans beg for a blend of the flavors offered at these fests, and at gatherings from Indio, California to Brooklyn, New York.Enter “Summers Last Stand,” the inaugural North Coast Music Festival, descending annually upon Union Park in Chicago, IL every Labor Day Weekend!
In 2010, the inaugural North Coast Music Festival took place September 3rd-5th. Chicago’s favorite independent producers and worthwhile charities welcomed the world’s electronic, house, jamband, indie, and hip-hop communities, amassing some 53,000 people, to Union Park for an unforgettable weekend.

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