The format for the competition is simple. Whichever band gets the most votes from fans in attendance at the show Thursday night will win a chance to perform at Wakarusa.

The news came Thursday in the second of three scheduled lineup announcements on the Wakarusa Facebook page. A final announcement is expected on Jan. 19.

The news came today in the first of three scheduled lineup announcements on the Wakarusa Facebook page. More announcements are expected on Jan. 12 and 19.

Wakarusa officials announced that the battle-of-the-bands-style contest will taking place at 14 venues around the country next month, with the local battle set for Jan. 19 at George’s.

Full event tickets to Wakarusa 2012 go on sale at 10 a.m. Friday, Dec. 2.

ReverbNation announced Tuesday that it has partnered with Wakarusa organizers to accept free submissions from artists hoping to play at the four-day music festival.

The annual four-day Wakarusa Music Festival will return to Mulberry Mountain May 31 through June 3, 2012.

Although the majority of our memory cards are full of My Morning Jacket photos, we did manage to squeeze in some more band photography during Wakarusa 2011.

Today marks the close of another Wakarusa festival on the Mulberry Mountain.

We got a little carried away with how great a show My Morning Jacket was putting on Friday night at Wakarusa and just couldn’t turn away. Here are some photos to prove it.

There are some great main stage headliners on Saturday, including Rebelution, Galactic, Ozomatli, Mumford and Sons, Ben Harper & Relentless 7, and Thievery Corporation.

Things are about to get real down on the Mulberry Mountain.

The first official day of Wakarusa 2011 was half full and hot. Here’s a handful of photos.

New this year is the Interstellar Sanctum, which will feature late-night electronica near the main stage. Here’s the full list of bands playing on Thursday.

With an expected attendance of 20,000, the Wakarusa grounds at Mulberry Mountain won’t be empty for long. We stopped by Wednesday afternoon and took a few photos.

Now that we know which bands will be playing at Wakarusa this year, it’s time to start narrowing down who we’ll actually get to see.

Festival organizers last week announced a handful of lineup additions as well as the winners of the 2011 Waka Winter Classic battle of the bands.

Seattle rock band Minus the Bear has been added to an already impressive lineup for this summer’s Wakarusa Music and Camping Festival.

After months of teasing and guessing (and an early morning Jambase banner ad leak, the Wakarusa 2011 official lineup has been announced.

Tickets to Wakarusa 2011 tickets went on sale at noon today (Dec. 3). The four-day festival will return to Mulberry Mountain for the third season June 2-5, 2011.