news Bumbershoot 2008 sneak peek lineup is here!
The first details for the 38th Annual Bumbershoot: Seattle’s Music & Arts Festival, Presented by Samsung Mobile, have been announced! The full lineup won’t be revealed until later in the summer, but this sneak peek gives you a glimpse at what’s coming your way over Labor Day Weekend (August 30 – September 1) at Seattle Center.
Check it out! The lineup for this year includes:
MUSIC
Beck, Stone Temple Pilots, Lucinda Williams, Neko Case, Ingrid Michaelson, Del Tha Funky Homosapien, Jakob Dylan, !!!, Lee “Scratch” Perry, Saul Williams, Joe Bonamassa, M. Ward, The Walkmen, Asylum St. Spankers, Dan Deacon, MIDIval PunditZ, Blitzen Trapper, Bedouin Soundclash, Tim Finn, Dale Watson, John Vanderslice, Final Fantasy, The Fall of Troy, Orgone, Forro in the Dark, Ryan Bingham, Wreckless Eric & Amy Rigby, Arthur & Yu, Darondo and Nino Moschella, Pacifika and many more to be announced.
Of course, the Festival features much more than music—it’s home to 20 unique venues and a full range of arts including comedy, regional theatre (co-curated by Theatre Puget Sound), the 1 Reel Film Festival (curated by the Seattle International Film Festival), Flatstock, the Indie Market, and the ever popular Literary, Performance, and Visual Arts programs.
LITERARY ARTS
This year’s Literary Arts program welcomes graphic novelists Dan Clowes and Adrian Tomine, sci-fi legend William Gibson, a special edition of Starlee Kine and Arthur Jones’ Post-It Note Reading Series, authors Nathan McCall, Francesca Lia-Block, Kevin Sessums, and more.
VISUAL ARTS
The Visual Arts’ exhibits will showcase the Gage Academy’s Drawing Jam (giving attendees a taste of the classical art studio); “The Power of One,” a monumental photo and multimedia exhibit that explores the ways individuals make an impact in society (be it war, peace, environment, etc) curated by Marita Holdaway of Benham Gallery; a collection of local and national contemporary video work from The Henry Art Gallery (including work by performance artists Grand Openings from New York); a special “One Pot” residency and exhibit from food adventurer Michael Hebberoy; and The Seattle-Tehran Poster Show (a reprisal of last year’s hit Seattle-Havana Poster Show that’s now installed in the National Gallery in Havana).
SPECTACLE & INSTALLATION
The Festival’s penchant for playful performance continues with Strange Fruit, a performing arts company that hails from Melbourne, Australia, fusing theatre, dance and circus, perched atop 12-foot poles. A bit closer to home (and the ground) will be an outdoor table as part of the One Pot residency, and site-specific installations by regional artists.
DANCE & PERFORMANCE
Bumbershoot is proud to present a brand new collaboration between San Francisco-based choreographer Joe Goode and New York-based puppeteer Basil Twist. The performance, called “Wonderboy,” features a distinctive blend of dance and theatre; it debuts this summer at San Francisco’s Yerba Buena Center for the Performing Arts and then travels to Bumbershoot. Also on the program are performances from the Pacific Northwest Ballet and a slate of regional and national performance companies.
COMEDY
When we expanded our comedy program to three stages last year, we wondered if we were crazy. Apparently not—all three venues, including the new Northwest comedy stage at the Vera Project, were huge crowd favorites, each featuring the freshest comedians from around the nation and here at home. The three stages will return in 2008 with a complete comic lineup to be announced this summer.
TICKETS
You can buy your 3-day passes NOW. Single day-specific tickets will be available Tuesday, July 15. For more ticket information, visit bumbershoot.org/tickets.htm.
Expect another Insider Deal—a discount on single day-specific tickets for BumberFans only—in the months to come. If you’re not already a BumberFan, sign up here. Membership is FREE and provides subscribers with Insider Deals, breaking Festival news and other exclusive opportunities. Stay tuned for more good news!
posted April 08 '08 at 07:00PM by Jen in asylum street spankers, beck, blitzen trapper, chk chk chk, dan deacon, del tha funky homosapien, ingrid michaelson, jakob dylan, joe bonamassa, lee scratch perry, lucinda williams, m ward, neko case, saul williams, stone temple pilots, walkmen
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