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Bumbershoot 2014 Photo Recap

A recap of the the Labor Day weekend arts fest's best music, comedy, and atmosphere.

Bumbershoot 2014 may have gotten off to a soggy start on Saturday, but once the rain clouds cleared, there was plenty to enjoy about the annual Labor Day weekend music and arts festival. The biggest takeaway from the weekend was that it’s a much better Bumbershoot with the mainstage back outside in Memorial Stadium. It made access easy (unlike the nightmare that it was the past few years), the floor was cushy, and it was outdoors in mostly inviting weather.

Dear Bumbershoot,

Please never, ever move the mainstage back into KeyArena.

Yours,
Seth

To recap the rest of Bumbershoot 2014, we’ve complied 50 of our favorite photos. Highlights include hip hop and alt-rock legends (Wu-Tang Clan, the Replacements), rising Seattle artists (Tangerine), top standup comedians (Janeane Garofalo, Pete Holmes), fond goodbyes (the Lonely Forest), general lounging on the Seattle Center grass, and more. Here’s our chronological look back at the Labor Day weekend festivities.

The Lonely Forest played its final show on the first day of Bumbershoot…










Seth Sommerfeld
Seth Sommerfeld
Assistant Editor (Arts) Seth Sommerfeld runs the arts department at Seattle Met, crafting the magazine's On the Town section, editing the Culture Fiend blog, and contributing to reader service features such as “The Ultimate Seahawks Guide” and the front-of-the-book department, Mudroom. Seth has written about music and culture for Rolling Stone, Spin, Pacific Northwest Inlander, Charleston Post and Courier, Syracuse Post-Standard, and Billings Gazette. He also extensively covered the NBA Draft for years for Fox Sports and NBADraft.net, and was published as part of Myth, Media, and Culture in Star Wars: An Anthology. Originally from Billings, Montana, Seth first lived in Washington while earning an undergraduate degree in journalism and broadcasting at Gonzaga University. He followed up those studies at Syracuse University, where he earned a master’s degree in arts journalism.