Today Bumbershoot announced a preliminary list of confirmed acts for the Music and Arts Festival, to be held as always at the Seattle Center. Worth going just to watch the skinny-black jeaned hipsters and the skinny-black jeaned mall punks rub elbows! Just a short list of artists to go on, but Bumbershoot’s committed to bringing all walks of fan together, booking The Shins for the indie set, Wu-Tang and Lupe for the hip hop kids, Panic! for the eyeliner emo lovers, Crowded House for the reunion junkies, and Gogol Bordello for Eastern European Gypsy punk aficionados. Here’s what the fest has disclosed so far:
The Shins
Wu-Tang Clan
Panic! At The Disco
Crowded House
Lupe Fiasco
Steve Earle
DeVotchKa
Devendra Banhart
Gogol Bordello
Kill Hannah
Norma Jean
Plain White T’s
The Gourds
Lyrics Born
Roky Erickson & The Explosives
The Holmes Brothers
The Avett Brothers
Yungchen Lhamo
Allison Moorer
Magnolia Electric Company
The Aggrolites
The festival goes from September 1-3, and more acts will be announced come summer. Get your tickets here.
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Y.E.S. Let’s hear it for the mothafuckin’ Wu Tang Clan!
There is no effing way Wu-Tang is gonna show up. It’ll be like Cappadonna, maybe U-God, and like four hypemen. And a hipster riot will break out.
jeez, that lineup is embarassing.
I know it’ll probably be like half of the members, but still, I’m psyched about the prospect of possibly seeing Wu Tang!
And Annie, this actually isn’t that bad… You have to keep in mind that it’s not a standard two or three stage festival… Bumbershoot usually has more like 10+ stages with all types of music. While it may not be as solid as most radio station-y festivals in terms of line up it makes up with the with variety and non music things to do (i.e. lots of good eats, stands, art, etc)
If you end up going to Bumpershoot, make sure to see the Avett Bros. Their live shows kick major ass. The record is awesome too. The record hit #1 on the Billboard Heatseekers Chart, #134 on the Billboard Top 200 and #13 on the Billboard Indie Chart.