Bob Dylan to play 40th anniversary Bumbershoot Festival
Written by admin on June 12, 2010 – 7:34 am -Bob Dylan will play the 2010 Bumbershoot Festival at the Seattle Center in Seattle, Washington.
The Bumbershoot Festival takes place from September 4-6. More than 100 other artists are due to play across six music stages.
The headline acts on the main stage for the three days are:
- Saturday, Sept 4 – Bob Dylan, Neko Case , The Decemberists
- Sunday, Sept 5 – Weezer, Hole, Rise Against
- Monday, Sept 6 – Mary J. Blige, Special Guest, J. Cole.
Other artists due to appear across the six stages include:
- Saturday, Sept 4 – Ozomatli, Solomon Burke, Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeros, Jamie Lidell, The Raveonettes, Balkan Beat Box, Justin Townes Earle, Bob Schneider, This Providence, Civil Twilight, Atlas Sound, The Budos Band, HEALTH, Plants and Animals, Wheedle’s Groove, Shawn Lee’s Ping Pong Orchestra, The Maldives, The Constellations, Grynch, Visqueen, Star Anna & The Laughing Dogs, Pete Molinari, Idiot Pilot, The Round, The Cute Lepers, Feral Children, Caspar Babypants, See Me River, Zoe Muth and the Lost High Rollers, Born Anchors, Parlour Steps, Becki Sue & Her Big Rockin’ Daddies!, Great Waves
- Sunday, Sept 5 – LMFAO, Billy Bragg, The Dandy Warhols, Motion City Soundtrack, Ra Ra Riot, The Bouncing Souls, Jay Electronica, Aterciopelados, James Cotton “Superharp” Blues Band, David Bazan, Crash Kings, Horse Feathers, Brian Auger’s Oblivion Express, Vienna Teng Trio, Georgia Anne Muldrow & Declaime, Hey Marseilles, Sweet Water, Delorean, Coryell, Auger, Sample Trio, Fresh Espresso, Sista Monica’s “Singin in the Spirit”, Unnatural Helpers, Fences, The Tripwires, Fatal Lucciauno, The Physics, School of Rock All-Stars, Eldridge Gravy & The Court Supreme, Slender Means, McTuff Trio, The Redwood Plan, Greta Matassa Quartet, The Lonely H, Johnny Bregar, Matt Jorgensen Quintet
- Monday, Sept 6 – Angelique Kidjo, Jenny & Johnny (ft. Jenny Lewis & Johnathan Rice), The Thermals, The English Beat, Booker T., Surfer Blood, Japandroids, Anvil, Bomba Estéreo, Baroness, Meat Puppets, The Moondoggies, The Whigs, Greg Laswell, Trampled By Turtles, The Clientele, Laura Veirs & The Hall of Flames, Bobby Bare Jr., Kings Go Forth, JEFF The Brotherhood, Chris Pureka, Garotas Suecas, Victor Shade, Lay Low, Wild Orchid Children, Loch Lomond, THEESatisfaction, People Eating People, Brent Amaker & The Rodeo, BOAT, Helladope, Lisa Dank, Brian Vogan.
This will be the 40th anniversary of the Bumbershoot Festival. It is North America’s largest urban arts festival, featuring music, film, comedy, dance, spoken word and the visual arts. Around 150,000 people are expected to attend over the three days.
Chris Porter, the Programming Director for Festival organisers, One Reel, said:
| “Bumbershoot has a strong history of showcasing emerging talent alongside veteran superstars. This year for our 40th Festival, we’re excited to have artists that span more than four decades of phenomenal music. With this roster of talent, we’re truly offering a music lineup that will engage and entertain people of all ages and interests.” |
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