Bumbershoot adds Jason Mraz, many local acts to 2009 lineup

Bumbershoot keeps growing.

The popular Seattle Music and Arts Festival has added more artists and bands to its already long lineup.

Joining such stars as Modest Mouse, Sheryl Crow, Katy Perry and Franz Ferdinand and U.S.E. are lot of local and independent acts, as well as known national names. The newly announced include: Jason Mraz, Truckasauras, The Dusty 45s, Dyme Def, Minus 5, Mt. St. Helens Vietnam Band, Grand Hallway, Recess Monkey, Kore Ionz, Anomie Belle, Say Hi, Kasabian, Audrye Sessions, Visqueen, Head Like A Kite, The Knux, Akron/Family, Vivian Girls, The Devil Makes Three, Elvis Perkins in Dearland, Maximo Park, Wale w/ UCB, OTEP, Mirah, Black Joe Lewis & The Honeybears, 3 Inches of Blood, Kay Kay & his Weathered Underground, Mayer Hawthorne & The County, Telekinesis, Everest, Oren Lavie, The New Mastersounds, Delhi 2 Dublin, AKIMBO, Paul Oscher, Parenthetical Girls, Massy Ferguson, The Lonely Forest, Sleepy Eyes Of Death, PAST LIVES, Macklemore, The Whore Moans, Michael Shrieve's Spellbinder, Wallpaper, Point Juncture, WA, D.Black, Spaceman, Kim Field and The Mighty Titans of Tone, Handful of Luvin', champagne champagne, Romance, Kristen Ward, Dept. of Energy, Hotels, The Kindness Kind, Mark Taylor Quartet, black whales, Steve Griggs Quintet, We Are Golden, Olympic Sound Collective, The Not-Its! and Central Services presents The Board of Education!

Bumbershoot 2009 goes down Labor Day weekend, Sept. 5-7 at the Seattle Center. The full lineup comes out in July. See the lineup so far at www.bumbershoot.org.

Three-day passes are $80 until Aug. 21 (they cost $120 thereafter). Single-day tickets go on sale July 21. For details, call 206-281-7788 or go to www.bumbershoot.org.

Marian Liu: 206-464-3825 or mliu@seattletimes.com