From October 29th to 31st, the Pitchfork Festival will bring together the best artists of the moment (Black Emperor, Beach House, Ratatat, and Rhye) at the Grande Halle de la Villette in Paris.

On the agenda: 3 days of concerts, as well as entertainment and relaxation in the various dedicated areas.

Once again this year, Visa will equip all festival points of sale with contactless payment terminals, so festival-goers won’t waste time between 2 concerts.

How it works: People equipped with a contactless Visa card will benefit from priority queues in various areas (cloakrooms, catering areas, bars) as well as a Pitchfork Photobooth souvenir photo, and will be able to make their payments in less than a second.

And if you’re wondering what contactless payment is, know that in France over the last 12 months, more than 100 million contactless transactions have been made for more than one billion euros (yes, actually, I didn’t know that either…).

You can now even pay with a contactless card on some Grenoble buses for a few weeks now!

The festival tip: an opening night on October 27th with an itinerant route from 7:00 PM to midnight, featuring 10 talents split between the Café de la Danse, La Mécanique Ondulatoire, and the Badaboum, with a single ticket for the whole evening!

Pitchfork Festival
October 29, 30, and 31, 2015

Grande Halle de la Villette
211, avenue Jean Jaurès 75019 Paris

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Express GIVEAWAY:

For this occasion, Visa is partnering with the blog to give away 1×2 invitations to one of my readers for the festival on October 31st, featuring a live performance by Laurent Garnier! Everything is almost sold out, so if that’s not a great tip, I don’t know what is…

To participate, simply leave a comment below this article telling me why you want to go to this festival.

A random draw among the answers to this question will determine the winner of the 2 invitations. Good luck to everyone!

Rules:

– Giveaway limited to Metropolitan France

– + 1 chance if you are a fan of the blog’s Facebook page; + 1 chance if you follow the blog’s Twitter page; + 1 chance if you follow the blog’s Hellocoton page; + 1 chance if you follow the blog’s Instagram page; + 1 chance for every share of the article (don’t forget to leave your usernames in your comment if you want to benefit from extra chance(s))

– 1 entry per IP address

– Transportation to the festival location is not included in the prize

– Giveaway start date: Tuesday, October 27, 2015 – participation deadline: Thursday, October 29, 2015, with results announced the following day on the blog in an edit of this article

EDIT of October 30, 2015:

Following the draw, I am happy to announce that the winner of the invitations for the Pitchfork Festival Paris is Romain.

Congratulations to you, I will contact you via email shortly so you can provide your contact details. Thank you all for your participation and for your enthusiasm for this festival!