North Coast Music Festival: Grace Potter channels Grace Slick, Phantogram is downright eerie, and Maps and Atlases become the compass of a great weekend

September 3-5, 2010, in Chicago's Union Park

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By Mary Schmitt

PHOTOS: Karen Elson in Chicago

By Mary Schmitt

PHOTOS: Karen Elson in Chicago

By Mary Schmitt

PHOTOS: Karen Elson in Chicago

By Mary Schmitt

PHOTOS: Karen Elson in Chicago

By Mary Schmitt

PHOTOS: Karen Elson in Chicago

By Mary Schmitt

PHOTOS: Karen Elson in Chicago

By Mary Schmitt

PHOTOS: Sarah Jaffe in Chicago

By Mary Schmitt

PHOTOS: Sarah Jaffe in Chicago

By Mary Schmitt

PHOTOS: Sarah Jaffe in Chicago

By Mary Schmitt

PHOTOS: Sarah Jaffe in Chicago

By Mary Schmitt

PHOTOS: Sarah Jaffe in Chicago

By Mary Schmitt

PHOTOS: Sarah Jaffe in Chicago

By Mary Schmitt

North Coast Music Festival: Grace Potter channels Grace Slick, Phantogram is downright eerie, and Maps and Atlases become the compass of a great weekend

Grace Potter and the Nocturnals

By Mary Schmitt

North Coast Music Festival: Grace Potter channels Grace Slick, Phantogram is downright eerie, and Maps and Atlases become the compass of a great weekend

The Chemical Brothers

By Mary Schmitt

North Coast Music Festival: Grace Potter channels Grace Slick, Phantogram is downright eerie, and Maps and Atlases become the compass of a great weekend

Grace Potter and the Nocturnals

By Mary Schmitt

North Coast Music Festival: Grace Potter channels Grace Slick, Phantogram is downright eerie, and Maps and Atlases become the compass of a great weekend

Grace Potter and the Nocturnals

By Mary Schmitt

North Coast Music Festival: Grace Potter channels Grace Slick, Phantogram is downright eerie, and Maps and Atlases become the compass of a great weekend

The New Deal

By Mary Schmitt

North Coast Music Festival: Grace Potter channels Grace Slick, Phantogram is downright eerie, and Maps and Atlases become the compass of a great weekend

Jay Electronica

By Mary Schmitt

North Coast Music Festival: Grace Potter channels Grace Slick, Phantogram is downright eerie, and Maps and Atlases become the compass of a great weekend

Jay Electronica

By Mary Schmitt

North Coast Music Festival: Grace Potter channels Grace Slick, Phantogram is downright eerie, and Maps and Atlases become the compass of a great weekend

Umphrey's McGee

By Mary Schmitt

North Coast Music Festival: Grace Potter channels Grace Slick, Phantogram is downright eerie, and Maps and Atlases become the compass of a great weekend

Moby

By Mary Schmitt

North Coast Music Festival: Grace Potter channels Grace Slick, Phantogram is downright eerie, and Maps and Atlases become the compass of a great weekend

Family Groove Company

By Mary Schmitt

North Coast Music Festival: Grace Potter channels Grace Slick, Phantogram is downright eerie, and Maps and Atlases become the compass of a great weekend

Family Groove Company

By Mary Schmitt

North Coast Music Festival: Grace Potter channels Grace Slick, Phantogram is downright eerie, and Maps and Atlases become the compass of a great weekend

Loyal Divide

By Mary Schmitt

North Coast Music Festival: Grace Potter channels Grace Slick, Phantogram is downright eerie, and Maps and Atlases become the compass of a great weekend

Loyal Divide

By Mary Schmitt

North Coast Music Festival: Grace Potter channels Grace Slick, Phantogram is downright eerie, and Maps and Atlases become the compass of a great weekend

Phantogram

By Mary Schmitt

North Coast Music Festival: Grace Potter channels Grace Slick, Phantogram is downright eerie, and Maps and Atlases become the compass of a great weekend

Phantogram

By Mary Schmitt

North Coast Music Festival: Grace Potter channels Grace Slick, Phantogram is downright eerie, and Maps and Atlases become the compass of a great weekend

Hey Champ

By Mary Schmitt

North Coast Music Festival: Grace Potter channels Grace Slick, Phantogram is downright eerie, and Maps and Atlases become the compass of a great weekend

Hey Champ

By Mary Schmitt

North Coast Music Festival: Grace Potter channels Grace Slick, Phantogram is downright eerie, and Maps and Atlases become the compass of a great weekend

Maps & Atlases

By Mary Schmitt

North Coast Music Festival: Grace Potter channels Grace Slick, Phantogram is downright eerie, and Maps and Atlases become the compass of a great weekend

Maps & Atlases

By Mary Schmitt

North Coast Music Festival: Grace Potter channels Grace Slick, Phantogram is downright eerie, and Maps and Atlases become the compass of a great weekend

Mayer Hawthorne & the County

By Mary Schmitt

North Coast Music Festival: Grace Potter channels Grace Slick, Phantogram is downright eerie, and Maps and Atlases become the compass of a great weekend

Mayer Hawthorne & the County

By Mary Schmitt

North Coast Music Festival: Grace Potter channels Grace Slick, Phantogram is downright eerie, and Maps and Atlases become the compass of a great weekend

Mayer Hawthorne & the County

By Mary Schmitt

Margaret Cho talks poop and pot in Chicago

By Mary Schmitt

Margaret Cho talks poop and pot in Chicago

By Mary Schmitt

Margaret Cho talks poop and pot in Chicago

By Mary Schmitt

Margaret Cho talks poop and pot in Chicago

By Mary Schmitt

Margaret Cho talks poop and pot in Chicago

By Mary Schmitt

Margaret Cho talks poop and pot in Chicago

By Mary Schmitt

Margaret Cho talks poop and pot in Chicago

By Mary Schmitt

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