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The Stranger’s Exhaustively Comprehensive Bursting-at-the Seams Guide to Bumbershoot 2026!
What to See and What to Skip at This Year’s Festival
Phew! Another music festival? But it’s almost September! Isn’t it time to go back to school and drink hot cocoa under a cozy blanket and pretend to care about football? No! There is still summer fun to be had, as exhausted as you may be, because Bumbershoot is taking over the Seattle Center September 5…
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Every Band Playing Bumbershoot: Saturday
We Tell You Who to See and Who to Skip!
Every Band Playing Bumbershoot: Sunday
We Tell You Who to See and Who to Skip!
Every Arts District at Bumbershoot 2026
From Wrestling and Skateboarding to Cats and Mermaids
Who Said It?
Edgar Allan Poe vs. Ben Gibbard
Art on a Farm, Lovers in the Streets, and We Really Think You Should Have $10,000!
The art news, gossip, and shows you need to know for the weeks ahead.
Pop Loser: Courtney Love Update, New Shabazz Palaces Single, and Three Blood Brothers Return as Evil Island
All the Music News and Events for Your Week
The Best Thing I Saw This Week: Toppled Ice
An Exhibition About Things Remembered Is Melty, Slippery, and Moving
Rasheena Fountain
An author’s connection to blues music and the environment provokes new ways of thinking.
Saving Little Saigon
It’s a Neighborhood Under Duress, but Yenvy Pham Wants to Make It the Best Block in Seattle
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