SEATTLE — It’s not Labor Day weekend in Seattle without Bumbershoot. The city’s most storied music festival returns to Seattle Center for its 52nd edition this summer, and on Wednesday, organizers revealed the 2025 lineup.

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, led by arena-filling rockers Weezer (performing their classic “Blue Album”), art-pop funkstress Janelle Monáe, Norwegian alt-pop star Aurora, electro-pop vets Sylvan Esso, and indie rock pillars Car Seat Headrest and Bright Eyes.

Beyond Seattle’s Car Seat Headrest, fresh off releasing its new rock opera “The Scholars,” Bumbershoot’s hometown contingent includes jazz-rap dignitaries Digable Planets (celebrating the 30th anniversary of “Blowout Comb”), reunited post-hardcore favorites Pretty Girls Make Graves, punk lords the Murder City Devils, Sub Pop experimentalist J.R.C.G., TeZATalks, and indie rockers Great Grandpa, who made their welcome return this spring with their first album in six years, “Patience, Moonbeam.”

Other highlights include indie rock singer-songwriter Indigo de Souza, hip-hop vets Saba and Tank & the Bangas, Tennis, and NYC funk brigade the Budos Band.

The two-day music and arts festival sprawls out across the Seattle Center campus Aug. 30-31; two-day passes, starting at $199 (plus taxes and fees), are on sale now at bumbershoot.com. On May 9, weekend passes will increase to $225 and single-day ticket sales will open at $125.

When New Rising Sun took over Bumbershoot and reanimated the beloved festival in 2023 after a three-year hiatus following the pandemic, the new crew vowed to return the Seattle institution to its eclectic roots, elevate the nonmusical arts and Pacific Northwest culture, and keep ticket prices down. While this year’s tickets are in line with contemporary festivals costs, it’s worth noting that the introductory level prices represent a significant increase from last year, jumping from $70 to $125 for single-day tickets and $125 to $199 for two-day passes.

Asked about the price increase, organizers pointed to an extensive presale period over the fall and winter, where fans could buy weekend passes for $100 — a bargain rate for the Bumbershoot faithful willing to pull the trigger before the lineup was announced — as a “demonstrable response to our commitment to keeping ticket prices down.”

They also noted that Bumbershoot proceeds support the festival’s nonprofit arm, Third Stone, which helps to train the next generation of Seattle event producers and “works to remove barriers for marginalized communities through workforce development and festival as classroom for each year’s intern cohort.”

Nevertheless, there are a few other ways for music fans to cut down on ticket costs. Bumbershoot’s new “Crew Pack” offers four weekend passes for $800. Also, the Bumber crew and Capitol Hill Block Party are rolling out a “Big Gulp” joint ticket to both festivals for $340 (must be 21 and up). Block Party organizers used to run a similar deal with its sibling festival, Day In Day Out, before deciding to fold DIDO, at least for this year.

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