From September 16 to 19, the Willamette Week’s Musicfest NW (MFNW) will be held at various venues around the Portland, OR metropolitan area. Last year, MFNW 2008 had a national talent roster with acts such as TV on the Radio, Vampire Weekend, Deerhunter, M Ward and Mogwai.

The following national and regional acts have been confirmed for MFNW 2009:

Sunny Day Real Estate
Explosions In Sky
Bad Brains
Girl Talk
The Get Up Kids
Will Sheff (of Okkervil River)
Dirty Three
Monotonix
Mudhoney
Frightened Rabbit
Twilight Sad
Dillinger Four
Swollen Members
Grand Duchy
Beach House
John Vanderslice
The Long Winters
The Pains of Being Pure At Heart
Pink Mountaintops
OM
Portugal The Man
Viva Voce
The Builders and The Butchers
Langhorne Slim
Bobby Bare Jr.
Chairlift
Loch Lomond
Team Dresch
Erase Errata
J.D. Twitch (Optimo)
Eluvium
Youth Group
Titus Andronicus
The Zeros
Mount Eerie
Trash Talk
Despise You
Crom
Japanther
Mayer Hawthorne & The County
Grouper
Richard Swift
Austin Lucas
Amazing Baby
Brother Reade
Love Language
Anders Parker
The Morning Benders
The Miniature Tigers
Common Market
Jacob Fred Jazz Odyssey
We Were Promised Jetpacks
Say Hi
Rocky Votolato
Cymbals Eats Guitars
Copy
Red Fang
Saviours
Norfolk & Western
Nurses
Explode Into Colors
Portland Cello Project
Guidance Counselor
Fences

More bands to be announced soon. All shows are first come first-served. Visit MFNW‘s website for details on performers and where to purchase passes.