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Tomorrow Sasquatch will finally break its silence and announce its 2009 lineup. Even though there have been no official announcements about the festival besides the dates (Memorial Day Weekend, May 23-25), and even though the event itself is months away, blogs and message boards have been aflame for months with speculation on who will grace Sasquatch’s multiple stages.

A few artists have already been outed as performers, some by their own loose lips, some by fans scanning myspace pages, and some by threegigs.com writers with nothing better to do than read tour announcements from every label they can think of hoping to hit Sasquatch gold. Most of the lineup, though, remains pure speculation until tomorrow morning, and so I’m taking this last chance to throw my predictions into the rumor ring.

Part I: Those Who Will Almost Certainly Be There

-John Vanderslice, who announced live on KEXP that he was playing Sasquatch (followed by an “Oops, I’m not sure if I was supposed to say that.”)
-Peter Bjorn and John, whose record company website at one point listed the show.
-Sun Kil Moon, who has posted the date on their website.

Part 2: Those Who Will Probably Be There

-Everyone seems pretty convinced about Kings Of Leon, but since I haven’t seen any sort of confirmation, I have to stick this one in the “probably” level.
-The Decemberists do have a few days open after an Oregon show, one of which overlaps with Sasquatch. They’re also playing Bonnaroo later in the summer, and bands that play one festival tend to play multiple festivals.
-The Walkmen – touring with Kings of Leon.
-Animal Collective is heavily rumored, and is playing two shows in the region around the time of Sasquatch.

Part 3: Those Who I’ve Heard Might Be There

-Rumors about regarding Monotonix, and the Gorge’s sprawling grounds would be an awesome setting for their wild, wandering rock and roll circus.
-Franz Ferdinand will be running around the world this summer promoting a new album. Their website shows dates in Europe two weeks before and one week after Sasquatch, but nothing during, and a back-and-forth jaunt with that timeline is not unheard of.
-Yeah Yeah Yeahs are oft mentioned and seem a solid guess. They release a new album in April and are already confirmed for both Coachella and Bonnaroo.

Part 4: Those Who Will NOT Be There

-One of the bands I’d most hoped to see, Wilco, will be touring in Spain during the festival.
-Some thought that The National would have a second chance to play on the big stage, but they’ll be playing on the east coast instead.
-Coldplay is getting their very own show at the Gorge later this summer, so the chances of them heading out there for Sasquatch seem slim.

Part 5: Shit I’m Just Making Up

-Green Day has a new album coming out in May.
-No Doubt has announced a tour of “outdoor ampitheaters” this May, but has yet to release any dates.
-Metric is also releasing an album this Spring.

Tomorrow our long thirst for knowledge will finally be quenched. Soon it will be time to buy my tickets, reserve my rental car, dig out my camping gear, and then transfer my brain power to other matters — like who’s playing Bumbershoot.