Bumbershoot 2006 Lineup

The initial music line-up for the 2006 Bumbershoot festival was announced earlier this week. Much like last year the early announcement looks pretty weak (except for the Hip Hop 101 acts which have been consistently solid the last 5 years). It's especially disappointing considering that the move from a 4-day festival to a 3-day festival was supposed to result in an increased focus on bringing in top talent. Instead it seems like all of the big names are skipping Bumbershoot and heading to the Sasquatch Festival instead.

Never fear though, I'm still holding out hope that it'll improve. Last year a bunch of great acts were added after the initial announcement, so hopefully we'll see a similar surge this year. If not there's going to be a whole lot of waiting in the Comedy Festival lines for me.

Lineup So Far
Kanye West • AFI • A Tribe Called Quest • Yellowcard • Atmosphere • Hawthorne Heights • Feist • Shooter Jennings • Mates of State • Of Montreal • Matt Costa • The Blood Brothers • Bettye LaVette • the subdudes • Ivan Neville's Dumpstaphunk • Sharon Jones & the Dap Kings • Jacob Fred Jazz Odyssey • Yerba Buena • The English Beat • Gossip • 3 Inches of Blood • Deerhoof • Laura Veirs • Nouvelle Vague • Breakestra • Jamie Lidell • Vashti Bunyan • Dengue Fever • Metric