The annual Sasquatch! Music Festival took place over Memorial Day weekend along the Columbia River at one of the world’s most scenic outdoor venues, The Gorge, in George, Wash. Headlined by Chance the Rapper, Twenty One Pilots and LCD Soundsystem, the three-day music-fest was produced by Live Nation, with audio systems provided by Carlson Audio Systems of Seattle.
Founded in 1988 by local production pros Mark Carlson and Jonathan Stoverud-Myers, Carlson Audio today provides sound systems and support for nearly all large-scale events throughout the Pacific Northwest, from corporate to concerts, installation to pop-ups, including Project Pabst NW (Beck, Nas, Iggy Pop, Spoon) and Bumbershoot (Lorde, Flume, Haim, Solange, Vince Staples).
For Sasquatch!, Carlson deployed d&b audiotechnik-based audio packages for the Main Stage, BigFoot Stage and Dance Tent, with consoles from Avid, DiGiCo, Yamaha and Midas. Wireless systems were all Shure UHF. The Carlson team was led by FOH system tech Morgan “Mongo” Hodge and FOH tech Jesse Turner on the Main Stage, with stage crew including Anthony Riek, Brian Dale “Doc” Fall, Vince Agne and Courtney Rusk. The BigFoot Stage was led by FOH system tech Andrew Pardo and a stage team of Kyle Mooney, Jeremy Davidson and Tony Hoffman.
Sasquatch Festival 2017
LCD Soundsystem performing on the Sasquatch Stage 5.26.17
LCD Soundsystem performing on the Sasquatch Stage 5.26.17
Chance The Rapper closing out the Sasquatch Stage 5.28.17
Charles Bradley performing on the Bigfoot Stage 5.26.17
Bleachers performing on the Sasquatch Stage 5.27.17
Phantogram performing on the Sasquatch Stage 5.28.17
Phantogram performing on the Sasquatch Stage 5.28.17
Kiiara performing on the Bigfoot Stage 5.28.17
Aesop Rock performing on the Bigfoot Stage 5.27.17
Car Seat Headrest performing on the Sasquatch Stage 5.28.17
Big Freedia performing on the Bigfoot Stage 5.26.17
21 Pilots performing on the Sasquatch Stage 5.27.17
The Shins performing on the Sasquatch Stage 5.28.17
Jagwar Ma performing on the Yeti Stage 5.27.17
Joey Purp performing on the Bigfoot Stage 5.28.17
The Head and The Heart performing on the Sasquatch Stage 5.26.17
MGMT performing on the Sasquatch stage 5.27.17
The Head and The Heart performing on the Sasquatch Stage 5.26.17
American Football performing on the Bigfoot Stage 5.27.17
Blitzen Trapper performing on the Sasquatch Stage 5.27.17
Mondo Cozmo performing on the Sasquatch Stage 5.26.17
Sleigh Bells performing on the Sasquatch Stage 5.26.17
Sleigh Bells performing on the Sasquatch Stage 5.26.17
Chicano Batman performing on the Sasquatch Stage 5.28.17
Radio Department performing on the Bigfoot Stage 5.27.17
White Lung performing on the Bigfoot Stage 5.28.17
Saint Mesa performing on the Bigfoot Stage 5.28.17
Sir Mix-A‹Lot performing on the Sasquatch Stage 5.27.17
Moses Sumney closing out the Yeti Stage 5.28.17
Corey Harper performing on the Bigfoot Stage 5.26.17
The Hotelier performing on the Bigfoot Stage 5.26.17
Vulfpeck performing on the Bigfoot Stage 5.27.17
The Strumbellas performing on the Sasquatch Stage 5.26.17
The Strumbellas performing on the Sasquatch Stage 5.26.17
Thee Oh Sees performing on the Bigfoot Stage 5.26.17
Thee Oh Sees performing on the Bigfoot Stage 5.26.17
Katie Kate performing on the Bigfoot Stage 5.27.17
Reuben and the Dark performing on the Sasquatch Stage 5.27.17
Courtney Marie Andrews performing on the Yeti Stage 5.27.17
