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Beck, Stone Temple Pilots highlight initial Bumbershoot lineup
Beck , Stone Temple Pilots and Neko Case head up a partial lineup of acts unveiled by organizers of Seattle's Labor Day weekend Bumbershoot festival.
Other names revealed for the 38th annual version of the event, which is set to unfold Aug. 30 through Sept. 1 in the 74-acre Seattle Center beneath the city's iconic Space Needle, include Lucinda Williams , Ingrid Michaelson , Del The Funky Homosapien, Jakob Dylan , !!! , M. Ward , Saul Williams and many others.
More acts will be announced later on, according to organizers; the current schedule can be found at the festival's website.
The festival will also delve once again into other forms of art aside from music, boasting a literary arts component featuring graphic novelist Dan Clowes and cyberpunk legend William Gibson, along with other authors. A dance festival and a series of visual arts installations will also enhance the event's arts foundation.
Three comedy stages will also be featured, with a rotating selection of both national and local stand-up comics, along with the 13th annual 1 Reel Film Festival, curated by the Seattle International Film Festival. The film festival features "live-action, animated, experimental, and documentary short films," according to a press release.
Tickets for the festival are on sale now through the event's website. A three-day pass goes for $80 through Aug. 15, when the price rises to $100 per admission. Single-day tickets will go on sale July 15.
Last year's edition of the Bumbershoot festival featured The Shins, Wu-Tang Clan, Ted Leo & The Pharmacists and Panic at the Disco, among others.
