EVERETT — Organizers announced the lineup for the 12th annual Fisherman’s Village Music Festival on Friday, setting the stage for the Everett-based music festival to kick off in May.
Performers will include funk bands, folk singers, rappers and country stars, mostly hailing from Seattle.
For the first time, the entire festival will take place inside Apex Everett, a downtown event center at 1611 Everett Ave. with three venues for performers. There will also no longer be an outdoor component, apart from a food truck located outside the venue.
The event’s organizers, the Everett Music Initiative, made the change because of an opportunity to have multiple venues in one building, as well as finding “the appetite for wanting to walk three or four blocks from one venue to the other is less and less year after year,” said Ryan Crowther, who founded the Music Initiative.
“I think we’re just looking forward to having all the stages in one place,” Crowther said.
The festival is the first the Everett Music Initiative puts on every year, kicking off the summer music season. The organization also puts on The Everett Stampede and Music at the Marina.
“It’s a real haul to pull an event like this together,” Crowther said. “I would say the most exciting part has been watching the team, built up of individuals who have various roles in the community and different jobs in the region, who really want to dedicate themselves to bringing this weekend to Everett.”
A number of musical acts set to appear in May have performed at previous Fisherman’s Village festivals, including The Dip and The Black Tones. A newcomer is the Carlile Family Band, headed by Caroline Carlile, the 17-year-old niece of 11-time Grammy-award-winner Brandi Carlile. One band, I Will Keep Your Ghost, is based in Everett.
Crowther hopes the groups can make up a “diverse curation of artists and music styles that Everett will be excited to see,” he said.
The festival will take place from May 15-17. Weekend wristbands to see all three days of performances will cost $163.77. Thursday wristbands are $24.72, Friday and Saturday wristbands are $94.66 each. Tickets are available online at thefishermansvillage.com.
Headliners for the festival include:
The Dip, a band which perviously performed at Fisherman’s Village, will be a headliner at this year’s festival. The Seattle group blends funk, R&B and ska influences in fast-paced, energetic performances.
Hailing from Vallejo in California’s Bay Area, up and coming rapper LaRussell also founded his own independent record label, Good Compenny.
Seattle-based alt-pop band La Luz bring together rock instrumentation and synthesizers to create a dream-pop, physhedelic aesthetic.
Based in Portland, Ore., folk group Blind Pilot uses diverse instrumentation in their recordings.
Seattle band Telekinesis is set to bring the noise to Everett with energetic, synth-supported rock.
Other performers include:
Seattle-based rock band.
Seattle-based country singer.
Seattle-based rock band.
Seattle-based alt-rock band.
Olympia-based indie band.
Ohio-based instrumental group.
Curlew, Wash. folk group.
Seattle-based garage rock band.
Maryland-based country singer.
Seattle-based hip-hop group.
California-based country group.
Seattle-based pop-rock group.
Seattle-based punk band.
Everett-based pop band.
Maple Valley-based folk-pop singer.
Will Geschke: 425-339-3443; william.geschke@heraldnet.com; X: @willgeschke.
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