Seattle, WA - The 38th annual Bumbershoot: Seattle’s Music & Arts Festival, Presented by Samsung 

Mobile announces the full 2008 lineup and a complete interactive schedule available at 

bumbershoot.org/lineup.htm. The 3-day urban event takes place Labor Day Weekend (August 30 – 

September 1). The Festival stretches across the 74-acre Seattle Center, located beneath the city’s iconic 

Space Needle, and programs 20 indoor and unique outdoor venues. This progressive Festival features a 

diverse array of arts including live music, comedy, theatre, dance, film, urban crafts, literary arts and visual 

arts. Complete Festival details are located at bumbershoot.org. 

MUSIC  

Just added to complete the 2008 Festival lineup:  

Death Cab For Cutie / Superchunk / Tapes ‘n Tapes / The Weakerthans / Two Gallants / Kathleen Edwards / 

Cheb I Sabbah & 1002 Nights featuring Riffat Sultana Sweet Water / Vicci Martinez / Tiptons Sax Quartet / 

Black Eyes and Neckties / Mono in VCF / Thee Emergency / Vince Mira / Manooghi Hi / Feral Children /  

Speaker Speaker / The Physics / The Tripwires / Sage / Grieves / Choklate / Das Vibenbass / The Valley / 

Velella Velella / The Maldives / Shim / Shane Tutmarc & The Traveling Mercies / Mariee Sioux /  

The Round (featuring Damien Jurado, Jen Wood, Buddy Wakefield and others) / The Lonely H /  

Nick Vigarino / The Staxx Brothers / Lushy / New Faces / School of Rock: Northwest All-Stars /  

Jazz Northwest: WSU Faculty Ensemble 

The above acts will join these previously announced:  

Beck / Stone Temple Pilots / T.I. / The Offspring / Keyshia Cole / Lucinda Williams / Neko Case / Paramore / 

Band of Horses / The Black Keys / Nada Surf / Ingrid Michaelson / Del Tha Funky Homosapien /  

Jakob Dylan / !!! / Mike Doughty / Old 97’s / Xavier Rudd / Anti-Flag / Minus the Bear / M. Ward /  

Lee “Scratch” Perry / Man Man / Joe Bonamassa / Saul Williams / Brother Ali / Battles / Aiden / Kid Sister /  

The Walkmen / Sons and Daughters / Asylum Street Spankers / Unearth / Estelle / Dan Deacon /  

Blitzen Trapper / Sondre Lerche / Bedouin Soundclash / Scary Kids Scaring Kids / Tim Finn / The Whigs / 

Dale Watson / John Vanderslice / Flobots / Thao with the Get Down Stay Down / Final Fantasy / Adele /  

The Fall of Troy / Orgone / Langhorne Slim & The War Eagles / Forro in the Dark / These Arms Are Snakes / 

The Blakes / Wreckless Eric & Amy Rigby / Pacifika / Arthur & Yu / Darondo & Nino Moschella / Ian Moore / 

Mark Pickerel & His Praying Hands / Throw Me The Statue / Barcelona / Kinski / Tyrone Wells / Monotonix / 

J-Boogie’s Dubtronic Science / Howlin Rain / The Shackeltons / West Indian Girl / Ravens & Chimes /  

Hadley Caliman Quintet featuring Thomas Marriott / Star Anna / Grynch / The Hands / Joshua Morrison / 

Matt Jorgensen +451 / PWRFL Power / Chester French / The Girls / Kate Tucker & the Sons of Sweden / 

Beehive / Ashleigh Flynn