Sasquatch! Music Festival

Sasquatch! Music Festival

Location(s)	The Gorge Amphitheatre, George, Washington, United States
Years active	2002–present
Founded by	Adam Zacks
Date(s)	Memorial Day weekend
Genre	Indie rock, experimental rock, singer-songwriter, electronica, alternative rock, underground hip-hop
Website	www.sasquatchfestival.com

Sasquatch! Music Festival is a music festival held annually at the Gorge Amphitheatre in George, Washington. It is presented by the House of Blues. There is an emphasis on indie rock bands and singer-songwriters, although there are also alternative rock, hip hop and comedy acts. The festival features four separate stages (Sasquatch! Main Stage, Bigfoot Stage, Rumpus Room, & Yeti Stage).

Contents 1 History 2 2011 2.1 Lineup 2.1.1 Friday, May 27 2.1.2 Saturday, May 28 2.1.3 Sunday, May 29 2.1.4 Monday, May 30 3 2010 3.1 Lineup 3.1.1 Saturday, May 29 3.1.2 Sunday, May 30 3.1.3 Monday, May 31 4 2009 4.1 Lineup 4.1.1 Saturday, May 23 4.1.2 Sunday, May 24 4.1.3 Monday, May 25 5 2008 5.1 Lineup 5.1.1 Saturday, May 24 5.1.2 Sunday, May 25 5.1.3 Monday, May 26 5.2 Comedy Lineup 5.2.1 Saturday 5.2.2 Sunday 5.2.3 Monday 5.3 Christmas on Mars 6 2007 6.1 Lineup 6.1.1 Saturday, May 26 6.1.2 Sunday, May 27 7 2006 7.1 Lineup 7.1.1 Friday, May 26 7.1.2 Saturday, May 27 7.1.3 Sunday, May 28 8 2005 8.1 Lineup 8.1.1 Saturday, May 28 9 2004 9.1 Lineup 9.1.1 Saturday, May 29 10 2003 10.1 Lineup 10.1.1 Saturday, May 24 11 2002 11.1 Lineup 11.1.1 Saturday, May 25 12 Performers that have played more than once 13 References 14 External links 15 Press

History

The Sasquatch! Music Festival was founded in 2002 by Pacific Northwest-based concert promoter Adam Zacks. Prior to the inception of the festival, Zacks booked and managed shows at the Roseland Theater in Portland, Oregon. After moving to Seattle, Washington to be closer to friends and family, Zacks began considering the creation of a music festival in the Pacific Northwest. In an interview with Seattle Weekly in September 2007, Zacks described the birth of Sasquatch!:^[1]

Sasquatch was an idea born on a hunch that there was untapped demand for a certain kind of festival that catered to the eclectic tastes of music enthusiasts. It started in 2002, which was shortly after a number of the touring festivals (Lollapalooza, Lilith, Horde) had petered out and the beginning of the wave of regional festivals that started with Coachella and now is a dominant force on the music landscape, with Bonnaroo, Austin City Limits, etc.

2011

The lineup for the 2011 Sasquatch! Music Festival was announced on 6 February 2011.^[2][3]

Lineup

Friday, May 27

Foo Fighters Death From Above 1979 Bob Mould

Against Me! Rival Schools DJ Anjali & The Incredible Kid

Biffy Clyro The Bronx

Saturday, May 28

Death Cab for Cutie Bright Eyes Iron & Wine Bassnectar Robyn Pink Martini Wolf Parade Local Natives Matt & Kim Trailer Park Boys Sleigh Bells

The Thermals CSS Jenny & Johnny The Head & the Heart k-os Glitch Mob The Radio Dept The Antlers Sharon Van Etten Aloe Blacc Seattle Rock Orchestra Matt McCarthy DJ Anjali & The Incredible Kid

The Secret Sisters J. Mascis Wye Oak Tig Notaro Alberta Cross Washed Out Dan Mangan The Globes Rebecca Gates and the Consortium Pepper Rabbit

Sunday, May 29

Modest Mouse The Flaming Lips Flogging Molly Cold War Kids Ratatat Yeasayer Beach House MSTRKRFT Flying Lotus Tokyo Police Club

Fitz & the Tantrums Archers of Loaf City and Colour Reggie Watts Gayngs Tim Minchin The Drums Sam Roberts Band Smith Westerns Villagers DJ Anjali & The Incredible Kid

Das Racist Wheedle’s Groove S. Carey Gold Panda Mad Rad Basia Bulat Cotton Jones Other Lives Talkdemonic Moondoggies Hari Kondabolu

