Sasquatch! Music Festival was an annual music festival held at

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, United States. It took place on

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weekend, running for three to four days. In 2018, it was announced that the festival was canceled indefinitely and would not return in 2019.

About the festival

Sasquatch! typically featured a range of musical genres, with the emphasis being on

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bands and singer-songwriters, but also including

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, EDM, and comedy acts. As of 2012 the festival featured five stages: ''Sasquatch! Main Stage'', ''

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Stage'', ''Banana Shack'' (a tent that featured primarily comedy acts and electronic music- now known as El Chupacabra), ''

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Stage'', and ''Uranus Stage'' (the smallest of stages, that generally changed names every year, but was not present from 2017 onward). Most attendees of the festival camped in designated campsite fields nearby, as the venue is relatively remote and there are no large urban areas nearby. Sasquatch! was voted as one of the "Top 10 Summer Music Festivals in the US" by ConcertBoom.

History

The Sasquatch! Music Festival was founded in 2002 by Pacific Northwest-based concert promoter Adam Zacks, then at

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. Prior to the inception of the festival, Zacks booked and managed shows at the Roseland Theater in

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to be closer to friends and family, Zacks began considering the creation of a music festival in the Pacific Northwest. In an interview with ''

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'' in September 2007, Zacks described the birth of Sasquatch!:

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 (
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,
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, Horde) had petered out and the beginning of the wave of regional festivals that started with
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and now is a dominant force on the music landscape, with Bonnaroo, Austin City Limits, etc.

In 2014, Adam Zacks decided to expand the festival to two weekends due to the high demand for tickets in 2013. On March 21, 2014, the

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Weekend of Sasquatch was cancelled. Jeff Trisler, President of Live Nation, released the following statement upon the announcement: "The Sasquatch! community has spoken. They continue to support the traditional Memorial Day Weekend event with great enthusiasm," Jeff Trisler, president of Live Nation Seattle, said in a statement. "Unfortunately, the second weekend was not embraced. We felt it was better to cancel the new event now and give everyone time to make alternative plans for the Fourth of July weekend. Going forward, Sasquatch! Music Festival will be at the Gorge Amphitheatre on the weekend the fans want: Memorial Day Weekend only." On June 28, 2018, Zacks officially announced that Sasquatch! Music Festival would cease operation indefinitely and would not be returning in 2019.

2018

Lineup

Friday, May 25

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* Thundercat *

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* Thunderpussy * Hurray for the Riff Raff * Lemaitre * Gang of Youths *

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* Son Little * Benjamin Clementine * The Garden * The Suffers *Taco * Giants in the Trees * Aquilo * CCFX

Saturday, May 26

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* Explosions in the Sky *

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* Jai Wolf * Petit Biscuit *

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* Pedro the Lion * PUP * Pickwick *

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* Girlpool * Curtis Harding *

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* Sango * White Reaper * Escort * Magic Sword * Wilderado *Polyrhythmics * Mimicking Birds *Bread & Butter

Sunday, May 27

* The National *

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* Anderson Paak & The Free Nationals *

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* Tune-Yards *

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* Perfume Genius * Noname * Tokimonsta * Tank and the Bangas * Jacob Banks *

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* Sandy Alex G *

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* Barclay Crenshaw * Too Many Zooz * Oliver *

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* Alex Lahey * Charly Bliss * Gifted Gab (replaced Chastity Belt (band)) * The Weather Station * Choir! Choir! Choir!

2017

Lineup

Friday, May 26

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) * The Head and the Heart *

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* Sleigh Bells * Charles Bradley & His Extraordinaires * Foxygen * The Strumbellas * Thee Oh Sees * Rainbow Kitten Surprise *

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* The Hotelier *

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* Manatee Commune * Corey Harper * Mondo Cozmo * Flint Eastwood * Los Colognes * Porter Ray *Gazebos * Sasheer Zamata * Sal Vulcano * Yogi Paliwal

Saturday, May 27

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(cancelled, replaced by

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* Big Gigantic * Vulfpeck *

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* Jagwar Ma * Kungs *

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* Benjamin Clementine *

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* IHF * Kaiydo (cancelled, replaced by Sam Lachow) * Klangstof * Reuben & The Dark * Courtney Marie Andrews * Katie Kate * Donormaal *

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* Nate Bargatze * Alice Wetterlund

Sunday, May 28

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* The Shins *

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* Rüfüs Du Sol * Chicano Batman * Catfish and the Bottlemen (cancelled) * Kiiara * Bob Moses *

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* Fakear * Moses Sumney * White Lung * Cigarettes After Sex * July Talk *Boogie * Joey Purp * Hoops * Kyle Craft *

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* Beth Stelling *

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* Emmett Montgomery

2016

Lineup

Friday, May 27

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* Telekinesis (band) * Unknown Mortal Orchestra *

* Yeasayer * Chet Faker * Lion Babe * Gordi *

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* LANY *

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* Marcus Marr *

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* Todd Terje

Saturday, May 28

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* Brothers from Another * Raury *

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* Nathaniel Rateliff & The Night Sweats * Lord Huron * Digable Planets * M83 * Hibou * Noah Gunderson * La Luz * Ty Segall & The Muggers * M. Ward *

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* Tycho *

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* John Mark Nelson * Ryan Caraveo * Tamaryn * Protomartyr * Hop Along * Shannon & The Clams * Preoccupations * Moshe Kasher *

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* The Lucas Bros *

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* Beat Connection * Marian Hill *

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Sunday, May 29

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* Tacocat * Houndmouth * Saint Motel (cancelled due to severe wind) *

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(cancelled due to severe wind) * Allen Stone * Leon Bridges * Alabama Shakes * Deep Sea Diver * Autolux *

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* Savages *

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Monday, May 30

* Florence & The Machine * Thunderpussy * Casey Veggies *

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* Børns *

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*Dave B * Son Little * Julia Holter * Thao & The Get Down Stay Down *

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* Kurt Vile & The Violators *

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* Mindie Lind * Iska Dhaff *

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* Sir the Baptist *

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*Soak *

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Chelsea Wolfe Chelsea Joy Wolfe (born November 14, 1983) is an American singer-songwriter and musician. Her work blends elements of gothic rock, doom metal, and folk music, folk. Growing up in Northern California with a country musician father, Wolfe began ...

Tim Heidecker Timothy Richard Heidecker (; born February 3, 1976) is an American comedian, writer, director, actor, and musician. Along with Eric Wareheim, he is a member of the comedy duo Tim & Eric. As an actor, Heidecker's filmography includes roles in ' ...

Mark Normand Mark Normand (born September 18, 1983) is an American stand-up comedian and actor. He began performing stand-up in his hometown New Orleans in 2006. He has performed across the United States and abroad and has appeared on ''Conan (talk show), Con ...

* Todd Barry * Wet * Ibeyi *

Four Tet Kieran Miles David Hebden (born September 1977), known as Four Tet, is an English electronic musician. He came to prominence as a member of the post-rock band Fridge before establishing himself as a solo artist with charting and critically acc ...

Caribou The reindeer or caribou (''Rangifer tarandus'') is a species of deer with circumpolar distribution, native to Arctic, subarctic, tundra, boreal, and mountainous regions of Northern Europe, Siberia, and North America. It is the only represe ...

