Music / Nightlife

Chateau Ste. Michelle Winery Concerts. (Photo by Greg Gilbert)

Tickets for June shows at the Chateau Ste. Michelle’s 2014 Summer Concert Series will be available at 10 a.m. on March 15. Tickets are available via Ticketmaster or in person at the Chateau Ste. Michelle Wine Shop (10 a.m.-5 p.m. daily).

June lineup below:

Seattle-based guitarist Bill Frisell was among the headliners announced Wednesday by the Bellevue Jazz Festival, which takes place May 28-June 1. Others artists featured in the four-day bash include Poncho Sanchez; the East-West Trumpet Summit, with Ray Vega, Thomas Marriott and pianist George Colligan; and salsa specialistas Carlos Cascante Y Su Tumbao. Complete festival information and ticket…

Tim Mcgraw will perform at this year’s Watershed Festival at the Gorge Amphitheatre. (AP Photo/April L. Brown)

Watershed Festival, the Northwest’s biggest Country music festival, returns to the Gorge Amphitheatre on Aug. 1-3. The lineup features Tim McGraw, Lady Antebellum, Jake Owen, Billy Currington, Eli Young Band, Joe Diffie, Randy Houser, Justin Moore, Kip Moore, Cassadee Pope, Eli Young Band, Chase Rice, Dallas Smith and others.

Three-day festival and camping passes go on sale at 10 a.m. on Thursday, March 13 via the Watershed Festival website or LiveNation.com. Festival tickets are $175 and do not include camping.

The Dave Matthews Band will perform at the Gorge Amphitheatre on Aug. 29-31. (AP Photo/Lock Haven Express, Bill Crowell)

Dave Matthews will play his annual Labor-Day weekend at the Gorge Amphitheatre on Aug. 29-31. The weekend will feature two headlining sets each evening from the Dave Matthews Band as well as daily performances by Brandi Carlile. The lineup for the second Caravan Stage has yet to be announced.

Tickets go on sale Friday, February 21 at LiveNation.com, all Ticketmaster outlets or by phone 1-800-745-3000.

Seattle’s favorite folk singer, Damien Jurado, soul singer Charles Bradley and J Mascis of Dinosaur Jr. lead a packed Timber! Outdoor Music Festival 2014. Festival organizers released the first batch of artists, including hip-hop trio The Physics and Grynch this morning as the festival is set to return July 24-26 to Carnation, Wash. Timber! is the brainchild of…

(Ellen M. Banner/The Seattle Times)

By Joseph Sutton-Holcomb

In retrospect, last year’s Sasquatch was a seminal event.

The enthusiasm generated for the festival in 2013 — tickets sold out in 90 minutes — allowed the festival to sprawl over two weekends this time around.  That Coachella-esque expansion has accelerated some of the trends that have slowly changed the face of this beast over the last several years.

With the induction of the two-weekend schedule, one thing is clear: Sasquatch has lumbered out of the misty forests of neofolk and obscure indie rock, and into the sunny, solo-cup strewn field of EDM and party pop.

The big news is that Sasquatch! 2014 has added a second show, on Fourth of July weekend, but that’s no guarantee tickets will be any easier to get. Like last year — when tickets sold in 90 minutes — there are only three-day passes available. No single-day tickets will be sold. Tickets for both the…

By Joseph Sutton-Holcomb

Even with the Neptune Theatre stuffed full of people, the Sasquatch launch party didn’t feel big enough.

I get it, the launch party is designed to have a more intimate vibe than the musical blowout it’s hyping. Still, something about the bands chosen this year — all rock acts, some with varying degrees of electronica influence — didn’t get the room as psyched as they should have.

The suspicions have proven true. Outkast  — the Atlanta hip-hop duo that’s reuniting after a decade at Coachella this April — is also going to play the first installment of this year’s two-part Sasquatch! Music Festival at the Gorge Amphitheatre in May.

Soundgarden headlines phase two of the festival in July. Below is the full lineup for Memorial Day and Fourth of July weekends, announced at a launch party at Seattle’s Neptune Theatre Monday night.

(Damian Dovarganes/ Associated Press)

The Moondoggies (Hilary Harris)

Artist Home is getting a well-deserved reputation for putting on great music festivals that highlight host communities and beautiful natural surroundings.

From the Timber! Festival in Carnation to the Doe Bay Festival on Orcas Island, Artist Home’s festival organizers have targeted areas that offer attendees a chance to do more than just see a stellar lineup.