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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!!! (Chk Chk Chk) formed in Sacramento, United States, in 1996. Plays alternative rock, dance-punk, rock. -
Allen Stone was born in Chewelah, United States, on 13 March 1987. Plays blue-eyed soul, gospel, pop soul, r&b, soul.
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alt-J formed in Leeds, United Kingdom, in 2007. Plays alternative rock, art pop, art rock, blues rock, electronic rock, experimental rock, folktronica, indie pop.
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Aurelio was born in Gracias a Dios, Honduras, in 1969, and died on 17 March 2025, aged 56. Plays latin, punta, singer-songwriter.
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Bajofondo formed in Buenos Aires, Uruguay, in 2001. Plays electronic, electrotango, tango.
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Baroness formed in Savannah, United States, in 2003. Plays heavy metal, metal, post-metal, progressive metal, sludge metal, stoner metal.
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BASSNECTAR was born in San Francisco, United States, on 16 February 1978. Plays breakbeat, brostep, downtempo, drum and bass, drumstep, dubstep, electronic, electronica.
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Beats Antique formed in 2007. Plays electronic, steampunk, world fusion.
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Bob Mould was born in Malone, United States, on 16 October 1960. Plays alternative rock, rock.
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Broncho formed in 2010. Plays indie rock.
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Charles Bradley was born in Gainesville, United States, on 5 November 1948, and died on 23 September 2017, aged 68. Plays funk, soul.
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Charli XCX was born in Cambridge, United Kingdom, on 2 August 1992. Plays bubblegum bass, bubblegum pop, dance-pop, deconstructed club, electro, electroclash, electronic, electropop.
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Cookie Monsta was born in Nottingham, United Kingdom, on 5 May 1989, and died on 2 October 2020, aged 31. Plays dance, deathstep, dub, dubstep, electronic.
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Crystal Castles formed in Toronto, Canada, in 2006, and split up in October 2017, after 11 years. Plays alternative dance, bitpop, dance, edm, electroclash, electronic, electronica, electropop.
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Dannic was born in Breda, Netherlands, on 10 November 1985. Plays big room house, dutch house, edm, electro house.
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David Bazan was born on 22 January 1976. Plays indie rock.
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Deerhunter formed in Atlanta, United States, in 2001. Plays ambient, indie rock, lo-fi, neo-psychedelia, noise pop, noise rock, post-punk, shoegaze.
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Delta Rae formed in Durham, United States, in 2009. Plays blues rock, country rock, folk rock, roots rock.
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Diamond Rings was born on 6 July 1985.
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Down North formed in Seattle, United States. Plays r&b, soul.
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Eric Burdon was born in Walker, United Kingdom, on 11 May 1941. Plays blues, rock.
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Ernie Watts was born in Norfolk, United States, on 23 October 1945. Plays jazz, post-bop.
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FIDLAR formed in Los Angeles, United States, in April 2009. Plays garage punk, garage rock, skate punk, surf.
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Gary Numan was born in Hammersmith, United Kingdom, on 8 March 1958. Plays ambient pop, art pop, dance-pop, dark ambient, dark wave, electro-industrial, electronic, electronic rock.
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Grynch was born in Seattle, United States, in 1986.
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Guy formed in Harlem, United States, in 1987. Plays contemporary r&b, hip hop, new jack swing, r&b, swing.
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Heart formed in Seattle, United States, in 1973. Plays aor, arena rock, classic rock, folk rock, hard rock, pop, pop rock, rock.
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Icona Pop formed in Stockholm, Sweden, in 2009. Plays alternative pop, bubblegum dance, bubblegum pop, dance, edm, electro, electro house, electronic.
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Ivan & Alyosha formed in Seattle, United States, in 2007. Plays indie folk.
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Joey Bada$$ was born in Flatbush, United States, on 20 January 1995. Plays boom bap, conscious hip hop, east coast hip hop, hardcore hip hop, hip hop, jazz rap.
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Justin Townes Earle was born on 4 January 1982, and died on 20 August 2020, aged 38. Plays folk.
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Kinky formed in Monterrey, Mexico, in 2000. Plays alternative rock, electronica.
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Kithkin split up on 3 September 2015.
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Lake Street Dive formed in Boston, United States, in 2004. Plays indie pop, jazz, soul.
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Lissie was born in Rock Island, United States, on 21 November 1982. Plays country, folk, folk rock, rock.
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Maceo Parker was born on 14 February 1943. Plays jazz, soul jazz.
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Mates of State formed in Lawrence, United States, in 1997. Plays indie pop.
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Matt and Kim formed in Brooklyn, United States, in 2004. Plays indie pop.
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Matt Pond PA formed in Philadelphia, United States, in 1998. Plays indie pop, indie rock.
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MGMT formed in Middletown, United States, in December 2002. Plays hypnagogic pop, indie pop, indie rock, indietronica, neo-psychedelia, new wave, psychedelic pop, psychedelic rock.
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Midday Veil formed in May 2008.
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Nacho Picasso plays hip hop.
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Nikki Hill plays rock.
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Physics was born in Helsinki, Finland. Plays drum and bass.
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Ra Ra Riot formed in Syracuse, United States, in 2006. Plays baroque pop, indie rock.
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Ramona Falls formed in Portland, United States, in 2009.
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Redd Kross formed in Hawthorne, United States, in 1980. Plays alternative rock, pop punk, power pop, punk, punk rock.
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Robert Glasper Experiment formed in 2007. Plays nu jazz.
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Sol Roots was born in North Carolina, United States. Plays blues.
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Superchunk formed in Chapel Hill, United States, in 1989. Plays indie rock, rock.
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Tamaryn was born in 1982. Plays dream pop, post-punk, shoegaze.
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Tegan and Sara formed in Calgary, Canada, in 1998. Plays acoustic rock, alternative rock, electropop, indie pop, indie rock, pop rock, rock, synth-pop.
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Thao & The Get Down Stay Down formed in Falls Church, United States, in 2003. Plays alternative rock, folk rock.
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The Breeders formed in Boston, United States, in 1989. Plays alternative rock, indie rock, noise pop.
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The Grizzled Mighty plays blues, blues rock, rock, stoner rock.
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The Joy Formidable formed in 2007. Plays dream pop, indie rock, noise pop, shoegaze.
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The Maldives formed in Seattle, United States, in 2002.
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The Men formed in Brooklyn, United States, in 2008. Plays noise rock, post-punk.
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The Mowgli's formed in Calabasas, United States, in 2010.
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The Zombies formed in 1961. Plays art pop, baroque pop, beat music, british rhythm & blues, pop, pop rock, psychedelic pop, rock.
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Trampled by Turtles formed in Duluth, United States, in 2004. Plays bluegrass, folk rock, progressive bluegrass, progressive folk.
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Vicci Martinez was born in Tacoma, United States, on 21 September 1984.
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Vintage Trouble formed in Hollywood, United States, in 2010. Plays blues, blues rock, funk, hard rock, pop, rock and roll, soul.
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Washed Out was born in Perry, United States, on 3 October 1982. Plays chillwave, dream pop, electronic, neo-psychedelia.
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Watsky was born in San Francisco, United States, on 15 September 1986.
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ZZ Ward was born on 2 June 1986.