page_title: Wakarusa Music and Camping Festival
section_title: 2008
hierarchical_section_title: Wakarusa Music and Camping Festival / 2008
caption_attribution_description: English: Buckethead at Wakarusa 2008.
context_page_description: Wakarusa Music and Camping Festival was a four-day music festival held in early June at Mulberry Mountain near Ozark, Arkansas. The festival was held annually from 2004 through 2015.
  Named for the Wakarusa River, the festival was first held at Clinton State Park immediately outside of Lawrence, Kansas. It moved to its new location, just outside Fort Smith and Fayetteville, Arkansas in 2009. The festival is known for an eclectic mix of music and has featured artists like Grammy award winners The Black Keys, The Flaming Lips, Wilco, and Bela Fleck and the Flecktones. Activities other than music included disc golf, yoga, hiking, and swimming in the Mulberry River.
context_section_description: The 2008 Wakarusa was held June 6 through June 8, 2008 in Clinton State Park near Lawrence, Kansas.
  On June 6, the artists that performed were Cake, Blackalicious, Ozric Tentacles, Del the Funky Homosapien, Galactic, Buckethead, Everyone Orchestra, Arrested Development, Mates of State, Apollo Sunshine, New Monsoon, Delta Nove, Charles Walker & the Dynamites, Robert Bradley’s Blackwater Surprise, Panjea], Brett Dennen, EOTO, Limbeck, Pete Francis, Trombone Shorty & Orleans Avenue, Back Door Slam, Family Groove Company, Oakhurst, Heavy Pets, Madahoochi and Stardeath and White Dwarfs. The headline act that performed on this day was The Flaming Lips.
  On June 7, the artists that performed were Ben Folds, Keller Williams, Leftover Salmon, Ozomatli, Old 97's, Tea Leaf Green, Yard Dogs Road Show, Ozric Tentacles, Alejandro Escovedo, Brett Dennen, State Radio, Dr Dog, Porter Batiste Stoltz, Hot Buttered Rum, C-Mon & Kypski, Ryan Bingham, Pete Francis, Delta Nove, The Gourds, Panjea, Giant Panda Guerilla Dub Squad, Chicago Afrobeat Project, Cornmeal, Blue Turtle Seduction and Galapagos. The headline act that performed on this day was STS9.
  On June 8, the artists that performed were Zappa Plays Zappa, Mickey Hart Band w/ Steve Kimock, Keller Williams, David Grisman Quintet, Leftover Salmon, Yard Dogs Road Show, Ivan Neville's Dumpstaphunk, The Avett Brothers, Split Lip Rayfield, State Radio, Tea Leaf Green, Dr Dog, Tilly & the Wall, That One Guy, Bang Camaro, Ryan Bingham, Truckstop Honeymoon, American Babies, Jenny Arnau and Fourth of July. The headline artist was Emmylou Harris (who had to cancel due to illness).
caption: Buckethead live at Wakarusa, 2008
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