The iconic arts and music festival returns to the Seattle Center this Labor Day Weekend, August 31 – September 1, with an all-new Animation District, featuring presentations, installations, and screenings.
Seattle’s Bumbershoot Arts and Music Festival returns for the 51st year with a dynamic 2024 program that includes a brand-new Animation district as part of its robust Visual Arts program. The festival has been at the vanguard of artistic innovation, showcasing both established luminaries and emerging talents.
At the center of Bumbershoot is the robust Visual Arts program, which will feature a brand-new Animation district. Highlights include in-person presentations by Troy Quane, director of Netflix's Oscar-nominated Nimona, Mike Lasker, the VFX supervisor and Patrick O’Keefe, the production designer on Sony Pictures Animation's Oscar-nominated Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse, Shannon Tindle, the writer/director of Netflix’s highly anticipated Ultraman: Rising, and Matthew Welford, the VFX supervisor and Tefft Smith II, the visualization supervisor on Sony Entertainment’s upcoming Harold and the Purple Crayon. Plus, Oscar-winning Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse director and Across the Spider-Verse executive producer Peter Ramsey will be on hand to lead Q&As and MC the talks!
This year also marks the inaugural Big Fake Deep Foot Competition, an international competition where artists and filmmakers can submit their best deep fakes of Bigfoot as a comedic and harrowing portrait of current deep fake technology.
Bumbershoot’s stellar music lineup features Pavement, James Blake, Courtney Barnett, Freddie Gibbs, and a slew of other performers, curated by returning Bumbershoot veteran talent buyer Chris Porter, who helmed the festival's lineup from 1997 to 2016. As always, Bumbershoot will spotlight exemplary Culinary Arts offerings from more than 50 different Pacific Northwest-focused restaurants, wineries, and breweries.
The Bumbershoot Arts and Music Festival takes place in Seattle, Washington from August 31 – September 1. For more information about the festival, visit the website.