Monday, May 30

Wilco The Decemberists Rodrigo y Gabriela Old 97's Major Lazer Chromeo Guided by Voices Sharon Jones & The Dap Kings Deerhunter Wavves

Skrillex !!! Best Coast Surfer Blood Macklemore & Ryan Lewis Bonobo Young the Giant Stornoway Black Mountain Givers DJ Anjali & The Incredible Kid

Noah & the Whale Twin Shadow Foster the People White Denim Axis of Awesome Jaill White Arrows Head Like A Kite The Young Evils The Scott Aukerman & Paul F. Tompkins Show

2010

The lineup for the 2010 Sasquatch! Music Festival was announced on 15 February 2010. Headliners for the event included My Morning Jacket, Massive Attack, and Ween. The event took place on Memorial Day weekend, 29-31 May 2010.^[4]

Lineup

Saturday, May 29

My Morning Jacket Vampire Weekend The National Broken Social Scene OK Go Brad Minus the Bear Brother Ali Shabazz Palaces Public Enemy

The Hold Steady Miike Snow Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros Portugal. The Man Mumford & Sons Why? The Lonely Forest Patrick Watson

The Middle East Nurses Fool's Gold Morning Teleportation Garfunkel and Oates DJ Z-Trip Dam-Funk The Very Best Deadmau5 The Posies

Sunday, May 30

Massive Attack Pavement LCD Soundsystem Tegan and Sara Kid Cudi They Might Be Giants The Long Winters Midlake Caribou Nada Surf

Dirty Projectors Girls The xx City and Colour Cymbals Eat Guitars The Tallest Man on Earth Local Natives Fruit Bats Vetiver

Freelance Whales Avi Buffalo tUnE-yArDs Jets Overhead Simian Mobile Disco A-Trak YACHT Booka Shade

Monday, May 31

Ween MGMT Band of Horses She & Him Passion Pit Drive By Truckers The Temper Trap Mayer Hawthorne & The County Jaguar Love

The New Pornographers Camera Obscura The Mountain Goats Dr. Dog Quasi The Low Anthem Tame Impala No Age

Japandroids Telekinesis Fresh Espresso Phantogram Past Lives Boys Noize Neon Indian Hudson Mohawke

The comedy lineup includes Rob Riggle, Bobcat Goldthwait, Luke Burbank, Mike Birbiglia, Patton Oswalt and Craig Robinson.

2009

The lineup for the 2009 Sasquatch! Music Festival was announced on 17 February 2009. Headliners for the event included Jane's Addiction, Kings of Leon, and Ben Harper & Relentless7.^[5] The event took place on Memorial Day weekend, 23-25 May 2009.^[6]

Lineup

Saturday, May 23

Kings of Leon Yeah Yeah Yeahs The Decemberists Animal Collective Bon Iver Devotchka M. Ward Doves Sun Kil Moon

The Gaslight Anthem King Khan and the Shrines Ra Ra Riot Shearwater Passion Pit Mt. St. Helens Vietnam Band Vince Mira Blind Pilot

Owl City Arthur & Yu Dent May & His Magnificent Ukulele Death Vessel Hockey Crystal Castles Mos Def Champagne Champagne

Sunday, May 24

Jane's Addiction Nine Inch Nails TV On The Radio of Montreal The Avett Brothers M83 The Airborne Toxic Event Calexico The Walkmen

The Wrens St. Vincent John Vanderslice The Submarines Viva Voce The Dodos The Builders & The Butchers AA Bondy Fences

Point Juncture, WA The Murder City Devils Natalie Portman's Shaved Head Deadmau5 Mike Watt and The Missingmen The Henry Clay People Street Sweeper Social Club Mad Rad

Monday, May 25

Ben Harper & Relentless7 Chromeo (DJ set) Erykah Badu Silversun Pickups Fleet Foxes Gogol Bordello Santigold Grizzly Bear Explosions in the Sky Girl Talk

Blitzen Trapper The Knux Monotonix Bishop Allen Black Moth Super Rainbow Beach House Deerhoof The Dutchess & The Duke School of Seven Bells

Horse Feathers The Pica Beats Loch Lomond Tobacco BLK JKS Heartless Bastards Other Lives Amanda Blank

The comedy lineup includes Zach Galifianakis, Tim and Eric Awesome Show, Great Job!, Todd Barry, H. Jon Benjamin, God's Pottery, People's Republic of Komedy, Patton Oswalt, The Whitest Kids U Know, The Red Wine Boys, and Maria Bamford.

