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to attend one or more music festivals this summer.
In its opening year, the Wakauras Festival featured such big-name headliners as Galactic and Keller Williams. Now in its second year, the festival has expanded to include more acts that fit outside the "jamband" mold, such as Wilco and Neko Case, says Brett Mosiman, co-director of Pipeline Productions.
"It's an incredibly diverse and deep festival," Mosiman says.
A success in its first year with 30,000 paying fans in attendance for the four-day extravaganza, the Wakarusa Music and Camping Festival promises to be bigger and more diverse in its offerings, both on and off the stage, Mosiman says. He says he hopes for twice the amount of last year's attendance at this year's festival.
According to the festival's Web Site, some of the new offerings at this year's
"We knew we had this great site outside of town," Mosiman says.
Like the organizers involved with Bonnaroo, the organizers involved with making the Wakarusa Music and Camping Festival happen — namely Pipeline Productions — saw a niche for a Midwest festival that would incorporate arts and entertainment around live music. Mosman says Pipeline Productions had experience in bringing large-scale festivals to the Midwest through its past involvement in the Sunflower and Jayhawk music festivals.
festival include a morning yoga class, a carnival with a Ferris wheel and other rides, and a drum circle that, on Sunday, June 19 at 12 p.m., will attempt to break the Guinness Book of World Records for largest drum circle ever created and documented.
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A shot of the "What" Stage—the center stage at last year's Bonnaroo Music and Arts Festival in Manchester, Tenn. Country of origin: Tennessee.
Courtesy of www.arches.uga.edu/ ~kdierks/
ByThe Numbers
If you are planning on going to any of these festivals this summer, here's some important numbers you should know:
Bonnaroo Music and Arts Festival
Location: Manchester, Tenn. (one hour south of Nashville, Tenn.)
**Destination:** Manchester, Tenn. (one hour south of Nashville, Tenn.).
Distance: 657 miles, or 10 hours if you don't drive.
Discount: 24%.
Number of fans in attendance:
Price of admission: $198 (with service and shipping fees added in), available online at www.bonnarotickets.musicToday.com. Other ticket options, including a VIP package and an RV vehicle pass are available as well.
For more details: www.bonnaroo.com
10,000 Lakes Festival
Location: Detroit Lakes, Minn. (three hours northwest of Minneapolis, Minn. in north-west Minnesota).
Distance from Lawrence: 870 miles, just over 10 hours if you don't speed.
Number of fans in attendance: about 20,000 last year.
Price of admission: $128.85 for a general admission three-day music and camping ticket (with sales tax and processing and handling fees added in), available online at www.10kif.com/tickets. Other ticket options, including a VIP package and four-day music and camping ticket are available as well.
For more details: www.10kif.com
For more details: www.10ktf.com
Wakarusa Music & Camping Festival
Location: Clinton Lake State Park (5 miles southwest of Lawrence) Places:
Distance from Lawrence: 5 miles, less than 10 minutes from the front gates.
Fans in attendance: 30,000 last year.
Price of admission: $106.95 (with processing fee added in), available online at wakara.us.inhousetickets.com/. Other ticket options, including a VIP event pass, are available as well.
For more details: www.wakarusa.com
Distance information from www.mapquest.com
Cocktail of the week
Tequila Sunrise
1 oz. tequila
4 oz. orange juice
2 tsp. granadine
Ah, summer is nearly upon us, which means hanging out at the pool, getting wasted with friends and little to no responsibility. For the carefree at heart, summer also means a predictable return to alcoholic beverages ushered in with the sweaty season, like the margarita, the dalquir and the pina colada. But before you go out to buy that next margarita mix-kit, consider broadening your alcoholic horizons with the tequila sunrise. Word has it that this drink was concocted by a befuddled bartender in San Francisco, who stayed at the bar drinking with a few friends until the boys walked in at a few 9 a.m. and demanded an explanation. Quick on wit, the drunken bartender explained that he had stayed to watch the sun rise in order to create a drink that resembled the occurrence
Source: The Bartender's Bible by Gary Regan.
Chris Brown
The Jazzhaus
926 1/2
Massachusetts St.
One of the best venues for live music in Lawrence, The Jazzzah is host to a wide-variety of music showcases. The Jazzzah is candle lit, giving it a dark, dreary feel, the perfect atmosphere for live music. Because of the variety of music, there is a different crowd every night. Like every bar, The Jazzzah has its regulars. Depending on the night and the music, The Jazzzah is a great place to relax and listen to live music or get up, dance and have a good time. Every Monday night is the Spanktones Open Jam Night. On Mondays the house band plays the first 15 minutes of every hour and then the stage is open to groups or individuals who want to perform. Wednesday nights are Acoustic Mic Night hosted by Justin Ripley, except for the first Wednesday of every month when they host a Poetry Slam. Every Sunday night is Hip-Hop night with DJ Shad. For the smokers, there is a patio in the back and they always have great drink specials. You must be 21 to get in and cover changes every night depending on the show. Sundays are always $2 for the guys and ladies get in free.
Drink specials:
**Monday:** $2 wells,$ 3 well doubles, $1.50 Boulevard pale and wheat draws,$ 2 Boulevard pale and wheat pints
**Tuesday:** $1.50 almost anythings
**Wednesday:**$ 2 Rolling Rock bottles, $2.25 Captain Morgan
**Thursday:** Crappy Beer Night$ 1 can, $2.50 Stoli drinks
**Friday:**$ 2 Miller bottles, $2 Vodka Tonics
**Saturday:**$ Bouwelser and Bud Light bottles, $2 Rum and Cokes
**Sunday:**$ 1.75 Rum and Cokes, $4 Hennessey,$ 2.75 Corona,
$1.50 Bud Light pints
Ashley Michaels
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