Bumbershoot | Seattle Center, Seattle, WA | September 3-5
Tickets: $35 for one-day passes; $75 for three-day passes.
Yeah, it’s got a ridiculous name, but for the last 40 years Bumbershoot is attracted huge crowds to Seattle. It’s got plenty of music — Wiz Khalifa, Daryl Hall & John Oates, Big Boi, The Reverend Horton Heat, and Ray LaMontagne & the Pariah Dogs — but another big draw is its focus on culture and art forms like spoken word, dance, theatre, film, and comedy. All of which is, of course, a complete crapshoot.