How crazy has fest mania gotten? This is how crazy: the greater Seattle area now has not one but two big summer music festivals. In addition to Sasquatch!, which takes place about an hour north of Starbucks Central, the city also has the long-running Bumbershoot festival. It goes down much more centrally in Seattle, right under that crazy Space Needle, in fact. This year's Bumbershoot will happen September 1-3. Bands to be involved have begun to be announced. The first batch includes the Shins, Wu-Tang Clan, Lupe Fiasco, Devendra Banhart, Lyrics Born, and Magnolia Electric Company. The fest also always has plenty of other cultural events such as comedy and literature readings. You can head to the fest's website for more details, especially about how to purchase tickets. And you can continue on after the jump for the rest of the musical acts announced so far.
Panic! at the Disco, Crowded House, DeVotchka, Gogol Bordello, Steve Earle, Kill Hannah, Norma Jean, Plain White T's, the Gourds, Roky Erickson and the Explosives, the Holmes Brothers, the Avett Brothers, Yungchen Lhamo, Allison Moorer, the Aggrolites