9 Great Moments from the Sasquatch Festival

Kings of Leon, NIN, Fleet Foxes, YYYs, and more rock out on the edge of a gigantic crater in Washington State.
Kings of Leon / Photo by Alex Crick

A three-hour drive from Seattle, Washington, up over the Cascade Mountains and through at least three ecosystems (oceanic to tundra to desert), is the Columbia River Gorge, a gigantic canyon around one of America's biggest rivers, formed by a cataclysmic flood at the end of the last ice age.

Backstage Video from Sasquatch! Music Festival '08

Check out video interviews with the likes of Built to Spill and Mates of State, a backstage tour with the Little Ones, and clips from dancing onstage with the Flaming Lips.
Wayne Coyne and the Flaming Lips / Photo by Scott Ricketts

After a much-bothersome one-year absence from Washington's not-so-hidden gem, Sasquatch! Music Festival, I arrived at the scenic Gorge Amphitheatre Saturday morning (May 24) to embark on what would (once again) be a wild and unpredictable weekend in terms of both music and weather conditions. And as it did with the pelting, golf ball-sized hail in '06, my perseverance paid off.

Sasquatch! Festival Photo Gallery '08

From Modest Mouse to Mars Volta and beyond, our intrepid shutterbug braved the searing sun and crooked rain to capture the best from Washington State's Gorge Amphitheatre.

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The View from Sasquatch! '08

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The Kooks / Photo by Scott Ricketts

The View from Sasquatch! '08

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The Whigs / Photo by Scott Ricketts

The View from Sasquatch! '08

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The Cure / Photo by Scott Ricketts
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