I just won a trip to this show, so why not start a thread?

Is the Gorge that warm in May?



The Line Up
Saturday, May 23th
Kings of Leon / Yeah Yeah Yeahs / The Decemberists / Animal Collective / Bon Iver / Devotchka / M. Ward / Doves / Sun Kil Moon / The Gaslight Anthem / King Khan & The Shrines / Ra Ra Riot / Shearwater / Passion Pit / Mt. St. Helens Vietnam Band / Vince Mira / Blind Pilot / AA Bondy / Owl City / Arthur & Yu / Dent May & His Magnificent Ukulele / Death Vessel / People's Republic of Komedy / James Pants / Todd Barry / Tim and Eric / Crystal Castles / Nick Thune / Mos Def / Maria Bamford

Sunday, May 24th
Jane's Addiction / Nine Inch Nails / TV On The Radio / The Murder City Devils / of Montreal / The Avett Brothers / Calexico / M83 / The Airborne Toxic Event / The Walkmen / The Wrens / St. Vincent / The Dodos / John Vanderslice / The Submarines / Viva Voce / The Builders And The Butchers / Fences / Point Juncture, WA / The Red Wine Boys / Hockey / Zach Galifianakis / Deadmau5 / Natalie Portman's Shaved Head / People's Republic of Komedy / Aziz Ansari / Japandroids / Mike Watt and The Missingmen

Monday, May 25th
Ben Harper and Relentless7 / Erykah Badu / Silversun Pickups / Fleet Foxes / Gogol Bordello / Santigold / Grizzly Bear / Explosions In The Sky / Girl Talk / Blitzen Trapper / The Knux / Monotonix / Bishop Allen / Black Moth Super Rainbow / Beach House / Mugison / The Dutchess And The Duke / School Of Seven Bells / Horse Feathers / The Pica Beats / Loch Lomond / People's Republic of Komedy / Tobacco / Chromeo / God's Pottery / Demetri Martin / BLK JKS / The Whitest Kids U' Know

Calgary's New Rock Alternative!

I'd be there this year for sure if it wasn't within days of baby #2's due date.

HAHA! That is indeed how I won. I knew it was gonna happen, just took a few tries. What with the economy being so bad, I've taken to entering more contests in order to go places this year.

man, that's a good lineup

Ya, that's actually a pretty cool give away. Get through on the phone and you've got tickets. I'd be all over it if #2 wasn't due around then. There was a period for a year or two where I managed to win about 10 times on CJay. Never anything cool like that though, mostly local shows, cds, etc.

Yes the gorge is warm in May, it's the desert part of Washington.

Just added:

Mos Def and Maria Bamford join Sasquatch! on Saturday, May 23rd -

Mike Watt and The Missingmen (Tom Watson on guitar and Raul Morales on drums) to the Sasquatch! Mainstage on Sunday, May 24th…

My tickets are hanging on the fridge!

Goes and breaks into Ara's home, steals his tickets, and drinks his milk straight from the carton.

Any other RM'ers going to Sasquatch this year?

Given that PJ, DMB and Beasties are headlining just about every other festival this summer, I don't see this one as the one to be at.

It wont be that warm, warm but not like super hot.

sitemap and schedules are up for print.

http://www.sasquatchfestival.com/#/home/post/183

Worst part about the times, The Doves are playing in the afternoon, for an hour!!!! They gotta be fuckin kiddin me!! I'd put them in the Decemberists spot in a heartbeat.

Temps for the festival: Mid 80's for highs and high 40's for lows. Not too shabby.

I was out in Portland early this month and took a side trip to the Gorge for a few days, and it was certainly warm enough. I got in a bunch of hiking and whatnot, so the temperature shouldn't be an issue. Have fun -- that line up looks great and the Gorge is a wonderful place.

Now that was one helluva weekend. 4 days at the Gorge is truly good for the soul. Wakin up to blue skies and 90F ain't a bad way to live.
Highlights for me:

The Doves: fantastic set but they got shafted by getting an afternoon slot, 50mins on stage. Kings of Leon headlined that night and were nowhere near as great as the Doves. I also got to meet them!!!! Came away with a signed CD too.

Street Sweeper Social Club: Tom Morello's new project. FUCKING AWESOME! Again, shafted with an afternoon slot and was way too short. The new album is out next month and I"m down with it already.

Jane's Addiction: Great set but you can tell that Dave was bored with things and was just there for the money. Still, getting to see "Been Caught Stealing" and "Stop" done live was ruckus. Closed the show with "Jane Says".

NIN: My second time seeing them. They didn't have as big a stage setup this time but still kicked everyone's ass. "March of the Pigs" always gets me movin.

Mos Def: Man, great set top to bottom. Nice to see a real hip/hop show. No big effects or lights, just straight rappin. I should pick up some of his stuff.

TV on the Radio: I'd only heard a few singles from these guys and they put on a solid set. I'll be buyin their album based on this performance.

The Knux: Great new band. A bunch of black dudes with guitars, mixin hiphop and heavy rock riffs. Great songs but they wasted alot of their time on stage with the hype guy just fuckin around and they even threw on an MGMT song to close out their set and just left the stage. But here's the kicker: they'd invited a bunch of people from the audience to dance and just kinda left them hangin up there as the two lead guys just kinda left. Awkward.

GirlTalk: DAYUM. If this guy ever comes to your town, fuckin go! He's a DJ that strings samples for various other songs together in one set. In the 50mins he was on stage, he threw out over 300 samples, ranging from "Don't Stop t'il You Get Enough" to Metallica's "One". Even if you don't like to dance in a club, just to listen to what he throws out there is a show.

Ben Harper: well, we all know what Ben does and he did it well to close out the festival. The only song I really know of his is "Faded", which he didn't do, but I still really enjoyed his set. I was down at the front of the stage for this one and really got to see him go nuts on the slide guitar. I was always hoping that Ed would just walk out for a song or two. I mean, it is near Seattle y'know.

Anyway, i'll upload my pics of the weekend tonight and post a few here.