Wakarusa Announces Initial Lineup

Bonnaroo and Rothbury's younger sibling, Wakarusa, is returning to Mulberry Mountain in Ozark, Kansas for its second year in that location. The event will take place June 3rd-6th 2010. This festival has always built a diverse and memorable lineup, but due to location and lack of advertising, it has kept a modest crowd size. This year, it seems that Wakarusa has gone the electronic route with its initial artists. More artists are to be announced, but for now, here is the first batch.

Wakarusa 2010 initial lineup:
STS9
The Disco Biscuits
Slightly Stoopid
John Butler Trio
Blues Traveler
Zappa Plays Zappa
Bassnectar
Railroad Earth
The Machine performs Pink Floyd
JJ Grey & MOFRO
Lotus
Rebelution
ALO
Tea Leaf Green
BoomBox
Black Joe Lewis
Ivan Neville's Dumpstaphunk
EOTO
James Zabiela
Split Lip Rayfield
Hayes Carll
Sub Swara
Stephen Kellogg & the Sixers
Reverend Peyton's Big Damn Band
Trampled by Turtles
Wookiefoot
Mishka
Big Gigantic
Truth & Salvage Co.
Fort Knox Five
Mountain Sprout
Band of Heathens
Last Waltz Ensemble
Cash'd Out
Earl Greyhound
Bluetech
Uglysuit
Passafire
Simplified
Hoots & Hellmouth
Resident Anti-Hero

wakarusa.com

2010 Festival Updates

Festival season 2010 is a long way from now, but it never hurts to start your vacation planning a little earlier than usual. The festival that seems to be at the top of today's news is the Sasquatch! Music Festival that takes place annually at the Gorge Amphitheatre in Washington. Organizers have announced that the festival will once again take place on Memorial Day Weekend and while no lineup announcements have been made, Pitchfork reports that Pavement will be one of the 2010 headliners. Special 3-day early-bird tickets are already for sale for Sasquatch! on their website. Lollapalooza, Chicago's big summer classic, will be returning to Grant Park on August 6-8 2010. Early bird tickets have already sold out for Lolla '10, but organizers would like to hear from you as to who you would like to see play next year's festival. As it reads on the website:

"Tell us who you’d put on next year's Lollapalooza lineup, happening August 6-8, 2010. Give us your Top 5 artists — monster headliners to bands we’ve never even heard of -- from rock to avant-garde, indie to hip-hop, and all the sounds in between. Speak up by November 10. We’ll collect all of your ideas, then see what we can make happen."

Thats not much time to act, but if you're thinking about attending, its worth a submission. Just visit their website to do so. Below are a few more dates announced for other popular summer festivals.

Wakarusa
-June 3-6, 2010, Mulberry Mountain in Ozark, AK
-wakarusa.com

Mountain Jam
-June 4-6, 2010, Hunter Mountain in Hunter, NY
-mountainjam.com

Jam in the Dam
-March 21st-23rd, 2010, Melkweg in Amsterdam, NL
-jaminthedam.com

Desert Rocks Music Festival
-June 10th-13th, 2010, Moab, UT
-desertrocks.com

Check back because more will be announced as we approach summer of 2010.