the festival guide - The Pygmalion Festival

MUSIC
In 1989, Champaign-Urbana lost the presence of Josh Gottheil when he passed away from
lymphoma at the age of 19. When he was just 16 years old, Josh began bringing to town touring
bands, such as The Flaming Lips, Big Black, and the Pixies, as a promoter for local venues like
Mabel’s, Trito’s Uptown, and the Channing-Murray Foundation. At a young age, Josh was becoming one of Champaign-Urbana’s greatest cultural ambassadors. He was at the center of a burgeoning local music scene that included established bands like the Didjits, The Outnumbered,
and The Elvis Brothers, and would eventually include the likes of Poster Children, HUM, The
Moon Seven Times, Braid, Menthol, and many more talented groups signed to big record labels.
By the time another of those local bands, American Football, one of the headliners of this year’s
Pygmalion Festival, released their critically acclaimed debut in 1999 on local upstart Polyvinyl
Records, the nationwide reputation of the Champaign-Urbana music scene had been firmly
secured. It is because of ambitious people like Josh, artists like American Football, record labels
like Polyvinyl, and fans like you that such a scene exists in Champaign-Urbana and that today, 25
years after Josh’s death, we are able to present the 10th edition of the Pygmalion Festival.
We genuinely feel as though this year we’ve knocked one out of the park with our line-up. Whether you are looking to catch one of the biggest artists on the festival circuit, CHVRCHES; dive into
the newest collection of songs from the heralded Real Estate; dance your ass off to XXYYXX;
throw yourself into the pit at Deafheaven; or listen intently to Sun Kil Moon in one of the most
acoustically perfect concert spaces in the world at Krannert Center, there are plenty of opportunities to remind yourself of why music matters so much in our daily lives.
Of course, we cannot create an exciting festival like this without a lot of help. In fact, it took more
than sixty sponsors to afford such a talented bill. Please thank our sponsors, either with your
words or with your patronage. Through their support, the Pygmalion Festival has become one of
the cultural cornerstones in our community—alongside events like Roger Ebert’s Film Festival,
the Illinois Marathon, and Krannert Center’s Ellnora: The Guitar Festival—that set Champaign-Urbana apart from the average Midwestern college town.
Hosting this festival in a small city allows us to offer concert-goers a unique experience that
can’t be had at most other festivals: from perfect sight lines to the short beer lines, Pygmalion
turns everything that you've come to expect from a festival on its head. We offer you the kind of
comfort, intimacy, and affordability that can only come from the scale of the surroundings. Under
this ideal setting, we can carefully curate a festival like no other.
Thank you for being a part of it.
— SETH FEIN: FESTIVAL FOUNDER AND CREATIVE DIRECTOR
The 2014 Pygmalion Festival is dedicated to the memory and honor of Josh Gottheil.
For more information, please visit joshsfund.org
LITERATURE
Champaign-Urbana is a literary town. With authors as influential as Iris Chang, Roger Ebert, and
David Foster Wallace hailing from C-U, and the University of Illinois attracting so many other
tremendous writers, this much is undeniable. As such, my partner, Jodee Stanley and I worked
very hard this year to bring together an exciting mix of local, university-affiliated and alumni
authors to read alongside a diverse cross-section of prominent writers from across the country. We’re particularly proud to present two McSweeney’s Voice of Witness authors in Audrey Petty
and Lannan Literary Fellow Peter Orner. Petty, who published The Highrise Stories this year, is a
former faculty member at Illinois who spent countless hours interviewing people who lived in
housing projects in Chicago helping them craft stories in a volume that has, during its short time
in publication, become required reading for those interested in its purview.We’re also pleased to
feature Matthew Gavin Frank, an Illinois graduate and author of the beautiful, oddly personal
book-length essay, Preparing the Ghost. Another notable alum, Ted Sanders, author of The Keepers, will read alongside NAACP Image Award finalist Jamaal May and Kundiman Fellow Tarfia
Faizullah on Friday evening at Krannert Center for the Performing Arts’ Stage 5.
Over the weekend, check out the Pygmalion Book Fair, held on Saturday afternoon at The Esquire
Lounge where you can meet the people behind groundbreaking and prestigious presses like
Hobart, Spork, POETRY, Curbside Splendor, The Pitchfork Review, Ninth Letter, and many others.
After that, join us on a Lit Crawl featuring small press-curated readings across downtown before
hitting Mike N Molly’s to see Timothy Denevi read with Jennifer Percy and Richard Siken, whose
Lambda Literary Award winning poetry collection, Crush, has proven to be one of the most influential collections of the past ten years. Later on, check out authors like Scott McClanahan, Alissa
Nutting, and Aaron Burch, who completed his MFA at Illinois and will read from his new collection, Backswing, alongside musician and author George Clarke of the band Deafheaven.
We’re honored to celebrate C-U’s literary culture with such amazing authors. We welcome you to
join us.
