Indie rock's tender institution — twenty-five years of songs that hurt nicely, from 'Transatlanticism' devastation to elder-statesman grace.
From Seattle, WA · Sounds like The Postal Service, The Shins
Bumbershoot 2026 Lineup
Seattle's Labor Day institution, 53 years deep — Death Cab and Turnstile anchoring a weekend that also makes room for wrestling, short films and a mermaid.
About Bumbershoot 2026
Bumbershoot is 53 years old and still the least predictable major festival in the United States. It takes over the Seattle Center campus for Labor Day weekend, and the music is only part of it — the 2026 edition also promises wrestlers, fashion designers, short films, comedians, skateboarders and, per the festival's own count, one mermaid.
The music bill is sharper than that framing suggests. Death Cab for Cutie and Turnstile headline; Blood Orange, Lucy Dacus, Orville Peck and Chase & Status sit beneath them; and the middle of the bill — Bikini Kill, De La Soul, Yves Tumor, Sudan Archives, Molchat Doma, Peaches, W.I.T.C.H. — is about as broad as two days gets. Noname's set is billed as a tenth-anniversary performance of Telefone. Day splits haven't been published yet.
Expect rock, electronic, punk and hip-hop across 38 acts.
Bumbershoot 2026 lineup: all 38 acts
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Hardcore's joyful crossover kings — dreamy interludes, stage dives, total communion, and a crowd that moves as one.
From Baltimore, MD · Sounds like Scowl, Militarie Gun, Trapped Under Ice, Fugazi
Four Tokyo performers in school uniforms doing chaotic, precisely choreographed pop that refuses to sit still — equal parts idol group, dance troupe, and controlled demolition.
From Tokyo, JP · Sounds like Kero Kero Bonito, CHAI, Perfume, Otoboke Beaver
The band riot grrrl was built around — Kathleen Hanna's shriek, girls-to-the-front stage politics, and a legacy that reordered punk's whole power structure.
From Olympia, WA · Sounds like Sleater-Kinney, Bratmobile, Le Tigre, The Raincoats
Dev Hynes's velvety art-R&B — '80s soul textures, jazz chords, and quiet heartbreak from one of pop's most sought-after collaborators.
From London / NYC · Sounds like Solange, Frank Ocean, Toro y Moi, Sampha
Two decades of British drum-and-bass that keeps crossing into the charts without ever softening the low end — scene elders who never stopped moving with it.
From London, UK · Sounds like Wilkinson, High Contrast
Native Tongues cornerstone — sample-collage hip-hop that made room for humour and colour, '3 Feet High and Rising' still a genre-widening document.
From Amityville, NY · Sounds like A Tribe Called Quest, Jungle Brothers, The Pharcyde, Digable Planets
Austin's instrument-swapping all-women punk-metal wrecking crew — everyone plays everything, and it all lands at full force.
From Austin, TX · Sounds like Amyl and the Sniffers, The Linda Lindas, Gully Boys, L7
Beastie Boys energy for the TikTok era — relentless, giddy, all-caps fun, two friends rapping like the '80s never ended.
From State College, PA · Sounds like Beastie Boys, bbno$
A novelist's eye for the specific detail, delivered in the warmest voice in the boygenius orbit — 'Night Shift' still the slow-burn masterclass.
From Richmond, VA · Sounds like Phoebe Bridgers, Julien Baker, Waxahatchee, boygenius
Belarusian post-punk sung in Russian — drum machines, cold synths, and an unexpected second life online, Soviet-bloc gloom turned viral phenomenon.
From Minsk, BY · Sounds like Kino, Boy Harsher, TR/ST, Lebanon Hanover
Masked baritone reworking outlaw country as high romance — reverb-drenched and completely committed, Orbison drama in fringe.
From Johannesburg, ZA · Sounds like Roy Orbison, Lana Del Rey, Chris Isaak, Nick Cave
Electroclash provocateur — filthy drum-machine minimalism and a live show designed to make you uncomfortable, then make you dance about it.
From Toronto, ON · Sounds like Le Tigre, Chicks on Speed, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Fever Ray
Violin, loop pedal, and R&B — Brittney Parks builds whole songs live from a single bowed phrase, fiddle traditions rewired for the club.
