SOURCE: One Reel

 

SEATTLE, WA -- (MARKET WIRE) -- April 12, 2006 -- One Reel, the Pacific Northwest-based independent, not-for-profit events producer, is thrilled to announce an incredible initial lineup for the 2006 Bumbershoot®: Seattle's Music & Arts Festival. Bumbershoot showcases more than 1,500 artists in 20 venues at the 74-acre Seattle Center. The 36th annual 3-day Festival is held over Labor Day weekend (September 2-4) and features an eclectic mix of live music, comedy, dance, indie crafts, spectacle, film, theatre, and literary and visual arts in a unique urban setting. More information about the Festival can be found at www.bumbershoot.org. Ticket information provided below.

Music

The diverse, genre-crossing 2006 Bumbershoot musical lineup includes:

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

Details on Bumbershoot's dance, theater, visual arts, comedy, spectacle literary arts, vendor market and film programming available at http://www.bumbershoot.org/press/_pdf/Release-2006-04-12.pdf. From renowned author Greil Marcus to the Montreal's Rubberbandance Group, to Seattle's own Rat City Roller Girls, Bumbershoot will once again prove to be a truly diverse contemporary arts festival!

Tickets

Tickets for the 2006 Bumbershoot®: Seattle's Music & Arts Festival will go on sale July 15, 2006 at 10:00 AM at www.bumbershoot.org, at Ticketmaster locations, or by phone at 206.628.0888.

Additional musical acts and the full program lineup for the 2006 Bumbershoot®: Seattle's Music & Arts Festival will be announced in the weeks ahead. Please visit www.bumbershoot.org for up-to-date Festival information.