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Bumbershoot 2025 lineup

Posted by Loren on May 18, 2025

Bumbershoot 2025 lineup
photo by Nik Freitas

Bumbershoot Arts & Music Festival returns in Seattle, WA, this year taking place August 30-31 with a lineup that includes Bright Eyes, Janelle Monae, Weezer, Slyvan Esso, and more. It's the 52nd iteration of the long-running festival, covered by SPB in 2023.

Additional 2025 artists include Indigo De Souza, The Linda Lindas, The Murder City Devils, and Digable Planets.

A full musical lineup is posted below. The festival also includes visual and culinary art features. Tickets are available, along with more info, at the Bumbershoot website.

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

Bumbershoot 2025 lineup
photo by Nik Freitas

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