Overview
Bumbershoot '05
Official Poster Artwork by Invisible Creature
By 2005, Bumbershoot had become a deeply embedded part of Seattle’s cultural rhythm, a Labor Day weekend tradition that brought together artists, audiences, and creative communities from across the region.
Produced by One Reel, the festival continued its transformation of Seattle Center into a vibrant multidisciplinary arts campus. Music remained a major attraction, drawing large audiences to the outdoor stages, but Bumbershoot’s defining feature was still its broad cultural scope.
The mid-2000s were a time when festivals across the country increasingly focused on large music lineups, but Bumbershoot continued to maintain its broader artistic umbrella. The event remained committed to presenting multiple art forms side by side, encouraging audiences to wander through Seattle Center and discover something unexpected.
Local and Northwest artists continued to play an important role in the festival’s programming, reinforcing Bumbershoot’s long-standing connection to the city’s creative community.
More than thirty years after Festival ’71, Bumbershoot remained what it had always aimed to be: a big public gathering for creativity, curiosity, and shared cultural experience.
Bumbershoot 2005's line up included: Elvis Costello / Trey Anastasio / Common / The Decemberists / Garbage / Michael Franti & Spearhead / Flight of the Conchords / Son Volt / Patton Oswalt / Ted Leo + Pharmacists / Bo Diddley / The Pharcyde / The Posies / Flogging Molly / Todd Barry / M. Ward / Mudhone / New York Dolls / DeVotchKa / The Donnas / Mike Birbiglia / Minus The Bear / Okkervil River / Tegan and Sara / Digable Planets / Demetri Martin / Aziz Ansari / Talib Kweli / Citizen Cope / Eugene Mirman / Earlimart / Billy Preston / Damien Jurado / Kinski / Little Brother / Los Amigos Invisibles / Luke Temple / Maktub / Mavis Staples / John Butler Trio / Pretty Girls Make Graves / Juana Molina / Aqueduct / Hothouse Flowers / Harvey Danger / Schoolyard Heroes / Smart: Dave Eggers, Sarah Vowell, Daniel Handler (Lemony Snicket), Mike Doughty, and the Transatlantic Orchestra in a Benefit for 826 Seattle / Smoosh / Bill Frisell with Tony Scherr & Kenny Wollesen / Billy Joe Shaver / MIDIval PunditZ / Charlie Hunter Trio / Jesse Sykes & The Sweet Hereafter / Dolorean / Buckwheat Zydeco / Blue Scholars / Nick Swardson / Craig Robinson / Wheedle’s Groove / Sarah Lee Guthrie and Johnny Irion / Boom Bap Project / Brazilian Girls / The Be Good Tanyas / Akimbo / Cancer Rising / The Ruby Doe / Viva Voce / Sonny Landreth / The Cops / Vicci Martinez Band / The Duhks / Tift Merritt / Post Stardom Depression / Vis-à-Vis Society / Visqueen / Skerik’s Syncopated Taint Septet / Tim Seely / Alpha Yaya / Diallo / Altered / States of Funk / Andre Feriante / Andrew Donnelly / Anna Oxygen / Arturo Rodriguez Quartet / Ayinde Howell / Becki Sue & Her Big-Rockin’ Daddies! / Beyond Reality / Blues Orbiters / Brothers of the Baladi / Carolyn Mark / Charming Snakes / Choklate / Chris Stamey / Clinton Fearon & Boogie Brown Band / Cuchata / D. Travers Scott / Darrius Willrich / Dashboard Confessional / David Poe / Demo / Dudley Manlove Quartet / Eva / Graham Travis / Haiku Fresh Currents / Headphones / Hidden In Plain View / Highway 99 All-Stars / Hive / Howard Kremer / Ian McFeron Band / Idiot Pilot / Iggy and The Stooges / Iguales / Infomatik / Inga Muscio / IQU / Israel Vibration / J.W. Marshall / Jackie Kashian / J-Boogie’s Dubtronic Science / Joe Bataan / Jon Cleary and the Absolute Monster Gentlemen / Jovino Santos Neto Quinteto / Jude Bowerman Band / Juliette Torrez’ Kapow! / Junkie XL / Kathleen Bryson / Kelley Hunt / Keren Ann / Kevin Sampsell and Haiku Inferno / KJ Sawka / Knock Journal / Laguna! / Larry Lee Palmer / MangoSon / Marc Broussard / Margaret Chula / Marion Kimes / Marlena Shaw / Mary Gauthier / Math and Physics Club / Mercir / Meredith Monk / Mofro / Omar Torrez Band / Paul Gilmartin / Peggy Shumaker / Pepper / Phil Campbell with Grant Cogswell / Poet Populist! / Priya Keefe / Quasimodo & the Bellringers / Razrez / René Steinke / Ruby Dee & the Snake Handlers / Samite / Seattle Women’s Jazz Orchestra / Shelley Jackson / Stan Ridgway / Stickshift Annie with Kimball and the Fugitives / Sub-Motive / Swampdweller / Tea with Nancy Pearl / The Academy Is… / The Bastards of Jazz / The Bradbury Press / The Chris Stevens Band / The Duke Robillard Band / The Fading Collection / The Garfield High School Jazz Combo / The Gospel Hummingbirds / The Gruff Mummies / The Locust / The Tiptons Sax Quartet / The Waybacks / Thomas Marriott Quartet / Upper Left Trio / Tim Sherman Band / Zion
