bumbershoot

Rolling into “React, Respond” — a nervy post-punk slapper that formed around a Jeff Ament riff — an energized McCready bounced around the stage like the teenager who “popped his knee out” playing Bumbershoot on the same Seattle Center campus 40 years ago.

After its well-received return to form in 2023, we now know what Bumbershoot’s new organizers have a in store for a follow-up.

This year’s lineup was curated by Chris Porter, a veteran event producer and Bumbershoot’s music talent buyer from 1997 until 2015 when AEG took over from longtime lead organizer One Reel.

Here are 20 of the top outdoor concerts and festivals coming to the Seattle area through Labor Day weekend, with an honorable mention to Bumbershoot, which had yet to reveal its lineup at the time of this writing.

Third Stone, a community arts organization, and New Rising Sun relaunched the iconic PNW festival Bumbershoot.