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Wakarusa 2011: My Morning Jacket, Ben Harper, Umphrey’s McGee, STS9, Thievery Corporation, Michael Franti

The 8th Annual installment of Wakarusa will return to Mulberry Mountain in Ozark, Arkansas on June 2-5. The event will offer more than 80 consecutive hours of music, much of which has just been confirmed. My Morning Jacket will headline the festival, joined by such acts as Ben Harper and the Relentless 7, Umphrey’s McGee, Thievery Corporation, Michael Franti & Spearhead, Grace Potter & the Nocturnals, Sharon Jones & the Dap-Kings and North Mississippi Allstars. Numerous additional artists have been confirmed to deliver two sets at the festival, including: STS9, Galactic, Ozomatli, Hot Buttered Rum, Split Lip Rayfield, Cornmeal, ekoostik hookah, EOTO and Rebelution. Dark Star Orchestra is slated to deliver a three hour performance at Wakarusa. “Early Bird” tickets, VIP passes, RV packages and camping passes are all on sale now at the festival website, with the full confirmed line-up below.

The 2011 Wakarusa Music and Camping Festival Artist Lineup:

My Morning Jacket
Ben Harper and the Relentless 7
STS9 (2 sets)
Umphrey’s McGee
Michael Franti & Spearhead
Sharon Jones & the Dap-Kings
Grace Potter & the Nocturnals
Galactic (2 sets)
Toots & the Maytals
Mumford & Sons
Thievery Corporation
Bassnectar
Ghostland Observatory
North Mississippi Allstars
Trombone Shorty & Orleans Avenue
Modeselektor
Shpongle
Hallucinogen
Ozomatli (2 sets)
Rebelution (2 sets)
EOTO (2 sets)
Lotus
The New Deal
JJ Grey & MOFRO
Quixotic (2 sets)
Dark Star Orchestra (3 hour set)
Cornmeal (2 sets)
Ryan Bingham
Lucero (2 sets)
The Heavy (2 sets)
Perpetual Groove
Wookiefoot
Budos Band
Grupo Fantasma
Split Lip Rayfield (2 sets)
Ekoostik Hookah (2 sets)
MarchFourth Marching Band (2 sets)
Skrillex
Beats Antique (2 sets)
Stanton Warriors
Big Gigantic
The Beautiful Girls
Here Come The Mummies
Hot Buttered Rum (2 sets)
Langhorne Slim
Truth & Salvage Co.
Iration
John Brown’s Body
Family Groove Company
These United States (2 sets)
Josh Phillips Folk Festival
Big Sam’s Funky Nation
Eliot Lipp (2 sets)
Karsh Kale (2 sets)
SBTRKT
Two Fresh
Delhi 2 Dublin
Dana Fuchs
Hugo
Ott
VibeSquaD
Peelander-Z
Roy Davis Jr.
Resident Anti-Hero (2 sets)
Janover
Paper Diamond (Alex B)
ANA SIA (2 sets)
Syd Gris (2 sets)
Lance Herbstrong
An-Ten-Nae (2 sets)
Emancipator
TOKiMONSTA
Random Rab
Those Darlins
Jay Nash (2 sets)
Carrie Rodriguez
TFDI
Dubskin
Dirtfoot (2 sets)
The Pimps of Joytime
Ha Ha Tonka
Mountain Sprout (2 sets)
Mountain Standard Time (2 sets)
Lubriphonic
Papa Grows Funk
Papadosio
Hoots & Hellmouth
Scythian (2 sets)
Spoonfed Tribe
Zoogma
Marrakesh Express
Honey Island Swamp Band (2 sets)
Poor Man’s Whiskey (2 sets)
Spiritual Rez
Frontier Ruckus
The Werks
Moon Taxi
Kinetix
The Congress
The Floozies
Somasphere
The Ben Miller Band
Radiohiro
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