- The Sea and the Cake (12/31)
- The Chandeliers (opener) (12/31)
- My Morning Jacket (12/27)
- Fujiya & Myagi (2nd x)(10/25)
- Catie Curtis (10/4)
- Ruthie Foster (opener) (10/4)
- Liam Finn (& Eliza Jane) (10/2)
- The Veils (opener) (10/2)
- Johnny Flynn and the Sussex Wit (9/20)
- Laura Marling (9/20)
- Mumford and Sons (9/20)
- We/Or/Me (9/20)
- Band of Horses (Monolith)(9/14)
- The Kills (2nd x)(Monolith)(9/14)
- The Avett Brothers (Monolith)(9/14)
- Vampire Weekend (Monolith)(9/13)
- The Fratellis (2nd x)(Monolith)(9/13)
- Cut Copy (Monolith)(9/13)
- Sam Phillips (9/6)
- Great Lake Swimmers (8/22)
- She & Him (8/5)
- The Raconteurs (lollapalooza) (3rd x) (8/1)
- Cat Power (lollapalooza) (2nd x) (8/1)
- Black Keys (lollapalooza) (8/1)
- The Kills (lollapalooza) (8/1)
- Rogue Wave (lollapalooza) (3rd x) (8/1)
- Earlimart (7/26)
- The Office (surprise openers billed as “Peter & the Rabbits”) (7/26)
- Spoon (Pitchfork) (2nd x) (7/20)
- Bon Iver (Pitchfork) (3rd x) (7/20)
- Occidental Brothers Dance Band International (Pitchfork) (7/20)
- Ghostface Killah & Raekwon (Pitchfork) (7/20)
- The Apples in Stereo (Pitchfork) (7/20)
- Boris (Pitchfork) (7/20)
- The Dirty Projectors (Pitchfork) (7/20)
- Jarvis Cocker (Pitchfork) (7/19)
- The Hold Steady (Pitchfork) (4th? 5th? x) (7/19)
- Dizzee Rascal (Pitchfork) (7/19)
- Fleet Foxes (Pitchfork) (7/19)
- Caribou (Pitchfork) (7/19)
- A Hawk and a Hacksaw (Pitchfork) (7/19)
- Lyle Lovett and His Large Band (Ravinia) (4th x) (7/11)
- Feist (Ravinia) (7/10)
- Mike Doughty (Taste of Randolph) (4th x) (6/20)
- Robert Plant / Alison Krauss (Ravinia) (6/18)
- Peter Mulvey (Old Town art fair) (4th x) (6/14)
- Nada Surf (Ribfest) (6/8)
- Sea Wolf (6/5)
- The Long Blondes (5/24)
- Crowded House (5/10)
- Rogue Wave (2nd x) (4/19)
- Girlyman (4/13)
- Meg Hutchinson (opener) (4/13)
- Bon Iver (2nd x)(4/10)
- The Raveonettes (3/18)
- Matt Nathanson (!!!) (3/17)
- Dan le Sac vs. Scroobius Pip (3/12)
- Carrie Newcomer (3/9)
- The Spares (opener) (3/9)
- Peter Mulvey (3rd x) (3/8)
- Doug Hoekstra (opener) (3/8)
- Griffin House (2nd x) (3/1)
- Sons of William (opener) (3/1)
- Kin (opener) (3/1)
- James Blunt (2/22)
- Sara Bareilles (opener) (2/22)
- Jason Isbell (2/8)
- Joe Henry (2/2)
- Chris Connelly (opener) (2/2)
- Bon Iver (1/18)