$69 passes on-sale August 5 at www.cityartsfest.com.
Tickets to individual shows will be available starting August 24th.

Music highlights include headline performances from Ryan Adams, Robyn, Built to Spill, Crystal Castles, and Ozomatli. Additional highlights include Shelby Lynne, Blackalicious, Freestyle Fellowship, Mudhoney, The Fasbacks; and “evening with performances” from Man Man, The Helio Sequence, and Seattle School of Rock at Seattle Laser Dome.

Interdisciplinary art showcases, exhibitions and events featuring 30+ local and national artists, include: four Seattle premieres: New York’s Steve Cuiffo (as Lenny Bruce); Montreal projection artist Daniel Barrow; Portland’s Erin Leddy (Hand2Mouth Theatre); and Seattle’s Jose Bold (of “Awesome”). Showcases: Genre Bender, an artist match-making collaborative event; Ecstasy of Influence with poet Heather McHugh; Pie Life storytelling & bakeoff event; So You Think It’s Dance? Show (+ Tell) and much more.

Participating venues include Benaroya Hall, Paramount, The Moore, Showbox Market, Showbox SoDo, Neumos, The Crocodile, Triple Door, SIFF Cinema, The Comet, Chop Suey, Northwest Film Forum, Velocity Dance Center, Theatre Off Jackson, Town Hall, FRED, The Can Can, and Rendezvous.

Seattle, WA — City Arts Magazine is thrilled to announce the return of Heineken City Arts Fest, a music and arts festival in Seattle, Washington to be held on October 20-22, 2011, in 20 clubs, halls and venues throughout the city.

Heineken City Arts Fest will feature headline performances from alt-country/ rock singer- songwriter Ryan Adams at Benaroya Hall, dance pop artist Robyn at the Paramount Theatre, rock gods Built to Spill at the Moore Theatre (in their only Northwest performance for 2011), electronic dance purveyors Crystal Castles and the Latin flavored hip hop of Ozomatli — both with shows at Showbox SoDo. City Arts Fest also marks the Seattle return of two critically acclaimed hip-hop acts to grace the Showbox Market stage — Blackalicious (with its first appearance since 2006) & legendary collective Freestyle Fellowship (with its first appearance in 10 years, with original line-up). Other notable acts include Shelby Lynne, The Long Winters, Richard Cheese and Lounge Against the Machine, Mudhoney, the recently reunited Fastbacks, and The Felice Brothers; to up and comers Allen Stone, Campfire OK, Pictureplane, Male Bonding, USF, and more. New this year is the inclusion of the Seattle Laser Dome, hosting “evening with” performances from the likes of Seattle’s School of Rock (performing grunge classics), Man Man and Helio Sequence — set to a laser light show.

Heineken City Arts Fest has also expanded its performing arts line up by teaming up with 4Culture, and working with Sara Edwards to curate the performing and visual arts programming. The arts program features interdisciplinary art showcases, exhibitions and events featuring 30+ local and national artists, and includes four Seattle premieres: The Can Can will play host to celebrated Wooster Group & The Foundry Theatre performer Steve Cuiffo in his one man show Steve Cuiffo is Lenny Bruce, which New York Magazine calls both “masterful” & “eerily accurate”; Daniel Barrow, a Montreal-based projection artist who’s supported the likes of Miranda July and Antony and the Johnsons, and been widely exhibited throughout North America, will make his Seattle debut with his award-winning original show Every Time I See Your Picture I Cry. Meanwhile Theatre Off Jackson will host My Mind Is Like An Open Meadow, the five-time Portland Drammy award winning performance by Erin Leddy of Hand2Mouth Theatre; and the world premiere of Seateeth by Jose Bold (John Osebold of “Awesome”), who turned heads recently in the New York by premiering his own original musical “Spidermann” before the Broadway version officially opened.

Other arts showcase highlights include Genre Bender, an exciting new platform for some of Seattle’s favorite theater, dance, food, music, literary and performing artists to create new projects (and new artistic genres) together; Ecstasy of Influence with poets Heather McHugh, Kary Wayson, Kate Lebo and Erika Wilder with arts/bluegrass trio The Half Brothers; Pie Life, a storytelling and bakeoff event with hosts Kate Lebo and KUOW’s Jeannie Yandel; All-ages, all-levels “Thriller” Dance Class with Waxie Moon, Inga Ingénue and Lou Henry Hoover; So You Think It’s Dance? (Show) + Tell with local dance luminaries Jessica Jobaris, The Cherdonna & Lou Show, Douglas Ridings, Malie Martinez and local critics Sandi Kurtz, Leah Baltus, Brendan Kiley, and artist Waxie Moon; The film “Color Me Obsessed” a documentary about the Replacements, along with a covers night in tribute to the band; Visual art exhibits and events by D.K. Pan, nko, Amanda Manitach, Serrah Russell, Klara Glosova, Sierra Stinson and Michael Van Horn. And sing-a-longs to the musical films Hedwig & The Angry Inch, Purple Rain, and Grease.