2015

Lineup

Friday, May 22

Sleater-Kinney Sleater-Kinney ( ) is an American rock band that formed in Olympia, Washington, in 1994. The band's lineup features Corin Tucker (vocals and guitar) and Carrie Brownstein (guitar and vocals), following the departure of longtime member Janet We ...

Of Monsters and Men Of Monsters and Men is an Icelandic indie folk/Folk rock, rock band formed in Garðabær in 2010. It consists of lead singer and guitarist Nanna Bryndís Hilmarsdóttir, singer and guitarist Ragnar Þórhallsson, Ragnar "Raggi" Þórhallsson, ...

Flume A flume is a human-made channel for water, in the form of an open declined gravity chute whose walls are raised above the surrounding terrain, in contrast to a trench or ditch. Flumes are not to be confused with aqueducts, which are built to t ...

The New Pornographers The New Pornographers are a Canadian indie rock band, formed in 1997 in Vancouver. Presented as a musical collective and supergroup of singer-songwriters and musicians from multiple projects, the band currently consists of Carl Newman (vocals, ...

* Little Dragon * Gogol Bordello *

Jungle jungle is land covered with dense forest and tangled vegetation, usually in tropical climates. Application of the term has varied greatly during the past century. Etymology The word ''jungle'' originates from the Sanskrit word ''jaṅgala'' ...

Action Bronson Ariyan Arslani (born December 2, 1983), professionally known as Action Bronson, is an American rapper and television presenter. Born and raised in Queens, he released his debut mixtape ''Bon Appetit ..... Bitch!!!!!'' in January 2011 and indepe ...

Angel Olsen Angel Olsen (born Angelina Marie Carroll; January 22, 1987) is an American singer-songwriter from St. Louis, Missouri who lives in Asheville, North Carolina. To date, Olsen has released six studio albums: ''Half Way Home'' (2012), ''Burn Your F ...

* AlunaGeorge *

Goldlink D'Anthony William Carlos (born May 17, 1993), better known by his stage name GoldLink, is an American rapper and singer from Washington, D.C. He gained recognition following the release of his debut mixtape ''The God Complex'' (2014), which was ...

Bishop Nehru Markel Ni'Jee Scott (born August 26, 1996), better known by his stage name Bishop Nehru, is an American rapper and record producer from Nanuet, New York. He also directs and edits music videos. Career 2009–13: Early career At age 13, Nehru ...

* Mother Mother * Cardiknox * Ought * Blank Range * Thunderpussy * Ayron Jones and The Way *

Sisters A sister is a woman or a girl who shares parents or a parent with another individual; a female sibling. The male counterpart is a brother. Although the term typically refers to a familial relationship, it is sometimes used endearingly to r ...

* Slow Bird * Unlikely Friends * Brooks Wheelan

Saturday, May 23

The Decemberists The Decemberists are an American indie rock band from Portland, Oregon, formed in 2000. The band consists of Colin Meloy (lead vocals, guitar), Chris Funk (guitar, multi-instrumentalist), Jenny Conlee (piano, keyboards, accordion, backing vocals ...

Chromeo Chromeo is a Canadian electro-funk duo from Montreal, formed in 2002 by musicians David "Dave 1" Macklovitch and Patrick "P-Thugg" Gemayel. Their sound draws from soul music, dance music, rock, synth-pop, disco and funk. As of 2024, the band h ...

* The War on Drugs *

Odesza Odesza (; stylized as ODESZA) is an American electronic music duo originating from Bellingham, Washington. It consists of Harrison Mills and Clayton Knight, known individually as Catacombkid and BeachesBeaches. They formed in 2012, shortly bef ...

Father John Misty Joshua Michael Tillman (born May 3, 1981), better known by his stage name Father John Misty, is an American musician. He is known for his satirical lyrics and eccentric performance style. Tillman began his career in Seattle in the early 2000s. O ...

* Kiesza * Real Estate *

Glass Animals Glass Animals are a British indie rock band formed in Oxford, England in 2010. The band's line-up consists of Dave Bayley (vocals, guitar, keyboards, drums, songwriting), Drew MacFarlane (guitar, keyboards, backing vocals), Edmund Irwin-Singe ...

Dilated Peoples Dilated Peoples is an American Los Angeles-based Hip hop music, hip hop trio, composed of rapper and record producer Evidence (musician), Evidence, rapper Rakaa, and Beat Junkies deejay and record producer DJ Babu. The group is better known in t ...

* Sylvan Esso * The Budos Band * Benjamin Booker * Perfume Genius * Milo Greene * Woods *

King Tuff Kyle Thomas, known professionally as King Tuff, is an American musician recording on Sub Pop Records. King Tuff and his band have released several music videos and have continually toured across the United States, Australia and Europe since 201 ...

* Black Pistol Fire *

Will Butler William Pierce Butler (born October 6, 1982) is an American multi-instrumentalist and composer. He is best known as a former member of the indie rock band Arcade Fire, with whom he recorded six studio albums. Butler was a member of the band fo ...

Merchandise Merchandising is any practice which contributes to the sale of Product (business), products ("merch" colloquially) to a retail consumer. At a retail in-store level, merchandising refers to displaying products that are for sale in a creative w ...

* Ryley Walker * Hunter Hunted * Diarrhea Planet * Bear on Fire * The Young Evils * Vox Mod *

Murder Vibes Murder is the unlawful killing of another human without justification or valid excuse committed with the necessary intention as defined by the law in a specific jurisdiction. ("The killing of another person without justification or excuse ...

* Acapulco Lips *Leslie Jones * Cameron Esposito * Yogi Paliwal

Sunday, May 24

* Robert Plant & The Sensational Space Shifters *

Lana Del Rey Elizabeth Woolridge Grant (born June 21, 1985), known professionally as Lana Del Rey, is an American singer-songwriter. Lana Del Rey discography, Her music is noted for its melancholic exploration of Glamour (presentation), glamor and Romanc ...

* St. Vincent * James Blake * SBTRKT * Jose Gonzalez *

Jenny Lewis Jennifer Diane Lewis (born January 8, 1976) is an American singer-songwriter, musician, and actress. She is the lead singer, rhythm guitarist, and keyboardist for the indie rock band Rilo Kiley. Lewis gained prominence in the 1980s as a child ...

* Milky Chance * Madeon *

Royal Blood A royal descent is a genealogical line of descent from a past or present monarch. Both geneticists and genealogists have attempted to estimate the percentage of living people with royal descent. From a genetic perspective, the number of unp ...

* Shovels & Rope * Cashmere Cat *

Temples A temple (from the Latin ) is a place of worship, a building used for spiritual rituals and activities such as prayer and sacrifice. By convention, the specially built places of worship of some religions are commonly called "temples" in Engli ...

* Rustie *

* St. Paul & The Broken Bones *

The Knocks The Knocks is an American electronic music duo consisting of Ben "B-Roc" Ruttner and James "JPatt" Patterson. They have released 3 full length albums (''HISTORY, New York Narcotic, 55'') and 5 EPs (''Melody & Silence, Summer Series: 2019, TESTI ...

