A few weeks after Bumbershoot announced some fan-friendly changes for 2026, organizers of the seminal Labor Day weekend festival (Sept. 5-6) delivered the always anticipated music lineup on Tuesday, led by a hometown heavyweight.
Following a string of local arena dates in recent years, Death Cab for Cutie will return to Bumbershoot for the first time in a decade, marking the biggest local act to headline the beloved fest in years.
Gearing up for the June release of their 11th studio album. “I Built You a Tower,” the Seattle indie rock royalty share headline duties with melodic hardcore heroes Turnstile — an explosive, positive-energy Baltimore band that’s helped spark a hardcore resurgence.
No strangers to the Northwest neck of the woods, indie-pop favorites Japanese Breakfast, led by the Eugene-raised Michelle Zauner, influential riot grrrl greats Bikini Kill and Sub Pop-launched alt-country crooner Orville Peck bolster the top of the card alongside progressive R&B star Blood Orange and foundational hip-hop group De La Soul.
Also on board: drum and bass duo Chase & Status, Belarusian dark wavers Molchat Doma, experimental pop vets Yves Tumor and Sudan Archives, Japanese girl group Atarashii Gakko!, Los Angeles DJ/producer Tokimonsta, Chicago rapper Noname (performing her breakout mixtape “Telefone”), Beastie Boys-channeling party starters Joey Valence & Brae, Peaches, Goldie Boutilier and hotly tipped Texas punks Die Spitz, whose two-night Baba Yaga blitzkrieg last fall still has Seattle fans buzzing.
Other highlights of a lineup that’s equal parts global and local include Zambian psych rockers W.I.T.C.H., Japanese trumpeter/electronic composer Takuya Nakamura, Mexican folk singer Silvana Estrada and Seattle favorites Oblé Reed and Travis Thompson. Check out the full daily lineup below.
Tickets for the two-day festival, which takes over the Seattle Center campus, are on sale now at bumbershoot.com. Tickets currently start at $70.50 for single-day and $125.50 for weekend passes, while children 12 and under are free. New this year, fans will be able to come and go from festival grounds with the purchase of designated “re-entry” tickets for an additional $20-$30.
This year marks the fourth edition of the festival since organizers New Rising Sun rebooted the Seattle institution, pledging to return the long-running music and arts fest to its quirkier and more accessible roots.
Saturday, Sept. 5
Turnstile
Japanese Breakfast
Blood Orange
Chase & Status
Bikini Kill
Molchat Doma
Joey Valence & Brae
Peaches
Die Spitz
Silvana Estrada
Pixel Grip
Cain Culto
Travis Thompson
Oblé Reed
XCOMM
Anthers
Juliet Daniel
Aryana León
Bexley
Sunday, Sept. 6
Death Cab for Cutie
Orville Peck
De La Soul
Yves Tumor
ATARASHII GAKKO!
Sudan Archives
Tokimonsta
Goldie Boutilier
Noname – 10th Anniversary of “Telefone”
54 Ultra
Sextile
PawPaw Rod
W.I.T.C.H.
Takuya Nakamura
Daughters of Venus
Lucha Luna
Hannah Duckworth
Morgan Paris Lanza
American Flats
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