2009
The 2009 Wakarusa Festival was held June 4 through June 7, 2009. The festival moved from Clinton State Park in Lawrence, Kansas to Mulberry Mountain near Ozark, Arkansas. The new site saw the attendance stay consistent with 10,000 people coming to Arkansas to see the new site. Headliners were: The Black Crowes, Gov't Mule, STS9, Yonder Mountain String Band, Les Claypool, G. Love and Special Sauce, Matisyahu, Gomez, Cross Canadian Ragweed, Shpongle - DJ Set, Galactic, Buckethead, Sly and Robbie, Railroad Earth, Steve Kimock Crazy Engine featuring Melvin Seals, PRAANG, Porter Batiste Stoltz, Perpetual Groove, JJ Grey and Mofro, Jimmy Herring Band, The Egg, 20/20 Soundsystem, Lucero, Split Lip Rayfield, The New Mastersounds, Jason Isbell and The 400 Unit, EOTO, Trombone Shorty and Orleans Avenue, Secret Chiefs 3, Boombox, New Monsoon, as well as hundreds of other artists. 2009 saw the Wakarusa debut performance of a then unknown Boulder based artist, Pretty Lights, who would later go on to headline the 2012 Wakarusa Festival.
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