Chicago Sun-Times

Kaskade, GRiZ, Zeds Dead among the lineup for North Coast Music Festival

- BY MIRIAM DI NUNZIO mdinunzio@suntimes.com @MiriamDiNu­nzio musicfesti­val.com.

One of the Chicago area’s most anticipate­d annual music festivals has announced its return, following last year’s pandemic postponeme­nt.

North Coast Music Festival 2021 — the electronic music, hiphop and house extravagan­za — is scheduled to take place Sept. 3-5 at SeatGeek Stadium in Bridgeview, it was announced Thursday, along with the lineup for the return to a three-day festival of music and art.

Also new this year: a fourth stage specifical­ly for artist-run record label takeovers.

Headliners include Kaskade and Louis the Child (Friday); GRiZ and Ganja White Night (Saturday); and Zeds Dead and Rezz (Sunday).

Three-day general admission and three-day VIP passes go on sale at 1 p.m. Friday via northcoast festival.com. Single-day tickets will go on sale at a later date.

Experienti­al/interactiv­e art installati­ons round out the festivitie­s for the Labor Day weekend event.

The festival will adhere to all state and local pandemic protocols in place at the time of the event. However, organizers also stated that full refunds will be issued (or your tickets can be held over to 2022) if the festival cannot take place as scheduled because of the pandemic.

“We’re thrilled for the various atmosphere­s the new stadium campus offers,” Thursday’s statement from festival organizers said. “The Main Stage will be inside the stadium, where fans can dance on the playing field or watch from the elevated grandstand­s. Another stage will be inside a massive air-conditione­d, well-ventilated, full-field soccer dome, with two more stages on the seven brand-new surroundin­g soccer turf fields.”

For more info, visit northcoast

 ?? GETTY IMAGES ?? North Coast headliner Kaskade performs during a drive-in concert on Oct. 31, 2020, in Anaheim, California.
GETTY IMAGES North Coast headliner Kaskade performs during a drive-in concert on Oct. 31, 2020, in Anaheim, California.

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