Help Me Make a MusicFest NW Schedule!
by Katie
(Note: 2007 was an AWESOME year for this festival, apparently! And this is easily the most pretentious commercial I’ve ever seen, but I’m ok with that because they’re playing Bright Eyes in the background and at least they’re not trying to sell me condiments, RIGHT?)
I ordered a wristband to MusicFestNW because what else am I doing with my life out here? There are a buttload of bands playing. Won’t you help me choose a few to see this September?
The schedule is here. I’m really only set on seeing the Decemberists at this point (because I bought the wristband that includes a ticket to see them) and I have a bike to enable frantic pedaling to and from venues across the city. I’ve seen the Portland Cello Project, Titus Andronicus, and Ra Ra Riot already, which doesn’t mean I’m opposed to seeing them, just that they’re deprioritized at this stage in schedule development. Y La Bamba have a residency in the city for the month of July, which means I might see them before this festival.
Otherwise, who are your favorites from this list? I’m going to preview some of the bands as the festival approaches, but I just don’t have time to hear them all beforehand!
