New Music Festival Comes To Seattle For Labor Day Weekend

SEATTLE — Seattle Center will play host to a new music festival this year, and tickets are now on sale for "Day In Day Out" planned over Labor Day weekend. The new single-stage festival was put together by the team behind Capitol Hill Block Party, which organizers were again forced to postpone for 2021, citing uncertainty over COVID-19 restrictions and limited time to plan the annual three-day event in late July.

Day In Day Out will also help feel the void left by Bumbershoot, the long-running music festival that typically takes over Seattle Center for Labor Day. As the Seattle P-I reports, organizers called off Bumbershoot again in April and said the festival would need to be reimagined before returning in 2022.

The new two-day festival will run on a smaller scale than Bumbershoot and the Block Party, with artists sharing a stage on the lawn outside Fisher Pavilion. As the Seattle Times reports, the daily capacity for the festival will be capped at 8,000 people, with bands scheduled between 2 p.m. and 10 p.m. on both days.

Some highlights in the lineup announced Wednesday include Chvrches, Kaytranada, Big Wild and Chong the Nomad. Single-day passes are priced at $80 for general admission and $120 for VIP perks. Two-day passes for both Sept. 4 and Sept. 5 cost $145 for general admission and $200 for VIP.

According to the festival's website, Fisher Pavilion will also feature an indoor and outdoor beer garden for 21+ attendees and plenty of on-site food trucks. Guests with wristbands will also be able to exit and re-enter the festival as needed.

Learn more about Day In Day Out online.