Heineken City Arts Festival is produced by City Arts, a multimedia company that produces a free monthly magazine that covers music, arts and urban life in the Puget Sound area as well as events throughout the year. The festival sold 23,000 tickets in its inaugural year, with featured performances from the likes of Belle and Sebastian, She & Him, Cat Power and more. Recent City Arts covers have featured Seattle artists Macklemore, Shabazz Palaces and Head & the Heart. Heineken City Arts Fest aims to provide a different festival experience that embraces the indoor, urban lifestyle synonymous with the 9 month NW rainy season and captures the curatorial aesthetic of the monthly magazine. City Arts Magazine is owned and operated by Encore Media Group, a family-owned, Northwest-based publishing company. More information at www.cityartsfest.com.

Ticketing information:
Passes starting at $69 will go on sale on August 5th at www.cityartsfest.com.
Tickets to individual shows will be available starting August 24th.

Music line-up includes Ryan Adams** Robyn** Built to Spill** Crystal Castles** Ozomatli** Blackalicious** Freestyle Fellowship** The Long Winters** Richard Cheese & Lounge Against the Machine** Mudhoney** Shelby Lynne** The Fastbacks** Thao and The Get Down Stay Down** The Felice Brothers** Fences** The Boxer Rebellion** Pogo** Allen Stone** Male Bonding** Seattle Laser Dome performances with Man Man, The Helio Sequence & School of Rock** Campfire OK** USF** William Elliot Whitmore** Cobirds Unite** Pictureplane** Grand Hallway** Theoretics** The Cops** Disco Doom** Seapony** Picoso** Black Whales** Pickwick** Caitlin Rose** Thee Emergency** Daydream Vacation** Lemolo** That 1 Guy** Sons of Warren Oates** Joseph Giant** Smokey Brights** Crypts** Lovesick Empire** Unnatural Helpers** Virgin Islands** Hi Life Soundsystem** Birthday Suits** Strong Killings** Tea Cozies** Midday Veil** Witch Gardens** Dyno Jamz** F***ing Eagles** Whalebones** Don’t Talk to the Cops** Cataldo** Yuni in Taxco** Fly Moon Royalty** Blue Sky Black Death** Bryan John Appleby** Daniel G. Harmann & the Trouble Starts** Big Spider’s Back** Nightmare Fortress** Kris Orlowski** All Star Tribute to the Replacements** Factory: NW Hip-Hop redesigned** Horde and the Harem** and more.

Performing arts line-up includes four solo Seattle premieres: NYC’s Steve Cuiffo is Lenny Bruce** Montreal projection artist Daniel Barrow performs Every Time I See Your Picture I Cry** Portland’s Erin Leddy of Hand2Mouth Theatre performs My Mind Is Like An Open Meadow** Seattle’s Jose Bold (John Osebold of “Awesome”) performs Seateeth**

Also – Genre Bender w/ Karen Finneyfrock, Rainbow Fletcher, Joanna Lepore Dwyer, Mark Haim, Wes Hurley, Amy O’Neal, Mike Pham and more** Ecstasy of Influence w/ Heather McHugh, Kary Wayson, Kate Lebo and Erika Wilder, with music by The Half Brothers (of “Awesome”) & live painting** Thriller Dance Class with Waxie Moon, Inga Ingenue and Lou Henry Hoover** So You Think It’s Dance? Show (+ Tell) with Jessica Jobaris, The Cherdonna & Lou Show, Douglas Ridings, and Malie Martinez** Pie Life storytelling and bakeoff event with hosts Kate Lebo and KUOW’s Jeannie Yandel** Pop-Up Art Market **Celebrity Karaoke** Red Light Nights** Arts Leadership Lab Creative Conversations** Industry Happy Hours** Additional exhibitions and events curated by: D.K. Pan and nko** Amanda Manitach and Serrah Russell** Klara Glosova and Sierra Stinson** Michael Van Horn** Jennifer Borges Foster

Participating venues include Benaroya Hall** The Paramount Theatre** The Moore Theatre** Showbox Market** Showbox Sodo** Neumos** The Crocodile** Triple Door** SIFF Cinema** The Comet** Chop Suey** Northwest Film Forum** Velocity Dance Center** Theatre Off Jackson** FRED** The Can Can** Rendezvous** Seattle Laser Dome** Town Hall

Limited Single Day Tickets Now On Sale:
Friday single day pass is $75 + booking fee
Saturday or Sunday single day passes are $95 + booking fee

Weekend passes are $235 + booking fee

All rooms at Kutsher’s are now sold out. A limited number of rooms are still available at the nearby Raleigh Resort.

