More than just notifying you of an upcoming local performance, gigposters can subliminally inform the musical sublime. Bumbershoot continues to celebrate the art form by hosting Flatstock 27.

Exciting you more than the facts they advertise, providing you with a lasting impression of an event you attended and offering a lasting expression of art in and of itself, gigposters can be an awe-inspiring artefact all the way around. Flatstock is a series of shows sponsored by American Poster Institute designed to properly recognize this fact, providing the general public with an ongoing series of opportunities to see fine poster art in person and to meet the artists who’ve created it. Bumbershoot has been hosting the poster exhibition since 2003 and will continue to do so with Flatstock 27 to be held in the Fisher Pavilion during this year’s 2010 festival.

Groovemine’s favorites, chosen from a field of over 50 artists/studios, are represented below. We invite you to click through to each selection page (10 pages total) and hope you let us know what your favorites are. All of the art you will see in this round-up will be for sale and quite affordable. To view the the complete line-up, go here.


[ ***Our late entries to this round-up ]



“By day, FRIDA CLEMENTS is the senior graphic designer for Seattle Theatre Group, doing concert posters, among other duties, for the Moore and the Paramount. She spends her spare time the same way, supporting the musicians she loves most. This year the lucky artists benefitting from her work included... 
[continue reading AND see Frida’s work]





***DOUBLENAUT is brothers Matt and Andrew McCracken, doing DN as their full-time gig since 2004. Based in Toronto, Canada, they are best known for their concert posters but have also been churning out a steady stream of music packaging, book covers, clothing designs, logos and anything else they can get their hands... [continue reading AND see Doublenaut’s work]






***DKNG STUDIOS is Dan Kuhlken and Nathan Goldman. Both were drawn to music and design at an early age, but didn’t combine their talents until 2005 when the duo founded a DKNG Studios with the goal of fusing these two creative avenues. The pair has found a niche in linking a personal and unique aesthetic to the world’s most talented musical...  [continue reading AND see DKNG Studios’ work]






***Travis Bone (a.k.a. FURTURTLE SHOW PRINTS) has been drawing things since he was a kid and began making gig posters in 2004.  His style is clean and simple; most posters typically printed by hand, using just two colors. Furturtle Show Prints is a one-man act- Travis does...  [continue reading AND see Travis’ work]






LIL TUFFY is a designer, poster artist, bartender, jack-of-all-trades who works primarily in the music industry. He has created unique and memorable designs for the likes of Bob Mould, Devo, The Raconteurs, Queens of the Stone Age, No Doubt, The Dwarves, The Melvins, KRS ONE and for landmark events like the Noise Pop Festival, The End of the...  [continue reading AND see Lil Tuffy’s work]






NEVER SLEEPING, INC. is comprised of one guy (Ben Chlapek) who draws and prints in the living room of his apartment...  [continue reading AND see NSI’s work]










PATENT PENDING INDUSTRIES: Armed with their stunning good looks, devious creativity and a handful of bottle rockets, Jeff Kleinsmith and Jesse LeDoux started Patent Pending Industries in 1999. Originally located in an abandoned warehouse in Seattle’s lower uptown, they set out to...  [continue reading AND see PPI’s work]






PINK SLIP PRESS (aka Justin Santora) lives and works in the greater Chicagoland area making screen printed posters for bands, screen printed artwork, paintings, and illustrations. All of his work is done by hand, the old fashioned way. He learned to screen print after graduating college in 2008 and has been working full time as a one-man...  [continue reading AND see PSP’s work]






Mike Klay (aka POWERSLIDE DESIGNS) is a Seattle-based artist who has created gigposters for the likes of Ladytron, Camera Obscura and Death Cab for Cutie (we are slightly jealous of how many good gigs he has seen for free over the years). “Shady”, his beautiful mod lady design for Infectious, used to be a gigposter for Simian Mobile...  [continue reading AND see PD’s work]





SMALL HORSE STUDIO is the creative home of illustrator Gaelyn Woltz and graphic designer Trevor Basset. They live in Seattle, WA with their two cats where they met at Cornish College of...  [continue reading AND see SMS’ work]










Based in Portland, Oregon, DAN STILES creates work that is a combination of music and design. Over the past 15 years Stiles has collaborated with artists, promoters, and major corporations to create illustration, identities, custom packaging, and limited edition collectible art. Stiles is perhaps best known for his poster art, working with artists across multiple genres the...  [continue reading AND see Dan’s work]





DIANA SUDYKA is an illustrator and printmaker working in the Chicago area. Her printmaking background includes working as master printer for Chicago studios such as Big Cat, and Landfall Press (now located in Santa Fe, NM). Currently she creates illustrations for everything from books, album artwork, screenprinted rock posters, to...  [continue reading AND see Diana’s work]







KEVIN TONG is an illustrator from Los Angeles who produces unique and distinct artwork for bands, companies, and for art's sake. The imagery is both thoughtful and beautiful, subtle and striking. In addition to making great art, Kevin is known for making insightful process videos that give people a rare, behind the scenes...  [continue reading AND see Kevin’s work]







US & THEM is a studio fused with love for art, music, nature, and life. They’re ordinary men trying to stay inspired, trying to stay stoked. When the day comes to an end, they realize their small triumphs and hope that their work reflect...  [continue reading AND see Us & Them’s work]