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Nothing like some friendly narwhals to great Sasquatch! attendees.
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Nothing like some friendly narwhals to great Sasquatch! attendees.
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Lion Babe got things underway by dancing all around the Yeti stage.
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Lion Babe got things underway by dancing all around the Yeti stage.
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Seattle soul took the Sasquatch stage in the form of Grace Love and the Ture Loves.
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Seattle soul took the Sasquatch stage in the form of Grace Love and the Ture Loves.
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Telekinesis keeps the beat during its Friday evening set.
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Telekinesis keeps the beat during its Friday evening set.
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Getting down (literally) with LANY.
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Air Staples.
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Vince Staples delivered Friday’s most energetic set at the Bigfoot stage.
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Getting down (literally) with LANY.
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Air Staples.
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Vince Staples delivered Friday’s most energetic set at the Bigfoot stage.
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Yeasayer and a haze.
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Hibou gets in a groove while opening the Bigfoot stage on Saturday.
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Hibou gets in a groove while opening the Bigfoot stage on Saturday.
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Moshe Kasher (pictured) and Natasha Leggero made a stop at the scenic Gorge as part of their honeymoon comedy tour.
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While a wildfire burned 600 acres near the Gorge over the weekend, there was also a small fire at one of the food vendors. It was quickly contained.
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Nathaniel Rateliff and the Night Sweats getting its day sweats on.
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Noah Gundersen brought melancholy tunes to counter the sun.
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Yeasayer and a haze.
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There’s a chance La Luz was created by a team of scientists just to play during sunny days at music festivals.
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Noah Gundersen brought melancholy tunes to counter the sun.
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Moshe Kasher (pictured) and Natasha Leggero made a stop at the scenic Gorge as part of their honeymoon comedy tour.
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Ty Segall looks for vocal support in unlikely places.
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Nathaniel Rateliff and the Night Sweats getting its day sweats on.
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There’s a chance La Luz was created by a team of scientists just to play during sunny days at music festivals.
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The top of shoulders view is a good one if you can get it.
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While a wildfire burned 600 acres near the Gorge over the weekend, there was also a small fire at one of the food vendors. It was quickly contained.
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Ty Segall looks for vocal support in unlikely places.
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The grass crew take in the Digable Planets vibes.
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A refined style (and colorful nail polish) from Ty Segall and the Muggers.
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A refined style (and colorful nail polish) from Ty Segall and the Muggers.
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Mosh pits aren’t commonplace at Sasquatch!, but bands like Ty Segall and the Muggers bring ’em out.
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The top of shoulders view is a good one if you can get it.
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Protomartyr bellows.
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Fans of pretty lights might enjoy seeing M83 live.
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Hop Along’s Frances Quinlan put on an emotional vocal clinic during the band’s excellent set at the Yeti stage.
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Major Lazer always brings a party.
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The grass crew take in the Digable Planets vibes.
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EMP Soundoff! winners Cosmos brought some youthful energy to open the Yeti stage on Sunday.
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Shannon and the Calms brought garage rock pep to Saturday evening’s proceedings.
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Mosh pits aren’t commonplace at Sasquatch!, but bands like Ty Segall and the Muggers bring ’em out.
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Can’t stop the Beat (Connection).
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A Honda sponsored stage near the middle of the festival grounds offered up short sets by top artists for smaller crowds. Here’s Speedy Ortiz “playing for cars.”
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Fans of pretty lights might enjoy seeing M83 live.
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Autolux gets an elevated viewpoint during its Bigfoot set.
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Major Lazer always brings a party.
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Wimps brought is rapid punk energy (and dudes in hot dog costumes) to the fest.
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EMP Soundoff! winners Cosmos brought some youthful energy to open the Yeti stage on Sunday.
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Hop Along’s Frances Quinlan put on an emotional vocal clinic during the band’s excellent set at the Yeti stage.
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Seattle’s Ruler getting in some Sunday strums.
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Protomartyr bellows.
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Deep Sea Diver battled the wind and won.
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Summer Cannibals rock and destroy cat callers with the equal ferocity.
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Holding hands can be fun.
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Can’t stop the Beat (Connection).
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Fauna Shade on a stage without any shade.
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Shannon and the Calms brought garage rock pep to Saturday evening’s proceedings.
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A Honda sponsored stage near the middle of the festival grounds offered up short sets by top artists for smaller crowds. Here’s Speedy Ortiz “playing for cars.”
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Conor Youngblood shows off a little hockey style during his Sunday performance.
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Autolux gets an elevated viewpoint during its Bigfoot set.
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Behind force of nature frontwoman Jehnny Beth, Savages played the most buzzed about set of the weekend.
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Wimps brought is rapid punk energy (and dudes in hot dog costumes) to the fest.
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Seattle’s Ruler getting in some Sunday strums.
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When not watching music, one can always scope out some fest fashion.
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Deep Sea Diver battled the wind and won.
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The Twilight Sad expressing an emotion other than sadness.
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Holding hands can be fun.
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Lauren Lapkus and Todd Barry teamed up to tape an episode of the ‘With Special Guest Lauren Lapkus’ podcast.
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Fauna Shade on a stage without any shade.
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Summer Cannibals rock and destroy cat callers with the equal ferocity.
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Outside of the wind, Sasquatch!’s biggest issue was getting the floating letters in its pond to cooperate.
