Performer applications for Bumbershoot 2010 now available in Music, Visual Arts, Dance, Literary Arts & more!

Click the link above to apply. Good luck, and we’ll see you at the ’Shoot!

The Bumbershoot Music Lounge returns with a series of intimate performances from some of the Festival’s brightest stars, all of which will be broadcast live on 90.3 KEXP/KEXP.org during Bumbershoot weekend. The only way to get access to this secret stage is at KEXP.org, or enter to win right here at bumbershoot.org. Winners will receive a pair of day-specific tickets to Bumbershoot, plus passes to every Music Lounge performance that day!

Saturday Lineup* 12:00 Hey Marseilles 1:15 Telekinesis 2:30 Gang Gang Dance 3:45 Os Mutantes 5:30 Elvis Perkins in Dearland

Sunday Lineup* 12:00 Common Market 1:15 Sera Cahoone 2:30 Vivian Girls 3:45 Holy F**k 5:30 Raphael Saadiq

Monday Lineup* 12:00 Black Joe Lewis & The Honeybears 1:15 The Cave Singers 2:30 Akron/Family 3:45 Vieux Farka Touré 5:30 Metric

*Subject to change

Bumbershoot’s Food For Thought Contest deadline for submissions this Sun 8/2. You could win Plat Passes! http://bit.ly/kZglE

Know an individual or an organization making a difference in Seattle’s communities through arts and culture? Nominate them for a 2009 Mayor’s Arts Award. Deadline for nominations is Wednesday, April 8.

Mayor Greg Nickels will present the awards at a ceremony, Friday, Sept. 4 at Seattle Center in partnership with Bumbershoot: Seattle’s Music & Arts Festival.

Happy Holidays from Bumbershoot! The future of our economy may be uncertain, but one thing is for sure: Bumbershoot is always a great value, no matter what. And that’s true now more than ever, with the low-priced Insider Deal—Holiday Edition, just for BumberFans! For the third year in a row, BumberFans can pick up a 3-Day Pass to Bumbershoot 2009, for just $60 each! You do the math: 3 days, 20 venues, 150 performances, just 60 bucks… that’s what we call fiscal responsibility! The supply is limited, so if you’re not already, sign-up as a BumberFan today (at Bumbershoot.org) to get the details, then mark your calendar for Bumbershoot 2009 (September 5 – 7 at Seattle Center)! Have a jolly, jolly holiday!