Morgen takes us back to Bumbershoot once again for KEXP's special lounge session with none other than local soul sweethearts Pickwick. Sold out shows left and right, Doe Bay mainstage, and nods on NPR are just the beginning for this incredible group. more ›

Today Morgen takes us a few months back to the Bumbershoot music festival. One of the most surprising performers of the weekend was Charles Bradley. He's a kickback to the old days of rock and blues and holy cow does he know how to put on a show. more ›

Day seven of our countdown in photos has arrived and things are heating up. The standouts are obvious, but it's getting difficult to sift through and choose only enough for one each day. Morgen takes you back to September in the frenzy of the festival season with Little Dragon more ›

It's day three in the countdown of memorable concert photos in 2011. There were so many to choose from but the standouts are pretty obvious. Today Morgen will take you back to Bumbershoot for a photo shoot with Minus the Bear. more ›

One Reel is offering up a great pricing package for all three days of Bumbershoot. It's $75 for the entire weekend, but is it really a great deal to buy tickets for something you know nothing about? Are they desperate for tickets or just trying to get a jump on ticket sales? more ›

As the weekend approaches with so much music and performance to get to around town, many are reflecting on (and maybe still recovering from) Bumbershoot. Reviews on last weekend’s festival have been appearing in local websites, with the feedback being quite mixed. Here’s a look at what some are saying about the state of the city’s largest arts fest. more ›

This week, Bumbershoot took over just about everything, it was warm, the food trucks were out, the patios were full, and we all were happy to be given a second chance at summer, even if it is almost fall. more ›

The final day of Bumbershoot featured local chamber-fok favorites Grand Hallway (and their psychic frontman, Tomo Nokoyama) and Weirdo-jangle poppers Dom. Peep game. more ›

This weekend was filled with music of all sorts by musicians from far away and close to home; one act glad to be back on their own turf was Minus the Bear. We were lucky enough to catch up with Alex Rose and Cory Murchy to snap a few shots and chit chat about what it's like to them. more ›

While the last day of Bumbershoot found us weary, hot and just plain worn out, we were excited to see the day's festivities and shows. The shows we had really been anticipating were Reverend Horton Heat, Phantogram and Lemolo. Little did we know, the best show of all was right under our noses. more ›

In which technical difficulties cause us to miss some of our most anticipated acts (but we talk about them anyway), Shigeto's furious drum styling blows us away, and Das Racist deliver a disappointing or hilarious set, depending on how you look at it. more ›

Each year Bumbershoot features an enviable lineup of national and international music acts. Just as impressive, though, is the collection of homegrown talent to grace the art fest’s stages. Saturday at the festival featured many Seattle artists representing a wide range of musical genres, including rising electronic duo Beat Connection. more ›

Could the Labor Day weekend have been any better for a festival such as Bumbershoot, we think not. It's been a long time since we've seen the likes of such a varied array of artists so well suited to the music scene in this city. more ›

Bumbershoot correspondent Sam Parker spent most of his time Sunday immersed in electronic music - the heartstring-tugging swells of Tycho, the shimmery electro-rock of School of Seven Bells, and the versatile beats of Lusine. more ›

After a long day of music, theatre, dance, and other performance, Saturday at Bumbershoot concluded with tired crowds resting in the common areas of the festival grounds. Among the most popular sites was Seattle Center’s Fountain Lawn, where STRFKR provided the chilled soundtrack for the collective calm down. more ›

Tonight, Bumbershoot's biggest act will take the main stage to transport you back in time with the songs you know and love. Classics like "She's Gone" and "Private Eyes." Tunes that make you remember your high school dance or, if you're a little younger, the moment right before you blacked out at 80's night. more ›

It may be the coffee, it may be ADHD or it could just be our undeniable addiction to twitter but one thing is certain - Seattle loves its short films. MIFFF is about to burn short bursts of cinematic madness into our retinas. This short film fest will pepper you with more than 40 international films over a three day period focusing solely on action, animation, fantasy, horror, and sci-fi films. more ›

The first day of Bumbershoot didn't disappoint. Both Colby and Morgen ran around like chickens with their heads cut off to experience as much music as possible. more ›

We could just tell you to go to Bumbershoot, with good reason, but if you're looking for something different than the norm, you could do far worse than these three options. more ›

Craft vendor at Bumbershoot, 1973 by Seattle Municipal Archives from the Seattlest Flickr pool. more ›

Bumbershoot correspondent Sam Parker reports on eclectic loopers Nice Nice and sultry synth-poppers Little Dragon. more ›

One of the most exciting things for me this year at Bumbershoot was their partnership with Seattle's best purveyors of the beep-boop, Decibel Fest. Seattle's electronic scene is world-class, and I was curious to see how the stage - centered largely in the EMP Sky Church - would fare with the average Bumbershoot goer. more ›

Saturday afternoon at Bumbershoot and the mood is celebratory, expectant. The crowds are already deep, and everyone is basking in the bright sunshine knowing that three days of music and performance lie ahead. Among the first musical acts to help kick things off: Seattle pop masters Craft Spells, who just left the Fountain Lawn Stage to the cheers of hometown fans. more ›

Another year means another chance for the Greater Seattle area to devolve into a sweaty, lumbering mass of sharp elbows and screaming children, all so we can pay upwards of thirty dollars to get into a Seattle landmark that would be totally free any other weekend of the year. I'm talking of course about Bumbershoot, which you should totally bail on for one of the following exciting, reasonably priced films. more ›

The 41st annual Bumbershoot kicks off tomorrow, The Big Lebowski settles into the cinema, and the Nu Klezmer Army takes over the Moon, all this weekend! more ›

Sure Tom Douglas Restaurants (TDR) do a lot of catering around the Sound, but tonight they’ll get their groove on in the city's hottest service medium-- a food truck! more ›

For most of us Seattlites Bumbershoot is one more indication of summer being in full swing and fall looming just around the corner. To some it may also be another annoying festival taking over downtown during the scant amount of beautiful days we have in this city. Then there are those who excitedly look forward to the musical event of the season, buy their tickets early and start acting weirdly giddy in the few days leading up to Labor Day weekend. Most likely you fit on the fringes of several of these categories, as do we. more ›

Labor Day Weekend is upon us, which means crowded campsites, hella traffic and, most importantly, Seattle’s all-encompassing arts festival, Bumbershoot. The festival has been rocking Labor Day Weekend since 1971, and it’s more popular and relevant than ever. more ›

Bringing your attention to a number of events and personages that came up on our radar during the last several days: John Osebold's Genius, Puppet This' Manos, another theater administrator takes a walk and the next item on the Endangered Species Project. more ›

He warned that we might not like him. Fortunately, he was wrong. more ›