Will I make my bus after Os Mutantes in Chicago?

July 21, 2006 11:50 PM

I need logistical information on the set Os Mutantes have been playing for their current reunion tour. Will I be able to make it to my Megabus at Union Station by 11 PM to make it home?

I will be attending Pitchfork Music Festival in Chicago just to see them. I then have reservations to catch the Megabus leaving from Union Station at 11 PM back to Minneapolis so I can pack up and move the following day. Their set is scheduled to start at 9:10 PM. According to one website, this is their setlist for their tour:

Dom Quixote
Caminhante Noturno
Ave Gengis Khan
Technicolor
Virginia
Cantor De Mambo
El Justiciero
Baby
Top Top
Desculpe Babe
Dia 36
Fuga Nº II
Le Premier Bonheur Du Jour
2001
Ave Lucifer
Balada Do Louco
Ando Meio Desligado
Cabeludo Patriota
Minha Menina
Bat Macumba
Panis Et Circencis

Anyone london or NY mefites who have gone to their shows please tell me all the logistical information you have. (Also, if nobody has been to those shows, anyone going to the Denver, SF, LA, or Seattle shows before Chicago, please come back to this post when it's done with. I'll be checking). Looking at those songs on my computer, they seem to mostly be under 4 minutes, not that that tells me much. If they stretch them out during the live shows to an average of 4 minutes including any interludes, that'd make the set about 90 minutes. Is that about how long the london and NY shows have been? Also, have they played any encores? Has anyone been to Pitchfork in the past? If so, do they keep pretty close to the itinerary? If the set is 90 minutes, it would end at 10:40 giving me barely enough time to make my bus, even if I wait right by the exit for the last song to end. Can I expect the set to go any longer? I may need to make alternate travel arrangements then.

Please give me all the info you have. I do not want to miss out on this probably once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, nor do I want to miss my bus and scramble to make it back home, late nonetheless, and have to bust my ass to move out on time.

(Also, anyone who's seen one of the shows, how are they, by the way?)

posted by gauchodaspampas to media & arts (12 comments total)

Os Mutantes on tour?

Holy shit! Any N.A. dates?
posted by sourwookie at 12:17 AM on July 22, 2006

I can't tell you anything specific to your situation but if my experience is any guide, it is unlikely that at a day-long festival the 9 pm band will start at the scheduled time.

On the other hand, the festival's web site indicates that the show is over at 10 pm.
posted by winston at 12:35 AM on July 22, 2006

no help here, but i'll be there too... and we probably won't be the only ones - we should have a mefite meetup at the pitchfork fest!
posted by ab3 at 12:39 AM on July 22, 2006

Way to misread the post, sourwookie.
posted by sourwookie at 7:44 AM on July 22, 2006

At the Pitchfork show last year, the festival was pretty strict about timing of bands and everything did end on time. I can't guarantee that everything ends at 10 pm, but it did last year.

Union Park, where the concert is located, is right on the Green Line Ashland stop a very short train ride to the area around Union Station. However, calling a cab from Union Park to Union Station would be a couple bucks and save some major hassle if the trains are late or incredily crowded (which they will be at the end of these shows).

Hope this helps, see you there.
posted by rabbitsnake at 8:07 AM on July 22, 2006

It's going to be a close call: according to the CTA, both the green and pink lines will be running every fifteen minutes. You're better off taking the pink since it goes around the loop and takes you closer to union station, but you still have to walk a few blocks from the Quincy/Wells stop. So I'd plan on leaving the festival around 10:20 to make sure you don't miss the bus home.

If it's any consolation, I might have to leave at 10:00 so I can catch the last train to the south side. After Intonation last month, I took the red line all the way down to the 95th/Dan Ryan station only to discover that most busses stop running much earlier than they did when I was living in Chicago nine years ago.
posted by Eamon at 8:11 AM on July 22, 2006

I'm seeing them in LA tomorrow; I'll let you know how long they go...
posted by mr_roboto at 11:19 AM on July 22, 2006

35 minutes. Bah. It was kind of a letdown.
posted by mr_roboto at 11:19 AM on July 24, 2006

Whoa, exactly 48 hours... did you do that on purpose?
posted by Eamon at 1:08 PM on July 24, 2006

Nope; I hadn't even noticed.
posted by mr_roboto at 5:09 PM on July 24, 2006

Thanks for the answers so far.

35 minutes is definitely a letdown. I hope they play longer than that at pitchfork (but not too long, of course). Don't want to miss some of the show or my bus.

I just took the bus to chicago today. Spending a few extra days here. It definitely left a bit after it was scheduled to. If anyone else is still watching this thread and has ridden megabus, did yours leave after it was scheduled to? Maybe they leave shome cushion room for latecomers?
posted by gauchodaspampas at 6:35 PM on July 25, 2006

How did you like the show?
posted by Eamon at 8:25 AM on August 1, 2006