Today marks the opening of Bumbershoot and it’s my favorite festival of the year (sorry Sasquatch!).
As with every Bumbershoot, there’s tons to do and it’s going to be a crazy busy weekend of live music and here’s what I hope to catch during the festival’s three-day run. Of course this plan involves seeing very few full sets and hopping from stage to stage pretty rapidly so there’s a good chance I won’t get to see it all, but it’s what I hope to accomplish in theory. I’ve pegged 33 music acts and five comedy sets. I figure if I see half of what’s on my schedule then it will have been a good weekend.
The * in my schedule indicates a KEXP Music Lounge set. I highly recommend checking out one of these sets if you have the chance. It’s a great setting and they always provide excellent performances. Here’s the Music Lounge schedule.
One thing I didn’t factor into my schedule is the Toyota Free Yr Radio stage, which offers up quick, 20-minute sets from Bumbershoot acts all weekend. I pasted the schedule for that stage below since it isn’t on Bumbershoot’s website, but it is a pretty neat distraction and can provide a quick and dirty way to see an act up close and personal.
Saturday
12:15 TacocaT
1:15 King Khan and the Shrines*
1:45 Missy Higgins
3:15 Gotye
4:15 Doug Loves Movies (comedy)
5:15 THEE Satisfaction
6:00 The Heavy
7:00 Oberhofer
7:30 Jason Isbell
8:30 John Waters
9:30 Jane’s Addiction
Sunday
12:00 M Ward*
12:45 Theoretics
1:15 Helio Sequence*
1:45 Sharon Jones & the Dap Kings
2:30 How Did This Get Made (comedy)
3:15 Tony Bennett
4:00 Yelawolf
4:30 Civil Twilight
5:45 Katie Herzig/The Dirtbombs
6:15 The Promise Ring
6:45 Mudhoney
7:30 Deep Sea Diver
8:00 Fred Armisen (comedy)
9:15 Keane
9:30 Wanda Jackson & the Dusty 45s
Monday
1:00 Reignwolf
1:45 Best Coast
2:45 Foxy Shazam
3:15 M83/Ty Segall
3:45 Passion Pit*
4:30 The Wombats
5:00 The Pains of Being Pure at Heart
6:00 Paul F Tompkins (comedy)
7:30 Star Anna and the Laughing Dogs
8:00 The Benson Interruption (comedy)
8:30 The Vaselines
9:30 Skrillex
Free Yr Radio stage schedule
Saturday, September 1
11:30 – 11:50 a.m. – Onuinu
1:30 – 1:50 p.m. – TBD
3:30 – 3:50 p.m. – TacocaT
5:30 – 5:50 p.m. – Unnatural Helpers
7:30 – 7:50 p.m. – DON’T TALK TO THE COPS!
Sunday, September 2
11:30 – 11:50 a.m. – Nü Sensae
1:30 – 1:50 p.m. – Deep Sea Diver
3:30 – 3:50 p.m. – Gold Leaves
5:30 – 5:50 p.m. – Katie Kate
7:30 – 7:50 p.m. – The Young Evils
Monday, September 3
11:30 – 11:50 a.m. – Dude York
1:30 – 1:50 p.m. – The Wombats
3:30 – 3:50 p.m. – Bryan John Appleby
5:30 – 5:50 p.m. – Noah Gundersen
7:30 – 7:50 p.m. – LP
