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We told you they were nearly gone. And we weren't lying. Nope, sure as Tim Harrington's got a penchant for tight underpants, two-day Saturday/Sunday passes for the 2008 Pitchfork Music Festival-- hitting Chicago's Union Park from July 18-20-- are now completely sold out.

Three-day passes are gone too, of course, which leaves just individual day passes for Friday, Saturday, and Sunday's festivities. Get those-- while still you can-- via Ticketweb for the perfectly reasonable price of $30 apiece. That's right, dozens of great bands and three once-in-a-lifetime album run-through experiences for, like, half the price of the cheapest Steely Dan ticket in town. People, you know what to do.

And while we've got you here, now would be a great time to take stock of some select festival-sanctioned gigs taking place between July 18-21 and featuring hot fest bands. While they're in the area, Boris, High Places, HEALTH, Boban Markovic, and a Jay Reatard/King Khan & His Shrines 1-2 punch will take to stages around Chicago for some evening rocking. So if some set-time overlap or a line at the veggie wrap booth at Union Park keeps you from witnessing Jay Reatard's kinetic fury, Boris' double-necked guitar assault, or High Places' warped playground jingles, Chicago's finest venues are giving you a second chance.

Here's a quick rundown:

07-18 HEALTH at The Hideout
07-19 High Places at Schubas
07-19 Jay Reatard, King Khan & His Shrines at Bottom Lounge
07-20 Boris at Empty Bottle
07-21 Boban Markovic at Martyrs'

Some of these folks are offering discounts to festivalgoers, so check the venue websites for details.

Those venues and more are also collaborating with the Pitchfork Music Festival and the Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs to bring you the previously reported free lunchtime series "Audible Architecture: Chicago Nightclubs at Noon", which kicks off this coming Monday, June 16.

That series takes place at Millennium Park's Jay Pritzker Pavilion, as does the P4KFest/Music Without Borders-presented Pitchfork Music Festival Preview Night on Thursday, June 17. The Future of Music Coalition-co-presented discussion of Public Enemy's It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back also takes place on June 17.

Everything you need to know can be found right after this thing.

Thursday, July 17:

3 p.m. It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back panel discussion at Claudia Cassidy Theatre, Chicago Cultural Center

6:30 p.m. Music Without Borders: Pitchfork Music Festival Preview Night at Jay Pritzker Pavilion, Millennium Park, featuring:

Fleet Foxes
Extra Golden
Boban Markovic
A Hawk and a Hacksaw

Pitchfork Music Festival 2008 at Union Park:

Friday, July 18:

Pitchfork Music Festival and All Tomorrow's Parties present "Don't Look Back"

Public Enemy performing It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back
Sebadoh performing Bubble and Scrape
Mission of Burma performing Vs.

Saturday, July 19:

Animal Collective
Jarvis Cocker
The Hold Steady
!!!
Vampire Weekend
Dizzee Rascal
Fleet Foxes
Caribou
Jay Reatard
Titus Andronicus
No Age
Atlas Sound
Extra Golden
Fuck Buttons
Elf Power
The Ruby Suns
Icy Demons
A Hawk and a Hacksaw
Boban i Marko Markovic Orkestar

Sunday, July 20:

Spoon
Dinosaur Jr.
Spiritualized
M. Ward
Ghostface and Raekwon
Les Savy Fav
The Apples in Stereo
Boris
Dirty Projectors
Times New Viking
Cut Copy
Bon Iver
The Dodos
Occidental Brothers Dance Band International
King Khan & His Shrines
El Guincho
HEALTH
High Places
Mahjongg

Audible Architecture: Chicago Nightclubs at Noon at Jay Pritzker Pavilion, Millennium Park:

06-16 Bird Names (presented by Bottom Lounge)
06-23 Gary Higgins (presented by The Abbey)
06-30 Killer Whales (presented by mP Productions)
07-07 Le Loup (presented by Schubas)
07-28 Bill Callahan (presented by JAM Productions)
08-04 Tortoise (presented by The Hideout)
08-11 TBA
08-18 The Ex with Getatchew Mekuria (presented by Empty Bottle)
08-25 Habib Koité & Bamada (presented by Martyrs')