Sasquatch 2011 Slideshow!
Portland Monthly was at Sasquatch this past Memorial day weekend—and we have the pictures to prove it!
Posted by: Julie Reposa on Jun 02, 2011 at 02:00AM
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The crowd starts to gather at the Yeti stage on day two as they wait for Seattle band The Globes to start their set.
View Slideshow »The Secret Sisters opened the Yeti stage on day two with their old-time country harmonies, including covers by Hank Williams and Willie Nelson to name a few.
View Slideshow »The Head & The Heart giving an inspired performance on the Main stage. Their set was a definite highlight of the festival.
View Slideshow »The Head & The Heart sing a song off of their infectious self-titled debut album, release this spring on Sub Pop.
View Slideshow »L.A. Band Local Natives playing a song off of last year’s stellar debut album, Gorilla Manor on the main stage at Sasquatch.
View Slideshow »Rebecca Gates with her band The Consortium on the Yeti stage.
View Slideshow »Crowd gathered at the Yeti stage to watch Baltimore band Wye Oak perform.
View Slideshow »Sharon Van Etten was another festival highlight, charming the crowd in between songs from her 2010 release Epic.
View Slideshow »Andy Dwyer with his band Mouse Rat.
View Slideshow »Wait my bad, it’s actually Canadian folkster Dan Mangan (But he does kind of look like Andy from Parks & Recreation right?)
View Slideshow »Jenny Lewis (The “Jenny” half of the band Jenny and Johnny)
View Slideshow »Johnathan Rice (The “Johnny” of Jenny and Johnny)
View Slideshow »Jenny & Johnny crooning their sun washed indie pop songs to the crowd on the Bigfoot stage.
View Slideshow »The Thermals tearing up the Yeti stage.
View Slideshow »Kathy, bassist for Portland favorites The Thermals, rocking out on the Yeti stage.
View Slideshow »Portland’s own Typhoon opened up day three with the full band packed onto the Bigfoot stage. The band is fresh off a triumphant showing at SXSW in Austin and made quick work of wowing the crowd with their lively cathartic performance.
View Slideshow »Typhoon singer/guitarist Kyle Morton.
View Slideshow »Black Joe Lewis & The Honeybears perform on day three at the Yeti stage.
View Slideshow »Swedish dance-pop queen, Robyn made the very excited crowd wait 30 minutes before taking the Bigfoot stage Saturday night on day two of the fest.
View Slideshow »Sasquatch always has more than its fair share of colorful characters in attendance (literally) and this year was no exception.
View Slideshow »Jonathan Pierce, lead singer of New York indie band The Drums, doing his best Morrissey impression on the Main stage.
View Slideshow »Victoria Legrand of Beach House playing on the Main stage.
View Slideshow »Fitz & The Tantrums were a crowd favorite on day three as they brought their Motown theatrics to the Main stage at Sasquatch.
View Slideshow »Noelle Scaggs of Fitz & The Tantrums.
View Slideshow »Michael Fitzpatrick, lead singer of Fitz & The Tantrums.
View Slideshow »Yeasayer playing Sunday night on the Bigfoot stage.
View Slideshow »The Flaming Lips performed the entirety of their acclaimed 1999 album, The Soft Bulletin on the second night of the festival. Yes, that is a choir of Dorothy’s you see.
View Slideshow »The Flaming Lips, one of the day three headliners, takes the stage as Wayne Coyne does his obligatory roll around on the crowd in a giant hampster ball.
View Slideshow »Wavves opening up the last day of the festival with an early morning set at 11:30 AM on the Main stage. I suspect this may have been the earliest lead singer Nathan Williams has been up in quite a while.
View Slideshow »Looking handsome and dapper, UK lads Noah & the Whale try not to wrinkle their suits while playing day four of Sasquatch on the Bigfoot stage.
View Slideshow »Austin rockers White Denim on the Yeti stage.
View Slideshow »Louisiana band Givers, on the Bigfoot stage.
View Slideshow »Mark Foster of Foster the People performing to a massive crowd on the Yeti stage (Yes that’s the small one) on the last day of the Sasquatch Music Festival.
View Slideshow »Foster the People attracted a sea of fans as well as a cluster of media types trying to get a shot of the LA buzz band. The band’s star is quickly rising due to the release of their first full legth album Torches which includes the catchy, destined-to-be-a-summer-hit-song, “Pumped Up Kicks”.
View Slideshow »Seattle rapper Macklemore took the Bigfoot stage to rapturous applause from his throng of fans on day four. View Slideshow »
Macklemore showing off his old school fringed jean jacket to the crowd.
View Slideshow »Surfer Blood on the Bigfoot stage.
View Slideshow »The sun sets on Sasquatch until next year.
This past Memorial day weekend, the Gorge Amphitheater in Quincy, Washington played host to the biggest annual music festival in the Pacific Northwest, namely Sasquatch, which was celebrating its 10th anniversary. Portland Monthly was lucky enough to snag some press passes from the nice folks at Live Nation (Thanks Ashley and Brian!) which, among other things, meant we didn’t have to use a honeybucket once all weekend. It also meant that we were able to take some awesome pictures for you, our beloved readers, so please sit back, have your morning coffee and scone and watch this slideshow of the bands we saw and the weird people in costume we took sneaky photos of.
Were you at the Gorge this weekend? What bands rocked your socks off? Were you in the pit when The Flaming Lips threw Sasquatch birthday cake into the audience? How many of those pricey-yet-delicious frozen Strawberry Daiquiris served in tall plastic guitar cups did you have? Share your comments below!
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Wow! Great pictures! Makes me think I was almost there.
Thanks!