Since 1971, Bumbershoot has drawn artists representing the best in music, film, comedy, spoken word, dance, theatre, performance, and visual arts to the Seattle Center over Labor Day weekend. North America’s largest urban arts festival, Bumbershoot takes place in the heart of the city at the 74-acre Seattle Center. Over 150,000 visitors from near and far spend the weekend reveling in the world of Bumbershoot, experiencing everything from regional favorites to international superstars across all arts disciplines.

Bumbershoot ’09 lineup!

The Black Eyed Peas / Sheryl Crow / Modest Mouse / Jason Mraz / The All-American Rejects / Yeah Yeah Yeahs / Katy Perry / Michael Franti & Spearhead / Franz Ferdinand / Old 97’s / Cold War Kids / The Knux / De La Soul / David Cross / Metric / Raphael Saadiq / Brett Dennen / Os Mutantes / Soulsavers featuring Mark Lanegan / The Long Winters / Sly & Robbie & The Taxi Gang / World Party / Keller Williams / Eugene Mirman / Roy Ayers / MSTRKRFT / S.E. Hinton / The Helio Sequence/ Common Market / UH HUH HER / Dave Alvin & The Guilty Women / Eric Hutchinson / Patton Oswalt / No Age / Todd Barry / Matt & Kim / Dead Confederate / Melvin Van Peebles / Janelle Monáe / Matt Braunger / Wise Fool New Mexico / Doug Benson: The Benson Interruption / Writers of LOST w/ Jeff Jensen / The Cave Singers / Audrye Sessions / Swollen Members / Vieux Farka Touré / Akron/Family / Lenka / Gang Gang Dance / Vivian Girls / Todd Snider / The Devil Makes Three / Jon Glaser / McSweeney’s New Fiction: Jessica Anthony, Bill Cotter, Ross Simonini, Mac Barnett, James Hannham, James Hannham, Starlee Kine / Holy F**k / Elvis Perkins in Dearland / Pacific Northwest Ballet / Iglu & Hartly / Wyatt Cenac / Christian Lander’s “Stuff White People Like” / U-N-I / The Dutchess and The Duke / OTEP / Maria Bamford / DJ Spooky That Subliminal Kid / Low vs Diamond / Tommy Johnagin / Sera Cahoone / Eleni Mandell / Mirah / Black Joe Lewis & The Honeybears / 3 Inches of Blood / Kay Kay & His Weathered Underground / Gage Drawing Jam / U.S.E / Carrie Rodriguez / The Honey Brothers / Natalie Portman’s Shaved Head / Say Hi / Extra Golden / Mayer Hawthorne & The County / Jason Webley / The Minus 5 / Forgive Durden performing Razia’s Shadow / Cordero / Mt. St. Helens Vietnam Band / Portland Cello Project / Telekinesis / Hey Marseilles / Sick Puppies / Everest / The New Mastersounds / Oren Lavie / Dyme Def / Delhi 2 Dublin / The Dusty 45s / The Seattle-Moscow Poster Show / Visqueen / Truckasauras / Head Like A Kite / Akimbo / Adrian Xavier / Paul Oscher “Alone with the Blues” / Parenthetical Girls / Charlyne Yi / Massy Ferguson / The Lonely Forest / Performance Space 122: LeeSaar, Witness Relocation, Reggie Watts & Tommy Smith, 31 Down w/ Japanther / Sleepy Eyes of Death / Red Wine Boys / Past Lives / Macklemore / Michael Shrieve’s Spellbinder / Wallpaper / The Whore Moans Present: The Black Atom! / Point Juncture, WA / Kim Field & The Mighty Titans of Tone / D.Black / Spaceman / Handful of Luvin’ / Champagne Champagne / Romance / Kristen Ward / Dept. of Energy / The Enablers Have Spoken and You’re Fine w/ Spencer Moody / The Kindness Kind / 1 Reel Film Festival / Story Pirates AfterDark Present FOUND / COBU / Zak Smith / Improvised Shakespeare / People’s Republic of Komedy / Mark Taylor Quartet / Hotels / Black Whales / Justin Kredible / Theatre Puget Sound / Kore Ionz / Best of Seattle International Comedy Competition 30 yr Anniversary / Grand Hallway / Laff Hole / Anomie Belle / Tom Douglas / Kathleen Flinn / Steve Griggs Quintet / We Are Golden / Manic D Press / Blood Squad / Tyler Bryant / Canadian Comedy That Cares! / Youth Speaks Seattle w/ Staceyann Chin & Prometheus Brown / Famous Mysterious Actor / iLL-Literacy / Olympic Sound Collective / Lo-Ball / The Goldberg Variations / Dyno Jamz / Central Services’ Board of Education / The Not-Its! / Dada Economics / One Night Only, Part II / Recess Monkey / Cracked Up! / Kerfuffle (or The Uneasy Relationship Between Humanity and the Environment) / Jess Walter / Kerry Cohen / Kevin Sampsell / DASSdance / Woolly Mammoth Comes to Dinner / Nicole Kistler / Julie Lindell / Ubiquitous They / The Beta Society / Wild Rose / Tara Hardy / Danny Sherrard / Jack McCarthy / Seattle Noir / Lyall Bush & Devin Sullivan / The Radio8Ball Show / Kevin Emerson / Daniel Wilson / Writers In The Schools / Spin the Bottle, Jr. / theater simple: 52 pick up / Craft/Craeft/Kraft / Wing-It’s Rock Opera: LEASE / Improsia / Amy Steel / Assemblage / Chris McMullen / Steve Withycombe / A.K. “Mimi” Allin / Rockstar Energy Drink Vert Ramp / Emerald City Improv /Volifonix / Suburban Anthem / and Professor Humbug’s Flea Circus!

*We regret to inform that Nick Swardson, Maximo Park, Wale, Kasabian, The Ting Tings and Isobel Campbell & Mark Lanegan have cancelled their appearances at Bumbershoot. But please note, Mark Lanegan WILL appear with Soulsavers.