Wednesday night, Bumbershoot put on a show at Town Hall to reveal part of their lineup this year. The Labor Day weekend festival brought their “Why This? Why That? Why Now?” series to Town Hall, and hosted by gadfly-about-town John Roderick. This was “Why Selfies? Why Introverts? Why Now?” and while we can’t report on why exactly, because we weren’t there, Bumbershoot did send us a copy of the lineup they would be unveiling. Below is a preview of what you can expect Labor Day weekend.
The music lineup will be revealed at Neumos on May 8 with a show that features Pickwick and Naomi Wachira (ooh, I wonder if they’ll be at Bumbershoot?) and is hosted by Ken Jennings.
It should also be noted that the writers for “The Simpsons” and/or The Onion are invited to my apartment to watch whatever they want on TV.
Words and Ideas:
- Black Weirdo with THEESatisfaction [Feat. Jusmoni, DJ Riz Rollins, Storme Webber, Erik Blood, DJ Mursi Layne, Larry Mizell Jr.]
- Why Beards? Why Twerking? Why Now? with John Roderick
- Town Hall Presents…Science
- Needle Party!!! with Ken Jennings and George Meyer
- Smrt Talk with the writers of “The Simpsons”
- Failure Variety Show presented by the Project Room
- Why Bronies? Why Juggalos? Why Now with John Roderick
- Town Hall Presents… Civics
- Wreck of the Omnibus with Tom Robbins
- The Moth
- Battle of the Word (“A spoken word competition between four of Seattle’s nationally recognized spoken word organizations.”)
- Why Cats? Why Bullying? Why Now? with John Roderick
- Town Hall Presents… Arts & Culture
- Literary Death Match
- Tu Stultus Es: The Onion Explains Why You Are Stupid
Visual Art:
- Interstitial Theatre (Curated by Julia Greenway) (Fisher Pavilion)
- Food for Thought (Curated by Shane Montgomery) (Fisher Pavilion)
- Wendy Red Star’s Wild West & Congress of Rough Riders of the World (Fisher Pavilion)
- Finger Power (Artwork by Peter Lynch, Andy Arkley, and Courtney Barnebey) (Fisher Pavilion)
- Black Poem (Artwork by Seth Friedman) (Fisher Pavilion)
- Boating with Clyde (Artwork by Clyde Peterson) (Fisher Courtyard)
- Seattle Rock Photography (Curated by Lance Mercer) (Fountain Pavilion)
- Bumbercade (Curated by Sam Machkovech) (Fountain Pavilion)
- Fine Arts Poster (Artwork by Robert McCauley) (Fountain Pavilion)
Theater:
- Blood Squad: improv with Molly Arkin, Jon Axell, Brandon Felker and Elicia Wickstead
- Jennifer Jasper’s Family Affair
- The Death of Brian: A Zombie Odyssey
- Fussy Cloud Puppet
- Alligators and Debutantes with the Moon Shine Revival Tent
- Present Your Present with a Present (the Gift of the Future) by LanceLife
- I Can Hear You…But I’m Not Listening with Jennifer Jasper
