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Does Seattle — or the world — really need another mammoth music festival? We’re about to find out. This week, the new, ambitious Upstream Music Fest + Summit, dreamed up and largely funded by ...

1) There’s no delicate way to ask this, so here is the blunt way: Do we need another festival? Absolutely. Emerging talent is the heart of any music scene and this event provides a unique platform for ...

Vulcan’s upcoming Upstream Music Festival bills itself as “giv[ing] emerging local artists the resources they need to navigate and thrive in the new music economy.” They hope to do that through a ...

Kurt Cobain was so desperate for airplay in 1988 that he knocked on the door of Seattle’s KCMU radio station (now KEXP) and handed someone a copy of Nirvana’s first single, “Love Buzz.” Cobain ...

Two popular ideas about music festivals: 1. They are a fun way to see a bunch of bands you like and maybe discover some new ones while celebrating the hedonistic pleasures of community. 2. They are ...

The NFL home of the Seahawks will transform into one of the lead tracks on a 'walking mixtape' centered around Seattle this spring, when Upstream Music Fest + Summit will take over the town's Pioneer ...

You may have noticed we have a new music festival here in the Pacific Northwest. It is a big one. Over 320 bands big. In 2016 Paul Allen announced his plans to launch the Upstream Music Fest + Summit ...

The new Upstream Music Festival, which creator Paul Allen hopes will be the Pacific Northwest version of Texas' famous South by Southwest, got underway Thursday in Seattle's Pioneer Square. It will be ...

It's hard to pin point what a music festival is about these days. Whether it's crossing off that ferris wheel photo on Instagram to frantically figuring out what you're going to wear, is it even about ...

Who could have predicted even a decade ago what the music festival scene in America would turn into? Festivals had always had a presence in the US — maybe not to the same extent as they existed in ...