The 2007 Sasquatch! Music Festival is set to include headliners Bjork and the Beastie Boys. The festival will be taking place at the beautiful Gorge Amphitheatre in George, Washington on Memorial Day Weekend, May 26-27.

Now in it’s sixth year, there’s a dramatic difference in size since the first Sasquatch Festival when bands String Cheese Incident, Ben Harper, Jack Johnson, Galactic, Blackalicious, Maktub and Soulive played at the event.

The 2007 Sasquatch! Music Festival will feature over 50 bands and artists on 3 stages, which shows they’ve come a long way since 2002:

Saturday, May 26th:
Bjork
The Arcade Fire
Manu Chao Radio Bemba Sound System
M.I.A.
Citizen Cope
Neko Case
The Hold Steady
Ghostland Observatory
Grizzly Bear
Electrelane
Two Gallants
The Slip
Loney, Dear
Aqueduct
The Thermals
Viva Voce
The Blow
Gabriel Teodros

Sunday, May 27th:
Beastie Boys
Interpol
Michael Franti & Spearhead
Spoon
Bad Brains
Ozomatli
Dandy Warhols
The Black Angels
Tokyo Police Club
Money Mark
Mirah
St. Vincent
Jesse Sykes & The Sweet Hereafter
Common Market
Smoosh
Helio Sequence
Minus The Bear

With more acts to be announced. Lineup could change, go to the Official Sasquatch Festival Website for latest information!

On the Sasquatch! Music Festival Myspace page there are mixed feelings regarding the 2007 festival lineup. Some disgruntled fans are leaving comments suggesting that they’re unhappy with the acts and that the bands aren’t a big enough draw to attend the festival compared to the last couple of years. On the other hand, some fans are applauding the lineup as they’re happy to see more Northwestern bands included at the festival, which is located in the Pacific Northwest, USA.

Interesting debate. I haven’t had the pleasure of attending the Sasquatch Festival, but looking at images of the Gorge Amphitheatre - it’s picturesque surroundings would be enough to get me there, let alone the music. If I could go, I would look forward to hearing some of the up and coming bands, and being introduced to new music from the area as well as the more well known names. If you can get there, consider yourself very lucky indeed.

Someone who attended the festival last year took the time to put together a video slideshow set to the music of The Shins, which is up on YouTube:

Watch the Sasquatch! Music Festival Slideshow

For more information, go to the Official Sasquatch! Music Festival Website

By: Jenny May