Our first announcement regarding the line up for 2013

Wardruna’s performance at Stella Natura is an exclusive American engagement.The hugely influential Fire + Icefrom England will be also gracing our outdoor stages in the High Sierra. Their music reflects frontman Ian Read’s keen interest in magic lore, runes, tradition, renaissance medievalism, Nordic mysticism, and other esoteric and occult mysteries.For this exclusive Stella Natura performance, Ian Read will be joined on stage by Matthias Krause, Michael Moynihan, and Annabel Lee.Bringing their unique, virtuosic, and bizarre death metal to the stage will be Australia’s StarGazer, known for having one of the most cult followings in extreme metal.The two main members of StarGazer (The Serpent Inquisitor and The Great Righteous Destroyer) are involved with some of Australia’s top underground extreme metal bands, including Mournful Congregation and Cauldron Black Ram, the latter of whom will also perform at the festival.

Pesanta Urfolk will be also presenting both a StarGazer and a Cauldron Black Ram West Coast tour in the weeks surrounding Stella Natura.

With great pleasure I would also like to announce that Loss, Velnias, Kinit Her, Rose Croix, and Common Eider, King Eider will be joining us in Tahoe National Forest.

Stella Natura will be running a fundraising drive in January; this will provide an opportunity to pre-order tickets and secure limited edition prints and pressings. General ticket sales will open in March.

The 2013 Stella Natura poster will be designed by David V. D’Andrea.

The festivities will again take place at Shinneyboo Creek Cabins, and we are very grateful that they have once more opened their doors to us.

Stella Natura is run completely without the help of corporate sponsorship. It is made possible by you. The event is curated solely for artists and their fans. Thank you for supporting this vision.

-Adam Torruella, Curator
Stella Natura: The Light of Ancestral Fires
September 20-22, 2013
Tahoe National Forest – California