Top Seattle Music Festivals For 2022

Wild Hare Music Festival is a jam-packed weekend full of high-spirited performers, friendly people, and feel-good revelry. Find delicious food, onsite camping, and music fans of ALL AGES enjoying 22 outstanding artists playing across three stages including, Marcus King, Lucero, TK & The Holy Know-Nothings, Sarah Shook and the Disarmers, Zach Bryan, Vincent Neil Emerson, Morgan Wade, Red Shahan, Jaime Wyatt, and more.

Darrington Bluegrass Festival, one of the biggest and premier bluegrass festivals in the Northwest, returns for the 45th annual event. Performers appearing at the Darrington Bluegrass Music Park include Rhonda Vincent & The Rage, Wayne Taylor & Appaloosa, The Chapmans, Zach Top and Modern Tradition and several others.

Musicians from around the world will come to Jericho Beach Park for the Vancouver Folk Music Festival. The three-day event has performances lined up by the likes of Taj Mahal, Molly Tuttle & Golden Highway, Asleep At The Wheel, Allison Russell, The New Pornographers, Shovels & Rope, Alejandro Escovedo, The Bros. Landreth, Robben Ford, Frazey Ford, and a number of others.

Northwest String Summit bids farewell with “The Last Verse,” the 20th and final event. The last NWSS will once again be held at Horning’s Hideout and feature performances by Joe Russo’s Almost Dead, Umphrey’s McGee, Yonder Mountain String Band, Greensky Bluegrass, Del McCoury Band, Railroad Earth, The Infamous Stringdusters, Leftover Salmon, Fruition, Keller Williams, Sierra Hull, The Travelin’ McCourys, Molly Tuttle & Golden Highway and many more.

The 23rd annual Shambhala Music Festival returns to Salmo River Ranch for five nights featuring many top names in EDM. This year’s lineup includes Amon Tobin, Chali 2na & Cut Chemist, Channel Tres, Chris Lake, Chris Lorenzo, Clozee, Cordae, DJ Jazzy Jeff, DJ Premier, Greg Wilson, Justin Martin, Mr. Carmack, Rudimental, Slander, Subtronics, Tokimonsta, Valentino Khan, What So Not and dozens more.

Capitol Hill Block Party is a 3-day music and arts festival, celebrating Seattle’s iconic arts and music center, Capitol Hill. This year’s performers include Charli XCX, Diplo, Jai Wolf and many more.

Music, art, food and fun come together under the stars and sun in the heart of the Sea to Sky Corridor at the Squamish Constellation Festival. Held over three days at Hendrickson Field, musicians slated to appear include Sarah McLachlan, Black Pumas, July Talk, Black Pistol Fire, Lights, Dear Rouge, Yukon Blonde, Andy Shauf, Ocie Elliott and Jarvis Church, along with a few others.

The Anjunafamily returns to The Gorge for Group Therapy Weekender. Experience two full days of music featuring the stars of Anjunabeats and Anjunadeep along with a special Friday night warmup party hosted by Above & Beyond at The Meadow.

The Summer Meltdown takes over Sky Meadows Park for four days of music, adventure and camping. The lineup for the 20th anniversary Melt includes the likes of Greensky Bluegrass, Lettuce, GRiZ, Cory Wong, OPIUO, Jade Cicada and STS9, alongside many more.

Sunfest Country Music Festival returns to Laketown Ranch for the annual four-day event. This year’s lineup features the most critically acclaimed and best-selling headlining artists to date, with acts such as Darius Rucker, Dallas Smith, Billy Currington, Hardy, Randy Houser, Kip Moore, Orville Peck, Rodney Atkins, MacKenzie Porter, Madeline Merlo, Shred Kelly, Ben Klick with special After Party performances by James Barker Band, Hunter Brothers and Aaron Pritchett, among those on the stacked lineup.

Country music fans will congregate at the “Country Music Capital of Canada” for this year’s Rockin’ River Music Fest. Spend three days lounging in the river along with performances by Tim McGraw, Billy Currington, HARDY, Darius Rucker, Kip Moore, Randy Houser, Rodney Atkins, Madeline Merlo and many more.

Sawtooth Valley Gathering takes place over at the scenic Mountain Village Resort. Music at the three-day event will be provided by Fruition, Built to Spill, Shook Twins, John Craigie, Steve Poltz, Lindsay Lou, The Larry Keel Experience, Rainbow Girls, Dan “Lebo” Lebowitz and more, including Fruition’s Mimi Naja and Jay Cobb Anderson playing solo sets.

Country music converges at The Gorge for this year’s Watershed. The biggest three-day country and music festival in the Northwest will see performances by Morgan Wallen, Miranda Lambert, Kane Brown, Jake Owen, Jordan Davis, Chase Rice, Michael Ray, Dylan Scott, Jessie James Decker, Lauren Alaina, Jameson Rodgers, Runaway June, LOCASH, Tenille Townes, Hailey Whitters, and others.