Strand of Oaks Strand of Oaks is the rock project by songwriter and producer Timothy Showalter (born July 20, 1982). Originally from Indiana, he currently resides in Austin, Texas. His music has been classified as Rock music, rock and folk music, folk, as well a ...

Twin Peaks ''Twin Peaks'' is an American Surrealist cinema, surrealist Mystery film, mystery-Horror film, horror Drama (film and television), drama television series created by Mark Frost and David Lynch. It Pilot (Twin Peaks), premiered on American Broad ...

* Said the Whale * Kae Tempest *

Quilt A quilt is a multi-layered textile, traditionally composed of two or more layers of fabric or fiber. Commonly three layers are used with a filler material. These layers traditionally include a woven cloth top, a layer of padding, batting or w ...

* Hiss Golden Messenger * Ex Hex * My Goodness * The Maldives * Kinski * Black Whales * Cataldo * Alialujah Choir * Smokey Brights * Shaprece * Aparna Nancherla * Emmet Montgomery

Monday, May 25

Kendrick Lamar Kendrick Lamar Duckworth (born June 17, 1987) is an American rapper, singer, songwriter and record producer. Regarded as one of the greatest rappers of all time, he was awarded the 2018 Pulitzer Prize for Music, becoming the first music ...

Ryan Adams David Ryan Adams (born November 5, 1974) is an American Rock music, rock and Country music, country singer-songwriter. He has released 30 studio albums and three as a former member of Whiskeytown. In 2000, Adams left Whiskeytown and released ...

Tame Impala Tame Impala is the psychedelic music project of Australian singer and multi-instrumentalist Kevin Parker (musician), Kevin Parker. In the recording studio, Parker writes, records, performs, and produces all of the project's music. As a touring a ...

* Hot Chip *

Schoolboy Q Quincy Matthew Hanley (born October 26, 1986), better known by his stage name Schoolboy Q (stylized as ScHoolboy Q), is an American rapper. He began recording in 2007, and released his first two mixtapes, ''ScHoolboy Turned Hustla'' (2008) and '' ...

* The Glitch Mob *

Run the Jewels Run the Jewels, also known by the initials RTJ, is an American hip-hop Supergroup (music), superduo, composed of Brooklyn-based rapper and producer El-P and Atlanta-based rapper Killer Mike. They released their critically acclaimed Run the Jewe ...

* MØ *

Future Islands Future Islands is an American synth-pop band based in Baltimore, Maryland, comprising Gerrit Welmers (keyboards and programming), William Cashion (bass, acoustic and electric guitars), Samuel T. Herring (lyrics and vocals), and Michael Lowry (pe ...

Ab-Soul Herbert Anthony Stevens IV (born February 23, 1987), better known by his stage name Ab-Soul, is an American rapper. Raised in Carson, California, he signed to indie record label Top Dawg Entertainment (TDE) in 2007, where he eventually formed We ...

* Sohn * Sharon Van Etten * Courtney Barnett * Slow Magic * Hanni El Khatib * Sam Lachow * Dan Mangan + Blacksmith * Thee Satisfaction * Phox * San Fermin * Alvvays * The Districts * Broncho *

* Natalie Prass * Grynch * Manatee Commune * DJAO *

Helms Alee Helms Alee is an American rock band that formed in 2007. Based in Seattle, Helms Alee features Ben Verellen, former member of Harkonen and Roy. Helms Alee has released six albums, ''Night Terror'' (2008) and ''Weatherhead'' (2011) through Hy ...

* S (Jenn Ghetto) * Porter Ray * Otieno Terry * Doug Benson * Nick Thune * Sara Schaefer

2014

Lineup

Friday, May 23

Outkast Outkast (sometimes written as OutKast) was an American hip-hop duo formed in Atlanta, Georgia, in 1992, consisting of Big Boi (Antwan Patton) and André 3000 (André Benjamin, formerly known as Dré). Widely regarded as one of the greatest an ...

Foster the People Foster the People is an American indie pop band formed in Los Angeles, California, in 2009. Its members include founder and frontman Mark Foster (musician), Mark Foster and keyboardist Isom Innis. Foster founded the band in 2009 after spending ...

Die Antwoord Die Antwoord (; ) is a South African hip hop duo formed in Cape Town in 2008. The duo consists of rappers Ninja and Yolandi Visser (also spelled Yo-Landi Visser and stylized as ¥o-Landi Vi$$er). Their music, a fusion of hip hop with rave mu ...

Foals A foal is an equine up to one year old; this term is used mainly for horses, but can be used for donkeys. More specific terms are colt for a male foal and filly for a female foal, and are used until the horse is three or four. When the foal is ...

Mogwai Mogwai () are a Scottish post-rock band, formed in 1995 in Glasgow. The band consists of Stuart Braithwaite (guitar, vocals), Barry Burns (guitar, piano, synthesizer, vocals), Dominic Aitchison (bass guitar), and Martin Bulloch (drums). Mogwa ...

* The Naked & Famous *

Cage the Elephant Cage the Elephant is an American Rock music, rock band formed in 2006 in Bowling Green, Kentucky. They moved to England and settled in London in 2008, shortly before their Cage the Elephant (album), self-titled first album was released. The ban ...

* Phosphorescent *

De La Soul De La Soul ( ) is an American hip hop music, hip hop group formed in the village of Amityville on Long Island, New York (state), New York in 1988. They are best known for their eclectic sampling, eccentric lyrics, and contributions to the evoluti ...

* Kongos *

Yelle Yelle is a French electronic band founded by lead singer and namesake Yelle (Julie Budet) and GrandMarnier (Jean-François Perrier). A third member, Tepr (Tanguy Destable), joined the band before the recording of their debut album. Yelle and G ...

* Classixx * Liars * Crystal Fighters * Mary Lambert * Damien Jurado * The Stepkids *Tourist * Houndmouth *

Foy Vance Foy Best Vance (born 18 November 1974) is an Irish musician and singer-songwriter from Northern Ireland, signed to Ed Sheeran's Gingerbread Man Records, Gingerbread Man record label. Vance has toured as a support act to British singer-songwrite ...

Hozier Andrew John Hozier-Byrne (born 17 March 1990), known professionally as Hozier ( ), is an Irish musician. His music primarily draws from Folk music, folk, Soul music, soul and blues, often using religious and literary themes and taking politica ...

* Rhett Miller *

White Sea The White Sea (; Karelian language, Karelian and ; ) is a southern inlet of the Barents Sea located on the northwest coast of Russia. It is surrounded by Karelia to the west, the Kola Peninsula to the north, and the Kanin Peninsula to the nort ...

* The Physics * Modern Kin *

PRINCESS Princess is a title used by a female member of a regnant monarch's family or by a female ruler of a principality. The male equivalent is a prince (from Latin '' princeps'', meaning principal citizen). Most often, the term has been used for ...

Eugene Mirman Eugene Boris MirmanJackson, Todd (2009). Eugene Mirman. Retrieved on May 13, 2009 from . (born July 24, 1974) is a Russian-American actor, comedian, and writer, known for playing Yvgeny Mirminsky on '' Delocated'' and Gene Belcher on the animate ...

