This year my family and I went to all three days of Bumbershoot, Seattle's music and arts festival. Here were some of the highlights of this year's event:
Best band I'd never heard of before: Blitzen Trapper
Best band I only knew a tiny, little bit about: the Shackletons
Coldest performance: Beck on Friday night at Memorial Stadium. We were freezing even with coats and a horse blanket.
Loudest band I actually enjoyed: Sons and Daughters
Loudest band I didn't really like: Battles
Band that seemed most excited to be there: the Shackletons
Best band I saw only because I'd come to see the band coming up next on the same stage: the Whigs
Worst comedian: Jessi Klein - both vulgar and unfunny.
Weirdest performance: Dan Deacon
Band I'd most like to live with in a large house with a yard and a dog: Blitzen Trapper
Best light show: Beck. It looked like Lite-Brite.
Musical group so unremarkable I forgot I had seen them by the next morning: Band of Horses
Food vendor I most missed: The place that sold calzones that hasn't been at Bumbershoot for several years.
Total amount paid for parking over the three days: $12
Most surprisingly enjoyable street performer: Dizzy Hips, the hula-hoop guy.
