Sasquatch! Music Festival was an annual music festival held at The Gorge Amphitheatre in George, Washington, United States. It took place on Memorial Day weekend, running for three to four days.
In 2018, it was announced that the festival was canceled indefinitely and would not return in 2019.
About the festival
Sasquatch! typically featured a range of musical genres, with the emphasis being on indie rock bands and singer-songwriters, but also including alternative rock, hip hop, EDM, and comedy acts. As of 2012, the festival featured five stages: Sasquatch! Main Stage, Bigfoot Stage, Banana Shack (a tent that featured primarily comedy acts and electronic music- now known as El Chupacabra), Yeti Stage, and Uranus Stage (the smallest of stages, that generally changed names every year, but was not present from 2017 onward).
Most attendees of the festival camped in designated campsite fields nearby, as the venue is relatively remote and there are no large urban areas nearby.
Sasquatch! was voted as one of the "Top 10 Summer Music Festivals in the US" by ConcertBoom.
History The Sasquatch! Music Festival was founded in 2002 by Pacific Northwest-based concert promoter Adam Zacks, then at House of Blues. Prior to the inception of the festival, Zacks booked and managed shows at the Roseland Theater in Portland, Oregon. After moving to Seattle to be closer to friends and family, Zacks began considering the creation of a music festival in the Pacific Northwest. In an interview with Seattle Weekly in September 2007, Zacks described the birth of Sasquatch!:
Sasquatch was an idea born on a hunch that there was untapped demand for a certain kind of festival that catered to the eclectic tastes of music enthusiasts. It started in 2002, which was shortly after a number of the touring festivals (Lollapalooza, Lilith, Horde) had petered out and the beginning of the wave of regional festivals that started with Coachella and now is a dominant force on the music landscape, with Bonnaroo, Austin City Limits, etc.
In 2014, Adam Zacks decided to expand the festival to two weekends due to the high demand for tickets in 2013. On March 21, 2014, the Independence Day Weekend of Sasquatch was cancelled. Jeff Trisler, President of Live Nation, released the following statement upon the announcement: "The Sasquatch! community has spoken. They continue to support the traditional Memorial Day Weekend event with great enthusiasm," Jeff Trisler, president of Live Nation Seattle, said in a statement. "Unfortunately, the second weekend was not embraced. We felt it was better to cancel the new event now and give everyone time to make alternative plans for the Fourth of July weekend. Going forward, Sasquatch! Music Festival will be at the Gorge Amphitheatre on the weekend the fans want: Memorial Day Weekend only."
On June 28, 2018, Zacks officially announced that Sasquatch! Music Festival would cease operation indefinitely and would not be returning in 2019.
2018 Lineup
Friday, May 25
Bon Iver David Byrne Tyler, the Creator Vince Staples Tash Sultana Thundercat Wolf Parade Snakehips Margo Price Hippo Campus Nao Julien Baker Whitney Pond Thunderpussy Hurray for the Riff Raff Lemaitre Gang of Youths Jeff Rosenstock Son Little Benjamin Clementine The Garden The Suffers Taco Giants in the Trees Aquilo CCFX
Saturday, May 26
Modest Mouse Spoon Grizzly Bear Explosions in the Sky TV on the Radio Shakey Graves Japandroids Jai Wolf Petit Biscuit Lizzo Pedro the Lion PUP Pickwick Tyler Childers Girlpool Curtis Harding Rostam Jlin Algiers Sango White Reaper Escort Magic Sword Wilderado Polyrhythmics Mimicking Birds Bread & Butter
Sunday, May 27
The National Ray Lamontagne Anderson Paak & The Free Nationals Neko Case Slowdive Tune-Yards What So Not Perfume Genius Noname Tokimonsta Tank and the Bangas Jacob Banks Big Thief Japanese Breakfast Sandy Alex G Typhoon Dhani Harrison Soccer Mommy Barclay Crenshaw Too Many Zooz Oliver Phoebe Bridgers Alex Lahey Charly Bliss Gifted Gab (replaced Chastity Belt (band)) The Weather Station Choir! Choir! Choir!
