Today the Wakarusa Music and Camping Festival announced its first round of artist additions to this year's line-up. Zappa Plays Zappa and the Mickey Hart Band featuring Steve Kimock and George Porter Jr. lead the additions while intriguing acts like Arrested Development and Apollo Sunshine are scattered in between the other new artists.

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2008 Wakarusa Music & Camping Festival Artist Additions Round 1:

Zappa Plays Zappa
Mickey Hart Band featuring Steve Kimock & George Porter Jr.
Everyone Orchestra (2 late night sets)
Porter, Batiste & Stoltz
Del Tha Funkee Homosapien
Ivan Neville's Dumpstaphunk
Pangea featuring Chris Berry and Michael Kang
EOTO featuring Michael Travis and Jason Hann
Arrested Development
Tilly and the Wall
Pete Francis
DVJ Mike Relm (late night set)
Apollo Sunshine
The Dynamites featuring Charles Walker
Donna the Buffalo
Limbeck
Robert Bradley's Blackwater Surprise
Delta Nove
Ryan Bingham
Giant Panda Guerilla Dub Squad
Truckstop Honeymoon
South Austin Jug Band
Backdoor Slam
Macpodz
Bump

This year's Wakarusa artists have seriously impressed me. The festival is moving along with the times and adding many different genres of music as opposed to the jam-heavy line-ups of years past. A huge change this year is the addition of hip-hop with Arrested Development, Del Tha Funkee Homosapien and DVJ Mike Relm added to the already announced Blackalicious. George Porter Jr. is playing double duty this year guesting with Grateful Dead drummer Hart's band, as well as with his own P.B.S. project with Russell Batiste and Brian Stoltz. With State Radio already on the line-up, the addition of Pete Francis brings 2 out of 3 members of the recently reunited Dispatch to Wakarusa. Also of note are the several indie-rock acts that have made it to the line-up. Apollo Sunshine and Tilly and the Wall are two bands that I never expected to see at this year's event, but with the continued merging of the jam and indie-rock scenes I wasn't that surprised. Making return trips to this year's Wakarusa are The Everyone Orchestra (performing two late night sets with a revolving cast of musicians from the festival), EOTO, Donna The Buffalo, Delta Nove, Pangea and Robert Bradley's Blackwater Surprise.


The full up-to-date line-up:

The Flaming Lips
Mickey Hart Band featuring Steve Kimock & George Porter Jr.
CAKE
Zappa Plays Zappa
Keller Williams
Leftover Salmon
David Grisman Quintet
Porter Batiste Stoltz
Ozric Tentacles
The Everyone Orchestra
Lotus
Blackalicious
Buckethead
Old 97's
Alejandro Escovedo
Galactic
Bettye LaVette
Ivan Neville’s Dumpstaphunk
Yard Dogs Road Show
Tea Leaf Green
State Radio
Dr. Dog
Brett Dennen
Split Lip Rayfield
The Avett Brothers
Panjea featuring Chris Berry and Michael Kang
EOTO feat Michael Travis & Jason Hann of SCI
DVJ Mike Relm
Pete Francis
Arrested Development
Del Tha Funkee Homosapien
Limbeck
Donna the Buffalo
Trombone Shorty and Orleans Avenue
Ryan Bingham
Backdoor Slam
Delta Nove
Apollo Sunshine
Steel Train
The Gourds
Truckstop Honeymoon
The Heavy Pets
South Austin Jug Band
Giant Panda Guerilla Dub Squad
Robert Bradley's Blackwater Surprise
The Dynamites feat Charles Walker
Chicago Afrobeat Project
Bump
Macpodz
Tilly and the Wall


Stay tuned to the site for more details on the Wakarusa Music Camping Festival.

Until Next Time,

Eat Your Damn Breakfast!

-Eggs