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The crowd did not even kind of get Scharpling and Wurster’s shtick, which made for a rather amazing viewing experience.
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Purity Ring’s Megan James takes a moment to compose herself during the group’s soaring synthpop set.
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Behind force of nature frontwoman Jehnny Beth, Savages played the most buzzed about set of the weekend.
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Everyone needs a little grass lounging time.
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Conor Youngblood shows off a little hockey style during his Sunday performance.
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The Cure sounded as good as ever during its surprisingly short (at least in Cure terms) headlining set.
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After getting bumped from the main stage due to the wind, Tacocat headed to the dance tent for a packed little fiesta.
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Everybody sing along with Iska Dhaaf.
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When whether put a kibosh on his Sasquatch stage performance, Leon Bridges headed to the hill for an acoustic set.
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When not watching music, one can always scope out some fest fashion.
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Bully’s Alicia Bognanno screams over her bands distorted and delightfully grungy rock sound.
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Son Little offering up a little blues rock at Bigfoot.
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This may be going out on a limb, but we think Mac DeMarco enjoys playing music.
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Fans of Sir the Baptist gather with paraphernalia in hand.
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When the Sasquatch stage finally opened on Sunday night, people rushed down to see Alabama Shakes.
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The Twilight Sad expressing an emotion other than sadness.
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Speedy Ortiz’s Sadie Dupuis shreds in the evening breeze.
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Swiping left in the wild with Childbirth.
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Purity Ring’s Megan James takes a moment to compose herself during the group’s soaring synthpop set.
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Lauren Lapkus and Todd Barry teamed up to tape an episode of the ‘With Special Guest Lauren Lapkus’ podcast.
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Wind forced Allen Stone to move his performance to El Chupacabra, but his loyal fan base followed in droves.
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The crowd did not even kind of get Scharpling and Wurster’s shtick, which made for a rather amazing viewing experience.
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The Cure sounded as good as ever during its surprisingly short (at least in Cure terms) headlining set.
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Pretty in pink.
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Big Grams played a fun (and very inebriated) set to close out Sunday’s action.
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The main stage hill fills.
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Outside of the wind, Sasquatch!’s biggest issue was getting the floating letters in its pond to cooperate.
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Surfin’ to King Gizzard in the Lizard Wizard.
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Thunderpussy’s always energetic live show opened Monday’s main stage in style.
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Caribou closed out the festival with an electronic dance party in El Chupacabra.
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Everyone needs a little grass lounging time.
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It hard to not be blown away by the vocal power of Florence and the Machine.
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Iska Dhaaf’s Nathan Quiroga gets up close and personal with Seattle Met’s arts editor.
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When whether put a kibosh on his Sasquatch stage performance, Leon Bridges headed to the hill for an acoustic set.
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Everybody sing along with Iska Dhaaf.
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When the Sasquatch stage finally opened on Sunday night, people rushed down to see Alabama Shakes.
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Dave B spiting some Seattle hip-hop on the Bigfoot stage.
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After getting bumped from the main stage due to the wind, Tacocat headed to the dance tent for a packed little fiesta.
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Swiping left in the wild with Childbirth.
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This may be going out on a limb, but we think Mac DeMarco enjoys playing music.
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Son Little offering up a little blues rock at Bigfoot.
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Speedy Ortiz’s Sadie Dupuis shreds in the evening breeze.
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Fans of Sir the Baptist gather with paraphernalia in hand.
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Big Grams played a fun (and very inebriated) set to close out Sunday’s action.
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Sir the Baptist preaching.
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Wind forced Allen Stone to move his performance to El Chupacabra, but his loyal fan base followed in droves.
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Pretty in pink.
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Thunderpussy’s always energetic live show opened Monday’s main stage in style.
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Thao and the Get Down Stay Down sounded superb while playing songs from ‘A Man Alive’ and covering Missy Elliott.
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Bully’s Alicia Bognanno screams over her bands distorted and delightfully grungy rock sound.
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The main stage hill fills.
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Iska Dhaaf’s Nathan Quiroga gets up close and personal with Seattle Met’s arts editor.
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Grimes dance parties forever, please.
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Dave B spiting some Seattle hip-hop on the Bigfoot stage.
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Someone needs to tell King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard that bodies aren’t supposed to go that way.
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Sir the Baptist preaching.
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Surfin’ to King Gizzard in the Lizard Wizard.
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Grimes dance parties forever, please.
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Sufjan Stevens eschewed the sad folk for the most part to get ‘Age of Adz’ weird.
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Thao and the Get Down Stay Down sounded superb while playing songs from ‘A Man Alive’ and covering Missy Elliott.
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No really, Sufjan got weird.
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Sufjan Stevens eschewed the sad folk for the most part to get ‘Age of Adz’ weird.
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It hard to not be blown away by the vocal power of Florence and the Machine.
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No really, Sufjan got weird.
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Caribou closed out the festival with an electronic dance party in El Chupacabra.
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Someone needs to tell King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard that bodies aren’t supposed to go that way.
It’s always hard to summarize four days of a music festival into a succinct recap. So much happened at the 2016 Sasquatch! Music Festival: wind derailed the Sunday main stage, Savages blew everyone away in a different manner of speaking, the Cure sounded fresh as ever, Florence Welch sang like an angel, Sufjan Stevens sprouted wings… Rather than go into every little detail, enjoy this chronological photographic look at what went down last weekend at the Gorge.
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