* Kyle Dunnigan * Raz Simone * Sam Lachow * Gifted Gab * Night Beats * Kithkin * Iska Dhaaf

Saturday, May 24

* The National * M.I.A. *

Cut Copy Cut Copy (sometimes stylised as Cut/Copy) are an Australian synth-pop band formed in 2001 by Dan Whitford (vocals, keyboards and guitar). Originally a home-recording project, the band now includes Tim Hoey (guitars), Ben Browning (bass guitar), ...

Violent Femmes Violent Femmes are an American folk punk band from Milwaukee, Milwaukee, Wisconsin. The band consists of founding members Gordon Gano (guitar, lead vocals) and Brian Ritchie (bass, backing vocals), joined by multi-instrumentalist Blaise Garza ( ...

* Panda Bear *

Boys Noize Alexander Ridha (born 22 August 1982), better known by his stage name Boys Noize, is a German-Iraqi electronic music record producer, songwriter and DJ known for collaborations with artists including A$AP Rocky, Tommy Cash, and Frank Ocean (for ...

* Tokimonsta *

City and Colour Dallas Michael John Albert Green (born September 29, 1980) is a Canadian musician, singer, songwriter and record producer who records under the name City and Colour. He is also known for his contributions as a singer, rhythm guitarist, songwrite ...

First Aid Kit A first aid kit or medical kit is a collection of supplies and equipment used to give First aid, immediate medical treatment, primarily to treat injuries and other mild or moderate medical conditions. There is a wide variation in the contents o ...

* Washed Out * Chet Faker * Augustines *

Band of Skulls Band of Skulls are an English rock band from Southampton, fronted by Russell Marsden (guitar, vocals). Emma Richardson ( bass, vocals; 2002–2021) and Matt Hayward (drums; 2002–2016) were previously members. The group formed after meeting i ...

* Sol * Ryan Hemsworth * The Dodos * Half Moon Run * Willy Mason * Austra * Cloud Control *

Deafheaven Deafheaven is an American black metal band formed in 2010. Originally based in San Francisco, the group began as a two-piece with singer George Clarke and guitarist Kerry McCoy (musician), Kerry McCoy, who recorded and self-released Demo (Deafh ...

* The Growlers * Jonathan Wilson * Rathborne * Radiation City * The Bright Light Social Hour * Deap Vally * Nick Swardson * Bridget Everett * Eric Andre * Sandrider *Chastity Belt * The Grizzled Mighty * Dude York * Hobosexual * New Lungs

Sunday, May 25

Queens of the Stone Age Queens of the Stone Age (commonly abbreviated as QOTSA or QotSA) is an American rock band formed in Seattle in 1996. The band was founded by vocalist and guitarist Josh Homme shortly before he returned to his native Palm Desert, California. ...

Kid Cudi Scott Ramon Seguro Mescudi (born January 30, 1984), also known by his stage name Kid Cudi ( ; formerly stylized as KiD CuDi), is an American rapper, singer, songwriter, record producer, actor, and fashion designer. Born and raised in Clevelan ...

Haim Haim can be a first name or surname originating in Hebrew or derived from the Old German name Haimo. Etymology Hebrew Chayyim ( ', Classical Hebrew: , Israeli Hebrew: ), also transcribed ''Haim, Hayim, Chayim'', or ''Chaim'' (English pronunciat ...

Elbow The elbow is the region between the upper arm and the forearm that surrounds the elbow joint. The elbow includes prominent landmarks such as the olecranon, the cubital fossa (also called the chelidon, or the elbow pit), and the lateral and t ...

* Portugal. The Man * Rodriguez *

Cold War Kids Cold War Kids are an American indie rock band from Long Beach, California. Band members are Nathan Willett (vocals, piano, guitar), Matt Maust (bass guitar), David Quon (guitar, backing vocals), Matthew Schwartz (keyboards, backing vocals, guit ...

* Tune-Yards *

Bob Mould Robert Arthur Mould (born October 16, 1960) is an American musician, principally known for his work as guitarist, vocalist, and songwriter for alternative rock bands Hüsker Dü in the 1980s and Sugar (American band), Sugar in the 1990s. Early ...

Gesaffelstein Mike Lévy (; born 24 June 1985), known professionally as Gesaffelstein (), is a French music programmer, DJ, songwriter and producer from Lyon. He has worked alongside artists such as Lady Gaga, The Weeknd, Daft Punk, Kanye West, ASAP Rocky, A$ ...

* Tycho * Black Joe Lewis *

* Banks *

Brody Dalle Brody Dalle (born Bree Joanna Alice Robinson; 1 January 1979) is an Australia, Australian singer, songwriter, and musician. She began playing music at the age of 13 and moved to Los Angeles at the age of 18, where she founded the punk rock ban ...

* Sir Sly * John Grant *

Parquet Courts Parquet Courts is an American rock music, rock band from New York City. The band consists of Andrew Savage (artist), Andrew Savage (vocals, guitar), Austin Brown (vocals, guitar, keyboard), Sean Yeaton (bass, vocals), and Max Savage (drums). H ...

Waxahatchee Waxahatchee is an American indie music project, formed in 2010 by American singer-songwriter Kathryn Crutchfield (born January 4, 1989), known professionally as Katie Crutchfield, following the breakup of her previous band P.S. Eliot. The ban ...

*PAPA * Syd Arthur * The Lonely Forest * Lucius * Little Green Cars * Big Scary * Pink Mountaintops *La Luz * Tacocat * Demetri Martin *

Hannibal Buress Hannibal Amir Buress ( ; born February 4, 1983) is an American comedian, actor, producer, and writer. He started performing comedy in 2002 while attending Southern Illinois University. He starred on Adult Swim's '' The Eric Andre Show'' from 20 ...

* Kate Berlant *Polyrhythmics * Fly Moon Royalty * The Flavr Blue * Shelby Earl *Pillar Point * Pollens

2013

Lineup

Friday, May 24

Macklemore Benjamin Hammond Haggerty (born June 19, 1983), better known by his stage name Macklemore ( ; formerly Professor Macklemore), is an American rapper. A native of Seattle, Washington, he started his career in 2000 as an independent artist rele ...

Ryan Lewis Ryan Scott Lewis (born March 25, 1988) is an American musician and record producer based in Seattle, Washington. Along with producing his own album, ''Instrumentals'', Lewis produced the albums ''The VS. EP'' (2009), '' The Heist'' (2012), and ...

Vampire Weekend Vampire Weekend are an American Rock music, rock band formed in New York City in 2006 and currently signed to Columbia Records. The band was formed by lead vocalist and guitarist Ezra Koenig, multi-instrumentalist Rostam Batmanglij, drummer Chr ...

Arctic Monkeys Arctic Monkeys are an English Rock music, rock band formed in Sheffield in 2002. They comprise lead singer Alex Turner, drummer Matt Helders, guitarist Jamie Cook and bassist Nick O'Malley. The co-founder and original bassist Andy Nicholson ...

Built to Spill Built to Spill is an American indie rock band that formed in Boise, Idaho, in 1992. Centered on lead vocalist and guitarist Doug Martsch, the only permanent member, Built to Spill has released nine albums since its inception. Martsch originall ...

* Youth Lagoon *

Matthew Dear Matthew Dear (born April 4, 1979) is an American electronic music producer and DJ. History Texas-born Dear moved to Michigan as a teenager, where he was inspired by the sound of Detroit techno. Dear met Sam Valenti IV at a party while attendin ...

