Four Chord Celebrates 10 Years of Music at Carrie Furnace

All-American Rejects headlines the festival, which has spread to two days.
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ALL-AMERICAN REJECTS WILL HEADLINE FOUR CHORD MUSIC FEST ON SUNDAY, JUNE 23 | PHOTO: SHUTTERSTOCK

It’s rare in Pittsburgh for a music festival to mark a 10-year anniversary.

But Four Chord Music Fest is doing just that, moving to the Carrie Furnace this year for a two-day event June 22 and 23. A Day to Remember will headline Saturday night’s show and All-American Rejects are on tap to close Sunday night.

Saturday’s lineup also includes The Story So Far, Sense Fail, State Champs, Four Year Strong, Microwave and Militarie Gun. Sunday’s lineup includes Something Corporate, Motion City Soundtrack, The Get Up Kids, Reliant K, Taylor Acorn, Hunny and Patent Pending.

“It’s the biggest lineup we’ve ever had,” says Adam Valen, director of marketing for Drusky Entertainment, who’s co-producing the festival with Four Chord Music. “It’s been an independently run, essentially DIY music festival for the last 10 years, and now it’s a two-day festival that highlights local and national artists.”

The first Four Chord festival took place at a nightclub in the Strip District with The Wonder Years headlining. Last year’s took place at Wild Things Park in Washington County.

“The last couple years it’s been outside of city limits mostly because it’s been difficult to find a venue that can hold this many people,” says Valen. “To really bring this back into the city, I think it’s such a monumental accomplishment for us to be able to have our 10-year anniversary back in Pittsburgh where it originated.”

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