The Pitchfork Music Festival is set to return to Paris from November 2 to November 8, offering a week of concerts and club events across 12 iconic venues. The festival will take place at locations such as the Trabendo, La Mécanique Ondulatoire, the Élysée Montmartre, the Badaboum, and other notable spots. It will showcase a wide range of musical styles, including trip-hop, hyperpop, electronic music, indie, alternative pop, and folk, with a particular emphasis on emerging and independent artists. The duo Headache, composed of producer Vegyn and poet Francis Hornsby Clark, will open the festival on the Élysée Montmartre stage on Wednesday, November 2. The electronic duo ear will perform their live set in France for the first time at the Trabendo on Tuesday, November 3. Their music blends minimal textures with drum and bass and post-punk influences. Other artists scheduled to perform include Iceage, Evanora Unlimited, and Curbside Lanbsear. In addition to the main festival, the Pitchfork Avant-Garde, the festival's avant-garde counterpart, will take place in the Bastille district. For its 15th edition, the Avant-Garde will feature 20 artists per night across seven venues. The quartet Robber Robber, led by singer and guitarist Nina Cates, will perform on the first night, while the Badaboum stage will host The Femcels, a London-based female duo, to close the Avant-Garde. Other artists scheduled for the Avant-Garde include Becky and the Birds, Lido Pimienta, Cowgirl Clue, Quiet Light, and Worldpeace DMT. The festival also includes club events, with three sets scheduled to close the three evenings of the weekend. The Badaboum will host a set by George Daniel and Oscar Farrell from the dh2 label, while American Nikki Nair and French Vitamine C will also perform. On Friday, November 6, the Trabendo will feature new wave rave artists such as Promis3, Zorza, Alexi Shell, and Aamourocean. On Saturday, November 7, the Trabendo will host house music performances, including b2b sets by Cinthie and DJ Fafi Abdel Nour, and Dylan Dylan and Mad Rey.