Red Fang Red Fang is an American rock band from Portland, Oregon, formed in 2005. It is composed of guitarist and vocalist Bryan Giles, bassist and vocalist Aaron Beam, guitarist David Sullivan and drummer John Sherman. The band has released five studi ...

* Jherek Bischoff * Sea Wolf * Four Color Zack * Reignwolf *

ZZ Ward Zsuzsanna Eva Ward (born June 2, 1986) is an American singer-songwriter from Roseburg, Oregon. She signed with Hollywood Records to release her debut extended play (EP), ''Criminal'' (2012), which preceded the release of her debut studio album, ...

* Erik Blood * Nacho Picasso * Brothers From Another * Shelton Harris *

Telekinesis Telekinesis () (alternatively called psychokinesis) is a purported psychic ability allowing an individual to influence a physical system without physical interaction. Experiments to prove the existence of telekinesis have historically been cri ...

Saturday, May 25

Sigur Rós Sigur Rós () is an Icelandic post-rock band that formed in 1994 in Reykjavík. It comprises lead vocalist and guitarist Jónsi, Jón Þór "Jónsi" Birgisson, bassist Georg Hólm, and keyboardist Kjartan Sveinsson. Known for their ethereal soun ...

The xx The xx are an English indie rock band from Wandsworth, London, formed in 2005. The band consists of Romy Madley Croft (guitar, vocals), Oliver Sim (bass guitar, vocals), Jamie Smith, also known as Jamie xx (beats, MPC, record production), ...

* Empire of the Sun *

Bloc Party Bloc Party are an English Rock music, rock band that was formed in London, England, London in 1999 by co-founders Kele Okereke (lead vocals, rhythm guitar, piano, sampler) and Russell Lissack (lead guitar). Their first four albums all featur ...

* Andrew Bird *

* Black Rebel Motorcycle Club *

Devendra Banhart Devendra Obi Banhart (born May 30, 1981) is an American singer-songwriter and visual artist. Banhart was born in Texas and raised in Venezuela and California. In 2000, he dropped out of the San Francisco Art Institute to pursue a musical career. ...

* Divine Fits * Totally Enormous Extinct Dinosaurs * Porcelain Raft * JJ Grey & Mofro * Holy Ghost! * Preservation Hall Jazz Band *

Atlas Genius Atlas Genius is an Australian alternative rock band formed in Adelaide, Australia in November 2009. The band's mainstay members are the Jeffery brothers, Keith on lead vocals and lead guitar; Michael on drums; and Darren Sell on keyboard. Their ...

* Fang Island * Bombino * Surfer Blood *

Laidback Luke Lucas Cornelis van Scheppingen (born 22 October 1976), better known under his stage name Laidback Luke, is a Filipino-born Dutch DJ and record producer. He notably remixed the Robin S. song, "Show Me Love (Robin S. song)#Steve Angello and Laidba ...

* John Talabot * Nancy & Beth * Akron/Family * Yppah feat.

Anomie Belle Anomie Belle (an·o·me bel) is an American multi-instrumentalist, vocalist, songwriter, producer, and '' artivist'' from Seattle. Originally a classically-trained violinist and songwriter, Belle began writing and recording music as a child. Bell ...

Caveman The caveman is a stock character representative of primitive humans in the Paleolithic. The popularization of the type dates to the early 20th century, when Neanderthals were influentially described as " simian" or " ape-like" by Marcellin B ...

* Indians * Suuns * Rose Windows * Bear Mountain *

Nick Offerman Nicholas David Offerman (born June 26, 1970) is an American actor. He became widely known for his role as Ron Swanson in the NBC sitcom '' Parks and Recreation'' (2009–2015), for which he received the Television Critics Association Award fo ...

* Kyle Kinane * Joe Mande * KnowMads * Tilson XOXO * RA Scion

Sunday, May 26

Mumford & Sons Mumford & Sons are a British folk rock band formed in London in 2007. The band consists of Marcus Mumford (lead vocals, acoustic guitar, electric guitar, drums), Ted Dwane (vocals, double bass, bass guitar), and Ben Lovett (British musician), B ...

* Elvis Costello & The Imposters * Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeros * Primus 3D *

Dropkick Murphys Dropkick Murphys are an American Celtic punk band formed in Quincy, Massachusetts in 1996. The current lineup consists of co-lead vocalist and bassist Ken Casey, drummer Matt Kelly, co-lead vocalist Al Barr (on hiatus from the band since 202 ...

The Tallest Man on Earth Kristian Matsson (born 30 April 1983) is a Swedish singer-songwriter who performs under the stage name The Tallest Man on Earth. Matsson grew up in Leksand, and began his solo career in 2006, having previously been the lead singer of the Indepen ...

The Presets The Presets are an Australian electronic music duo of Julian Hamilton (vocals, keyboards) and Kim Moyes (drums, keyboards). Formed in 2003 and signed to Modular Recordings, Modular Records, The Presets released two EPs (''Blow Up (EP), Blow Up ...

* Earl Sweatshirt *

Killer Mike Michael Santiago Render (born April 20, 1975), better known by his stage name Killer Mike, is an American rapper, singer and activist. He made his recording debut on Outkast's fourth album ''Stankonia'' (2000), and guest appeared on the duo's Gr ...

El-P Jaime Stuart Meline (born March 2, 1975), better known by the stage name El-P (shortened from his previous stage name El Producto), is an American rapper, songwriter, and record producer. Starting his career as a member of Company Flow, he has ...

* Shout Out Louds * DIIV * Torche * Youngblood Hawke *

Shad The Alosidae, or the shads, are a family (biology), family of clupeiform fishes. The family currently comprises four genera worldwide, and about 32 species. The shads are Pelagic fish, pelagic (open water) schooling fish, of which many are anadr ...

* Shovels & Rope * Radical Face * Wild Belle * Hundred Waters * Wake Owl * Sean Nelson * Capital Cities * Deep Sea Diver * Azari & III * Baths * Lusine *

Brett Gelman Brett Gelman (born October 6, 1976) is an American actor and comedian. He is best known for his role as Murray Bauman in Netflix's horror-supernatural series ''Stranger Things'' and as Martin in the BBC comedy '' Fleabag''. Gelman began his care ...

* Brody Stevens * Jon Daly * OC Notes: "Golden Gods" * Kingdom Crumbs * Xperience XP

Monday, May 27

The Postal Service The Postal Service was an American indie pop group from Seattle, Seattle, Washington, consisting of singer Ben Gibbard, producer Dntel, Jimmy Tamborello (also known by his stage name, Dntel), and Jenny Lewis on background vocals. The band relea ...

The Lumineers The Lumineers are an American alternative folk band based in Denver, Colorado. The founding members are Wesley Schultz (lead vocals, guitar) and Jeremiah Fraites (drums, percussion, piano). Schultz and Fraites began writing and performing to ...

Cake Cake is a flour confection usually made from flour, sugar, and other ingredients and is usually baked. In their oldest forms, cakes were modifications of bread, but cakes now cover a wide range of preparations that can be simple or elabor ...

