SEATTLE — A few weeks after Bumbershoot announced some fan-friendly changes for 2026, organizers of the seminal Labor Day weekend festival (Sept. 5-6) delivered the always anticipated music lineup on Tuesday, led by a hometown heavyweight.

Following a string of local arena dates in recent years, Death Cab for Cutie will return to Bumbershoot for the first time in a decade, marking the biggest local act to headline the beloved fest in years.

Gearing up for the June release of their 11th studio album, “I Built You a Tower,” the Seattle indie rock royalty share headline duties with melodic hardcore heroes Turnstile — an explosive, positive-energy Baltimore band that’s helped spark a hardcore resurgence.

No strangers to the Northwest neck of the woods, indie-pop favorites Japanese Breakfast, led by the Eugene, Oregon-raised Michelle Zauner; influential riot grrrl greats Bikini Kill; and Sub Pop-launched alt-country crooner Orville Peck bolster the top of the card alongside progressive R&B star Blood Orange and foundational hip-hop group De La Soul.

Also on board: drum and bass duo Chase & Status, Belarusian dark wavers Molchat Doma, experimental pop vets Yves Tumor and Sudan Archives, Japanese girl group Atarashii Gakko!, Los Angeles DJ/producer Tokimonsta, Chicago rapper Noname (performing her breakout mixtape “Telefone”), Beastie Boys-channeling party starters Joey Valence & Brae, Peaches, Goldie Boutilier and hotly tipped Texas punks Die Spitz, whose two-night Baba Yaga blitzkrieg last fall still has Seattle fans buzzing.

Other highlights of a lineup that’s equal parts global and local include Zambian psych rockers W.I.T.C.H., Japanese trumpeter/electronic composer Takuya Nakamura, Mexican folk singer Silvana Estrada and Seattle favorites Oblé Reed and Travis Thompson. Check out the full daily lineup below.

Tickets for the two-day festival, which takes over the Seattle Center campus, are on sale now at bumbershoot.com. Tickets currently start at $90.50 for single-day and $155.50 for weekend passes, while children 12 and under are free. New this year, fans will be able to come and go from festival grounds with the purchase of designated re-entry tickets for an additional $20.

This year marks the fourth edition of the festival since organizers New Rising Sun rebooted the Seattle institution, pledging to return the long-running music and arts fest to its quirkier and more accessible roots.

Saturday, Sept. 5

Turnstile

Japanese Breakfast

Blood Orange

Chase & Status

Bikini Kill

Molchat Doma

Joey Valence & Brae

Peaches

Die Spitz

Silvana Estrada

Pixel Grip

Cain Culto

Travis Thompson

Oblé Reed

XCOMM

Anthers

Juliet Daniel

Aryana León

Bexley

Sunday, Sept. 6

Death Cab for Cutie

Orville Peck

De La Soul

Yves Tumor

ATARASHII GAKKO!

Sudan Archives

Tokimonsta

Goldie Boutilier

Noname — 10th Anniversary of “Telefone”

54 Ultra

Sextile

PawPaw Rod

W.I.T.C.H.

Takuya Nakamura

Daughters of Venus

Lucha Luna

Hannah Duckworth

Morgan Paris Lanza

American Flats

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