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Festival No. 0000069 · Est. 1980

Bumbershoot 2016

Bumbershoot 2016

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Seattle Center - Seattle, US
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Seattle Center
Address
305 Harrison St. 98109
City
Seattle, US

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About the artists

  • Atlas Genius
    Atlas Genius formed in Adelaide, Australia, in 2009. Plays indietronica.
  • Billy Idol
    Billy Idol was born in Stanmore, United Kingdom, on 30 November 1955. Plays alternative dance, classic rock, electronic, hard rock, new wave, pop rock, post-punk, punk.
  • Black Joe Lewis & The Honeybears
    Black Joe Lewis & The Honeybears formed in Austin, United States, in 2007.
  • Blank Range
  • Cashmere Cat
    Cashmere Cat was born in Halden, Norway, on 29 November 1987. Plays alternative r&b, edm, electronic, future bass.
  • Death Cab for Cutie
    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.
  • Deep Sea Diver
    Deep Sea Diver formed in 2007. Plays dream pop, pop, pop rock, rock.
  • Escondido
    Escondido formed in Nashville, United States, in 2011.
  • Explosions in the Sky
    Explosions in the Sky formed in Austin, United States, on 4 July 1999. Plays ambient, instrumental, post-rock.
  • Father John Misty
    Father John Misty was born in Rockville, United States, on 3 May 1981. Plays experimental rock, folk rock, indie rock, psychedelic rock.
  • Iska Dhaaf
  • Joywave
    Joywave formed in Rochester, United States, in 2010. Plays indie rock.
  • Liquid Stranger
    Liquid Stranger was born on 13 November 1978. Plays ambient dub, brostep, chillout, downtempo, drum and bass, dub, dubstep, electronic.
  • Lisa Prank
  • Maiah Manser
    Maiah Manser was born in Oregon, United States.
  • Naked Giants
    Naked Giants formed in 2014.
  • Porter Robinson
    Porter Robinson was born in Chapel Hill, United States, on 15 July 1992. Plays complextro, edm, electronic, electropop, funk, pop, progressive house, synth-pop.
  • Pretty Lights
    Pretty Lights formed in Fort Collins, United States, on 18 June 2004. Plays downtempo, electronic, electronica, glitch hop, hip hop, instrumental hip hop, nu jazz, soul.
  • Rabbit Wilde
  • Radiation City
    Radiation City formed in Portland, United States, in 2010, and split up in November 2016, after 6 years.
  • Tame Impala
    Tame Impala was born in Sydney, Australia, on 20 January 1986. Plays alternative dance, alternative rock, dream pop, indie rock, indietronica, leftfield, neo-psychedelia, pop.
  • The Motet
    The Motet formed in Boulder, United States, in 1998. Plays afrobeat, funk, jazz, rock.
  • The Secret Weapons
  • Zeds Dead
    Zeds Dead formed in Toronto, Canada, in 2009. Plays drum and bass, dubstep, edm, electro house, electronic.
  • ZhU
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