Wakarusa Fest 2008 gallery Pulse Photos gallery

Wakarusa Fest 2008, Day 2 June 6, 2008

Day Two of the Wakarusa Music and Camping Festival brings the first of the big acts - but attendees will be spending a lot of their time getting dry.

E-mail this gallery to a friend

First-time Wakarusa Festival attendee Melissa Stevens, 28, of Norman, Okla., pulls some wet blankets across her car early Friday morning, after a thunderstorm passed through Lawrence leaving only a very wet trail.

Photo by Richard Gwin / Buy a print of this photo

Wakarusa Festival attendee Carole Murray, of Morton Grove, Ill., rings out some wet clothes Friday morning after Thursday night's storm passed through the campgrounds. The powerful storms offered up a brilliant lightning show.

Photo by Richard Gwin / Buy a print of this photo

Concert-goers find a reprieve from the sun under umbrellas Friday, June 6, 2008 during the Mates of State set at Wakarusa Festival.

Photo by John Henry / Buy a print of this photo

From left, Lacy Ingle, Taurean Smith and Ainsley Burke, all of Lawrence, dance to Mates of State on Friday, June 6, 2008 at the Wakarusa Music and Camping Festival at Clinton Lake.

Photo by John Henry / Buy a print of this photo

Ellen Keegan, Lawrence, sports a yellow flower in hair Friday, June 6, 2008 while dancing to Mates of State at Wakarusa Festival.

Photo by John Henry / Buy a print of this photo

Keith Machonga, left, and Gerry Snyder, both of Manhattan, empty trash and recycling bins Friday, June 6, 2008 at a Wakarusa campground at Clinton Lake.

Photo by John Henry

This school bus houses eight Wakarusa fans and has bamboo floors.

Photo by Alexander Parker / Buy a print of this photo

Virgil Villarreal's 1967 Volkswagon mini-bus is fully stocked for the weekend.

Photo by Alexander Parker / Buy a print of this photo

One of the odd vehicles used to ferry fans to Wakarusa. Six people drove from Chicago in this limo.

Photo by Alexander Parker

Wayne Coyne, lead singer of Wakarusa headliner the Flaming Lips, talks to reporters on Friday, June 6.

Photo by Alexander Parker / Buy a print of this photo

Children bang a revolving drum outside the Lawrence Arts Center tent at the Wakarusa Music and Arts Festival, on Friday, June 6, 2007.

Photo by Alexander Parker / Buy a print of this photo

Kevin Grantz, 43, Laurium, Mich., works with solar-powered car batteries, which keep his laptop computer and cell phone charged.

Photo by Alexander Parker / Buy a print of this photo

Top ads RSS

Top jobs · Top rentals · Top transportation

Marketplace

Francis Sporting Goods 785-843-4191

Find more businesses on Marketplace

Arts & Entertainment · Bars · Theatres · Restaurants · Coffeehouses · Libraries · Antiques · Services