Billed as “Summer’s Last Stand,” North Coast Music Festival took place in Union Park in Chicago, IL on Friday, September 4 through Sunday, September 6. During the first day on Friday, there were performances by Barragoon, Dirty Dozen Brass Band, Gold Panda, Joe Russo’s Almost Dead, Knife Party, Nahko and Medicine for the People, Quantic, RAC, Salva, Skizzy Mars, Slow Magic, The Glitch Mob, Wale, Widespread Panic, and more. Photographer Sarah Hess attended the first day and provided the images in this gallery.
