Willamette Week?s MusicfestNW has been one of the premiere music festivals in the country for the past decade. The festival has more than tripled in size since morphing from the ashes of North By Northwest in 2001, mixing Portland?s rich and diverse local music scene with performances from national acts
Ticket Price: $90 (Wristband); Indiv tickets vary
Headliners
Festival lineup
- Abe Vigoda
- Akron/Family
- BOAT
- Bad City
- Baroness
- Big Freedia
- Black Lips
- Black Prairie
- Bobby Bare Jr.
- Cold Cave
- Crooked Fingers
- Dan Mangan
- David Bazan
- Death by Stereo
- Frank Turner
- From Ashes Rise
- Japandroids
- Jeff the Brotherhood
- Justin Townes Earle
- Laser Sword
- Laura Veirs
- Major Lazer
- Male Bonding
- Man Man
- Marc Olson
- Menomena
- No Means No
- Okkervil River
- Panda Bear
- People Under The Stairs
- Phantogram
- Pierced Arrows
- Portland Cello Project
- Princeton
- Ra Ra Riot
- Red Fang
- Rocky Votolato
- Scott Kelly
- Shonen Knife
- Sleep performing Holy Mountain
- Suckers
- Surfer Blood
- Ted Leo & The Pharmacists
- The Builders and the Butchers
- The Decemberists
- The Dodos
- The Gories
- The Helio Sequence
- The Magic Kids
- The Minus 5
- The National
- The Smashing Pumpkins
- The Tallest Man On Earth
- The Thermals
- The Walkmen
- Thee Oh Sees
- Titus Andronicus
- Trash Talk
- Washed Out
- White Hinterland
- Wiz Khalifa
Festival News and Rumors

Corona Capital 2023 Lineup Brings The Cure, Blur, and Pulp to Mexico City
Scoop Harrison June 5, 2023

Insane Clown Posse Announce Otherworldly 2023 Edition of Gathering of the Juggalos
The festival promises such such attractions as "ICP's Alien Probe Adventure"
Bryan Kress May 22, 2023

Hopscotch 2023: Pavement, Denzel Curry, Japanese Breakfast Top Lineup
Alvvays, Digable Planets, Soccer Mommy, and more will also hit the Raleigh fest this September.
Abby Jones May 19, 2023

Live Nation Offering $99 All-In Festival Tickets During Festival Weekend
Governors Ball Roots Picnic, Sound on Sound, and more are participating in the discount.
Carys Anderson May 17, 2023

The National's Homecoming 2023 Lineup Led by Patti Smith, Pavement, & The Walkmen
Weyes Blood, Snail Mail, and Bartees Strange will also play the Cincinnati festival.
Eddie Fu May 17, 2023

Riot Fest's Killer 2023 Lineup Led by Foo Fighters, The Cure & The Postal Service
Carys Anderson May 16, 2023