SEATTLE, WA (CelebrityAccess MediaWire) — Bob Dylan will kick off Bumbershoot, Seattle’s 40th Annual Music & Arts Festival, which takes place September 4-6 at Seattle Center.
Festival producer, One Reel, announced that in addition to Dylan, other headliners will include Mary J. Blige, Hole and Weezer. They will be joined by Portland indie rockers The Decemberists; Chicago punk band Rise Against; hip-hop artist J. Cole; and a favorite of Northwest folk-pop fans, Neko Case according to The Seattle Times.
One Reel promises one more "very special guest" to be announced later on the closing-night bill according to The Seattle Times. Also still to be announced: Bumbershoot's literary, comedy, performing arts, visual arts, film and theater programming.
Full Music Line-Up Announced:
Bob Dylan
Mary J. Blige
Weezer
Hole
Rise Against
Neko Case
The Decemberists
J. Cole
LMFAO
Billy Bragg
Ozomatli
Angelique Kidjo
Solomon Burke
The Dandy Warhols
Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeros
Jenny and Johnny (featuring Jenny Lewis and Jonathan Rice
Jamie Lidell
The Raveonettes
Balkan Beat Box
Motion City Soundtrack
The Thermals
Ra Ra Riot
The English Beat
Justin Townes Earle
Booker T.
Surfer Blood
The Bouncing Souls
Japandroids
Bob Schneider
Anvil
Bomba Estereo
Jay Electronica
Aterciopelados
Baroness
James Cotton “Superharp” Blues Band
David Bazan
Meat Puppets
Crash Kings
This Providence
Brian Auger’s Oblivion Express
The Moondoggies
The Whigs
Greg Laswell
Civil Twilight
Trampled By Turtles
The Clientele
Atlas Sound
Laura Veirs & The Hall of Flames
The Budos Band
Bobby Bare Jr.
Horse Feathers
Vienna Teng Trio
HEALTH
Plants and Animals
Georgia Anne Muldrow & Declaime
Wheedle’s Groove
Hey Marseilles
Kings Go Forth
Sweet Water
Delorean
JEFF The Brotherhood
Chris Pureka
Shawn Lee’s Ping Pong Orchestra
Garotas Suecas
The Maldives
The Constellations
Coryell, Auger, Sample Trio
Grynch
Visqueen
Victor Shade
Star Anna & The Laughing Dogs
Fresh Espresso
Pete Molinari
Sista Monica’s “Singin in the Spirit”
Lay Low
Unnatural Helpers
Idiot Pilot
The Round
Wild Orchid Children
The Cute Lepers
Feral Children
Fences
Caspar Babypants
The Tripwires
Fatal Lucciauno
Loch Lomond
The Physics
THEESatisfaction
School of Rock All Stars
See Me River
Zoe Muth and The Lost High Rollers
People Eating People
Eldridge Gravy & The Court Supreme
Brent Amaker & The Rodeo
Born Anchors
Slender Means
BOAT
McTuff Trio
Parlour Steps
The Redwood Plan
Helladope
Lisa Dank
Greta Matassa Quartet
The Lonely H
Matt Jorgensen Quintet
Becki Sue & Her Big Rockin’ Daddies!
Great Waves
Brian Vogan
Johnny Bregar
–by CelebrityAccess Staff Writers
