One of the Midwests best summer offerings, Wakarusa, will kick off tonight in Lawrence, KS. Through a partnership with Lawrence.com, the festival is offering mobile coverage of the festival via cell phone. Fans will be able to access the entire festival schedule, band bios and send text message reminders about shows while on the festival’s grounds. For more information please click here or visit http://www.lawrence.com/events/search/?category=61..

As previously reported, Wakarusa will feature a number of site regulars, including Ben Harper, Widespread Panic, Yonder Mountain String Band, Medeski Martin and Wood, John Butler Trio and Les Claypool, among others.