Photo Credit: SEEN/Wakarusa
The Scene
The Wakarusa Music and Camping Festival is a 4-day foot-stomping party in the heart of the Midwest. Born in 2004, Wakarusa burst onto the scene with a diverse and eclectic lineup featuring over 70 artists. The 2007 and 2008 events again featured over 100s of artists and drew attendees from all 50 U.S. States and several countries. 2009 marked the event’s first year at Mulberry Mountain in Ozark, Arkansas.
2012 Artist Lineup
The Infamous Stringdusters
- 4onthefloor
- 12th Planet
- Adventure Club
- Alo
- Assembly of Dust
- Balkan Beat Box
- Beats Antique
- Ben Miller Band
- Big Gigantic
- Blitzen Trapper
- Break Science
- Clandestine
- Cordovas (2x)
- Daedelus
- Dangermuffin
- Dirtfoot
- Dumptruck Butterlips
- Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeros
- Eitch
- Emmitt- Nershi Band
- EOTO
- Fitz & the tantrums
- Futurebirds
- G. Love & Special Sauce
- Gaelic Storm
- Gary Clark Jr.
- Ghostland Observatory
- Girl Talk
- Govinda
- Gramatik
- Green Velvet
- Head for the Hills
- Heartless Bastards
- Hearts of Darkness
- Hot Buttered Rum (2x)
- Iration
- Jason Isbell & the 400 Unit
- Keller Williams
- Keys N Krates
- Kids These Days
- Krafty Kuts & Skillz w/ Dynamite MC
- LA Riots
- Lance Herbstrong
- Love and Light
- Lyrics Born (2x)
- MarchFourth Marching Band (2x)
- MartyParty
- Matisyahu
- Mia Borders
- Michal Menert
- Mimosa
- Monophonics
- Mountain Sprout (2x)
- Mouth
- Nadis Warriors
- Nathaniel Rateliff
- New Monsoon (2x)
- Nit Grit
- Nobody Beats the Drum
- Opiuo
- Orgone
- Papadosio
- Paper Diamond
- Perpetual Groove (2x)
- Phutureprimitive
- Pretty Lights
- Primus
- Quiet Corral
- Quixotic
- R/D
- Railroad Earth
- RJD2
- Roger Clyne & The Peacemakers
- Rubblebucket
- SAVOY
- Shannon McNally
- Slightly Stoopid (2x)
- Snarky Puppy
- Soja
- Split Lip Rayfield (2x)
- Sumilan
- Tea Leaf Green
- That 1 Guy
- The Avett Brothers
- The Big Wu
- The Del McCoury Band
- The Delta Saints
- The Devil Makes Three
- The Dirty Guv’nahs
- The Floozies
- The Heavy Pets
- The Infamous Stringdusters
- The Lumineers
- The Moondoggies
- The Motet (2x)
- The Secret Sisters
- The Sheepdogs
- The Travelin’ McCourys feat. Keller Williams
- The Werks
- Tinariwen (2x)
- Toubab Krewe
- Tribal Seeds
- Ugly Lion
- Umphrey’s McGee
- VibeSquad
- Virtual Boy
- Weir, Robinson, & Greene Acoustic Trio
- Wick-it the Instigator