The choice, says Brian Robinson of the Seattle Center Advisory Commission, was staggeringly complex, logistically speaking, but ultimately simple: go big or go home (literally).
The future of Bumbershoot, that fabled three-day testament to Seattle’s thriving live music and visual arts landscape, was in doubt last September, when Seattle Center issued a request for proposals in search of a new producing partner. It was akin to an SOS.
New Rising Sun, a coalition of some of the city’s most significant figures in live entertainment and the arts—Steven Severin of Neumos; Greg Lundgren, founder of the Museum of Museums and Vital 5 Productions; and Joe Paganelli, general manager
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