The excitement is building as the third annual North Coast Music Festival is set to knock Chicago off its feet once again this upcoming Labor Day weekend.  North Coast is the summer music festival put on by React Presents, Silver Wrapper, Cold Grums Productions, Kingtello and Metronome Chicago, bringing in well-known DJs including Steve Angello, Pretty Lights, Knife Party, Alesso, and more this year.

The fest will open Friday, August 31^st, 2012 at 3pm and conclude on Sunday, September 2^nd, 2012 at 10pm at Union Park (1501 W. Randolph St.) in Chicago.  Just a few short days ago, the official daily lineup was announced:

Friday, August 31, 2012

STS9 | Axwell | Knife Party | Paul Oakenfold | EOTO | Yelawolf | Mord Fustang | Midnight Conspiracy | King Khan & the Shrines | Papadosio | Two Fresh | Minnesota | Zion I | Auto Body | AbdeCaf | Team Bayside High | Gentlemen Hall | Paul Universe | Buhay | Milk N Cookies

Saturday, September 1, 2012

Girl Talk | Umphrey’s McGee | Atmosphere | Excision | Alesso | The Rapture | Tommy Trash | Felix da Housecat | Future Rock | Beats Antique | YACHT | Dan Deacon | Gramatik | NiT GriT | People Under the Stairs | Mr. MFN eXquire | Zebo | Thibault | Family Groove Company | Strange Arrangement | LoBounce | NORdjs | Kid Color | ProbCause | Jamie Lono

Sunday, September 2, 2012

Pretty Lights | Steve Angello | Steve Aoki|  Big Boi | Digitalism | Chuckie | Modestep | Rebirth Brass Band | BoomBox | Digital Tape Machine | Maya Jane Coles | Thundercat | Savoy | Van Ghost | Com Truise | Wyllys & The NY Hustler Ensemble | Stratus | Mario Florek | DJ SOLO | Orville Kline | Mathien | Arts of Life Band

To prepare you for this year’s fest, the Sights and Sounds will be guiding you through all the artists to hit the North Coast stages through a series of feature posts.  Expect to learn a little more about your favorite DJs, fall in love with an unfamiliar artist or two, and melt your face off to our favorite picks of each of the artists.  Be sure to check back frequently for new artists and festival updates!

And if you happened to miss the craziness last year, check out last year’s video recap below:
 

North Coast Music Festival 2011 – A Summary from North Coast Music Festival on Vimeo.

Tickets are currently on sale in a variety of forms: single day tickets, weekend passes, and VIP passes.  To purchase tickets click one of the below links to go straight to the clubtix.com site to grab yours before they sell out:

• 3 Day Pass ($110 – $350 VIP)
• Friday Single Day Ticket ($45)
• Saturday Single Day Ticket ($45)
• Sunday Single Day Ticket ($45)

For more festival information, visit the following official North Coast Music festival pages:

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