Bumbershoot Festival is back and recently announced its' 2015 music, arts, film and comedy festival lineup! The 3 day labor day weekend event will take place on September 5th, 6th, and 7th 2015 and will host headliners such as Faith No More, The Weeknd, Ellie Goulding, Hozier, Chance the Rapper, Cake, Flying Lotus, Zedd, Social Distortion, Brand New, Ben Harper & the Innocent Criminals, Bassnectar, Fitz & The Tantrums, Flosstradamus, Brandon Flowers, Lindsey Stirling, and Neko Case and many others.
The festival promotes top names in music, comedy, film, dance, performing arts, visual arts, theatre, and literature attracting over 100,000 running during Septembers Labor Day weekend. Below you will find the 3 day labor day festivals' music, comedy, film, and writers lineup.
Bumbershoot Festival | 2015 Lineup
The Comedy, Words and Ideas segment of the festival will also be one of the highlights of the weekend. Here is a passage from the festivals press release:
"Bumbershoot is excited to announce the lineup for its Comedy and Words & Ideas programming for 2015, a diverse set of acts and offerings that includes appearances from former Seattleite Hari Kondabolu, The Office’s Kate Flannery in her send-up lounge act The Lampshades, rising star Alex Edelman, and an impressive display of local and regional talent including Emmett Montgomery, who can be seen in this year’s installment of Last Comic Standing, and Solomon Georgio who recently had his television debut on CONAN.
Bumbershoot’s popular Words & Ideas programming features conversations, performances, and readings that explore the points where pop culture, new media, literature, theories, and trends intersect and explode. Highlights of this year’s Festival include the Writers of Brooklyn Nine-Nine, The A.V. Club Live, and a special Bumbershoot taping of Sherman Alexie and Jess Walters’ popular podcast, A Tiny Sense of Accomplishment."
The Comedy, Words and ideas Lineup is as follows:
National Comedy
Alex Edelman
Alison Rosen Is Your New Bestfriend (Podcast)
Annie Lederman
Bridget Everett
Dana Snyder
Hari Kondabolu
Lady Parts Justice featuring Lizz Winstead
Mike Lawrence
Naomi Ekperigin
Neil Hamburger
Ophira Eisenberg
Paul & Storm
Puddles Pity Party
Sean Patton
The Lampshades featuring Kate Flannery
Northwest Comedy
Brett Hamil’s Bundt Cake
Emmett Montgomery
Funny Over Everything
Laugh Riot
Laughs Comedy Spot vs. Tacoma Comedy Club
Monica Nevi
Rants Off / Dance Off
Seattle Super Secret Stand-up Show
Radio LARP
Solomon Georgio
Super Famous
Tiny Baby Talk Show
Words & Ideas
A Tiny Sense of Accomplishment with Sherman Alexie and Jess Walter
A.V. Club Live
Battle of the Word
Live Wire with Luke Burbank
Parenting with a Past (An Author Panel) with Michelle Tea and Jerry Stahl.
Scary Feminist (An Author Panel) with Peaches, Chelsea Cain, and Mandy Statdmiller.
Why This? Why That? Why Now? moderated by Ijeoma Oluo
Writers of Brooklyn Nine-Nine
Writing the Northwest (An Author Panel) with Timothy Egan, Brian Doyle, and Jamie Ford.
This year’s festival offers two mainstage locations, in both Memorial Stadium and KeyArena, as well as layaway plans for 3-Day standard and VIP passes.
More information on the festival can be found at www.bumbershoot.com. Ticket information can be found at www.bumbershoot.com/tickets.
