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The 11th Annual Freakout Festival in Seattle

Posted by Loren on June 5, 2023

The 11th Annual Freakout Festival in Seattle
photo by Loren Green

The 11th Annual Freakout Festival is scheduled for Nov. 2-5 in Seattle, WA with a lineup featuring The Gories, The Spits, Son Rompe Pera, Death Valley Girls, Kepi Ghoulie, Acid Mothers Temple, Nestter Donuts, and many more, taking place in the city's Ballard neighborhood.

While it's the 11th year for the festival, 2023 marks its first go-around as a not-for-profit organization and boasts a diverse lineup of psychedelic, punk, electronic, and other styles.

Tickets are onsale here.

The current lineup also features Acid Mothers Temple, Crush (Members of Black Lips), Death Valley Girls, Jonathan Bree, El Khat, Acid Tongue, Gift, Lola Kirke, The Brightlight Social Hour, Kepi Ghoulie, GOON, Elis Paprika, Mauro Samaniego, Ramona, The Funerals, Mala Suerte, Michael Rault, Pearl Charles, zzzahara, Nestter Donuts, Monsterwatch, Mengers, Las Pijamas, Vondré, Diles Que No Me Maten, Shadow Show, Joudy, Archer Oh, Taleen Kali, Sunset Images, Tuesday Violence, Diminished Men, Brittany Davis, Biblioteka, Black Maracas, The Wind-Ups, All Star Opera, Dark Dazey, SuperMother, Midnight High, Ismay, Ritmo Cascabel, The Sugar Tradition, Moon Owl's Mages, Lobo Lara, Floating Witch's Head, Plum Vision, and Blix.

The 11th Annual Freakout Festival in Seattle
photo by Loren Green

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