Catch SZA, Fleet Foxes, Rhye, Superorganism, Moses Sumney, and more this weekend at Bumbershoot.
Time to start planning your Labor Day weekend: Bumbershoot have announced their day-by-day schedule.
Yeah, yeah, sure — The Replacements, Wu-Tang, Elvis Costello... Everyone knows how amazing this year's musical line-up is for the 2014 Bumbershoot Music & Arts Festival, but, Bumbershoot has always been more than just the tunes. Let's take a closer look at some of the art exhibits, lectures, an…
If you’ve seen any of their paper ads or television commercials this year, Bumbershoot's marketing slogan goes along the lines of “Possibly the most amazing lineup in the universe”. Roll your eyes if you must, but we think Bumbershoot isn’t too far off the mark. This year brings one of the best sch…
Labor Day weekend is upon us, which in Seattle means Bumbershoot Music & Arts Festival! This long-running festival enters its 45th year of music, comedy, literary events, and more at Seattle Center. As we prepare to move into that location ourselves, this year KEXP won't be broadcasting from th…
Time flies when you're having fun, which has been evident at the 2014 Bumbershoot Music & Arts Festival!
"Discovery and exploration" - that's what AEGLive's vice president of Pacific Northwest operations Rob Thomas said was the guiding principle of this year's Bumbershoot bookings. The long-standing festival has held operations at the heart of Seattle for 46 years, always managing to pull in a diverse…
The word "bumbershoot" means "umbrella," so perhaps it's fitting that the first day of the 2014 Bumbershoot Music & Arts Festival is under a steady stream of rain. But rain or shine, it's going to be a great first day of music out on the Seattle Center grounds, with Afghan Whigs, Elvis Costello…
If you've seen any of their paper ads or television commercials this year, Bumbershoot's marketing slogan goes along the lines of "Possibly the most amazing lineup in the universe". Roll your eyes if you must, but we think Bumbershoot isn't too far off the mark. This year brings one of the best sch…
The 43rd annual Bumbershoot Music Festival will be taking place this upcoming Labor Day weekend from Saturday, August 31st through Monday, September 2nd. This year's edition of KEXP's Music That Matters Bumbershoot Podcast is curated by variety mix DJ Melissa Trejo who brings you a mix o…
Too much awesome to keep track of on Sunday at Bumbershoot 2014. Saturday may have gotten the party started, but Sunday is where jaws started dropping left and right. Chris Stamey made the Big Star's Third performance one of the most beautiful and captivating things that has ever happened on the mu…
Side by side, Trampled By Turtles took the stage during KEXP's broadcast from the Bumbershoot Music Lounge. One can only imagine the roller coaster ride it’s been from the band’s first days to their recent Bumbershoot performance. “The first year of existence of this band was also the last year of …
Opening our three-day broadcast during Bumbershoot this past Labor Day weekend, Thao and The Get Down Stay Down brought their brand of entertaining indie folk populism to the Music Lounge. On stage, Thao Nguyen and her bandmates alternate their fairly serious, socially minded songs with an easy and…
