- Wakarusa Music and Camping Festival leaving Lawrence for Arkansas
- Camping and music event attracted thousands every year to Clinton Lake
- 12:40 p.m., December 10, 2008 Updated 12:00 a.m.
- The Wakarusa Music and Camping Festival is leaving Lawrence for a new home in northwest Arkansas, organizers for the festival announced Wednesday.
Wak Facts
- Wak Talk blog: Updates from the festival
- Wakarusa Festival website
- Official Stage Schedule
- Wakarusa Festival Day 3
Latest Photo Gallery
Wakarusa Fest 2008, Day 4
Video: Hoop Dancing at Wakarusa
Members of Kaivalya Hoop Dancers teach hoop dancing in one of their daily sessions at Wakarusa Music & Dance Festival Saturday. Watch »
Video: Thousands gather for day two of WakFest
Clear skies were a welcomed sight for thousands gathered at Clinton Lake for the fifth annual Wakarusa Festival. Watch »
Video: Dead Man Flats at Wakarusa 2008
From left, are Hank Osterhout, Matt Stambaugh, Pat Watt and Alex Law are Dead Man Flats. They all met growing up near Hutchinson, where they started their band. Now they all live in Lawrence. Watch »
Video: Brent Berry at Wakarusa 2008
Brent Berry of the Brent Berry Band out of Taos, N.M., formerly the Brent Berry Roots Crew from Lawrence (a longtime local favorite). Watch »
Video: 2008 Wakarusa Video Portraits
Susan Casebeer, of Lindsborg, Kan. Watch »
Online chat
Douglas County Sheriff’s Office chats about upcoming Wakarusa Festival
June 4 at 11:30 a.m.
lawrence.com Guide to Wakarusa Music and Camping Festival 2008
Top stories
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- Wakarusa festival winds down
- Rain again disrupts performances
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- Storm shortens festival
- Severe weather weakens before reaching area
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- Expect severe weather today
- Officials worry about music fest campers amid 1974 conditions
More Wakarusa Music & Camping Festival 2008
- Jefferson County commissioners postpone action on Wakarusa Fest move
- 01:50 p.m., October 27, 2008 Updated 04:36 p.m.
- Plans to move the Wakarusa Music Festival from Clinton Lake to a rural Jefferson County ranch are still up in the air.
- Wakarusa Fest may not play on
- Organizer compares music festival with Manhattan event, claims discrimination
- August 10, 2008
- Lawrence may have partied at its last Wakarusa Music and Camping Festival. Festival promoter Brett Mosiman has accused the Kansas Department of Wildlife and Parks of bigotry and said he won’t return the festival to Clinton State Park unless the department changes how it treats the event and its largely “hippie” crowd. “The situation reeks of discrimination,” Mosiman said.
- 6News video: After festival, cleanup begins
- June 9, 2008
- It’s a sure sign that the Wakarusa Music and Camping Festival is over: earlier today, the volunteers lined up and the trash piled up at the Clinton Lake campgrounds as cleanup efforts hit full swing.
- Several acts cancelled on final day of Wakarusa Festival
- June 8, 2008
- Sunday night’s pelting of rain and hail caused the cancelation of the majority of Wakarusa headliners scheduled past 6 p.m.
- 6News video: Wakarusa winds down
- June 8, 2008
- The fifth annual Wakarusa Music and Camping Festival winds down tonight. But this afternoon large crowds enjoyed the sunshine and great music of several bands.
- 6News video: Wakarusa, Day 4
- June 8, 2008
- Check out scenes from the last day of the 2008 Wakarusa Festival.
- Severe Thunderstorm Warning expires
- Rains Delay Wakarusa Performances
- 06:20 p.m., June 8, 2008 Updated 08:45 p.m.
- Rains wash out shows at Wakarusa and Douglas County is under severe thunderstorm watch until 8 p.m.
- 6News video: Thousands gather for day two of WakFest
- June 6, 2008
- Clear skies were a welcomed sight for thousands gathered at Clinton Lake for the fifth annual Wakarusa Festival.
- Wakarusa fans dry out, prepare for Day 2
- June 6, 2008
- Late night storm fails to dampen spirits.
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