Bus travel is now on sale, including day tripper passes and weekend passes with accommodation + bus travel. Details at atpfestival.com

*We are extremely excited to announce the addition of Sufjan Stevens to the ATP-curated Saturday lineup. Stevens, who will be releasing Run Rabbit Run (a re-arrangement of his 2001 album Enjoy Your Rabbit) in October, has not played a US show in over two years, and this is sure to be a special performance.*

All Tomorrow’s Parties (ATP) is happy to announce its return to Kutsher’s Country Club in Monticello, New York for the 2nd annual ATP New York festival. The event will be held Sept 11-13, 2009.

Last year’s festival, co-curated by My Bloody Valentine, was a critical and cultural success with rave reviews from media and fans. This year’s Fest will be co-curated by The Flaming Lips.

Friday will feature a first New York show in a long time by The Jesus Lizard and ATP favourites Iron and Wine. They will join the Don’t Look Back shows also taking place on Friday: The Feelies performing Crazy Rhythms, New York’s finest Suicide performing their first LP, Dirty Three performing Ocean Songs and The Drones performing Wait Long By The River… The evening will be rounded off with the Comedy Stage hosted and curated by the one and only David Cross.

Saturday is curated by ATP and we are happy to announce new additions to the lineup, including Sufjan Stevens, Shellac, Circulatory System, and Grouper. Saturday will also feature Animal Collective and an exclusive performance by Panda Bear. Other confirmed acts include Boss Hog, Deerhunter, Bridezilla, Melvins, Black Dice, Dead Meadow, Autolux, EL-P, Akron Family, Antipop Consortium, Atlas Sound and the hotly tipped Sleepy Sun.

Sunday is curated by the outlandish Flaming Lips. Every act that plays will perform an exclusive special show, bespoke for this event. New additions to Sunday are Crystal Castles, Super Furry Animals, Boris, and Low Lows, and special sets are expected from all. Also just announced, “Oneida presents the Ocropolis” – where Oneida will transport the impetus, spirit and community of their multidisciplinary studio/performance space, The Ocropolis, to ATP for a full day of improvisation, collaboration, and recording, combined with the astounding Mighty Robot Visuals light crew. Previously announced acts include Boredoms continuing their BOADRUM series, performing with 9 drummers on stage. No Age will perform a whole LP by Husker Du including a special guest vocalist. Deerhoof will perform with special visuals by Martha Colburn. Caribou will perform as Caribou Vibration Ensemble, with a 4 piece horn section, 4 drummers and a choir and guests that include Kieran Hebden (Four Tet/Fridge/Kieran Hebden & Steve Reid), Koushik (Stones Throw Records), John Schmersal (Enon, Brainiac), Kathryn Bint (One Little Plane), Ahmed Gallab (Sinkane), Marshall Allen (Sun Ra Arkestra) and more.

The cinema for the weekend is hosted by Criterion. Expect more of the same greatness in 2009, with no-holds-barred programming both musically and otherwise. Capacity limited to just 2800 people!

The full line-up so far with new additions in bold…

Friday

The Jesus Lizard
Iron and Wine
Don’t Look Back: Dirty Three Performing ‘Ocean Songs’
Don’t Look Back: Suicide Performing First LP
Don’t Look Back: The Feelies Performing ‘Crazy Rhythms’
Don’t Look Back: The Drones Performing ‘Wait Long By The River’
Comedy Stage -Hosted and curated by David Cross

Saturday: curated by ATP

Animal Collective
Panda Bear

Sufjan Stevens
Deerhunter
Melvins

Shellac
Boss Hog
Autolux
Dead Meadow
EL-P
Anti-Pop Consortium

Circulatory System
Autolux
Atlas Sound
Akron Family

Grouper
Sleepy Sun
Bridezilla

Sunday: curated by The Flaming Lips

The Flaming Lips
Boredoms perform 9 drummer BOADRUM
No Age perform Husker Du
Caribou perform as Caribou Vibration Ensemble
Deerhoof with Martha Colburn

Crystal Castles

Super Furry Animals

Boris

Low Lows

Oneida Presents the Ocropolis