Festival also introduces outdoor rock-n-yoga classes taught by John Friend and Shiva Rea
For those looking forward to their weekend at Wanderlust, the festival just got even better. With the additions of a new ticket option and two new free classes, there is even more action to schedule during the three-day event, happening July 24-26 at Squaw Valley USA in North Lake Tahoe.
Bringing together the world’s leading yoga teachers and a top-tier music line-up, Wanderlust boasts two days of music with Michael Franti & Spearhead, Spoon, Andrew Bird, Jenny Lewis, Gillian Welch, Broken Social Scene, Girl Talk, Sharon Jones & the Dap Kings and more, all from a stage perched atop the Sierra Nevadas. Yoga enthusiasts can take classes taught by renowned instructors Shiva Rea, John Friend, and others from the Bay Area, New York City, and beyond.
The new ticket option, called Pilgrim, will extend the Seeker Saturday/Sunday music + yoga experience to include a day of VIP-level yoga on Friday. For those looking to practice in an intimate setting with the likes of John Friend and Shiva Rea without purchasing the full-blown VIP Sage pass, this ticket is the answer. The Pilgrim ticket will be available Tuesday, June 9, priced at $164.50. It can be used in combination with a previously purchased Seeker ticket, or on its own as a one-day yoga retreat. More ticket options and information is available in the Tickets section at www.wanderlustfestival.com.
By popular demand, Wanderlust has also added two large outdoor classes that bridge the music and yoga experience at Wanderlust. John Friend will lead a devotionally rocking class accompanied by fantastic live music with Jai Uttal, and Shiva Rea will team up with Michael Franti to teach On Fiyah: Energetic Vinyasa for All Rebel Rockers. Located at the festival’s Globetrotter Stage in the Village, this venue has space for up to 1,000 people and is a great opportunity to have a mass communal yoga experience. Both classes are free to all music + yoga ticketholders and will not count toward each day’s class maximum.
Also added to the Seeker yoga schedule are two Anusara classes. Rock Your Heart Out is a tandem taught by Elena Brower of New York City and Christina Nones of Miami. This class will emphasize backbends, arm balances, hip openers, and forward bends, and will be paired with the haunting layered strings of Garth Stevenson. The second, titled Got Soul: Arm Balances and Backbends is a tandem taught by Sianna Sherman and Kenny Graham with MC Yogi providing music for the journey.
Wanderlust is produced by Velour Music Group, in conjunction with C3 Presents (Lollapalooza, Austin City Limits Music Festival) and Starr Hill Presents (Bonnaroo, Outside Lands Music and Arts Festival).
Velour Music Group:Founded in 1999, Velour is a hybrid management company, events producer and record label focused on cutting edge music across various genres, including alt rock, folk and jazz. Velour seeks out “music with soul” – not necessarily soul music, but rather music with heart, music that represents the core values of great songwriting and performance, both on stage and in the studio. By combining management, events and label functions under one roof, Velour also has created a holistic and stable home for our artists, one that is focused on long term career development and allows a nimble response to changing industry conditions.
C3 Presents:C3 Presents creates, books, markets and produces live experiences, concerts, events, and just about anything that makes people stand up and cheer. C3 produces the Austin City Limits Music Festival and Lollapalooza in Chicago. Along with these multi-day, multi-stage festivals, C3 books and promotes more than 1,000 concerts in arenas, theaters, casinos, and clubs across the US. In 2008, C3 was the number four promoter by sales in the US, and the number nine worldwide. In addition to event creation and booking, C3 manages the careers of select artists.
Starr Hill Presents: Starr Hill Presents is the largest independent promoter of live entertainment in Central Virginia, producing over 200 concerts a year in the region from club shows to major arena events. Together with its partners, Starr Hill Presents also produces large-scale music festivals nationwide including the Bonnaroo Music & Arts Festival, Outside Lands Music and Arts Festival and the Mile High Music Festival.
