A few years ago, Memorial Day weekend in Seattle meant hanging with the non-lost wanderers at Folklife. Or, if you prefer, FolkDead. Or Tokelife. Or Splifflife. Or… this joke is already tired.

But with the advent of Sasquatch we now have two big options. Sasquatch is now part of the Big Altera-Indie Festival Circuit (with Coachella and Bonnaroo), so you get tens of thousands of people heading out to the Gorge, many of whom would have been at Folklife instead.

In a sense, it’s sad. Folklife offers a lot of different kinds of music that one isn’t normally exposed to in the course of a KNDD/KEXP/KUBE listening day. On the other hand, Sasquatch is drawing some great bands that Bumbershoot has had trouble attracting the last few years — notably, the Flaming Lips and NIN. They’re just two festivals going in two different paths.

But if you haven’t chosen your path, it’s been chosen for you. Sasquatch is sold out. It’s tie-dye and Afro-Celt bluegrass shows on your schedule.

And if you’re going this afternoon, Friend O’ The Blog Ali Marcus is playing at 3pm on the Alki Stage. You were going to blow off work this afternoon anyway, right?

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