2017 Lineup
Friday, May 26
Frank Ocean(cancelled, replaced by LCD Soundsystem) The Head and the Heart Bonobo Kaytranada Sleigh Bells Charles Bradley & His Extraordinaires Foxygen The Strumbellas Thee Oh Sees Rainbow Kitten Surprise Sales The Hotelier Big Freedia Manatee Commune Corey Harper Mondo Cozmo Flint Eastwood Los Colognes Porter Ray Gazebos Sasheer Zamata Sal Vulcano Yogi Paliwal
Saturday, May 27
Twenty One Pilots MGMT Mac Miller (cancelled, replaced by Sir Mix-a-Lot) Bleachers Big Gigantic Vulfpeck Bomba Estéreo Aesop Rock American Football Jagwar Ma Kungs The Radio Dept. Benjamin Clementine Arkells IHF Kaiydo (cancelled, replaced by Sam Lachow) Klangstof Reuben & The Dark Courtney Marie Andrews Katie Kate Donormaal Fred Armisen Nate Bargatze Alice Wetterlund
Sunday, May 28
Chance the Rapper The Shins Phantogram Rüfüs Du Sol Chicano Batman Catfish and the Bottlemen (cancelled) Kiiara Bob Moses Car Seat Headrest Mount Kimbie Fakear Moses Sumney White Lung Cigarettes After Sex July Talk Boogie Joey Purp Hoops Kyle Craft Saint Mesa Beth Stelling Sam Morril Emmett Montgomery
2016
Lineup
Friday, May 27
Disclosure Grace Love & The True Loves Oh Wonder Andra Day A$AP Rocky Telekinesis (band) Unknown Mortal Orchestra Vince Staples Yeasayer Chet Faker Lion Babe Gordi Bayonne LANY Wolf Alice Marcus Marr Alina Baraz Todd Terje
Saturday, May 28
Major Lazer Brothers from Another Raury Matt Corby Nathaniel Rateliff & The Night Sweats Lord Huron Digable Planets M83 Hibou Noah Gunderson La Luz Ty Segall & The Muggers M. Ward Blind Pilot Vic Mensa Tycho Tangerine The Dip John Mark Nelson Ryan Caraveo Tamaryn Protomartyr Hop Along Shannon & The Clams Preoccupations Moshe Kasher Natasha Leggero The Lucas Bros Kevin Garrett Beat Connection Marian Hill Rudimental
Sunday, May 29
The Cure Tacocat Houndmouth Saint Motel (cancelled due to severe wind) Frightened Rabbit (cancelled due to severe wind) Allen Stone Leon Bridges Alabama Shakes Deep Sea Diver Autolux The Twilight Sad Savages Yo La Tengo Mac Demarco Purity Ring Big Grams + Big Boi & Phantogram Cosmos Ruler Fauna Shade Wimps Summer Cannibals Conner Youngblood Kaleo Bully Speedy Ortiz Dave Hill Lauren Lapkus Scharpling & Wurster Briana Marela Baio Shamir Baauer
Monday, May 30
Florence & The Machine Thunderpussy Casey Veggies The Internet Børns X Ambassadors Grimes Sufjan Stevens Dave B Son Little Julia Holter Thao & The Get Down Stay Down Titus Andronicus Baroness Kurt Vile & The Violators Jamie xx Mindie Lind Iska Dhaff Childbirth Sir the Baptist Joseph Soak Oddisee King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard Chelsea Wolfe Tim Heidecker Mark Normand Todd Barry Wet Ibeyi Four Tet Caribou
2015
Lineup
Friday, May 22
Sleater-Kinney Of Monsters and Men Flume The New Pornographers Little Dragon Gogol Bordello Jungle Action Bronson Angel Olsen Kaytranada AlunaGeorge Goldlink Bishop Nehru Mother Mother Cardiknox Ought Blank Range Thunderpussy Ayron Jones and The Way Sisters Slow Bird Unlikely Friends Brooks Wheelan
Saturday, May 23
Modest Mouse The Decemberists Spoon Chromeo The War on Drugs Odesza Father John Misty Twenty One Pilots Kiesza Real Estate Glass Animals Dilated Peoples Sylvan Esso The Budos Band Benjamin Booker Perfume Genius Milo Greene Woods King Tuff Black Pistol Fire Will Butler Merchandise Ryley Walker Hunter Hunted Diarrhea Planet Bear on Fire The Young Evils Vox Mod Murder Vibes Acapulco Lips Leslie Jones Cameron Esposito Yogi Paliwal
Sunday, May 24
Robert Plant & The Sensational Space Shifters Lana Del Rey St. Vincent James Blake SBTRKT Jose Gonzalez Jenny Lewis Milky Chance Madeon Royal Blood Shovels & Rope Cashmere Cat Temples Rustie Shakey Graves St. Paul & The Broken Bones The Knocks Strand of Oaks Twin Peaks Said the Whale Kae Tempest Quilt Hiss Golden Messenger Ex Hex My Goodness The Maldives Kinski Black Whales Cataldo Alialujah Choir Smokey Brights Shaprece Aparna Nancherla Emmet Montgomery
