Wakarusa Announces Inital Line-Up
Wakarusa is a jamband festival in Lawrence, Kansas happening this year June 5th-8th. I went to it a couple years ago. I had a great time, but it happened to be the year that the police had a huge presence complete with roadblocks going in, patroling day and night in golf carts inside, and they set up hidden cameras across the festival grounds and arrested tons of folks in make-shift prisons on site, so it was a weird experience. The upside is that this festival is sponsored by New Belgium, who make my favourite beer Fat Tire. Here’s the line-up, filled with the usual suspects:
The Flaming Lips
Keller Williams
(2 sets including special late night set)
Leftover Salmon
(2 Sets)
Cake
Galactic
(2 sets including special late night set)
Buckethead
(2 sets including special late night set)
Lotus (special late night set)
David Grisman Quintet
Old 97′s
Alejandro Escovedo
Tea Leaf Green
(2 sets including special late night set)
Ozric Tentacles
(2 special late night sets and confirmed visas!)
Brett Dennen
(2 sets)
Blackalicious
Dr Dog
(2 sets)
State Radio
Betty LaVette
Split Lip Rayfield
The Avett Brothers
Yard Dog’s Road Show
(2 sets including special late night set)
The Gourds
Steel Train
Trombone Shorty
Chicago Afrobeat Project
Heavy Pets
Tickets go on sale this Friday.
- Posted by Davy Minor on January 10, 2008 at 9:51 am
