Thank you for stopping by and your continued interest in Bumbershoot. Your dedication to the festival is what has kept One Reel engaged for nearly 50 years and we appreciate your commitment. Even when it is critical of our organization or expressing your displeasure, we listen. More often than not, your concerns echo our own. It’s been a tumultuous year for everyone and Bumbershoot 2020 was a casualty of the pandemic that we continue to adapt our lives to accommodate. Things may never return to what was once, but we are confident that Bumbershoot will return to entertain and amaze Seattle on Labor Day weekend, for decades to come. The silver lining is that have had a great deal of time to immerse ourselves into every aspect of Bumbershoot and we had lots of help in identifying the good, the bad and the ugly. One Reel is poised to spring into action when called upon to usher in a new era for Seattle’s champion arts & musical festival. And while the festival can never revert back to our idealized memory of the best Bumbershoot ever…. or yours,…it doesn’t mean it can’t evolve into something new. It’s simple really. For Bumbershoot to live up to its past success, it simply needs to embraces the ideals that made it into a spectacle of wonder and excitement for generations of Seattle residents and visitors. The very best aspects of Bumbershoot have and always will be steeped in the contributions of our community and in the festival’s commitment to providing quality, inclusive, multi-generational programming that delivers value, wonder and enough WTF moments to entertain us all. As long as Bumbershoot remains dedicated to the audience’s journey, it will retain what we love most about it. A place you can count on discovering something altogether new, even when you realize it’s not. That mash-up between today and yesterday is the common refrain you hear in everyone’s explanation of why (insert YOUR favorite Bumbershoot year, here) was the best Bumbershoot year, ever.