— CALEB CURTISS, FOUNDER, PYGMALION LITERARY FESTIVAL
MADE
The Made Fest was founded in 2013 based on a simple idea: design a handmade + vintage fest
for Champaign-Urbana that would really speak to the community's creative class, the college
youth, and the lively attendees of The Pygmalion Festival. In its first year, it was a great way for
our national sellers to connect with other artists, musicians, and authors along with the rich
culture of local shops and artisans. Most of all, we were wanting to inspire people to buy and
support independent and locally made goods, whether they are native to our community or to
another. With over 40 vendors lined up for this year’s festival, and taking place over the course of
two days, we are only too excited to share its growth with you during The Pygmalion Festival.
— JUSTINE BURSONI: CO-FOUNDER; THE MADE FEST
MUSIC
LITERATURE
MADE
SCHEDULE
THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 25
KRANNERT ART MUSEUM
500 E PEABODY, CHAMPAIGN
5:00 PM PETER ORNER
AUDREY PETTY
7:00 PM THE 92S
8:00 PM DIAMOND YOUTH
9:00 PM A GREAT BIG PILE OF LEAVES
KRANNERT CENTER FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS
500 S GOODWIN, URBANA
10:00 PM ELSINORE
11:00 PM REAL ESTATE
FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 26
KRANNERT CENTER FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS
500 S GOODWIN, URBANA
7:30 PM SUN KIL MOON
9:00 PM PANDA BEAR
10:30 PM TED SANDERS
TARFIA FAIZULLAH
JAMAAL MAY
RED HERRING
1209 W OREGON, URBANA
12:00 AM SINGLE PLAYER
1:00 AM SPEEDY ORTIZ
CANOPY CLUB
708 S GOODWIN, URBANA
6:00 PM AMY SAYRE BAPTISTA
ERIKA L. SÁNCHEZ
MATT FRANK
9:00 PM DANIEL & THE LION
10:00 PM BLUES CONTROL
11:00 PM EMA
12:00 AM FORREST BUMP
12:30 AM XXYYXX
SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 27
HIGHDIVE OUTDOOR STAGE 1
51 E MAIN, CHAMPAIGN
3:30 PM
5:00 PM
6:40 PM
8:20 PM
10:30 PM
WICKED WALLS
TWIN PEAKS
BISHOP ALLEN
TYCHO
CHVRCHES
EXILE ON MAIN STREET
100 N CHESTNUT, CHAMPAIGN
1:00 PM
2:00 PM
3:00 PM
4:00 PM
MAE & THE DARK DAYS
FERAL STATES
THE SUPERIOR STATE
ACKER
HIGHDIVE OUTDOOR STAGE 2
51 E MAIN, CHAMPAIGN
2:45 PM
4:10 PM
5:50 PM
7:30 PM
9:30 PM
MODERN KIN
PILLAR POINT
MINIATURE TIGERS
COMMON LOON
THE RANGE
ESQUIRE
106 N WALNUT, CHAMPAIGN
11:00 AM PYGMALION BOOK FAIR
4:00 PM LIT CRAWL
PANK
TINY HARDCORE
QUIDDITY
HIGHDIVE OUTDOOR ANNEX
HIGHDIVE INDOOR
MAIN AND MARKET, CHAMPAIGN
51 E MAIN, CHAMPAIGN
12:00 PM THE MADE FEST
10:00 PM DJ BELLY
12:00 AM OWEN DJ SET
12:30 AM CHVRCHES DJ SET
BRASS RAIL
15 E UNIVERSITY, CHAMPAIGN
4:00 PM LIT CRAWL
BOOTH
PRESSGANG
ROSE METAL
BLIND PIG
120 N WALNUT, CHAMPAIGN
5:00 PM LIT CRAWL
BARRELHOUSE
MIDWESTERN GOTHIC
SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 27
MIKE N MOLLY'S
MEMPHIS ON MAIN
4:00 PM TIMOTHY DENEVI
JENNIFER PERCY
RICHARD SIKEN
LIT CRAWL
5:00 PM HOBART
SHORT FLIGHT LONG DRIVE
CURBSIDE SPLENDOR
7:30 PM LONELYHEARTS
8:15 PM OWEN
9:30 PM RACHEL CANTOR
ALISSA NUTTING
TOM WILLIAMS
SCOTT MCCLANAHAN
12:00 AM EXIT VERSE
1:15 AM BOOKMOBILE!
11:30 PM ANDREW VORIS
DOOGIE HORNER
12:00 AM NICK THUNE
1:00 AM THE DIRTY FEATHERS
105 N MARKET, CHAMPAIGN
55 E MAIN, CHAMPAIGN
COWBOY MONKEY
6 E TAYLOR, CHAMPAIGN
11:00 PM THE CHEMICALS
12:00 AM JOSH BERWANGER BAND
1:15 AM WE THE ANIMALS
SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 28
HIGHDIVE OUTDOOR STAGE 1
51 E MAIN, CHAMPAIGN
3:10 PM
4:50 PM
6:45 PM
9:00 PM
WITHERSHINS
INTO IT. OVER IT.