Imagine Dragons Imagine Dragons are an American pop rock band formed in 2008, based in Las Vegas, Nevada. The band currently consists of lead singer Dan Reynolds, guitarist Wayne Sermon, and bassist Ben McKee. They first gained exposure with the release of ...

* Rusko *

Alt-J Alt-J (stylised as alt-J, real name Δ) are an English indie rock band formed in 2007 in Leeds. Their lineup includes Joe Newman (guitar/lead vocals), Thom Sonny Green (drums), Gus Unger-Hamilton (keyboards/vocals), and formerly Gwil Sainsbury ...

Menomena Menomena is an indie rock band from Portland, Oregon, United States, made up of Justin Harris and Danny Seim. Both members of the band share singing duties and frequently swap instruments while recording. In concert, Seim plays drums, while Ha ...

Steve Aoki Steven Hiroyuki Aoki ( , ; born November 30, 1977) is an American DJ and record producer. In 2012, Pollstar designated Aoki as the highest-grossing electronic dance music artist in North America from tours. In 2024, Gold House recognized him as ...

Azealia Banks Azealia Amanda Banks ( ; born May 31, 1991) is an American rapper, singer, and songwriter. Raised in the Harlem neighborhood of New York City, she began releasing music through Myspace in 2008 before being signed to XL Recordings at age 18. S ...

* Toro y Moi *

Danny Brown Daniel Dewan Sewell (born March 16, 1981), better known as Danny Brown, is an American rapper, singer and songwriter from Detroit, Michigan. He was described by MTV in 2011 as "one of rap's most unique figures in recent memory". After amassing ...

* Ariel Pink's Haunted Graffiti *Beachwood Sparks *P.O.S (rapper), P.O.S *The Barr Brothers *Dirty Projectors *Death Grips *Elliott Brood *

*Ryan Bingham *Michael Kiwanuka *Brown Bird *Willy Moon *Twin Shadow *Peace (band), Peace *CHVRCHES *Luke Sital-Singh *The Wild Feathers *Mike Birbiglia *Jenny Slate *James Adomian *Grieves *Theoretics *Nissim (rapper), Nissim

2012

Lineup

Friday, May 25

*Pretty Lights *Girl Talk (musician), Girl Talk *Santigold *

* Allen Stone * Explosions in the Sky *Mark Lanegan Band *Poliça *Yellow Ostrich *Beats Antique *Little People *James McCartney *honeyhoney *Sean Wheeler and Zander Schloss * The Physics *Metal Chocolates *Scribes

Saturday, May 26

*Jack White (musician), Jack White * The Shins *Metric (band), Metric *Childish Gambino *Jamey Johnson *The Civil Wars *Blitzen Trapper *Charles Bradley (singer), Charles Bradley and His Extraordinaires * Pickwick *The Roots * St. Vincent * Tune-Yards *The Helio Sequence *Dum Dum Girls *Kurt Vile and the Violators * Alabama Shakes *Electric Guest *STRFKR *Reptar (band), Reptar *Wolfgang Gartner *Nobody Beats the Drum *

*AraabMuzik *Com Truise *Portlandia (TV series), Portlandia *Rob Delaney (comedian), Rob Delaney *Pete Holmes *Cœur de Pirate * Lord Huron * Unknown Mortal Orchestra *Dry the River *THEESatisfaction *Craft Spells * Said the Whale * Black Whales * Sol * Grynch *Fatal Lucciauno

Sunday, May 27

*Beirut (band), Beirut * The Head and the Heart * M. Ward *Chiddy Bang *

*Trampled by Turtles *Dale Earnhardt Jr. Jr. *Hey Marseilles *Jon Gooch, Feed Me (with Teeth!) * Little Dragon *The Walkmen *Wild Flag * The War on Drugs *Here We Go Magic *Hospitality (band), Hospitality *Graffiti6 *The Staves *James Murphy (electronic musician), James Murphy *Apparat (musician), Apparat *Star Slinger * Tycho *Beat Connection * Todd Barry *Beardyman *Howard Kremer *Zola Jesus *We Are Augustines *Active Child *Hey Rosetta! *Gardens & Villa, Gardens and Villa *Howlin Rain * Reignwolf *Greylag * Fly Moon Royalty *SPAC3MAN *Dyme Def

Monday, May 28

*Beck *Tenacious D *Silversun Pickups *Feist (singer), Feist *The Joy Formidable *Clap Your Hands Say Yeah *Gary Clark Jr. *Grouplove *The Sheepdogs *Spiritualized *Deer Tick (band), Deer Tick *The Cave Singers *Shabazz Palaces *fun. *Cloud Cult * Damien Jurado *Ben Howard (musician), Ben Howard *Walk the Moon *The Sights *Nero * SBTRKT *LA Riots *Felix Cartal *Awesome Tapes From Africa *Nick Kroll *John Mulaney *Chelsea Peretti *Ted Leo and the Pharmacists *John C. Reilly, John Reilly and Friends (feat. Becky Stark and Tom Brosseau) *Shearwater (band), Shearwater *Vintage Trouble *Cass McCombs, Cass McCombs Band *Sallie Ford and the Sound Outside *Poor Moon *Gold Leaves *Fresh Espresso *Don't Talk to the Cops! * Katie Kate

2011

The lineup for the 2011 Sasquatch! Music Festival was announced on February 6, 2011.

Lineup

Friday, May 27

*Foo Fighters *Death From Above 1979 *

*Against Me! *Rival Schools (band), Rival Schools *DJ Anjali & The Incredible Kid *Biffy Clyro *The Bronx (band), The Bronx

Saturday, May 28

*Death Cab for Cutie *Bright Eyes (band), Bright Eyes *Iron & Wine *Bassnectar *Robyn *Pink Martini *

*Local Natives *Matt & Kim *Trailer Park Boys * Sleigh Bells *The Thermals *Jenny & Johnny *The Head & the Heart *k-os * The Glitch Mob *

*The Antlers (band), The Antlers * Sharon Van Etten *Aloe Blacc *Seattle Rock Orchestra *Matt McCarthy (comedian), Matt McCarthy *DJ Anjali & The Incredible Kid *The Secret Sisters *J. Mascis *Wye Oak (band), Wye Oak *Tig Notaro *Alberta Cross * Washed Out *Dan Mangan *The Globes *Rebecca Gates and the Consortium *Pepper Rabbit

Sunday, May 29

*The Flaming Lips *Flogging Molly *

*Ratatat * Yeasayer *Beach House *MSTRKRFT *Flying Lotus *Tokyo Police Club *Fitz and the Tantrums *Archers of Loaf *

*Reggie Watts *Gayngs *Tim Minchin *The Drums *Sam Roberts Band *Smith Westerns *Villagers (band), Villagers *DJ Anjali & The Incredible Kid *Das Racist *Wheedle's Groove *S. Carey *Gold Panda *Mad Rad *Basia Bulat *Cotton Jones *Other Lives (band), Other Lives *Talkdemonic *The Moondoggies *Hari Kondabolu

Monday, May 30

*Wilco *

*Rodrigo y Gabriela *Old 97's *

*Guided by Voices *Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings *Deerhunter *Wavves *Skrillex *!!! *Best Coast * Surfer Blood *

*Young the Giant *Stornoway (band), Stornoway *Black Mountain (band), Black Mountain *Givers *DJ Anjali & The Incredible Kid *Noah & the Whale *Twin Shadow *

*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 February 15, 2010. Headliners for the event included My Morning Jacket, Massive Attack, and Ween. The event took place on Memorial Day weekend, May 29–31, 2010.

