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We’re told that all good things must come to an end. If that’s still the case, mediocre ones are bound to die too, and we shouldn’t delay the inevitable. Enter the 2025 edition of the Bumbershoot Arts & Music Festival, a perfect example of a festival clinging to life when it should鈥檝e bowed out gracefully.

The 2025 Bumbershoot lineup has somehow outdone itself at being even more forgettable than last year鈥檚. Headliners? Weezer (seriously, the gets more buzz), Bright Eyes (an indie snooze-fest with zero recognizable hits), Aurora (who even is that? I hope we’re not recruiting talent from Aurora Avenue), Car Seat Headrest (no clue), Sylvan Esso (again, who?), and Janelle Mon谩e鈥攚ho, while undeniably talented, sticks out like a neon sore thumb in this sea of obscurity.

After last year’s dumpster fire lineup, festival organizers should have called it quits, but didn’t. So, now 飞别鈥檙别 left with no choice but to end it for them. Just don’t go.

Who exactly is Bumbershoot for?

The struggling summer festival revealed its 2025 lineup and it鈥檚 hard to understand who they’re trying to appeal to.

If you’re trying to appeal to a younger audience of concertgoers, the “bigger” name attractions aren’t going to cut it. Weezer was big when I was younger. Now? You might get true crime podcast enthusiasts given the , but they hardly inspire excitement.

Are younger audiences excited about the Budos Band, as a “doom rock Afro-soul big band with a ’70s touch,” or the local garage punk band from the mid-90s, The Murder City Devils? At $199 for a two-day pass (or $125 for a single-day pass), how many younger music lovers want to watch bands they’ve never heard of? Last year, they had a slightly less awful lineup and tickets were priced much lower.

And if Bumbershoot is trying to attract adults, who are more likely to afford the $199 tickets, there still really isn’t an exciting draw.

Bumbershoot’s identity crisis

Bumbershoot鈥檚 identity crisis is on full display鈥攁nd honestly, what is it anymore?

It used to lure massive headliners with universal appeal, packing the crowd so you鈥檇 stumble upon underrated local acts you鈥檇 never forget. That model may have bled money, but at least you knew what you were signing up for.

Now? They trot out one dusty relic as 鈥渢he big draw,鈥� sprinkle in a couple of bands that nobody remembers, and fill the rest of the bill with bands so obscure you鈥檇 need Wikipedia just to pronounce their names.

It鈥檚 heartbreaking. I used to love Bumbershoot鈥攏ow watching it gasp for relevance feels more merciful than smothering it with a pillow鈥攏ot out of cruelty, but just to finally let it stop flailing. I’m doing it because I love you, Bumbershoot.

Let’s pretend to be excited!

Who is Bumbershoot for?聽Seattle Times music writer Michael Reitmulder, a critic who revels in claiming to appreciate things most people don鈥檛, thinking it makes them seem evolved and cultured.

Like last year, Reitmulder was ecstatic over the Bumbershoot 2025 lineup. He , “This year’s slate features some of the biggest headliners to grace the independent fest since third-year organizers New Rising Sun took the reins.” That’s some caveat: The biggest names since organizers took over three years ago.

Last year’s big “draw” was Cypress Hill. The bar is low. I’m old enough to remember Bumbershoot bringing Odesza, The Weeknd, Ellie Goulding, Foster the People, MGMT, M83, and even Tony Bennett.

Movin’ on

It鈥檚 okay to let traditions go. Some need to die. Bumbershoot 2025 is yet another disservice to its legacy.

If this is what Bumbershoot is going to be moving forward, then they might as well go all-in and drop any of what they consider to be the big draws and 箩耻蝉迟听focus on gems waiting to be truly discovered by the masses. That’s an identity, albeit one with a smaller tent to bring people into. But at least the tickets will be more affordable and worthwhile.

At this point, really鈥攖his festival鈥檚 glory days are long gone. Dragging it out now is just cruel: Watching something that once mattered limp along until it鈥檚 utterly irrelevant.

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