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When: Aug. 31 – Sept. 2
Where: Seattle, WA
Lineup includes: Death Cab for Cutie, Heart, MGMT, fun., Bob Mould, Crystal Castles, Gary Numan, The Breeders, Matt & Kim, Tegan & Sara, Deerhunter, Superchunk
The 43rd annual Bumbershoot Festival features an awe-inspiring number of acts (well over 100) spread out over Labor Day weekend in Seattle. The main attractions this year are local heroes: Death Cab for Cutie (playing their 2003 album Transatlantacism) and rock legends Heart.
Also more than worth checking out breakthrough contemporary acts like Kendrick Lamar, dance-rock newbie Charli XCX, electronic outfit BASSNECTAR and Mercury Prize winners alt-J — as well as rock veterans like Jason Bonham’s Led Zeppelin Experience and The Zombies. If electronic music is your thing, the Experience Music Project will host an Electronic Dance Music stage aptly named EDM at EMP.