2008

The lineup for the 2008 Sasquatch! Music Festival was announced on 25 February 2008. Headliners for the event include R.E.M., The Cure, and The Flaming Lips. The event took place on Memorial Day weekend, 24-26 May 2008. Tickets went on sale on March 8, 2008 at 12 PM P.S.T.

Lineup

Saturday, May 24

David Bazan Beirut The Breeders Crudo (featuring Mike Patton & Dan the Automator) Dead Confederate Dengue Fever Destroyer Kathleen Edwards

Newton Faulkner Fleet Foxes Grand Archives Grand Hallway M.I.A. Vince Mira with the Roy Kay Trio Modest Mouse Capibara

Okkervil River Ozomatli The National The New Pornographers R.E.M. The Shaky Hands Throw Me the Statue The Whigs Neko Case (played on the Wookie stage at the same time Fleet Foxes were on mainstage, and was an unannounced last minute addition to the lineup)

Sunday, May 25

65daysofstatic "Awesome" The Blakes Blue Scholars Cancer Rising Sera Cahoone Cold War Kids The Cops

The Cure Death Cab for Cutie Michael Franti & Spearhead The Heavenly States The Kooks Stephen Malkmus and the Jicks The Maldives Mates of State

The Morning Benders The Presidents of the United States of America Rogue Wave Tegan and Sara J. Tillman Truckasaurus What Made Milwaukee Famous White Rabbits

Monday, May 26

Battles Built to Spill The Cave Singers The Choir Practice Matt Costa Delta Spirit Dyme Def The Flaming Lips U.F.O. Show

Flight of the Conchords Ghostland Observatory The Hives Kay Kay & His Weathered Underground Kinski Jamie Lidell The Little Ones The Mars Volta

The Moondoggies Pela Rodrigo y Gabriela Say Hi Siberian Thao with the Get Down Stay Down Whalebones Yeasayer

Comedy Lineup

The 2008 festival features the first ever Sasquatch! comedy tent.

Saturday

Matt Besser Sean Conroy Rich Fulcher

Tim Meadows Jerry Minor Horatio Sanz

Upright Citizens Brigade Matt Walsh

Sunday

Aziza Diaz Andy Haynes Kevin Hyder

Morgan Murphy Andy Peters Brian Posehn

Derek Sheen Reggie Watts

Monday

Michael Ian Black Liza Keckler Marc Maron

Mike Min Eugene Mirman Korby Sears

Seattle School Michael Showalter

Christmas on Mars

The Flaming Lips' long-awaited film Christmas on Mars premiered on Sunday, May 25 at the festival.

2007

The 2007 Sasquatch! Music Festival was hosted by Sarah Silverman, Michael Showalter, and Aziz Ansari.

Lineup

Saturday, May 26

Aqueduct Arcade Fire Björk Blitzen Trapper The Blow Neko Case Manu Chao Radio Bemba Sound System Citizen Cope

Electrelane Ghostland Observatory Grizzly Bear The Hold Steady Loney, Dear The Long Winters Mirah Mix Master Mike

Ozomatli Saturday Knights The Slip Gabriel Teodros Two Gallants Visqueen Viva Voce

Sunday, May 27

Bad Brains Beastie Boys The Black Angels Blackalicious The Blakes Common Market Dandy Warhols Earl Greyhound

Michael Franti & Spearhead The Helio Sequence Interpol Minus the Bear Mix Master Mike Money Mark The Polyphonic Spree St. Vincent

Smoosh Spoon Stars of Track and Field Jesse Sykes and the Sweet Hereafter Tokyo Police Club Total Experience Gospel Choir Patrick Wolf

M.I.A. was scheduled to perform but cancelled due to visa complications.

2006

The 2006 Sasquatch! Music Festival marked the first time the festival ran for three days. The event began on Friday, May 26 and lasted until Sunday, May 28. The second day was marked by an afternoon hailstorm, which forced Neko Case and her band off stage and threatened to shut down the show entirely. Fortunately, the storm subsided and the festival was able to continue as scheduled.

Lineup

Friday, May 26

…And You Will Know Us by the Trail of Dead Bauhaus Deadboy and the Elephantmen

Nine Inch Nails TV on the Radio HIM

The Trucks Wolfmother

Saturday, May 27

Architecture in Helsinki Band of Horses Bedouin Soundclash Neko Case Common Market The Constantines Matt Costa Brett Dennen

The Flaming Lips David Ford Gomez Ben Harper and the Innocent Criminals Iron & Wine Korby Lenker Stephen Malkmus and the Jicks Elvis Perkins

Sam Roberts Band Rogue Wave Tim Seely The Shins Slender Means Sufjan Stevens The Tragically Hip

Sunday, May 28

Arctic Monkeys Beck Big City Rock Blue Scholars Clap Your Hands Say Yeah Death Cab for Cutie The Decemberists Headphones

Heavenly States Damien Jurado Ben Lee Big Japan Jamie Lidell Matisyahu Mercir Nada Surf

Pretty Girls Make Graves Queens of the Stone Age Chad VanGaalen Laura Veirs Rocky Votolato Village Green We Are Scientists

2005

The 2005 Sasquatch! Music Festival took place on Saturday, May 28.

