Festival Updates: Sasquatch, Harvest Of Hope

Davy Minor — Wed, 18 Feb 2009 08:16:59 +0000

Sasquatch has announced their lineup for this year, and I think they have officially stepped up to premiere American festie status. This year’s crop of bands hitting the festival circuit has got to be one of the best ever. Behold:

Jane’s Addiction
Kings of Leon
Nine Inch Nails
Ben Harper & Restless7
Yeah Yeah Yeahs
Erykah Badu
The Decemberists
Fleet Foxes
TV on the Radio
Animal Collective
Silversun Pickups
Bon Iver
Santigold
Of Montreal
Explosions in the Sky
DeVotchKa
Peter Bjorn & John
Gogol Bordello
M. Ward
The Avett Brothers
Doves
Calexico
Grizzly Bear
M83
Girl Talk
The Gaslight Anthem
The Walkmen
Chromeo (DJ set)
Deadmau5
Mugison
Sun Kil Moon
Airborne Toxic Event
Blitzen Trapper
Shearwater
BLK JKS
The Wrens
Tobacco
Monotonix
King Khan and the Shrines
St. Vincent
Passion Pit
John Vanderslice
Bishop Allen
Blind Pilot
AA Bondy
Black Moth Super Rainbow
The Knux
Ra Ra Riot
The Dodos
Beach House
Arthur & Yu
The Submarines
Owl City
Viva Voce
James Pants
Mt. St. Helens Vietnam Band
The Builders & the Butchers
The Duchess & the Duke
Natalie Portman’s Shaved Head
Dent May & His Magnificent Ukulele
Fences
School of Seven Bells
Death Vessel
Horse Feathers
Hockey
Point Juncture WA
The Pica Beats
Loch Lomond
Vince Mira
Zach Galifiankis
Demetri Martin
Tim & Eric Awesome Show Great Job
Todd Barry
Jon Benjamin
God’s Pottery
People’s Republic of Komedy

Sasquatch 2009 is going down Memorial Day weekend (May 23-25) in what I hear is the US’s most beautiful venue, The Gorge Amphitheatre in Washington. I’ve been wanting to hit this fest for a long time, and maybe this will be the year. Tickets go on sale next Saturday (Feb 28) and 3 day passes range from $154.50 to $229.50.

Sasquatch website

Harvest of Hope festival had to deal with a ton of lineup subtractions and additions due to Langerado getting cancelled, so here is the 411:

Head organizer and No Idea Records employee Ryan Murphy had this to say:

“Harvest of Hope Fest is going strong and looking forward to the event. All the event staff have been working into the night to make this event awesome. We were bummed to hear about Langerado canceling and wish best of luck to all that were involved. The canceling of Langerado had a few affects on our festival. First, unfortunately, the following bands had to cancel: Broken Social Scene, Devotchka, the Faint and the Virgins. Everyone involved tried their best to make it work, but in the end it could not. I want to thank these bands for their support and trying their hardest to make it possible and look forward to working with them in the future.

We did, however, gain some really awesome bands, including:

the Mountain Goats, Black Kids, the Gaslight Anthem, Tilly and the Wall, Sundowner, Keith Murray and more.

Look forward to seeing everyone at the Harvest of Hope Fest!”

Here is how things are shaping up now:

Friday March 6th:

Girl Talk
Less Than Jake
Tokyo Police Club
The Night Marchers
The Mae Shi
King Kahn & the Shrines
Yip-Yip
Rehasher
Grand Buffet
Ruby Coast
Hollywood Holt
Tim Barry
Bomb the Music Industry
Austin Lucas
O’Pioneers
Josh Small
Liza Kate
Look Mexico
Brainworms
Flatliners
Paul & Ginger
Ninja Gun
The Takers
Tubers
Anchor Arms
Cheap Girls
Alligator
Failures Union
Coyote Throat
Laserhead
The Winslows
Reptile Theatre

Saturday March 7th:

Against Me!
Lucero
Propagandhi
The Mountain Goats
Bad Brains
Tilly & the Wall
The Bouncing Souls
John Vanderslice
Strike Anywhere
HEALTH
Wild Sweet Orange
Valient Thorr
Deerhunter
Paint it Black
None More Black
Underground Railroad to Candyland
Her Space Holiday
Sundowner
Lymbc Systm
Sunbears
Static Radio (NJ)
Antartic
After the Fall
Smoke or Fire (acoustic)
Hometeam
The Beauvilles
Averkiou
Morningbell
Hawks & Doves
Bridge & Tunnel
FIYA
Mouthbreather
Weapons to Go
Mumpsy
Ones to Blame
Jonathan Appleseed
BLORR
Viernes
Jimmy Reeves & the Wolf River
Juicy Pony
City Lights Bloom
T13C!
Towers of Hanoi
Willie Green
Christina Wagner
Lighthouse Music
Blues Lightning
Onslaught Dynamo
Incoherent
Barnaby Jones
Mario Sevayaga
County Road

Sunday March 8th:

The National
GZA/Genius
The Gaslight Anthem
Kool Keith (Dr. Octagon vs. Dr. Doom) featuring Kutmasta Kurt
Black Kids
The Harlem Shakes
Ra Ra Riot
Tiger City
MURS
Holy F*ck
Monotonix
Kiss Kiss
This Bike is a Pipebomb
Hammel on Trial
Keith Murray
Dave Dondero
Kevin Seconds
Fake Problems
Whiskey & Co.
Summerbirds in the Cellar
Division Minuscula
Vince P
Ghost Mice
Paul Baribeau
Young Livers
Liza Kate
Good Luck
Grabass Charlestons
Tim Version
Lauris Vidal & his warm guns
Gatorface
Virgins (FL)
Monikers
How Dare You
New Bruises
Emilyn Brodsky
Dirty Money
Spoonboy
EYC
Cutman
Protagonist
No More
I made this mistake
Lost Hands Found Fingers
Assasinate the Scientist
So Pastel
Worlds
R.A.F.
Buttons
Shaking Hands
Diet Coke Heads

In case you forgot, this is going down March 6-8 in St. Augustine, Florida. Tickets are running $39.50 right now for a 3 day pass.

Harvest Of Hope website

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