From Cincinnati, OH · Sounds like FKA twigs, Kelela, Serpentwithfeet, Yves Tumor
Brainfeeder-schooled producer whose beats stayed warm and melodic while the LA scene got colder — beat-scene royalty with a survivor's story.
From Torrance, CA · Sounds like Flying Lotus, Kaytranada, Nosaj Thing, Shlohmo
Glam-rock theatre wired through noise and soul — a live show pitched somewhere between séance and rock show, and fully both.
From Miami, FL · Sounds like Blood Orange, Sevdaliza, Perfume Genius, Death Grips
54 Ultra
American Flats
Anthers
Aryana León
Bexley
Cain Culto
Daughters of Venus
Cinematic Nova Scotia noir-pop — smoky, widescreen ballads with an old-Hollywood streak, torch songs delivered with movie-star poise.
Hannah Duckworth
Juliet Daniel
Lucha Luna
Morgan Paris Lanza
Chicago rapper-poet delivering dense political writing in an almost conversational half-whisper, over live jazz — book-club radicalism at festival volume.
From Chicago, IL · Sounds like Jamila Woods, Saba, Mick Jenkins, Smino
Oblé Reed
PawPaw Rod
Chicago darkwave built for a warehouse — icy synth throb under commands delivered somewhere between seduction and threat, leather-clad and fully in control.
From Chicago, IL · Sounds like Boy Harsher, Sextile, Kontravoid, Light Asylum
LA duo splicing goth-punk guitars into rave tempos — built for a sweaty room, not a seated one, eyeliner running by song three.
From Los Angeles, CA · Sounds like Adult., Boy Harsher, The Soft Moon, Chrome
Veracruz songwriter with a cuatro and one of the most arresting voices in Latin folk — jazz-schooled, heartbreak-fluent.
From Coatepec, MX · Sounds like Natalia Lafourcade, Mon Laferte, Ana Tijoux, Lila Downs
Takuya Nakamura
Seattle-area rapper writing plainly about the suburbs he came up in — Burien pride with a workmanlike pen.
From Burien, WA · Sounds like Macklemore, Sol, Grieves, Dave B
Zamrock originators, reactivated decades on — fuzz guitar and Zambian psych that predates most of its imitators, history alive and grooving.
From Lusaka, ZM · Sounds like Khruangbin, Mdou Moctar, Osibisa, The Budos Band
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The headliners
- Death Cab for Cutie — Indie rock's tender institution — twenty-five years of songs that hurt nicely, from 'Transatlanticism' devastation to elder-statesman grace.
- Turnstile — Hardcore's joyful crossover kings — dreamy interludes, stage dives, total communion, and a crowd that moves as one.
Up-and-comers to catch early
- Die Spitz — Austin four-piece who swap instruments mid-set and are getting very good very fast.
- Cain Culto — One of the newer names on the bill, worth a punt.
- Pixel Grip — Chicago EBM-pop with a genuinely commanding front presence.
- Oblé Reed — Seattle rapper on home ground.
- Goldie Boutilier — Theatrical, country-tinged pop from a performer who commits fully.
- PawPaw Rod — Slinky, groove-led songwriting that translates well to a festival field.
Other acts worth planning around
- Turnstile — Hardcore's biggest crossover act, co-headlining.
- Death Cab for Cutie — A hometown headline slot — they formed an hour up the road.
- Bikini Kill — Riot grrrl's originators, from Olympia, playing in-state.
- Noname — Billed as a tenth-anniversary performance of Telefone.
- W.I.T.C.H. — Zamrock originators, reactivated — a rare booking anywhere in America.
- Yves Tumor — The most unpredictable live proposition on the bill.
- Molchat Doma — Belarusian post-punk whose second life online turned them into a festival draw.
Bumbershoot 2026 lineup FAQ
When is Bumbershoot 2026?
September 5–6, 2026 — Labor Day weekend.
Where is Bumbershoot held?
Across the Seattle Center campus in Seattle, Washington.
Who is headlining Bumbershoot 2026?
Death Cab for Cutie and Turnstile top the music bill.
How many acts are playing?
38 music acts, alongside the festival's arts, comedy and film programming.
Are day-by-day lineups published?
Not yet — day splits haven't been announced. This page will show them as soon as they are.
How do I work out which acts I'd like?
Type a few bands you already love into the search at the top of this page and you'll get ranked matches from this lineup, with reasons.
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