Seattle’s annual music and arts festival, Bumbershoot is back in action, featuring the gifted talents of The Weeknd, Ellie Goulding, and Faith No More among other special guests. This year marks the festival’s 45th anniversary as the city’s cultural touchstone, offering: music, comedy, theater, words & ideas, visual arts, and short film.
Playing host to a cornucopia of artistic expressions, Bumbershoot sets-up shop on Labor day Weekend(Sep. 5-7). The festival offers a wide-array of both local and regional talent in direct contrast to national and international artists.
This year, AEG Live merged with local producer One Reel in an effort to expand the horizons of the musical line-up. Now Bumbershoot showcases top-tier acts, such as: The Weeknd, Faith No More, Ellie Goulding, Chance the Rapper, Kacey Musgraves, Bassnectar, and a slew of other highlights from a multi-genre perspective.
In the realm of comedy, Bridget Everett(of Amy Schumer fame) and YouTube breakout, Puddles’ Pity Party will lead a stellar-cast that includes: Neil Hamburger, Alex Edelman, and Talk Salad & Scrambled Eggs, featuring: Kevin Smith and Matt Mira.
Curated by the Seattle International Film Festval, the One Reel Film Festival at Bumbershoot displays several top-ranking short films each year along with an entire assortment of theater programs, compliments of Theatre Puget Sound.
Bumbershoot 2015 Lineup:
The Weeknd
Faith No More
Ellie Goulding
Chance the Rapper
Hozier
Zedd
Bassnectar
Cake
Social Distortion
Flying Lotus
Brand New
Ben Harper & The Innocent Criminals
Fitz & the Tantrums
Flosstradamus
Brandon Flowers
Lindsey Stirling
Neko Case
Jhene Aiko
Atmosphere
The Airborne Toxic Event
Borgore
Babes in Toyland
Kacey Musgraves
Elephant Revival
Rac Live
Deep Creep
Jamestown Revival
Chris Stapleton
The White Buffalo
Elle King
Phoebe Bridgers
On an On
Raz Simone
Lil Dicky
Soft Sleep
Grace Love & the True Loves
Big Scary
Motopony
Smokey Brights
K. Flay
Duke Evers
One Above Below None
Zach Van Lue
Punch Brothers
Tchami
The Melvins
Paper Diamond
Lee “Scratch” Perry & Subatomic Sound System
The Cave Singers
Classixx
Dead Moon
Kehlani
Nikki Lane
Salva
Moon Hooch
Mikal Cronin
Gallant
Fox and the Law
Israel Nash
Chimurenga Renaissance
Unlikely Friends
Hibou
Cambodian Space Project
Constant Lovers
The Fame Riot
Tracksuit Wedding
Jaden Carlson Band
Keys n Krates
Built to Spill
Devotchka
Robert Delong
Peaches
Minus the Bear
Big Data
The Floozies
Hey Marseilles
Borns
Emancipator
Nahko & Medicine for the People
Kris Orlowski
Nacho Picasso
Colony House
The Moth & the Flame
The Grizzled Mighty
Nathaniel Rateliff & the Night Sweats
Brothers From Another
The Bots
Dave B
Bread & Butter
Lonesome Shack
Sisters