Overview
Bumbershoot '01
In 2001, Bumbershoot marked its thirtieth year, entering a milestone moment for the festival and for Seattle’s cultural life.
Produced by One Reel, the festival continued its long-standing tradition of transforming Seattle Center into a vibrant, multidisciplinary arts gathering over Labor Day weekend. Music remained a major attraction, but Bumbershoot’s identity still rested on its wide cultural umbrella: theater, dance, film, literary arts, and visual art all unfolding across the campus.
The year also brought a profound shift in the national atmosphere. Just days after the festival concluded, the events of the September 11 attacks would change the country in ways few could have imagined.
Looking back, Bumbershoot 2001 stands as the final Labor Day festival before that turning point, a moment that reflected the openness, curiosity, and creative optimism that had defined the event since its beginnings.
By its thirtieth year, Bumbershoot had grown far beyond the modest ambitions of Festival ’71. Yet its founding idea remained intact: a civic gathering where people could come together to experience creativity in many forms.
As the city and the nation entered a new era, Bumbershoot continued serving as a reminder of the power of art, community, and shared public spaces.
Bumbershoot 2001's line up included: RatDog / The Black Crowes / Built To Spill / Loretta Lynn / Neko Case / Stephen Malkmus & The Jicks / Richard Buckner / Rufus Wainwright / Cat Power / Ween / David Cross / Patton Oswalt / Cake / Dave Eggers / Taj Mahal & The Phantom Blues Band / MeShell Ndegeocello / Mos Def / Reverend Horton Heat / Jurassic 5 / Guided By Voices / Marshall Crenshaw / The Funky Meters / Daniel Johnston / Old 97′s / Kiki & Herb / Yerba Beuna / G. Love & Special Sauce / Galactic / Great Big Sea / Shawn Mullins / Rusted Root / King Sunny Ade & His African Beats / Low / Todd Barry / Dilated Peoples / Sarah Vowell / Robert Walter’s 20th Congress / Supersuckers / Charles R. Cross / Brian Posehn / Mary Lynn Rasjkub / Jon Auer / Dave Alvin & the Guilty Men / DJ Logic / Keller Williams / Greg Fitzsimmons / Chris Smither / Karl Denson’s Tiny Universe / Aveo / Boom Bap Project / Chris Hardwick / Critters Buggin with Bachir and Mustapha Attar / Mountain Con / MXPX / Maktub / The Actual Tigers / Paul F. Tompkins / Clinton Fearon & Boogie Brown Band / Adam Starr / Alice Stuart / Babatunde Lea and the Jazz Guerillas / Bahamadia / Beaver Nelson / Beyond Reality / Bill Dana / Bill Radke / Bobby Rush / Bradley Paul / Bumberdrum XIV / C.J. Chenier & The Red Hot Louisiana Band / Carter Family Marionettes / Catie Curtis / Cid & Eric / Damon & Naomi / dan raphael / Daphne Gottlieb / Darek Mazzone / David Crowe / David Meltzer / Diane di Prima / DJ KO & DJ Suspense / Donald Glaud / Dudley Manlove Quartet / Dusty 45′s / Dwayne Kennedy / Farnoosh Moshiri / FCS North / 1 Reel Film Festival / Futomaru / Gala Catering / Habib Koité & Bamada / Herbert / Hog Molly / J. R. / Jackie Kashian / Janée J. Baugher / Jayne Anne Phillips / Jeff Mason / Jeffrey McDaniel / Jennifer Robin / Jerry Abstract / Jimmie Dale Gilmore / Jo Miller and Her Burly Roughnecks / Joanne Shenandoah / John Hammond’s Wicked Grin / John Sinclair / Johnny Astro / Jon Hyde Band / Karen Kilgariff / Kelley Hunt / Kerry Lauder Band / Kevin Jones Band / Kevin Kent / Kevin Seccia / Ki / King Chango / Largo at Bumbershoot presents Jon Brion and Friends with Special Guests / Laura Love / Lewis MacAdams / Lily Cai Chinese Dance Company / Lost at Last / M.L. Liebler & The Magic Poetry Band / Maria Muldaur / Mark DuFresne Band / Mark Rae (of Rae & Christian) / Mary Black / Matt Corwine / Mr. Supreme & Soul One / NAHA and Sofcon / Nebula / New Orleans Klezmer All Stars / Nina Hynes / Nock American Super Circus / Northern Lights / Northwest Connection Community Choir / Orchestra Neuva EraOrgnic Crew / Peter Christenson / Phat Sidy Smokehouse / Pinehurst Kids / PIZZAZZ! / Polly Buckingham / Project Bandaloop / Red Elvises / Register & Gans / Roberto Valenza / Rocky Dawuni / Sam Bush / Sex Mob / Shirley Geok-lin Lim / Shuggie / Slaid Cleaves / Spalding Gray / Superkali / Susan Robkin / SWAG / Swamp Mama Johnshon / Tarbox RamblersThe Duffy Bishop Band / The Flood / The Henry Cooper Band / The Tiger Lillies / The Tony Furtado Band / The Wild Magnolias 2 / Vassar Clements (w/ Northern Lights) / Warren Etheredge / WOFA! / Yair Dalal
