It's the week of festival lineups. Coachella got things started and then Governors Ball made their announcement to compete with more genre-specific festivals, Ultra Music Festival and Bottlerock threw their hats in the ring as well. Jam/dance music festival Wakarusa has joined the lineup announcement fray with their first group of artists. Headlining the festival are Tonight Show house band and hip-hop/neo-soul veterans The Roots, jam band favorites STS9, Paper Diamond, Savoy, Young The Giant, The Devil Makes Three and many more, according to a press release.
The festival brings an eclectic variety of reggae from Rebelution and The Expendables with a blend of different styles of dance music from trap, dubstep, to tropical house from Trippy Turtle, Thomas Jack, Paper Diamond, Minnesota, Savoy and others.
The festival takes place over four days between June 4 and June 7 on the picturesque Mulberry Mountain near Ozark, Arkansas.
The next lineup announcement takes place on Jan. 14. You can purchase tickets now.
Wakarusa will be doing a tour of pre-shows this winter in the lead up to the festival, hitting cities across the central United States like Denver, Austin and Chicago. See the dates below and head the Waka Winter Classic website for more info.
Waka Winter Classic Dates:
1/22/15: Austin, TX @ The Parish
1/23: Dallas, TX @ Trees
1/24: Tulsa, OK @ Cain's Ballroom
1/29: Denver, CO @ Cervantes'
1/31: Ft. Collins, CO @ Hodi's Half Note
2/6: Lawrence, KS @ The Bottleneck
2/6: Fayetteville, AR @ George's Majestic
2/7: Memphis, TN @ Minglewood Hall
2/12: St. Louis, MO @ Old Rock House
2/12: Columbia, MO @ Mojo's
2/13: Springfield, MO @ The Outland Ballroom
2/13: Lincoln, NE @ Bourbon Theatre
2/19: Chicago, IL @ The Abbey
2/19: Atlanta, GA @ Aisle 5
2/20: Birmingham, AL @ Workplay
2/21: Des Moines, IA @ Vaudeville Mews
2/21: Nashville, TN @ 12th and Porter
2/26: Jackson, MS @ Duling Hall
2/27: Baton Rouge, LA @ The Library at Northgate
2/28: Little Rock, AR @ Stickyz
