May 31, 2011
Bumbershoot Announces a Band A Day in May
Fans Bumbershoot 2010 ::: photo by Abbey Simmons
Every day for the month of May Bumbershoot will be announcing an act for this year’s Festival. You can watch the line-up announcement trickle out live via Bumbershoot’s Twitter or Facebook or you can bookmark this post and check back daily. Here’s the eclectic line-up announcement by day so far.
And don’t forget, until May 31st (or until they sell out) you can purchase a special “Any Day Ticket” for $29 — the cheapest you’ll be able to get a single day ticket. This special ticket is not day specific and let’s you choose which Bumbershoot day you most want to attend based on how the line-up shapes up to your liking.
May 1: Wiz Khalifa
May 2: Hall and Oates
May 3: Minus the Bear
May 4: Little Dragon
May 5: Broken Social Scene
May 6: The Kills
May 7: The Lonely Forest
May 8: Mavis Staples
May 9: Fitz and the Tantrums
May 10: Ray LaMontagne
May 11: Leon Russell
May 12: Presidents of the United States of America
May 13: Urge Overkill
May 14: Over The Rhine
May 15: Toro y Moi
May 16: Atari Teenage Riot
May 17: NoMeansNo
May 18: Starfucker
May 19: Grant Lee Buffalo
May 20: Warpaint
May 21: Vetiver
May 22: Phantogram
May 23: Dam Funk
May 24: Reverend Horton Heat
May 25: CHARLES BRADLEY
May 26: Anti-Flag
May 27: Butthole Surfers
May 28: EyeHateGod
May 29: Nortec Collective Presents: Bostich+Fussible
May 30: Trombone Shorty & Orleans Avenue
May 31: Macklemore and Ryan Lewis
Who are you most excited about?
on Tuesday, May 31st, 2011 at 12:00 pm
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May 4th, 2011 15:05
This artist-a-day thing is kind of cute, but it kind of breaks the way that people get excited about music festivals. Usually, when presented with a big lineup everyone can find more than a few things that they can’t wait to see. As it is, this slow trickle feels like its deflating the impact of the announcement.
May 4th, 2011 21:02
This will only announce 31 acts, all the rest will be announced at the beginning of June. So there will still be an “event” of sorts….
May 6th, 2011 10:46
LITTLE DRAGON!
May 9th, 2011 15:46
The slow announcement is a neat idea, hopefully it will keep the event fresh in people’s minds as they check back each day. SO far there is no one that I’m too interested in yet but I’ll keep checking back to see who else is announced.
May 11th, 2011 12:10
Minus the Bear is the best thing so far, IMO
Leon Russell is pretty effing cool though!
May 12th, 2011 09:40
ya’ll are crazy. NOBODY BEATS THE WIZ. NOBODY.
May 12th, 2011 12:40
So far it’s all about the classics for me: Leon and Mavis.
May 13th, 2011 22:02
Leon should be the best. Think of his medley on “Concert for Bangladesh” (Jumping Jack Flash/Youngblood);the entire “Leon Russel and The Shelter People” album; his cool country album before country was cool, “Hank Wilson’s Back” - all classics. And the recent “The Union”, with Elton John is very good. But…, one of the most disappointing live shows I’ve ever seen, was Leon at The Triple Door where the sound was so loud all nuance was drowned out. Hope he gets the sound right so his light can shine.
May 16th, 2011 13:41
Am I completely alone here, but this is looking out to be a terrible bumbershoot … Urge Overkill and PUSA? Atari Teenage Riot? Is it some sort of mid-90s theme?
Toro y Moi is a plus, but can we have at least a taste of refreshing new performers?
May 23rd, 2011 10:46
Phantogram AND Warpaint, so good.
May 31st, 2011 13:35
I’m still baffled. Macklemore and Ryan Lewis - essential for a Seattle Festival these days, but nearly everything else … buh?