Bumbershoot Music & Arts Festival is returning to Seattle this September with a lineup led by Pavement, James Blake, Kurt Vile, Courtney Barnett, Kim Gordon, Freddie Gibbs, and Aly & AJ. The event takes place over Labor Day weekend (August 31st – September 1st) at the Seattle Center campus.
Other confirmed acts include Cypress Hill, CHVRCHES’ Lauren Mayberry, Madison Cunningham and Andrew Bird, BadBadNotGood, Ted Leo and the Pharmacists, Mercury Rev, Lol Tulhurst x Budgie, Hurray For the Riff Raff, Squirrel Flower, Pom Pom Squad, Pink Sifu, Moor Mother, Kassa Overall, Ladytron, and more. Check out the full lineup and 2024 festival poster below.
As with previous years, Bumbershoot features a centerpiece visual arts program curated from artists throughout the Pacific Nortwest, alongside food and beverage offerings from more than 50 regional restaurants, wineries, and breweries.
This year, Bumbershoot is also introducing the animation district as part of its visual arts celebration — the 2024 programming is set to feature visual exhibitions, youth animation, film screenings, and in-person presentations, including a talk from the visual effects supervisor and production designer of the Oscar-nominated Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse.
After a hiatus from 2019 – 2022, the festival returned in 2023 thanks to New Rising Sun, a producing collective led by Neumos co-owner Steven Severin, who partnered with Amazon to underwrite the cost of tickets, reducing the ticket cost by 50% from previous years.
Single-day and two-day passes are on sale now via the festival’s website.