| | | | | Sasquatch 2010 include the New Pornographers, the |
| Sure, Coachella and Bonnaroo are still two of the most | | | | Temper Trap, Drive-By Truckers, Boys Noize, Dr. Dog, |
| celebrated music festivals in the States, but music fans | | | | Camera Obscura, Neon Indian and more. |
| in the Pacific Northwest know that they don't have to | | | | The Sasquatch Music Festival is making steps |
| travel far to get the music festival experience. The | | | | towards becoming a greener event this time around |
| Sasquatch Music Festival is held annually at the Gorge | | | | by encouraging attendees to carpool to the Gorge |
| Amphitheatre in George, Wash. over Memorial | | | | Amphitheatre and is even offering prizes (thanks to |
| Weekend, and with headliners like Vampire Weekend, | | | | the help of sponsor Esurance) for those who do. The |
| Kid Cudi and Tegan and Sara, <a rel="nofollow" | | | | 2010 edition is also certified carbon neutral by Carbon |
| onclick="javascript:pageTracker._trackPageview(' | | | | Harmony, a nationally-recognized clean energy |
| outgoing/article_exit_link');" href=" Music Festival | | | | consulting firm, according to the festival's official |
| tickets</a> are sure to be major sellers this | | | | website. The three-day event will be 100 percent wind |
| festival season. Get yours from <a rel="nofollow" | | | | powered and Carbon Harmony will offset 125 percent |
| onclick="javascript:pageTracker._trackPageview(' | | | | of the greenhouse gas emissions produced during |
| outgoing/article_exit_link');" href=" before it's too late! | | | | Sasquatch. |
| The first day of the Sasquatch Music Festival (Sat., | | | | Honda is an official eco-partner of the 2010 edition of |
| May 29) will feature an impressive lineup comprised of | | | | the Sasquatch Music Festival and will be showcasing |
| Vampire Weekend, the National, My Morning Jacket, | | | | the Honda CR-Z Sport Hybrid and the Insight at the |
| Deadmau5, Broken Social Scene, OK Go, Public | | | | Honda Hybrid Zone during the event. Music fans |
| Enemy, Wale, the Hold Steady, Miike Snow, Brother Ali, | | | | attending Sasquatch can also recharge their cell |
| Minus The Bear, Z-Trip, the Very Best, Nurses, Edward | | | | phones (campers, take note!) in the Honda Hybrid |
| Sharpe & the Magnetic Zeros, the Posies, Aziz | | | | Zone. Esurance helped Sasquatch launch a recycling |
| Ansari and others. Things just get better each day at | | | | program in 2007 and last year the plan kept a |
| Sasquatch, as the batch of performers lined up for | | | | whopping 4.5 tons of waste out of landfills—which is |
| Sunday (May 30) include Massive Attack, Pavement, | | | | enough to coat 20 football fields with trash! |
| LCD Soundsystem, Kid Cudi, Tegan and Sara, They | | | | Founded by concert promoter Adam Zacks, the |
| Might Be Giants, Kid Cudi, Dirty Projectors, Public | | | | inaugural Sasquatch Music Festival was held in 2002 |
| Enemy, the xx, Girls, Booka Shade and Local Natives. | | | | and featured Jack Johnson, Ben Harper, Blackalicious, |
| Monday is usually the dreaded first day of the work | | | | String Cheese Incident and others. Since then, artists |
| week for most 9-to-5ers, but not in George, Wash. on | | | | like Death Cab for Cutie, the Flaming Lips, Modest |
| May 31, because those at the Sasquatch Music | | | | Mouse, Fleet Foxes, Arcade Fire, Ghostland |
| Festival will be listening to bands like MGMT, Ween, | | | | Observatory, Nine Inch Nails, Matisyahu and others |
| Band of Horses, Passion Pit and She & Him. | | | | have made Sasquatch a regular stop while on the |
| Additional artists lined up to perform on the final day of | | | | summer music festival circuit each year. |