Lineup

Saturday, May 28

Arcade Fire Aqueduct The Be Good Tanyas Benevento/Russo Duo Bobby Bare, Jr. Bloc Party Blue Scholars Crystal Skulls The Dears

The Frames Jem Ray LaMontagne Math and Physics Club Matisyahu Menomena Modest Mouse A.C. Newman Joanna Newsom

Parks & Recreation Pixies She Wants Revenge Smoosh United State of Electronica Visqueen Kanye West Wilco

2004

The 2004 Sasquatch! Music Festival took place on Saturday, May 29. The event was hosted by David Cross.

Lineup

Saturday, May 29

Apollo Sunshine Aveo The Black Keys Built to Spill Cat Power Harvey Danger

The Decemberists Donavon Frankenreiter Fruit Bats Gary Jules The Long Winters The New Pornographers

The Postal Service The Roots The Shins Sleater-Kinney Thievery Corporation Visqueen

2003

Lineup

Saturday, May 24

Joseph Arthur Calexico Brandi Carlile Neko Case Circus Contraption Coldplay Death Cab for Cutie Eisley

The Flaming Lips Jurassic 5 Maktub Minus the Bear Modest Mouse Jason Mraz The Music My Morning Jacket

The Pale Pacific Pedro the Lion Liz Phair Reclinerland Sam Roberts Ron Sexsmith The Thermals Elliott Smith Kathleen Edwards

2002

Lineup

Saturday, May 25

Blackalicious Galactic Ben Harper

Jack Johnson Maktub Soulive

The String Cheese Incident

Performers that have played more than once

• Seven times
  • Neko Case - 2003, 2004 (with the New Pornographers), 2006, 2007, 2008 (solo and with the New Pornographers), 2010 (with the New Pornographers)
• Five times
  • Ben Gibbard - 2003, 2006, 2008, 2011 (with Death Cab for Cutie), 2004 (with The Postal Service)
• Four Times
  • Death Cab for Cutie - 2003, 2006, 2008, 2011
  • The Flaming Lips - 2003, 2006, 2008, 2011
  • The Decemberists - 2004, 2006, 2009, 2011
  • Modest Mouse - 2003, 2005, 2008, 2011
• Three times
  • David Bazan - 2003 (with Pedro the Lion), 2006 (with Headphones), 2008
  • Blue Scholars - 2005, 2006, 2008
  • Visqueen - 2004, 2005, 2007
  • Ben Harper - 2002, 2006, 2009
  • Fleet Foxes- Twice in 2008, 2009
  • Minus the Bear - 2003, 2007, 2010
  • The Long Winters - 2004, 2007, 2010
  • Stephen Malkmus - 2006, 2008 (with Stephen Malkmus and the Jicks), 2010 (with Pavement)
• Two Times
  • Aqueduct - 2005, 2007
  • Arcade Fire - 2005, 2007
  • Blackalicious - 2002, 2007
  • Common Market - 2006, 2007
  • Deadmau5 - 2009, 2010
  • Ghostland Observatory - 2007, 2008
  • Grizzly Bear - 2007, 2009
  • Michael Franti & Spearhead - 2007, 2008
  • Maktub - 2002, 2003
  • Matisyahu - 2005, 2006
  • My Morning Jacket - 2003, 2010
  • Nada Surf - 2006, 2010
  • The National - 2008, 2010
  • Nine Inch Nails - 2006, 2009
  • Passion Pit- 2009, 2010
  • Sam Roberts - 2003, 2006
  • Shara Worden - 2009 (with The Decemberists and Bon Iver)
  • The Shins - 2004, 2006
  • Smoosh - 2005, 2007
  • Tegan and Sara - 2008, 2010
  • Kim Deal - 2005 (with The Pixies), 2008 (with The Breeders)

References

External links

• Official website

Press

• 2003 festival review at Seattle PI
• 2004 festival review at Left Off The Dial
• 2009 festival review at Tiny Mix Tapes
• 2010 festival review at Tiny Mix Tapes
• Interview with Sasquatch founder Adam Zacks at Synthesis