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[photograph: View of Clinton Lake; courtesy, Lawrence, KS, Parks and Recreation Dept.]

View of Clinton Reservoir, courtesy Lawrence, KS, Parks and Recreation Dept.

Wakarusa Music Festival
June 7-10, 2007

Clinton Lake Reservoir
Lawrence, KS


Uncle Sid Wakarusa "Music Kids" T-Shirts



Official Wakarusa Music Festival 2007 Information

Wakarusa Festival 2007 News

Widespread Panic and Ben Harper To Appear at Wakarusa 2007

The Wakarusa Music and Camping Festival will return to Lawrence, Kansas for a fourth year this June. Artists who are currently confirmed for Wakarusa include: Widespread Panic, Ben Harper, and The Asylum Street Spankers, from Austin, Texas. Last year Wakarusa offered five stages and one can expect that the festival will have at least as many in 2007. Wakarusa will take place on June 7-10 and the festival has announced that it will cap attendance at 15,000 tickets.

2007 Wakarusa Music Festival Lineup

  • Widespread Panic
  • Ben Harper and the Innocent Criminals
  • Yonder Mountain String Band
  • Medeski, Martin & Wood
  • Michael Franti and Spearhead 
     Ozomatli 
North Mississippi Allstars 

  • Les Claypool 
Galactic 
Martin Sexton 
Son Volt 
Honkeytonk Homeslice 
Seepeoples 
Asylum Street Spankers 
John Butler Trio 
Citizen Cope 
Sam Bush 
The Avett Brothers 
Deep Fried Pickle Project 

  • Green Lemon 

  • Groovatron 
That 1 Guy 
Jesus Christ Superstar 
Crooked Still 
DJ Harry 
Earl Greyhound 
Little Feat 
Ozric Tentacles 
Grace Potter and the Nocturnals 

  • Railroad Earth 

  • Split Lip Rayfield  
JJ Grey & MOFRO 
Perpetual Groove 
Alejandro Escovedo 

  • Lotus 

  • New Monsoon 
Indigenous 

  • Tea Leaf Green  
ALO (Animal Liberation Orchestra) 
The Slip 
Assembly of Dust 
The Greencards 
The Everyone Orchestra 
Bobby Bare, Jr. 
Grant-Lee Phillips 
The Be Good Tanyas 
The Lee Boys 
Toubab Krewe 
RAQ 
Yo Mama's Big Fat Booty Band 
Bassnectar 
The Wood Brothers 

  • Pnuma Trio 
Shannon McNally 
Backyard Tire Fire 
The Motet 
Outformation 
Kan'Nal 
Delta Nove 
U-Melt 
The Bridge 
New Mastersounds 
The Spam Allstars 
Kid Beyond 
Dubconscious 
BoomBox 
Trampled by Turtles 
EOTO 
Tom Morello 
The Waybacks 
Zilla 
Spare Parts 
Dirtfoot 
Orooni 
Cosmopolitics 
Super American Happy Fun Good-Time Jam Band 
3 Peas 
8-trac 
Whitewater Ramble 
Ras Neville & the Kingstonians 
Alice Texas 
Julia Peterson 
Revolutionary Side Effects 
Brent Barry 
Brother's Green 
Diamond Heart Club 
Jabarvy 
Tangleweed

2006 Wakarusa Music Lineup

Wakarusa Festival 2005

Lawrence Kansas History

Wakarusa History

The word Wakarusa is a Native American term meaning "river of big weeds" or "ass-deep" depending on your mood. In the Lawrence, Kansas area, it refers to the Wakarusa River, which is the primary stream that feeds Clinton Lake, the home of the Wakarusa Music and Camping Festival. Oddly enough, the river's average water depth is about "ass-deep".
Site author: George Laughead Jr. Thanks to Lynn H. Nelson.
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