Bumbershoot 2011 lineup
After revealing a band a day in May, the full initial lineup has been announced for Bumbershoot 2011. The festival, which is taking place September 3-5 at Seattle Center in Seattle, WA, will be headlined by Ray LaMontagne & the Pariah Dogs (9/3), Wiz Khalifa (9/4), and Daryl Hall & John Oates (9/5). Hmm…
When the producers of Seattle’s annual Bumbershoot festival released the lineup for this year’s Labor Day weekend run, there was widespread disappointment among many music fans. The biggest complaint, no big names as in years past, like Bob Dylan or the Black Eyed Peas.
“There’s not a single band I want to see, and I haven’t heard of most them,” said Sarah Espinoza, a 19-year-old Penn State University student and intern at KIRO Radio.
But Bumbershoot Programming Director Chris Porter says that reaction is par for the course. “Every year it’s the same,” Porter says. “Half the people tell me it’s the best lineup ever, the other half tell me it’s the worst.”
It’s certainly not for lack of effort. Porter has been working tirelessly to put together a lineup that this year features over 120 bands on over a dozen different stages. He says the goal is to come up with a little something for everyone. [MYNorthwest]
The rest of this very diverse lineup includes Broken Social Scene, Butthole Surfers, Little Dragon, Eyehategod, Toro y Moi, Mavis Staples, Sharon Van Etten, Shabazz Palaces, and more. Tickets for the festival are on sale now.
More lineup announcements, including musical artists and Literary, Comedy, Visual Arts, Film, Dance, and Theater programming, will be made in the coming weeks. Check out the currently announced lineup below.
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Saturday 9/3
Ray LaMontagne & the Pariah Dogs
Minus the Bear
Mavis Staples
Little Dragon
Trombone Shorty & Orleans Avenue
STRFKR
Shabazz Palaces
Warpaint
Vusi Mahlasela
MarchFourth Marching Band
Eyehategod
Nortec Collective Presents: Bostich + Fussible
VŠsen
Champagne Champagne
Astronautalis
PS I Love You
Yuni in Taxco
Campfire Ok
Meklit Hadero
Craft Spells
Caleb Klauder Country Band
Valient Thorr
Jayme Stone: Room of Wonders
Pickwick
Red Fang
Scribes
Wagons
Shelby Earl
Free the Robots
Witchburn
Emancipator
Nice Nice
Kris Orlowski & The Passenger String Quartet
Tomten
Pezzner
LawnChair Generals
Natasha Kmeto
The Great Mundane
DJ Nordic Soul
Sunday 9/4
Wiz Khalifa
Broken Social Scene
Macklemore & Ryan Lewis
The Kills
Butthole Surfers
Carbon Leaf
Leon Russell
Toro y Moi
Anti-Flag
Das Racist
The Lonely Forest
Vetiver
Jessica Lea Mayfield
DŒM-FunK + Master Blazter
NoMeansNo
Atari Teenage Riot
Tennis
Thee Oh Sees
Mad Rad
The Jim Jones Revue
School of Seven Bells
Joe Pug and the Hundred Mile Band
Davila 666
AgesandAges
Wayne Horvitz Cafe Paloma Band
Kore Ionz
Sol
Whalebones
Allen Stone
Massy Ferguson
Tycho
Thomas MarriottÕs Human Spirit
Kaylee Cole
Com Truise
Lusine
HTRK
Gail Pettis Quartet
Kasey Anderson and The Honkies
Shigeto
The Sight Below
DJ Justin Timbreline
Monday 9/5
Daryl Hall & John Oates
The Presidents of the United States of America
The Reverend Horton Heat
Fitz and The Tantrums
Over the Rhine
Phantogram
Grant Lee Buffalo
Urge Overkill
Charles Bradley
Vendetta Red
Sharon Van Etten
Brite Futures
Dennis Coffey
Head Like a Kite
YACHT
Greensky Bluegrass
Quadron
Ian Moore & The Lossy Coils
Grand Hallway
You Am I
Sallie Ford & The Sound Outside
My Goodness
LAKE
Beat Connection
Purity Ring
Truckasauras
Ravenna Woods
Lemolo
SPLATINUM
Legendary Oaks
Mash Hall
The Horde and The Harem
Curtains For You
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WD4D
Ill Cosby
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