Bumbershoot Announces Top Music Acts

By The News Tribune, Tacoma, Wash.

Apr. 5–Panic! At the Disco, the Shins, the Wu Tang Clan, Lupe Fiasco and Crowded House are among the best-known musical acts that will perform at the 37th annual Bumbershoot, festival organizer One Reel announced Wednesday.

Tens of thousands flock to Seattle Center each Labor Day weekend for Bumbershoot. And this year’s festivities — also comedy, dance, street performances, poetry and art, including the return of the popular Flatstock rock poster exhibition — will take place from Sept. 1 to 3.

Also among the initial round of musical acts announced Wednesday are Steve Earle, DeVotchKa, Devendra Banhart, Gogol Bordello, Kill Hannah, Norma Jean, Plain White T’s, the Gourds, Lyrics Born, Roky Erickson & the Explosives, the Holmes Brothers, the Avett Brothers, Yungchen Lhamo, Allison Moorer, Magnolia Electric Company and the Aggrolites, with more announcements to come.

Three-day passes are available for $75 through the festival Web site, www.bumbershoot.org. The price goes up to $95 after Aug. 17.

Day tickets will go on sale July 13, with a cost of $30 through Aug. 17 and $35 thereafter.

For more details, see the festival Web site or call 206-281-7788.

Ernest A. Jasmin, The News Tribune

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