7th Annual 10,000 Lakes Festival (10KLF)

The 7th Annual 10,000 Lakes Festival (10KLF) takes place at the Soo Pass Ranch in Detroit Lakes, Minnesota July 22–25, 2009, with over sixty artists performing on the festival’s four stages. This year's line up includes: Dave Matthews Band, Widespread Panic (2 nights), Wilco, Umphrey's McGee, Gomez, Mason Jennings, Sharon Jones & The Dap Kings, Steve Kimock Crazy Engine, Railroad Earth, Tea Leaf Green (2 nights), Junior Brown, WookieFoot, Trampled By Turtles, Kathleen Edwards, North Indiana All Stars, Pete Francis featuring Barefoot Truth, Everyone Orchestra, Todd Snider, Garaj Mahal, Akron/Family, The Honeydogs, Cloud Cult, Pretty Lights, BoomBox and many more.



Tucked within Minnesota’s pristine North Country, the 10,000 Lakes Festival offers attendees an unmatched camping and musical experience. The Soo Pass Ranch’s 650-acre grounds encompass expansive lakes and rolling forests. Offering natural beauty and spacious grounds, the festival offers campers numerous conveniences including over 100 hot water showers, permanent bathroom facilities and running water stations providing an easy and comfortable camping experience.



The 10,000 Lakes Festival is accepting submissions from all genres. Submitting artists should be familiar with the type of music hosted at the festival and are encouraged to look over the complete list of past artists at: http://10klf.com/past_performers2008.php. Selected artists will be paid $500. Submissions will be reviewed on a rolling basis.



Past 10KLF performers include Widespread Panic, Phil Lesh & Friends, Bob Weir & RatDog, The Flaming Lips, Trey Anastasio w/Mike Gordon, The String Cheese Incident, The Black Crowes, Michael Franti & Spearhead, G. Love & Special Sauce, Les Claypool, 311, Galactic, The Roots, John Mayer, George Clinton & Parliament/Funkadelic, Donavon Frankenreiter, O.A.R., Medeski Martin & Wood, Keller Williams, Los Lobos, Yonder Mountain String Band, The Tragically Hip, Buckethead, DJ Logic, Particle, Sound Tribe Sector 9, Rusted Root, Maroon 5, The Radiators, Dirty Dozen Brass Band, Soulive, North Mississippi Allstars, Tea Leaf Green, Railroad Earth and hundreds more.



Main genres performed at 10KLF include rock, jam, blues, bluegrass, funk, electronic and the many offshoots of these styles.