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Sasquatch! Throws Its Hat Into the Summer Festival Ring

By , About.com GuideFebruary 19, 2009

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With Coachella and Bonnaroo having already trumpeted their forthcoming festivies, the Sasquatch! Music Festival has now come to their party with the unveiling of their 2009 lineup.

Held, as always, on Memorial Day weekend, the eighth Sasquatch! Festival will camp out at the Gorge in Western Washington from May 23 to 25. Its headlining acts are: the all-original-members Jane's Addiction reformation, Grammy-winning rock populists Kings of Leon, and Trent Reznor's iconic industrialists Nine Inch Nails.

Also playing are a band or two you may've heard of: Animal Collective, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Fleet Foxes, TV on the Radio, Of Montreal, Peter Bjorn & John, M. Ward, Calexico, Grizzly Bear, the Walkmen, The Decemberists, Sun Kil Moon, Blitzen Trapper, Bon Iver, Shearwater, BLK JKS, St. Vincent, Bishop Allen, Ra Ra Riot, Dodos, Beach House, Mt. St. Helens Vietnam Band, The Dutchess & The Duke, Dent May & His Magnificent Ukelele, Death Vessel, and many, many others...

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