Bumbershoot Festival
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No on-site camping, unpredictable weatherBumbershoot 2012 Bumbershoot is a music and arts festival that takes place annually during the Labor Day holiday weekend at the Seattle Center. It is one of the longest running festivals in the Unites States of America, and hosts musical genres of Rock, Indie, Folk, Hip Hop, and EDM acts, however, Bumbershoot is not just [...]
Bumbershoot 2012
Bumbershoot is a music and arts festival that takes place annually during the Labor Day holiday weekend at the Seattle Center. It is one of the longest running festivals in the Unites States of America, and hosts musical genres of Rock, Indie, Folk, Hip Hop, and EDM acts, however, Bumbershoot is not just a music festival as it also hosts many other types of performance art such as theatre, dance, comedy, literary arts, visual arts and more. Tickets range from $45 for a single day, to $165 for a multi-day pass. Attendance numbers have widely fluctuated since the festivals 1972 debut, however the festivals population is currently around 40,000+ per day.
Bumbershoot History:
The Seattle Center, the host venue to Bumbershoot, was originally built for the 1962 World Fair and contains many different stages and theaters near the heart of Seattle, Washington. The Bumbershoot festival began in 1971 and was sponsored by the city of Seattle with a $25,000 grant allocated for the weekends festivities. The arts festival was immensely popular, bringing in an estimated 200,000 festivalgoers by the mid 1970′s over the weekend. By the later 1970′s the City of Seattle began to cut back on the Bumbershoot budget and the festival’s popularity began to wane. The production of the festival was taken over by the non-profit production agency, One Reel, until 2007 when AEG Live was brought in to revive the arts festival. Since then Bumbershoot has been regaining popularity, with 2012 expected to be one of the festivals best years with major musical headlining acts such as Jane’s Addiction, Tony Bennett, Skrillex, M83, Big Sean, and Passion Pit.
For more information on Bumbershoot, check out the music festivals website or facebook fanpage for the latest news and updates. For the Bumbershoot 2012 artist lineup, check out the toggle box below!
Bumbershoot 2012 Artist Lineup
- JANE’S ADDICTION
- TONY BENNETT
- SKRILLEX
- MAC MILLER
- BIG SEAN
- M83
- AWOLNATION
- M. WARD
- PASSION PIT
- KEANE
- THE JAYHAWKS
- SHARON JONES & THE DAP KINGS
- BEST COAST
- BLITZEN TRAPPER
- THE HELIO SEQUENCE
- CITY AND COLOUR
- THE PROMISE RING
- YELAWOLF
- MUDHONEY
- LOW
- THE HEAVY
- JASON ISBELL AND THE 400 UNIT
- WANDA JACKSON & THE DUSTY 45′S
- THE GREENHORNESWITH VERY SPECIAL GUEST ERIC BURDON
- THE PAINS OF BEING PURE AT HEART
- THE VASELINES
- KING KHAN & THE SHRINES
- FUJIYA & MIYAGI
- HEARTLESS BASTARDS
- IAN HUNTER AND THE RANT BAND
- FISHBONE
- LIGHTS
- CIVIL TWILIGHT
- OBERHOFER
- REBIRTH BRASS BAND
- LP
- TY SEGALL
- FRUIT BATS
- HEY MARSEILLES
- THEESATISFACTION
- DAMIEN JURADO
- THE JEZABELS
- THE WOMBATS
- WHY?
- ANA TIJOUX
- FOXY SHAZAM
- BARCELONA
- LEE FIELDS & THE EXPRESSIONS
- JC BROOKS & THE UPTOWN SOUND
- SERA CAHOONE
- BOMBINO
- HARMONICA HOUSE PARTY
- WITH LEE OSKAR & MAGIC DICK
- OMAR SOULEYMAN
- KATIE HERZIG
- NIKI & THE DOVE
- THE SOUL REBELS
- TYRONE WELLS
- AM & SHAWN LEE
- THENEWNO2
- EL VEZ
- DEBO BAND
- DON’T TALK TO THE COPS!
- SKERIK’S BANDALABRA
- STAR ANNA
- GOLD LEAVES
- ALELA DIANE
- SEAPONY
- THE BARR BROTHERS
- BRYAN JOHN APPLEBY
- KAREN LOVELY
- DEEP SEA DIVER
- THEORETICS
- TACOCAT
- ELDRIDGE GRAVY & THE COURT SUPREME
- UNNATURAL HELPERS
- REIGNWOLF
- TY CURTIS BAND
- THE YOUNG EVILS
- KNOWMADS
- KATIE KATE
- SEATTLE REPERTORY JAZZ ORCHESTRA
- NOAH GUNDERSEN
- SUPER GEEK LEAGUE
- THE PHARMACY
- EIGHTEEN INDIVIDUAL EYES
- GHOSTS I’VE MET
- POSSE
- CASCADIA ’10
- POLECAT
- NUDE
