Festival No. 0000069 · Est. 1980
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The details
- Venue
- Seattle Center
- Address
- 305 Harrison St. 98109
- City
- Seattle, US
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About the artists
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Abdullah Ibrahim was born in Cape Town, South Africa, on 9 October 1934, and died on 15 June 2026, aged 91. Plays bebop, cape jazz, folk, jazz, post-bop. -
Amy Denio was born in Seattle, United States, on 9 June 1961. Plays jazz.
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Ani DiFranco was born in Buffalo, United States, on 23 September 1970. Plays folk.
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Bad Livers formed in Austin, United States, in March 1990, and split up in 2000, after 9 years.
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Ben Harper was born in Pomona, United States, on 28 October 1969. Plays alternative pop, folk rock, rock, singer-songwriter, soul.
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Big Star formed in 1971, and split up on 15 May 2010, after 39 years. Plays christmas music, folk pop, pop rock, power pop, rock.
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Bill Frisell was born in Baltimore, United States, on 18 March 1951. Plays contemporary jazz, folk, jazz, jazz fusion.
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Botch formed in Tacoma, United States, in 1993, and split up on 15 June 2024, after 31 years. Plays experimental, hardcore punk, mathcore, metal, metalcore.
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Boubacar Traoré was born in Kayes, Mali, in 1942. Plays african blues, blues.
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Common was born in Chicago, United States, on 13 March 1972. Plays alternative hip hop, boom bap, chipmunk soul, conscious hip hop, hardcore hip hop, hip hop, jazz rap, neo soul.
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David Cross was born in Atlanta, United States, on 4 April 1964. Plays comedy.
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Death Cab for Cutie formed in Bellingham, United States, in 1997. Plays alternative rock, dream pop, emo, indie folk, indie pop, indie rock, midwest emo, rock.
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Elliott Smith was born in Omaha, United States, on 6 August 1969, and died on 21 October 2003, aged 34. Plays acoustic rock, folk rock, indie folk, indie pop, indie rock, rock, singer-songwriter.
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Elvin Bishop was born in Glendale, United States, on 21 October 1942. Plays blue-eyed soul, blues, blues rock, country rock, rock, southern rock.
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Freakwater formed in Louisville, United States, in 1989. Plays alternative country.
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George Clinton & Parliament Funkadelic formed in Plainfield, United States, in 1968. Plays funk, p-funk.
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Indigenous plays blues rock.
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Iris DeMent was born in Paragould, United States, on 5 January 1961. Plays country, folk.
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Jim Carroll was born in Manhattan, United States, on 1 August 1949, and died on 11 September 2009, aged 60.
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Joan Jett & The Blackhearts formed in Los Angeles, United States, in 1980. Plays arena rock, classic rock, glam punk, glam rock, hard rock, power pop, punk, rock.
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Joan Osborne was born in Anchorage, United States, on 8 July 1963. Plays blues rock, country rock, folk, pop, rock.
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John Wesley Harding was born in Hastings, United Kingdom, on 22 October 1965. Plays folk.
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Jonathan Richman was born in Natick, United States, on 16 May 1951.
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Juno was born in Gyeonggido, Korea, Republic Of, on 15 December 1986.
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Kelly Joe Phelps was born in Sumner, United States, on 5 October 1959, and died on 31 May 2022, aged 62. Plays acoustic blues, blues, country, folk, singer-songwriter.
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Kristin Hersh was born in Atlanta, United States, on 7 August 1966.
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Ladysmith Black Mambazo was born in 1964. Plays afrobeats, folk, isicathamiya, mbube.
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Los de Abajo formed in 1992. Plays ska.
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Maceo Parker was born on 14 February 1943. Plays jazz, soul jazz.
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Maktub formed in Seattle, United States, in 1996.
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Mark Eitzel was born in Walnut Creek, United States, on 30 January 1959. Plays rock.
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Martha Wainwright was born in Montreal, Canada, on 8 May 1976. Plays contemporary folk, folk pop, singer-songwriter.
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Martin Sexton was born in Syracuse, United States, on 2 March 1966. Plays folk.
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Mighty Clouds of Joy formed in 1960. Plays disco, gospel, traditional black gospel.
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Modest Mouse formed in 1993. Plays alternative rock, art rock, experimental, indie pop, indie rock, lo-fi, post-hardcore, rock.
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Motörhead formed in London, United Kingdom, in June 1975, and split up on 28 December 2015, after 40 years. Plays hard rock, heavy metal, metal, nwobhm, rock, rock and roll, speed metal.
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Nathan & The Zydeco Cha-Chas formed in 1985.
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Ozomatli formed in 1996. Plays latin pop.
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Paladins formed in San Diego, United States, in 1980. Plays blues rock, rockabilly.
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Pete Krebs was born in Portland, United States.
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Quasi formed in Portland, United States, in 1993. Plays indie rock.
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Robbie Fulks was born in York, United States, on 25 March 1963. Plays alternative country, bluegrass, singer-songwriter.
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Robin Holcomb was born in 1954. Plays jazz.
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Ronnie Spector was born in East Harlem, United States, on 10 August 1943, and died on 12 January 2022, aged 78. Plays rock and roll, soul.
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Sandra Bernhard was born in Flint, United States, on 6 June 1955.
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Savage Garden formed in Brisbane, Australia, in 1994, and split up in 2001, after 7 years. Plays alternative rock, dance-pop, pop, pop rock, rock.
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Sleater-Kinney formed in Olympia, United States, in 1994. Plays alternative rock, indie rock, punk rock, riot grrrl, rock.
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Southern Culture On the Skids formed in Chapel Hill, United States, in 1983. Plays alternative rock, experimental rock, neo-psychedelia, psychobilly, rockabilly, surf.
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Sugar Ray formed in Newport Beach, United States, in 1986. Plays alternative metal, alternative rock, chillout, funk metal, hardcore punk, lounge, nu metal, pop.
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The Coup formed in Oakland, United States, in 1992. Plays conscious hip hop, hip hop, political hip hop.
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The Giraffes formed in Brooklyn, United States, in 1996.
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The Magnetic Fields formed in Boston, United States, in 1990. Plays dream pop, indie folk, indie pop, lo-fi, minimal synth, noise pop, synth-pop, twee pop.
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Tracy Chapman was born in Cleveland, United States, on 30 March 1964. Plays alternative folk, blues rock, contemporary folk, folk, folk pop, folk rock, pop, rock.
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Wayne Horvitz was born in New York, United States, on 1 September 1955. Plays free jazz, jazz.
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Wylie And The Wild West formed in 1988.
A guest 100% for Joan Jett & The Blackhearts at Bumbershoot 2000 festival, Seattle on Fri, 01 Sep 2000
While @ Bumbershoot 2000 we decided to down some whisky and push our way to the front@ my first Joan Jett/Blackheads show. Me being an old school classic rock guy I assumed she was a joke and was maybe gonna heckle her a bit...Dude, she blew us away that day and I have been a lifelong fan since!
One hard rocking show to say the least!!
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