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June is here (sorta, if you don't look outside), and with that comes the first wave of artists tapped for this year's Bumbershoot.  It's the festival's 40th anniversary, so that means trotting out musicians both old and new, which in this case means Bob Dylan and Hole. Dare we dream of a croaky-voiced Courtney Love-Bob Dylan trainwreck duet?

Single-day tickets are available online as of today, and via Ticketmaster this Friday. Just a reminder on how the tickets are different this year: 

The Bumbershoot Standard Ticket ($40 advance/$50 gate) includes guaranteed Mainstage admission, as well as first-come, first-served access to all other Festival venues. The Bumbershoot Economy Ticket ($22 advance/$30 gate) gives ticketholders first-come, first-served access to everything at Bumbershoot except the Mainstage performances in Memorial Stadium. Economy Ticket holders may be able to purchase Mainstage Upgrade Tickets on-site for $30, if space in the Mainstage is still available day-of-show.

There's one more Mainstage act to be announced (mayhaps Soundgarden?), along with the literary, comedy, performing arts, visual arts, film and theater artists, and whatever other music groups get added to the bill. Check out the lineup by day, and the full list is after the jump....

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After some last-minute hustling to show the city they had enough community support, the organizers of the Capitol Hill Block Party have just announced that this year the festival will run for a full three days, July 23-25. The lineup isn't out till June 1, but a limited number of $60 three-day passes go on sale, this Friday, May 21. 

All the Hill residents I've heard from lately on the topic--and admittedly, this is a self-selected group--weren't thrilled about the music fest's expansion, aka the "festisprawl." But here it is, like it or not. No word yet as to what the deal is between the city and the CHBP.  I suspect CHS will be doggedly covering this story, as is their wont. Full press release after jump....

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If you were thinking about heading to the Gorge for this year's Sasquatch Festival, you're too late. As of this morning, the fest is all sold out (both tix and three-day passes), and in record time no less.  That marks the greatest number of tickets sold in the fastest time since Sasquatch was born, way back in 2002. I would give credit where credit's due: this year's slam-bang lineup.

Over the past few weeks, a few more acts have been added to the schedule, including They Might Be Giants, The Posies, and RAAAAAAAANDY! (Aziz Ansari, that is.) To see what you're missing, check out the full lineup after the jump.

2010 SASQUATCH! FESTIVAL LINEUP (New additions in bold)

Saturday, May 29

My Morning Jacket

Vampire Weekend

The National

Broken Social Scene

Deadmau5

OK Go

Wale

Minus the Bear

Brother Ali

Shabazz Palaces

Public Enemy

The Hold Steady

Miike Snow

The Posies

Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeros

Portugal. The Man

Mumford & Sons

Why?

The Lonely Forest

Patrick Watson

The Middle East

Nurses

Fool’s Gold

Morning Teleportation

Aziz Ansari

Garfunkel & Oates

Nick Kroll

Moshe Kasher

Z-Trip

Dam-Funk

The Very Best...

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In case you missed it--because I know I did--the Sasquatch website was updated yesterday afternoon to include the breakdown of bands playing the fest by day. 

Now's where the difficult decisions come into play.  If you're just going to the Gorge for one day, do you pick Saturday for Broken Social Scene, Vampire Weekend, and My Morning Jacket (and hope for rain so that MMJ puts on a drenched three-hour set like they did at last year's Bonnaroo)?  Do you head out Sunday for LCD Soundsystem, Pavement, and Massive Attack?  Do you wait till Monday for the New Pornographers, MGMT, and Ween?  Or do you suck it up and prepare yourself for all three days and some truly hellish camping?  Decisions, decisions. 

Full lineup by day after the jump....

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At the Crocodile last night, after the party rap of Fresh Espresso (which should really be called "Fresh Latte" as there's more milk than coffee in that band), after the lo-fi pedal-heavy, layered solo acoustic guitar "folk jams" of Atlas Sound, and before the always solid (even with ragged tour-beleaguered vocals) West Coast-leaning pop of Surfer Blood came the official announcement of a big chunk of bands performing at this year's Sasquatch Festival.  And it is approximately insane.

Before last night, they had only announced the presence of a reunited Pavement, and that alone was enough to guarantee a visit to the Gorge come Memorial Day.  But the rest of the lineup?  My Morning Jacket, Massive Attack, LCD Soundsystem, Broken Social Scene, Ween, Vampire Weekend, MGMT, Band of Horses, The National, The New Pornographers, Passion Pit--most of which is SQUEEEEE-worthy. Public Enemy, just for whaaaaaaaa's sake.  The Hold Steady, because nobody's perfect.  The xx, which sounds good in theory, but I'd guess that they will not translate well in the festival setting.  Miike Snow, which explains their cancelled April Showbox date. Shabazz Palaces, since they put on what most of the music cognoscenti is already calling this year's best local show. There's not too much so far announced by way of comedy, so expect more of that to solidify closer to May.  Still, it's a helluva start.

Once again, tickets go on sale at Ticketmaster and the (finally updated) festival website this Saturday at 10 a.m. PST.  Single tickets will be $70 per day through May 23rd, when the price goes up to $80, and day-of-show tix will be $86.  A discounted three-day-pass will be available this weekend only for $170.

Full lineup (to date) after the jump....

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