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June 8, 2007 at 02:52:00 PM | more stories by this author
Joss Stone, Sean Paul, Kings of Leon, Gym Class Heroes, Ted Leo and the Pharmacists, Andrew Bird, and more join Seattle event.
One of the fastest growing music festivals around just got bigger. The 2007 Bumbershoot Music & Arts Festival said today that it has added the likes of Joss Stone, Sean Paul, Kings of Leon, Gym Class Heroes, Ted Leo and the Pharmacists, Rodrigo y Gabriela, Andrew Bird, and the Frames, and others to the bill.
Sean Paul at Reggae on the River in 2006.
The event, set to take place September 1-3 throughout Seattle Center, the city's 74-acre park beneath the emblematic Space Needle, will also feature performances from Gomez' Ian Ball, the Greyboy Allstars, Art Brut, the Damnwells, Barrington Levy, Anberlin, the Bouncing Souls, Mocean Worker, Seaweed, Zap Mama, K'Naan, My Brightest Diamond, Stars of Track and Field, the Watson Twins, and Rose Hill Drive.
As previously reported, Bumbershoot will be headlined by the Shins, the Wu-Tang Clan, Crowded House, and Panic! At the Disco.
Kill Hannah, Norma Jean, Plain White T's, the Gourds, Lyrics Born, DeVotchKa, Steve Earle, Roky Erickson & the Explosives, and the Aggrolites are also on the bill.
Bumbershoot's nonmusical activities will include three stages of comedy (up from two last year), the Flatstock poster art fair, readings from writers Miranda July and This American Life contributor Davy Rothbart, visual arts exhibitions, dance, and theatre performances and the 1 Reel Film Festival
Among the comedians confirmed to appear at Bumbershoot are Fred Armesin, Eugene Mirman, Janeane Garofalo, NPR commentator Andy Borowitz, Jonathan Coulton, and Jeremiah Smallchild.
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