Kaslo Jazz Etc Festival will once again showcase the amazing acoustics of Kaslo Bay Park to showcase an array of blues, jazz, latin, folk, world music and much more. Greensky Bluegrass, The Dead South, Valerie June, Dirty Dozen Brass Band, Everyone Orchestra, The Slocan Ramblers, Dumpstaphunk, Digging Roots will be among those appearing at the three-day event.

Pendarvis Farm once again hosts the annual Pickathon music festival. The long-running boutique event takes place over four days and will see appearances by Valerie June, Goth Babe, Wet Leg, Sons of Kemet, GZA, Hurray for the Riff Raff and Nate Smith + KINFOLK, plus several others.

The War On Drugs, Kathleen Edwards and The Soul Rebels head up the Burnaby Blues + Roots Festival lineup. The annual event held at Deer Lake Park moves to a single day format this year.

Blues and beers will be celebrated in Central Oregon at this year’s Sisters Rhythm & Brews Festival. Drink award-winning craft beers and see blues and beyond played by the likes of Ana Popovic, Eric Gales, Cedric Burnside, Pokey Lafarge, Delvon Lamarr Organ Trio, Jimmy “Duck” Holmes, Southern Ave, Brown Out and Mr. Sipp, alongside other performers.

Dance under the Space Needle in downtown Seattle at Day In Day Out. The three-day event held at Seattle Center’s Fisher Pavilion features a diverse lineup of performer including The National, Mitski, Mac DeMarco, Soccer Mommy, Japanese Breakfast, Animal Collective, Jamila Woods, Hurray for the Riff Raff, La Luz, Turnstile, JPEGMAFIA, Cherry Glazerr, Shabazz Palaces and Muna, alongside other acts.

Tom Cochrane, Antibalas, Jann Arden, Ruthie Foster, Snotty Nose Rez Kids, Five Alarm Funk, Alex Cuba, Best Laid Plans, CJ Chenier & The Red Hot Louisiana Band, Cedric Burnside and Cha Wa are part of the Salmon Arm Roots and Blues Festival. The four-day fest held at Salmon Arm Fairgrounds celebrates its 30th anniversary this year.

Bass Canyon presents three days of non-stop headbanging, tons of bass, massive stage production, unforgettable sunsets, and more. Hosted by Excision at The Gorge, the lineup also includes Zomboy, G Jones, Kayzo, SVDDEN DEATH, Boombox Cartel, Zeke Beats, Bear Grillz, Calcium, Ghastly, Dirt Monkey, Kompany, Spor, LSDREAM, Level Up, Subtronics, Jessica Audiffred, Dion Timmer and Virtual Riot, plus dozens of others.

The second annual Wildlands Festival will be held at the Big Sky Events Arena in Big Sky, Montana with the scenic Lone Peak as its backdrop. Jason Isbell and The 400 Unit and Lukas Nelson & Promise of The Real play the festival’s first night, while Brandi Carlile and Indigo Girls perform on night two.

Reggae On The Way takes over LeMay Haub Field for two days of reggae music. Kolohe Kai, Protoje, HIRIE and Josh Heinrichs are on the lineup for the first day of the fest, while Iration, Atmosphere, Anuhea and Katastro are set to play day two.

The inaugural South Sound Block Party will make its debut amongs the beautiful landscape of the Port Of Olympia. The new two-day fest will present performances by Courtney Marie Andrews, The Cave Singers, Bully, The Districts, Lemon Boy and Lisa Prank, alongside a few others.

The second installment of the THING festival returns to Fort Worden in Port Townshend. The three-day event includes offerings from the worlds of comedy, food, podcasts and visual arts, as well as a lineup of music featuring Father John Misty, Goose, Modest Mouse, Jungle, Sparks, Freddie Gibbs, José González, Durand Jones & The Indications, Hiatus Kaiyote, Delvon Lamarr Organ Trio, and more.

Experience a big festival in a small town at this year’s FarmJam. Held over Labor Day Weekend at a real working farm, country artists tapped to appear include Jessie Leigh, Joe Nichols, Matt Stell, Jeff Crosby, Scooter Brown Band, Cooper Alan, Jon Wolfe, Hannah Dasher, and several others.

All the town’s a stage when the Sisters Folk Festival takes place over three days this fall. Among the 31 performers lined up to appear across seven venues are The Milk Carton Kids, James Hill & Anne Janelle, Le Vent du Nord, Jeffrey Foucault, Caroline Spence, JigJam, Rainbow Girls, Beth Wood, The Small Glories and Fireside Collective.