SUPer Sasquatch!
February 17th, 2009
Oh, you haven’t seen this yet on ten billion other blogs? Good, cuz now you got it.
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I dunno, this lineup looks pretty solid. Jane’s Addiction? WTF? I guess Satellite Party didn’t do so well. But also, the Yeah (fucking) Yeah Yeahs! Animal Collective! The Wrens! M83! Viva Voce! Mt. St. Helens Vietnam Band! (Dare I say) TV on the Radio! Fleet Foxes (again!) The Builders and the Butchers! The Pica Beats! Silversun Pickups! And so much moooore!
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The press release:
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Memorial Day Weekend | May 23, 24, 25, 2009
The Gorge | Quincy, WA
On sale Saturday February 28 at 10AM
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Saturday, May 23th
Kings of Leon / Yeah Yeah Yeahs / The Decemberists / Animal Collective / Bon Iver / Devotchka / M. Ward / Doves / Sun Kil Moon / The Gaslight Anthem / King Khan & 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 / James Pants / Todd Barry / Tim & Eric Awesome Show, Great Job! / People’s Republic of Komedy
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Sunday, May 24th
Jane’s Addiction / Nine Inch Nails / TV On The Radio / Peter Bjorn and John / of Montreal / The Avett Brothers / Calexico / M83 / The Airborne Toxic Event / The Walkmen / The Wrens / St. Vincent / The Dodos / John Vanderslice / The Submarines / Viva Voce / The Builders And The Butchers / AA Bondy / Fences / Point Juncture, WA / Jon Benjamin / Zach Galifianakis / Deadmau5 / Natalie Portman’s Shaved Head / People’s Republic of Komedy / Update: Murder City Devils
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Monday, May 25th
Ben Harper and Relentless7 / 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 / Mugison / The Dutchess And The Duke / School Of Seven Bells / Horse Feathers / The Pica Beats / Loch Lomond / BLK JKS / Demetri Martin / God’s Pottery / Chromeo / Tobacco / People’s Republic of Komedy
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Comedy line up includes Zach Galifiankas, Demetri Martin, Tim & Eric Awesome Show Great Job, Todd Barry, Jon Benjamin, God’s Pottery, People’s Republic of Komedy & more.
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I’ll probably end up saying that I’m going for the next three months and then back out at the last minute cuz it’s too goddam expensive. Like I (most) always do. How expensive, you ask? Price info after the jump, and keep the swear words to a minimum, please:
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Ticket Information
Beginning February 28th (on sale weekend only):
A discounted 3 DAY FESTIVAL PASS is available for a very limited time / $154.50
Offer ends Sunday, March 1st at midnight.
Single tickets, per day / $56.50
Beginning March 2nd:
3 day pass / $199.50
Single tickets, per day / $66.50
Beginning May 11:
3 day pass / $229.50
Single tickets, per day / $76.50
V.I.P. package tickets with special amenities also available.
Full details on the festival website: sasquatchfestival.com
(Applicable service charges may apply)
Tickets go on sale Saturday February 28th at 10AM and can be purchased online at Ticketmaster.com, sasquatchfestival.com, all Ticketmaster outlets, or charge by phone in Seattle (206) 628-0888, in Oregon (503) 224-4400, and in Eastern Washington (509) 735-0500
Camping is available for May 22, 23, 24, 25 and can be purchased online at Ticketmaster.com. For more details, directions and further information on camping at The Gorge Amphitheatre go to sasquatchfestival.com.
February 17th, 2009 at 11:08 am
Triple El Es said:
The bands are pretty evenly spread over the three days. This is the kind of festival where I could go for just one day and still see plenty of good music!
February 17th, 2009 at 11:20 am
Kevin leDoux said:
Holy shit! I’m down with 99% of this line-up
(and don’t worry LB, TVotR are part of that 99)
Unreal, I might just have to make the excursion this year.
February 17th, 2009 at 11:24 am
Kevin leDoux said:
BTW, there are zero details available at sasquatchfestival.com other than the show dates. These guys gotta get on the friggen ball if they’re gunna send out press releases
February 17th, 2009 at 12:12 pm
LB said:
Yeah, I got it from Facebook. And I don’t even have a Facebook page! Yowsers!
I think it’s a radical lineup, as well.
February 17th, 2009 at 2:28 pm
Chris Craig said:
Figures that they would put Yeah Yeah Yeahs and Silversun Pickups on different days. If you can only go one day, how do you make that choice? Depends on how “Swoon” turns out I guess. Rumour has it the release date is 4/15.
February 18th, 2009 at 4:16 am
Grendel said:
wow, another year where all i care about is the comedy lineup (which is fanfuckingtastic), but cant justify the $ just for the comedy! the bands are fine, but no one i would drive that far to see.
February 18th, 2009 at 4:17 am
Grendel said:
i take that back…monotix may be worth it!
February 18th, 2009 at 8:14 am
Kevin leDoux said:
Sorry, Monotonix are “effed” out. They’ve got a reputation now that preceeds them and their antics have the official kiabosh smacked down on them. Especially at these big corporate backed events. I present to you Bumbershoot’s show. Thanks for nothin AEG.
More surprising though.. no bands worth seeing?!?!? I’m not quite sure what you dig, but Sunday alone runs the entire gamut.
February 18th, 2009 at 11:06 am
LB said:
Updated the post with day-by-day schedules. If I had to choose one, I’d have a hard time not picking Saturday.
February 18th, 2009 at 11:43 am
chris morales said:
Poor Montonix… For a town that practically trademarked onstage aggression in the early Ninties, this is a tragedy.
‘Rebellion is not dead, its just part of the corporation’
February 18th, 2009 at 4:15 pm
The Lady said:
I believe that “rebellion” is now a personal brand that you can buy.
February 18th, 2009 at 4:36 pm
misterlevitan said:
I am just back from the rebellion store and i have all my new kit for this weekend of shenanigans and decibels: a white leather belt with shiny studded metal thingies on it and a t-shirt that says ” i heart boobs”. dad says I can take the RV, so i’m calling up all the bros.
uhm, anyways.
I am pretty blown away by this lineup. i just cannot stomach the thought of the queue of d-bags to get in or out of the venue, so i am considering riding by bike in from like ellensburg or some place.
dang. i shore do wanna see the silversun pickups. and jane’s addiction. AT THE GORGE? wow. M83, NIN? Killer. Thank you for not inviting that Friedlander numbnut.
February 18th, 2009 at 6:24 pm
Big Rob said:
The comedy line up is pretty great, I have almost zero interest in Saturday but will definitely be going Sunday and Monday. Hopefully there is bare knuckle boxing at the campground again this year.
February 19th, 2009 at 11:03 am
chris morales said:
Yes, rebellion is something that all of us, as self marketing agendas, need to liberate into means that we delegate and harness into future loyalists to the communal front of independent thinkers.
February 19th, 2009 at 3:19 pm
Kevin leDoux said:
Uuuhh.. yeah. What he said.
February 19th, 2009 at 6:47 pm
chris morales said:
ha!
February 24th, 2009 at 4:27 pm
Blood Red Dancers said:
Murder City Devils just got added to Sunday.
Jump for joy
February 26th, 2009 at 12:50 pm
misterlevitan said:
Hell yes! Devils! When will BRD get added???
February 27th, 2009 at 3:28 pm
Blood Red Dancers said:
Who knows but god would that be nice…Next year I hope.
If you need a BRD fix before that happens we have shows March 6th at the Sunset and also at Chop Suey March 12th.
In other news we hope to be recording a new EP this Summer…more on that later.
love and respect
Blood Red Dancers
(Julian)