The Wanderlust Festival is a summer festival

Festival

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 first held in Squaw Valley

Squaw Valley

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 in July 2009. The event, announced in May 2009, featured a musical lineup featuring Michael Franti

Michael Franti

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, Spoon

Spoon (band)

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, Broken Social Scene

Broken Social Scene

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, and Girl Talk

Girl Talk (musician)

Gregg Michael Gillis , better known by his stage name Girl Talk, is an American musician specializing in mashups and digital sampling. Gillis has released five LPs on the record label Illegal Art and EPs on 333 and 12 Apostles....

. Notably Michael Franti had to bow out of the show at the last moment due to appendicitis

Appendicitis

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. Wanderlust featured a yogi lineup including John Friend, Shiva Rea and Annie Carpenter.

2011

Music: Andrew Bird

Andrew Bird

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, DJ Leif, EarthRise SoundSystem, Gareth Stevenson, Jeff Haynes, Krishna Das

Krishna Das

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, Girl Talk

Girl Talk

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, Mariachi El Bronx

Mariachi El Bronx

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, Michael Franti & Spearhead, Roop Verma, Sonya Kitchell

Sonya Kitchell

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, Sub Swara, Swing Noire, The Mayapuris, Todd Boston, Vusi Mahlasela

Vusi Mahlasela

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Yoga: Ame Wren, Amy Reed, Anne Marie Kramer, Anya Porter, Ashleigh Altman, Bryan Kest, Charlotte Clews, Christine Hoar, Dana Flynn, David Regelin, Dechen Thurman, Desiree Rumbaugh, Devarshi Steven Hartman, Edward Jones

Edward Jones

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, Efan Hsieh, Elena Brower, rica Mather], Georgia Reath, Gina Norman, Hari Kaur Khalsa, Jacqui Vernon, Jane Jarecki, Jennifer Yarro, Jeremy Simon, Jessica Bellofatto, John Friend, Karen Kenney, Kelly Morris, Kerri Kelly, Kevan Gale, Kia Miller, Kristen Leigh and Barbara Verrochi, Lauren Hanna, Margaret Pitkin, Priti Robyn Ross, Raghunath Cappo, Rodney Yee and Colleen Saidman, Schuyler Grant

Schuyler Grant

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, Seane Corn, Shawn Shaw, Sianna Sherman, Sofi Dilof, Stan Woodman, Suzanne Sterling, Tommy Rosen

2009

Music: Common, Spoon

Spoon (band)

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, Andrew Bird

Andrew Bird

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, Jenny Lewis

Jenny Lewis

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, Broken Social Scene

Broken Social Scene

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, Gillian Welch

Gillian Welch

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, Girl Talk

Girl Talk (musician)

Gregg Michael Gillis , better known by his stage name Girl Talk, is an American musician specializing in mashups and digital sampling. Gillis has released five LPs on the record label Illegal Art and EPs on 333 and 12 Apostles....

, Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings

Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings

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, Rogue wave, Amanda Palmer

Amanda Palmer

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, Kaki King

Kaki King

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, Mates of State

Mates of State

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, The Honey Brothers, The Mutaytor, Jai Uttal

Jai Uttal

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, MC Yogi

MC Yogi

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, Sonya Kitchell

Sonya Kitchell

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, William Fitzsimmons

William Fitzsimmons (musician)

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, DJ Rekha

DJ Rekha

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, BHI Bhiman, Elizaveta

Elizaveta

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, Rahcel Goodrich, Sydney Wayser

Sydney Wayser

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, Wendy Darling

Wendy Darling

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, Lazer Sword
Yoga: John Friend, Shiva Rea, Annie Carpenter, Christy Nones, Doug Swenson, Duncan Wong, Elena Brower, Janet Stone, Jason & Jenny, Katchie Ananda, Kenny Graham, Les Leventhal, Rusty Wells, Schuyler Grant

Schuyler Grant

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, Sianna Sherman, MC Yogi

MC Yogi

MC Yogi is the stage name of Nicholas Giacomini, an American hip hop musician and yogi. His music style characteristically contains themes promoting Hindu philosophy and many of his songs are bhajans.-Personal life:...

External links

• Wanderlust Festival's official website