Freakout Festival

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Freakout Records is bringing its annual festival back to Seattle this November, with a larger lineup than ever before, featuring acts from across the country and across the globe. This year, the festival has partnered with Mexico City’s legendary NRMAL Festival, to curate a diverse lineup composed of some of the best & brightest Latinx rising stars, as well as an array of notable National performers, and of course the cream of the crop from the Seattle music scene. Thus far Freakout has booked over 70 performers spread across seven venues in the Ballard neighborhood, Freakout & KEXP are proud to present a weekend filled with discovery, intensity and some much needed rock & roll.

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This year’s headliners include Cedric Burnside, Liz Cooper, renowned garage rockers The Seeds, reggae legend Clinton Fearon, Matthew Dear, Seattle’s Big Business and Freakout’s own Smokey Brights. True to the festival’s roots, there will also be a strong psychedelic and garage rock presence, with performances from The Mystery Lights, Levitation Room, Triptides, White Mystery, Vacant Lots, The Schizophonics, as well as label veterans Acid Tongue and The Grizzled Mighty.

In partnership with NRMAL Festival and KEXP’s El Sonido, the label continues to knock down the border wall and will be hosting some incredible talent from Latin America, such as Puerto Rico rocker AJ Davila, Colombian electronic prodigy Cerrero, an an array of artists from Mexico including Petite Amie, Margaritas Podridas, Myuné and Par Ásito. Mexico City punks Carrion Kids and Los Honey Rockets will be returning as well.

Something special is happening with Seattle’s black rock & roll scene at the moment. While many of these artists have been performing at the festival for years, Freakout is honored to highlight artists such as the label’s most recent signee, Shaina Shepherd, along with Enumclaw, The Black Tones, Beverly Crusher, Black Ends, King Youngblood, Marshall Law Band, and Austin, Texas’ (by way of Seattle) Urban Heat.

Ballard’s deep roots in the Americana and country music scene will also be honored, featuring performances from Jamie Wyatt, Pearl Charles, Portland’s Jenny Don’t & The Spurs, Seattle favorite Caitlin Sherman and Tacoma newcomer Stephanie Anne Johnson & The Hidogs.

Here’s the lineup in full:

Cedric Burnside, Liz Cooper, The Seeds, Big Business, The Mystery Lights, Matthew Dear, Jamie Wyatt, Levitation Room, Clinton Fearon, Acid Tongue, The Vacant Lots, Jarv Dee, White Mystery, Triptides, Shaina Shepherd, AJ Davila, No Joy, The Shivas, Manatee Commune, Smokey Brights, Cerrero, The Schizophonics, Petite Amie, Thee Sacred Souls, Ohtis, ZOPA (feat. Michael Imperioli), Michael Rault, Evolfo, The Grizzled Mighty, Margaritas Podridas, Pearl Charles, Los Esplifs, The Black Tones, Hooveriii, Beverly Crusher, You Said Strange, Monsterwatch, Shadow Show, Urban Heat, PROVOKER, Mala Suerte, Death Bells, Terror/Cactus, Carrion Kids, TeZATalks, Tres Leches, Par Ásito, Black Ends, Myuné, Sebastian Adé, King Youngblood, Talaya. & Brandon Marsalis, Los Honey Rockets, Nathan Nzanga, Jenny Don't and the Spurs, Chris King & The Gutterballs, Caitlin Sherman, Tennis Pro, Biblioteka, Stephanie Anne Johnson & The Hidogs,Warren Dunes, Bird Language, General Mojo's, Wild Powwers, Spirit Mother, Smoker Dad, BOLERO!, Boy Deluxe, GLENN (ILLFIGHTYOU), Reposado, The Copper Trees

The Mad Alchemy Light Show will be doing his liquid light show for 3 of the stages.

Expect further announcements from Freakout soon, including community engagements, lineup additions, special events and more. Please enjoy this playlist of this year’s artists:
https://open.spotify.com/playlist/1z7RUJrlOlknLVdjyO2Nl6?si=ae544c94e86045c3

Freakout is a record label, festival and concert promoter, owned and operated by Guy Keltner and Skyler Locatelli in Seattle, Washington. Now in its ninth edition, the annual Freakout Festival has consistently showcased some of the best and brightest voices in underground rock & roll. Freakout has also hosted stages in LA, NYC, Mexico City, and London, as well as at SXSW and the Treefort Music Festival. The label, established in 2016, has released dozens of indie records and reissues with a uniquely psychedelic spin.