Lineup

Saturday, May 29

*My Morning Jacket *

* The National *Broken Social Scene *OK Go *Brad (band), Brad *Minus the Bear *Brother Ali *Shabazz Palaces *Public Enemy (group), Public Enemy *The Hold Steady *Miike Snow *Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros * Portugal. The Man *

*Why? (American band), Why? * The Lonely Forest *Patrick Watson (musician), Patrick Watson *The Middle East (band), The Middle East *Nurses (band), Nurses *Fool's Gold (band), Fool's Gold *Morning Teleportation *Garfunkel and Oates *DJ Z-Trip *Dâm-Funk *The Very Best (band), The Very Best *Deadmau5 *The Posies

Sunday, May 30

*Massive Attack *Pavement (band), Pavement *

*Tegan and Sara *

*They Might Be Giants *The Long Winters *Midlake *

*Nada Surf *Dirty Projectors *Girls (band), Girls *

*Cymbals Eat Guitars *

*Local Natives *Fruit Bats (band), Fruit Bats *Vetiver (band), Vetiver *Freelance Whales *Avi Buffalo * Tune-Yards *Jets Overhead *Simian Mobile Disco *A-Trak *Jona Bechtolt, YACHT *Booka Shade

Monday, May 31

*Ween *

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

*Camera Obscura (band), Camera Obscura *The Mountain Goats *Dr. Dog *Quasi (band), Quasi *The Low Anthem *

*No Age *

*Fresh Espresso *

*Past Lives (band), Past Lives *

*Neon Indian *Hudson Mohawke The comedy lineup included Rob Riggle, Bobcat Goldthwait, Luke Burbank, Mike Birbiglia, Patton Oswalt and Craig Robinson (actor), Craig Robinson.

2009

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

Lineup

Saturday, May 23

*Kings of Leon *Yeah Yeah Yeahs *

*Animal Collective *

*Devotchka * M. Ward *Doves (band), Doves *Sun Kil Moon *The Gaslight Anthem *King Khan and the Shrines *Ra Ra riot *Shearwater (band), Shearwater *Passion Pit *Mt. St. Helens Vietnam Band *Vince Mira *

*Owl City *Arthur & Yu *Dent May & His Magnificent Ukulele *Death Vessel *Hockey (band), Hockey *Crystal Castles (band), Crystal Castles *Mos Def *Champagne Champagne

Sunday, May 24

*Jane's Addiction *Nine Inch Nails *

*of Montreal *The Avett Brothers * M83 *The Airborne Toxic Event *Calexico (band), Calexico *The Walkmen *The Wrens * St. Vincent *John Vanderslice *The Submarines *Viva Voce (band), Viva Voce * The Dodos *The Builders and the Butchers *A. A. Bondy *Fences (band), 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 *

(DJ set) *Erykah Badu *Silversun Pickups *Fleet Foxes * Gogol Bordello *Santigold *

* Explosions in the Sky *Girl Talk (musician), Girl Talk *Blitzen Trapper *The Knux *Monotonix *Bishop Allen *Black Moth Super Rainbow *Beach House *Deerhoof *The Dutchess and the Duke *School of Seven Bells *Horse Feathers (band), Horse Feathers *The Pica Beats *Loch Lomond (band), Loch Lomond *Tobacco (musician), Tobacco *BLK JKS *Heartless Bastards *Other Lives (band), Other Lives *Amanda Blank The comedy lineup included Zach Galifianakis, Tim and Eric Awesome Show, Great Job!, Todd Barry, H. Jon Benjamin, God's Pottery, People's Republic of Komedy, The Whitest Kids U Know, The Red Wine Boys, and Maria Bamford.

2008

The lineup for the 2008 Sasquatch! Music Festival was announced on February 25, 2008. Headliners for the event included R.E.M.,

, and The Flaming Lips. The event took place on Memorial Day weekend, May 24–26, 2008. Hosted by Rainn Wilson.

Lineup

Saturday, May 24

*David Bazan *Beirut (band), Beirut *The Breeders *Crudo (band), Crudo (featuring Mike Patton & Dan the Automator) *Dead Confederate *Dengue Fever (band), Dengue Fever *Destroyer (band), Destroyer *Kathleen Edwards *Newton Faulkner *Fleet Foxes *Grand Archives *Grand Hallway *M.I.A. (artist), M.I.A. *Vince Mira with the Roy Kay Trio *

*Capibara (band), Capibara *Okkervil River (band), Okkervil River *Ozomatli * The National *

*R.E.M. *The Shaky Hands *Throw Me the Statue *The Whigs (band), The Whigs *

(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 *

*The Cops (US band), The Cops *

*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 (band), The presidents of the United States of America *Rogue Wave (band), Rogue Wave *Tegan and Sara *J. Tillman *Truckasaurus *What Made Milwaukee Famous (band), What Made Milwaukee Famous *White Rabbits (band), White Rabbits

Monday, May 26

*Battles (band), Battles *

*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 and His Weathered Underground * Kinski *Jamie Lidell *The Little Ones (band), The Little Ones *The Mars Volta *The Moondoggies *Pela (band), 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 (comedian), Matt Walsh

Sunday

*Eric Diaz *Andy Haynes *Kevin Hyder *Morgan Murphy (comedian), Morgan Murphy *Andy Peters *Brian Posehn *Derek Sheen *Reggie Watts

Monday

*Michael Ian Black *Liza Keckler *Marc Maron *Mike Min *

*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 (band), Aqueduct *Arcade Fire *Björk *Blitzen Trapper *The Blow *

*Manu Chao Radio Bemba Sound System *Citizen Cope *Electrelane *Ghostland Observatory *

*The Hold Steady *Loney, Dear *The Long Winters *Mirah *Mix Master Mike *Ozomatli *Saturday Knights *The Slip (band), The Slip *Gabriel Teodros *Two Gallants (band), Two Gallants *Visqueen (band), Visqueen *Viva Voce (band), Viva Voce

Sunday, May 27

*Bad Brains *Beastie Boys *The Black Angels (band), The Black Angels *Blackalicious *The Blakes *Common Market (hip hop group), Common Market *The Dandy Warhols *Earl Greyhound *Michael Franti & Spearhead *The Helio Sequence *Interpol (band), Interpol *Minus the Bear *Mix Master Mike *Money Mark *The Polyphonic Spree * St. Vincent *Smoosh *

*Stars of Track and Field *Jesse Sykes and the Sweet Hereafter *Tokyo Police Club *Total Experience Gospel Choir *Patrick Wolf M.I.A. (artist), 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

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, as The Tragically Hip took the stage.

