Robyn ::: photo by Josh Lovseth

City Arts Magazine has announced the line-up for their second annual City Arts Fest, held this October from the 20th to the 22nd, and once again they’ve shown an upstart music festival can compete with the big boys in terms of star power. Big name national and international acts include: Robyn, Built to Spill, Ozomotali, Blackalicious, Crystal Castles and Ryan Adams. And, much to our delight, City Arts has mined some of the best of the Northwest as openers and headliners on their own including: Pickwick, Allen Stone, Mudhoney, The Long Winters, Cataldo, Campfire OK, Fastbacks, Fences, Smokey Brights, Bryan John Appleby, Joseph Giant, Grand Hallway, Lemolo and more.

And it’s not just music, there’s lots of local artists: poets, authors, dancers, filmmakers and more are featured. We’re especially excited to see our favorite local poet Kate Lebo on the schedule as well as a show billed as an All-Star Replacement tribute.

The full, day-by-day schedule is below. Tickets go on sale next Friday, August 5th and 3-day wrist bands are $69.

What show are you most excited for?

October 20

ROBYN w/ special guest tba
CRYSTAL CASTLES w/ Picture Plane, Crypts, Nightmare Fortress
THE LONG WINTERS w/ Campfire OK, Cobirds Unite, Cataldo
THE FELICE BROTHERS w/ special guests tba
ALLEN STONE w/ Fly Moon Royalty
CULTURE CLUB: Washington Film Works Event and Happy Hour
SEATEETH: Premiere performance from Seattle’s Jose Bold (John Osebold of “Awesome”)
POGO w/ That 1 Guy, Daydream Vacation
CULTURE CLUB : Visual Art
HORDE and the HAREM w/special guests
THE COPS w/ Birthday Suits, Strong Killings
CULTURE CLUB: Celebrity Karaoke
HEDWIG and the ANGRY INCH: Movie Sing Along
SCHOOL of ROCK: Laser Grunge Show

See the rest of the line-up

October 21

BUILT TO SPILL w/ Disco Doom, Seapony
AN EVENING WITH RYAN ADAMS
ERIN LEDDY (Hand2Mouth Theatre) performs My Mind Is Like An Open Meadow
SHELBY LYNEE w/ Special Guest tba
GENRE-BENDER w/ Karen Finneyfrock, Rainbow Fletcher, Joanna Lepore Dwyer, Mark Haim, Wes Hurley, Amy O’Neal, Mike Pham & more
FENCES w/ William Elliot Whitmore, Black Whales, Daniel G Harmann
CULTURE CLUB : Visual Art
BOXER REBELLION w/ Pickwick, Yuni in Taxco, Kris Orlowski
USF w/ Big Spider’s Back, Blue Sky Black Death, Brainfruit
SON OF WARREN OATES w/ Smokey Brights, Joseph Giant, Bryan John Appleby
ALL STAR TRIBUTE TO THE REPLACEMENTS
NW HIP HOP REDESIGNED
COLOR ME OBSESSED: Replacements Documentary
THRILLER DANCE CLASS w/ Waxie Moon, Inga Ingenue and Lou Henry Hoover
PURPLE RAIN: Movie Sing Along

October 22

OZOMATLI w/ Theoretics, Picoso, Dyno Jamz
BLACKALICIOUS w/ Freestyle Fellowship, Hi Life, Don’t Talk to the Cops
MUDHONEY w/ Fastbacks, Thee Emergency, Lovesick Empire
THAO AND THE GET DOWN STAY DOWN w/ Grand Hallway, Lemolo
MALE BONDING W/ Unnatural Helpers, Virgin Islands, Fuckin Eagles
SO YOU THINK YOU CAN DANCE: Show (+Tell)
ERIN LEDDY (Hand2Mouth Theatre) performs My Mind Is Like An Open Meadow
THE ECSTACY OF INFLUENCE w/ Heather McHugh
STEVE CUIFFO IS LENNY BRUCE
SEAPONY w/ Tea Cozies, Midday Veil, Witch Gardens
WHALEBONES w/ special guests tba
GREASE: Movie Sing Along
CULTURE CLUB: Pie Life
CUTLURE CLUB: City? Arts? Festival? A Creative Conversation by Arts Leadership Lab
CULTURE CLUB : Visual Art
SEATEETH: Premiere performance from Seattle’s Jose Bold (John Osebold of “Awesome”)
DANIEL BARROW: EVERY TIME I SEE YOUR PICTURE I CRY
COLOR ME OBSESSED: Replacements Documentary