Monday, May 25
Kendrick Lamar Ryan Adams Tame Impala Hot Chip Schoolboy Q The Glitch Mob Run the Jewels MØ Future Islands Ab-Soul Sohn Sharon Van Etten Courtney Barnett Slow Magic Hanni El Khatib Sam Lachow Dan Mangan + Blacksmith Thee Satisfaction Phox San Fermin Alvvays The Districts Broncho Lizzo Natalie Prass Grynch Manatee Commune DJAO Helms Alee S (Jenn Ghetto) Porter Ray Otieno Terry Doug Benson Nick Thune Sara Schaefer
2014
Lineup
Friday, May 23
Outkast Foster the People Die Antwoord Foals Mogwai The Naked & Famous Phantogram Cage the Elephant Rudimental Phosphorescent De La Soul Chance the Rapper Kongos Yelle Classixx Liars Crystal Fighters Mary Lambert Damien Jurado The Stepkids Tourist Houndmouth Foy Vance Shakey Graves Hozier Rhett Miller White Sea The Physics Modern Kin PRINCESS Eugene Mirman Kyle Dunnigan Raz Simone Sam Lachow Gifted Gab Night Beats Kithkin Iska Dhaaf
Saturday, May 24
The National M.I.A. Cut Copy Neko Case Tyler, the Creator Violent Femmes Panda Bear Boys Noize Tokimonsta City and Colour First Aid Kit Washed Out Chet Faker Augustines Band of Skulls Sol Ryan Hemsworth The Dodos Half Moon Run Willy Mason Austra Cloud Control Deafheaven The Growlers Jonathan Wilson Rathborne Radiation City The Bright Light Social Hour Deap Vally Nick Swardson Bridget Everett Eric Andre Sandrider Chastity Belt The Grizzled Mighty Dude York Hobosexual New Lungs
Sunday, May 25
Queens of the Stone Age Kid Cudi Haim Major Lazer Elbow Portugal. The Man Rodriguez Cold War Kids Tune-Yards Bob Mould Gesaffelstein Tycho Black Joe Lewis Big Freedia Banks Brody Dalle Sir Sly John Grant Parquet Courts Waxahatchee PAPA Syd Arthur The Lonely Forest Lucius Little Green Cars Big Scary Pink Mountaintops La Luz Tacocat Demetri Martin Hannibal Buress Kate Berlant Polyrhythmics Fly Moon Royalty The Flavr Blue Shelby Earl Pillar Point Pollens
2013
Lineup
Friday, May 24
Macklemore & Ryan Lewis Vampire Weekend Arctic Monkeys Built to Spill Father John Misty Schoolboy Q & Ab-Soul Youth Lagoon Matthew Dear Japandroids Red Fang Baauer Jherek Bischoff Sea Wolf Four Color Zack Reignwolf ZZ Ward Erik Blood Nacho Picasso Brothers From Another Shelton Harris Telekinesis
Saturday, May 25
Sigur Rós The xx Empire of the Sun Bloc Party Andrew Bird Tame Impala Black Rebel Motorcycle Club Devendra Banhart Divine Fits Totally Enormous Extinct Dinosaurs Porcelain Raft JJ Grey & Mofro Holy Ghost! Preservation Hall Jazz Band Atlas Genius Fang Island Bombino Surfer Blood Laidback Luke John Talabot Nancy & Beth Akron/Family Yppah feat. Anomie Belle Caveman Indians Suuns Rose Windows Bear Mountain Nick Offerman Kyle Kinane Joe Mande KnowMads Tilson XOXO RA Scion
Sunday, May 26
Mumford & Sons Elvis Costello & The Imposters Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeros Primus 3D Grimes Dropkick Murphys The Tallest Man on Earth The Presets Earl Sweatshirt Killer Mike El-P Shout Out Louds DIIV Torche Youngblood Hawke Shad Shovels & Rope Radical Face Wild Belle Hundred Waters Wake Owl Sean Nelson Capital Cities Deep Sea Diver Azari & III Baths Lusine Brett Gelman Brody Stevens Jon Daly OC Notes: "Golden Gods" Kingdom Crumbs Xperience XP
Monday, May 27
The Postal Service The Lumineers Cake Imagine Dragons Rusko Alt-J Menomena Steve Aoki Azealia Banks Disclosure Toro y Moi Danny Brown Ariel Pink's Haunted Graffiti Beachwood Sparks P.O.S The Barr Brothers Dirty Projectors Death Grips Elliott Brood Odesza Ryan Bingham Michael Kiwanuka Brown Bird Willy Moon Twin Shadow Peace CHVRCHES Luke Sital-Singh The Wild Feathers Mike Birbiglia Jenny Slate James Adomian Grieves Theoretics Nissim
2012
Lineup
Friday, May 25
Pretty Lights Girl Talk Santigold Of Monsters and Men Allen Stone Explosions in the Sky Mark Lanegan Band Poliça Yellow Ostrich Beats Antique Little People James McCartney honeyhoney Sean Wheeler and Zander Schloss The Physics Metal Chocolates Scribes
Saturday, May 26
Jack White The Shins Metric Childish Gambino