Washington Festivals 2021: What s Happening and What s Not
Bumbershootâs taking the year off, but Freakout should be back (along with Idaho s Treefort).
By
Stefan Milne
4/27/2021 at 10:31am
The Grizzled Mighty will play Idaho s Treefort Fest this September; here they are at Freakout in 2019.Â
Letâs go back two years, and consider the music festival landscape: Sasquatch? Dead in the wilderness. Upstream? Dried up. Even Bumbershoot appeared on the verge of closure. Then, of course, came 2020âs event apocalypse. If a festival happened, it was online. And rightly so. What could be more dangerous than a bunch of soused revelers gathering for days in the same place?
by Jasmyne Keimig • Apr 23, 2021 at 2:35 pm
I m craving a live music experience right now. Lester BlackIt feels like eons ago that I stumbled from venue to venue in Ballard during a brisk November weekend, watching psych and garage rock bands play inside in a molten light show. But that hazy dream will soon become a reality again. Sponsored $20 lunch and $35 / $50 dinner options. Venues offer takeout, delivery, indoor and outdoor dining.
Today, Ballard s Freakout Festival, run by Freakout Records, announced they will return in-person for this year s festival, which will run from November 11-14. All the familiar haunts Tractor Tavern, Sunset Tavern, Conor Byrne, Salmon Bay Eagles will host the sprawling fest once again, in addition to free stages at C.C. Filson and Cafe Umbria. The fest is also looking to add a couple of all-ages stages so everyone can participate.