NEW YORK––Wanderlust Festival, the sweeping phenomenon celebrating yoga, music and local arts and culture, announced the addition of its first-ever hometown event in Brooklyn, NY as the culmination of the expanded Wanderlust 2011 festival season roster. The one-day celebration takes place at the Music Hall of Williamsburg on Saturday, September 17. The event will feature yoga instruction by Elena Brower, founder of NYC’s Virayoga Studio; Schuyler Grant, founder of Brooklyn’s Kula Yoga Project and co-creator of Wanderlust; and music from genre-bending global-beat DJ Karsh Kale and NYC-based Brazilian ex-pats Forro in the Dark.


This summer, we’ve had large-scale festivals in Vermont and California, plus one-day events in over a dozen cities across the country, so it’s nice to close the summer here at home, doing what we do best,” said Jeff Krasno, co-founder of Wanderlust. “We’ll have yoga with two of the most well-respected teachers in the country by day, then let loose for a dance party by night. It will all feel very Williamsburg.”


Wanderlust Williamsburg will also feature local craft foods from Williamsburg-based vendors, yoga class musical accompaniment by Garth Stevenson and hypnotic dancing from local performance artists. This announcement comes on the heels of the third annual Wanderlust California – Wanderlust’s flagship festival near Lake Tahoe, California, a four-day event that sold 14,000 tickets (up 65% over last year) and wrapped July 31.


Wanderlust Williamsburg will be hydrated by smartwater. smartwater and Luna Bar will offer free product and festive giveaways from bright, interactive booths. Tickets for Wanderlust’s Brooklyn event go on sale Friday, August 12th at 10 a.m. PST and are available for presale for AMEX cardholders on Wednesday, August 10th. Advance tickets are $30 for Yoga + Music and $15 for Music only. All tickets can be purchased through the Wanderlust Williamsburg website at http://williamsburg.wanderlustfestival.com.


Wanderlust Festival, LLC is producer of large-scale lifestyle festival events focusing on yoga, music and wellness. Its flagship festival, Wanderlust, was first launched in California in 2009 and has already become the largest multi-day yoga event in the world as well as a significant player in the larger US festival market. The 2011 Wanderlust program includes additional lifestyle festivals and events across the country, with Wanderlust Vermont anchoring company’s presence on the east coast. The company was founded in 2009 as a joint venture between Velour Music Group, an artist management company and event producer based in New York City, and C3 Presents and Starr Hill Presents, event producers responsible for the top music festival brands in the country, including Austin City Limits Festival, Lollapalooza, Bonnaroo and Outside Lands. For more information, please visit www.wanderlustfestival.com. Become a fan of Wanderlust at www.facebook.com/wanderlust and follow Wanderlust on Twitter at www.twitter.com/wanderlustfest.