Sasquatch! Festival, held annually at the Gorge Amphitheater in George, WA, has announced that they will be expanding to two weekends, with completely different artists on the lineup for each weekend.
Traditionally, the festival is held over Memorial Day weekend. This year, Sasquatch! added dates over the July 4th weekend, essentially doubling the size of the indie rock-focused musical event. Unlike other festivals that have employed this doubling trend (Coachella comes to mind…), holding each Sasquatch! over non-adjacent weekends allowed the staff to create completely different lineups for each weekend.
Headlining the Memorial Day weekend are festival-favorites OutKast, along with such notables as The National, M.I.A., Haim, Queens of the Stone Age, Foster the People, Cage the Elephant, and Phantogram.
Headlining the July 4th weekend are Soundgarden, with Kraftwerk (3D), Broken Bells, Tegan & Sara, Dr. Dog, Big Gigantic, Deltron 3030, and The Punch Brothers.
The festival is also known for their comedy stage, where masters like Nick Swardson (Memorial Day) and Demetri Martin (July 4th) will keep your laughing. Furthermore, Maya Rudolph’s Prince cover band, Princess, is also playing over the Memorial Day Weekend.
All in all, it seems that lots of great artists will be appearing at the festival… you can get the full lineup by hopping over to the L4LM Master Festival Spreadsheet.
From the festival founder himself: “There has never been a time in history with as much access to new music as we are experiencing right now. We are excited to offer two unique weekends to explore over 200 of the best and brightest in this golden era of music discovery.” Damn straight.
-David Melamed (@DMelamz)