Bumbershoot Highlights Include Janelle Monae and Bob The Drag Queen…

…doing a DJ set.

Bob’s a DJ now?

Yes, it’s almost Labor Day Weekend which means the end of summer (yes…Labor Day Weekend signifies the end of “summer”. Get over it, deniers.) It also means that it’s time for BUMBERSHOOT, the traditional Labor Day Weekend Festival of Arts and Entertainment in Seattle taking place at Seattle Center. While it’s not the full weekend long, originally FREE event that it used to be back in the Olden Times when you could rent an apartment for $20 a month and smoke doobies on the street corner with Frances Farmer and Kurt Cobain while drinking a mocha smoothie and snarfing down a box of Cotlets, it can still be a fun shindig for those loving live music, comedy and such.

You can still snag passes at https://bumbershoot.com/

The blarney:

SEATTLE, WA [August 22, 2025] – Seattle’s beloved Bumbershoot Arts & Music Festival is just one week away, returning Labor Day Weekend (August 30–31) to celebrate creativity, community, culinary arts, and music. After announcing both the music lineup and visual arts programming earlier this Summer, today the festival has unveiled its daily music & arts schedules so that attendees can begin to plan their perfect weekend.

Set against the iconic backdrop of Seattle Center’s 74-acre urban campus, Bumbershoot remains a cultural touchstone, bringing music, visual arts, culinary excellence, and education in a way only Seattle can. As one of the longest-running independent festivals in the world, Bumbershoot remains committed to innovation, inclusion, and celebrating the Pacific Northwest spirit, offering an experience where there’s something for everyone. Tickets are on sale now and can be purchased at www.bumbershoot.com. 

On Saturday, August 30th, the festival will kick off with exciting performances from buzzy local artists Great Grandpa and J.R.C.G., before moving into euphoric indie pop from Indigo De Souza, juxtaposed with Scowl’s blistering rock. Indie legends Bright Eyes will kick things off in the evening, followed by NPR Tiny Desk Contest winners Tank and the Bangas who will deliver their signature fusion of funk, soul, and jazz. Car Seat Headrest will bring their bedroom rock to the big stage just before ‘90s icons Weezer will take festival goers on a Voyage to the Blue Planet, sure to result in nostalgic sing-alongs. 

On Sunday, August 31st, rising UK outfit Fat Dog will kick things off with their thrilling art rock, breakout band The Linda Linda’s will likely kick up a mosh pit with their hook-laced punk, and the Bay Area’s Spellling will entrance listeners with her genre-bending sound. Tennis are expected to deliver a stunning set of ‘70s yacht pop, while Frankie and the Witch Fingers will blitz through their catalog of garage-rock bangers, before back-to-back sets from hip-hop legends Digable Planets and indie icons Real Estate. Durham’s Grammy Award-winning duo Sylvan Esso will stir hearts with their electro-folk, before Seattle’s Murder City Devils make an exciting return to the stage. The night will close out with highly anticipated back-to-back sets from R&B star Janelle Monae and breakout Norwegian art-pop singer Aurora. 

Full lineup below and set times available at www.bumbershoot.com

Saturday, August 30

Weezer – Voyage to the Blue Planet, Car Seat Headrest, Bright Eyes, The Budos Band, Indigo De Souza, Tank and the Bangas, Pretty Girls Make Graves, Pattie Gonia (“DJ Set”), Say She She, Hey, Nothing, Quasi, Scowl, Great Grandpa, Madison McFerrin, Kyle Dion, J.R.C.G., Tezatalks, Amelia Day & the Cloves, Zookraght, Biblioteka, Coffin Break, Two Minute Hate, Liv Victorino, Foot Ox, Fleetwood Snack

Sunday, August 31

Aurora, Janelle Monáe, Sylvan Esso, Digable Planets – Blowout Comb 30th Anniversary, Tennis, Saba, The Linda Lindas, Bob the Drag Queen (“DJ Set”), Real Estate, The Murder City Devils, Frankie and the Witch Fingers, Spellling, Fat Dog, Bebe Stockwell, The Army, the Navy, Petra Haden, Mega Cat, Day Soul Exquisite, Small Paul, Avery Cochrane, The Jaws of Brooklyn, Vic Daggs II, Weep Wave, Vika & the Velvets, School of Rock Seattle

TICKETING INFORMATION

Single-Day Tickets – $125*

Weekend Passes- $150*

*Single Day $125 + $17.26 Fees = $142.26

* Weekend Pass $150 + $25.25 Fees = $175.25