Lineup

Friday, May 26

*...And You Will Know Us by the Trail of Dead *Bauhaus (band), Bauhaus *Deadboy and the Elephantmen *Nine Inch Nails *

*HIM (Finnish band), HIM *The Trucks *Wolfmother

Saturday, May 27

*Architecture in Helsinki (band), Architecture in Helsinki *Band of Horses *Bedouin Soundclash *

*Common Market (hip hop group), Common Market *The Constantines *Matt Costa *Brett Dennen *The Flaming Lips *David Ford (musician), David Ford *Gomez (band), Gomez *Ben Harper and the Innocent Criminals *Iron & Wine *Korby Lenker *Stephen Malkmus and the Jicks *Elvis Perkins *Sam Roberts Band *Rogue Wave (band), Rogue Wave *Tim Seely * The Shins *Slender Means *

*The Tragically Hip

Sunday, May 28

*Beck *Big City Rock *Blue Scholars *Clap Your Hands Say Yeah *Death Cab for Cutie *

*Headphones (band), Headphones *Heavenly States * Damien Jurado *Ben Lee *Big Japan *Jamie Lidell *Matisyahu *Mercir *Nada Surf *Pretty Girls Make Graves *

*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 (band), Aqueduct *The Be Good Tanyas *Benevento/Russo Duo *Bobby Bare Jr. *

*Blue Scholars *Crystal Skulls *The Dears *The Frames *Jem (singer), Jem *Ray LaMontagne *Math and Physics Club *Matisyahu *

*A. C. Newman *Joanna Newsom *Parks & Recreation *Pixies (band), Pixies *She Wants Revenge *Smoosh *United State of Electronica *Visqueen (band), 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 *

*Cat Power *Harvey Danger *

*Donavon Frankenreiter *Fruit Bats (band), Fruit Bats *Gary Jules *The Long Winters *

*The Roots * The Shins *

*Thievery Corporation *Visqueen (band), Visqueen

2003

Hosted by El Vez.

Lineup

Saturday, May 24

*Joseph Arthur *Calexico (band), Calexico *Brandi Carlile *

*Circus Contraption *Coldplay *Death Cab for Cutie *Eisley *The Flaming Lips *Jurassic 5 *Maktub (band), Maktub *Minus the Bear *

*Jason Mraz *The Music *My Morning Jacket *The Pale Pacific * Pedro the Lion *Liz Phair *Reclinerland *Sam Roberts (singer-songwriter), Sam Roberts *Ron Sexsmith *The Thermals *Kathleen Edwards

2002

Lineup

Saturday, May 25

*Blackalicious *Galactic *Ben Harper *Jack Johnson (musician), Jack Johnson *Maktub (band), Maktub *Soulive *The String Cheese Incident

Performers that have played more than once

*Nine times **

– 2003, 2004 (with

), 2006, 2007, 2008 (solo and with the New Pornographers), 2010 (with the New Pornographers), 2014, 2018 *Six times **Ben Gibbard – 2003, 2006, 2008, 2011 (with Death Cab for Cutie), 2004, 2013 (with

) **

– 2003, 2005, 2008, 2011, 2015, 2018 *Five Times **

– 2004, 2006, 2009, 2011, 2015 *Four Times **Death Cab for Cutie – 2003, 2006, 2008, 2011 **The Flaming Lips – 2003, 2006, 2008, 2011 ** The Shins – 2004, 2006, 2012, 2017 ** The National – 2008, 2010, 2014, 2018 ** Tune-Yards – 2010, 2012, 2014, 2018 **David Bazan – 2003, 2018 (with Pedro the Lion), 2006 (with Headphones), 2008 **

– 2010, 2014, 2016 (with Big Grams), 2017 **Blitzen Trapper – 2007, 2009, 2012, 2017 *Three times **Ben Harper – 2002, 2006, 2009 **

– 2009, 2012, 2016 **Blue Scholars – 2005, 2006, 2008 **

– 2009, 2012, 2018 **

- 2004, 2008, 2013 **

– 2008, 2011, 2014 ** Explosions in the Sky- 2009, 2012, 2018 **Fleet Foxes- Twice in 2008, 2009 **

– 2007, 2009, 2018 **The Long Winters – 2004, 2007, 2010 **Macklemore & Ryan Lewis – 2011, 2012 (surprise show), 2013 **

– 2011, 2014, 2016 **Minus the Bear – 2003, 2007, 2010 ** Sam Lachow – 2014, 2015, 2017 **Sam Roberts (singer-songwriter), Sam Roberts – 2003, 2006, 2011 **

– 2014, 2015, 2018 **

– 2007, 2015, 2018 ** St. Vincent – 2007, 2009, 2012 **Stephen Malkmus – 2006, 2008 (with Stephen Malkmus and the Jicks), 2010 (with Pavement (band), Pavement) ** Thunderpussy – 2015, 2016, 2018 **TV On The Radio – 2006, 2009, 2018 **Visqueen (band), Visqueen – 2004, 2005, 2007 *Two Times **Aqueduct (band), Aqueduct – 2005, 2007 **Arcade Fire – 2005, 2007 **Beach House – 2009, 2011 **Blackalicious – 2002, 2007 **Common Market (hip hop group), Common Market – 2006, 2007 **Deadmau5 – 2009, 2010 **Ghostland Observatory – 2007, 2008 **Local Natives – 2010, 2011 **Michael Franti & Spearhead – 2007, 2008 **Maktub (band), Maktub – 2002, 2003 **Matisyahu – 2005, 2006 **My Morning Jacket – 2003, 2010 **Nada Surf – 2006, 2010 **Nine Inch Nails – 2006, 2009 **Passion Pit – 2009, 2010 **Santigold – 2009, 2012 **Shara Worden – 2009 (with

and

) **Smoosh – 2005, 2007 **Tegan and Sara – 2008, 2010 **Kim Deal – 2005 (with The Pixies), 2008 (with The Breeders) **Wilco – 2005, 2011 ** The Head and the Heart – 2011, 2012 **Girl Talk (girl group), Girl Talk – 2009, 2012 **Mumford and Sons – 2010, 2013 **

– 2004, 2013 **

– 2011, 2014 **

– 2010, 2014 ** Tycho – 2012, 2014 **

– 2012, 2015 ** The War on Drugs – 2012, 2015 **

– 2013, 2015 **

– 2013, 2015 ** M83 – 2009, 2016 **

– 2006, 2016 ** Unknown Mortal Orchestra – 2012, 2016 **

– 2014, 2016 ** Chet Faker – 2014, 2016 **

– 2010, 2017 **

– 2010, 2018 **Jack Antonoff – 2012 (with fun.), 2017 (with

) **

– 2015, 2017 **Chance The Rapper – 2014, 2017 ** Sleigh Bells – 2011, 2017 **

– 2011, 2017 ** Katie Kate – 2012, 2017 **

– 2014, 2017 **

– 2015, 2017 ** Manatee Commune – 2015, 2017 **

– 2011, 2018 **Ray LaMontagne – 2005, 2018 **

– 2016, 2018 **Tyler, The Creator – 2014, 2018

References

External links

Official website

Press

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 (magazine), Synthesis {{Coord, 47, 6, 5.16, N, 119, 59, 44.87, W, display=title Rock festivals in the United States Tourist attractions in Grant County, Washington Music festivals established in 2002 Music festivals disestablished in 2018 Music festivals in Washington (state) Defunct music festivals 2002 establishments in Washington (state) 2018 disestablishments in Washington (state)