DEAFHEAVEN
AMERICAN FOOTBALL
HIGHDIVE OUTDOOR STAGE 2
51 E MAIN, CHAMPAIGN
2:30 PM
4:00 PM
5:50 PM
7:45 PM
TWINSMITH
EX HEX
LITURGY
MASERATI
HIGHDIVE OUTDOOR ANNEX
HIGHDIVE INDOOR
MAIN AND MARKET, CHAMPAIGN
51 E MAIN, CHAMPAIGN
12:00 PM THE MADE FEST
10:15 PM RESINATER
11:15 PM KING DUDE
12:30 AM EARTH
SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 28
EXILE ON MAIN STREET
100 N CHESTNUT, CHAMPAIGN
1:30 PM AARON BURCH
GEORGE CLARKE
2:00 PM THE FIGHTS
2:30 PM LETITIA MOFFITT
ADAM PRINCE
CHARLOTTE PENCE
3:00 PM TIGERBEAT
4:00 PM MARATHON GUITARKESTRA
COWBOY MONKEY
6 E TAYLOR, CHAMPAIGN
10:30 PM CODY & THE GATEWAY DRUGS
11:45 PM THE SOIL AND THE SUN
1:00 AM BONES JUGS N HARMONY
MEMPHIS ON MAIN
MIKE N MOLLY'S
105 N MARKET, CHAMPAIGN
10:15 PM GARDENS & VILLA
55 E MAIN, CHAMPAIGN
10:15 PM MOTES
11:15 PM ALEX G
12:15 AM MUTUAL BENEFIT
The Pygmalion Festival schedule is also available at thepygmalionfestival.com/schedule
RULES TO CONSIDER AT THE PYGMALION FESTIVAL
01 All outdoor shows rain or shine
08 Don't use your cell phone inside Krannert Center, please
02 No refunds — no exceptions
09 Next year we are having a Tech Conference
03 No outside food/drink unless it's breast milk or formula
10 Call your parents; they miss you always
04 All bags subject to search
11 Remember that you have it better than most do in
05 No moshing, ferchrissakes
06 Don't act like an idiot
07 Get off your high horse, wouldya?
this world; be thankful
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MEMPHIS ON MAIN
LINCOLN AVE
GOODWIN AVE
UNIVERSITY AVE
51 E MAIN, CHAMPAIGN
EXILE ON MAIN STREET
100 N CHESTNUT, CHAMPAIGN
GREEN ST
MIKE N MOLLY'S
105 N MARKET, CHAMPAIGN
COWBOY MONKEY
WRIGHT ST
6TH ST
4TH ST
1ST ST
NEIL ST
OREGON AVE
6 E TAYLOR, CHAMPAIGN
EQUIRE LOUNGE
106 N WALNUT, CHAMPAIGN
NEVADA AVE
BLIND PIG
120 N WALNUT, CHAMPAIGN
PEABODY DR
BRASS RAIL
15 E UNIVERSITY, CHAMPAIGN
FLYING MACHINE COFFEE
COLUMBIA ST ROASTERY
2
COMMON GROUND FOOD CO-OP
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WPCD 88.7 — PARKLAND COLLEGE
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PICTOBOMB PHOTO BOOTH
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THE PITCHFORK REVIEW
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XXMEDIUM
SOPHIE MCMAHAN
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ENTERPRISES
BEARMOJO
AL DENTE
DESIGNS + CICI
CERAMICS
WULFKA
DENDRO, CO.
MEDITATIVE MANDALAS
BROAD STREET
JEWELRY
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PLANT
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THE LOUIE
COLLECTIVE
FRONT DOOR
FENG SHUI
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AXBOX CIGAR
BOX GUITARS
EASTFARMCO
DOODLEBOOTH +
HUNTER GATHERER
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JODI LYNN'S
EMPORIUM OF
DOODLES + ROCK
SALT VNTAGE
34
23
PRAIRIE EMPIRE
JEWELRY +
SIR CHAMBER
LIZA MICHELLE
JEWELRY
22
MERLIN'S BEARD
+ MILLER
WOODWORKS
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20
LETS BE FRIENDS +
BLACKDOGCIRCUS
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JEN JANSEN TINTYPES
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EMMALOOP
SAGE'S SIMPLE
SYRUPS +
A LITTLE TODAY
MARY WELLS
KFROET DESIGNS
+ POLAR ROOT
STUDIO
THE LIVING
LETTER PRESS
POPPY &
PINECONE
K & G CAFÉ
LUMBERING BEHEMOTH
CONSTRUCTION &
DESIGN
PANDAMONIUM
DOUGHNUTS
DESIGN
THANKS ARE DUE, IN SPADES
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