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SolFest is the place to hear some of the finest visionary speakers, musicians and performers in the world. Over the years, SolFest’s stages have featured giants of knowledge and activism, and legendary entertainers.

Some of our Notable Speakers and Entertainers Over the Years:

2008
Music: New Monsoon, Maria Muldaur, Blane Lyon, Albino and many more. Speakers included Ed Begley Jr., Paul Stamets, Caroline Casey, Derrick Jensen, Congressman Mike Thompson, Richard Heinberg

2007
Legendary activist musician Bruce Cockburn, Democracy Now's Amy Goodman, Alice Walker, Dar Williams, Wayward Sons, and Sambada. (See 2007 Schedule and Workshops.)

2006
Bluegrass legend David Grisman, Vince Herman of Leftover Salmon, Hot Buttered Rum, Texas agitator Jim Hightower, visionary activist Caroline Casey, Planetwalker John Francis, and Betsy Rosenberg of Ecotalk. (See 2006 Schedule and Workshops.)

2005
Grateful Dead drummer Mickey Hart, stringed instrument maestro David Lindley, guitar wizard Alex DeGrassi, Democracy Now’s Amy Goodman, educator and activist Hunter Lovins, From the Wilderness’ Mike Ruppert, peak-oil pioneer Richard Heinberg, author Derrick Jensen

2004
Legendary activist musician Bruce Cockburn, jazz virtuoso Charlie Hunter, actor and activist Daryl Hannah, biodiesel expert Josh Tickell, New Dimension’s Michael Toms, and author and radio personality Thom Hartmann

2003
Former Texas Agricultural Commissioner Jim Hightower, tree-sitter and activist Julia Butterfly-Hill, songwriter Michelle Shocked, astrologer and activist Starhawk, folk legend Holly Near, Moosewood Cookbook author Mollie Katzen, professor David Orr, campaign finance activist Granny D.

2002
Smith-and-Hawken founder and author Paul Hawken, radio journalist Amy Goodman, energy activist S. David Freeman, Hollywood's Ed Begley, Jr. and Shelley Duvall, and musicians Todd Snider, Danny O’Keefe, Tempest, and Michael Franti and friends.

2001
Legendary keyboardist Merl Saunders, Bay Area dance favorites Dr.Loco’s Rockin’ Jalapeno Band, EarthFirst! co-founder Dave Foreman, sociologist Marianne Williamson, yoga expert Rodney Yee, and ecofeminist and author Starhawk.

2000
Consumer advocate and Green Party presidential candidate Ralph Nader, treesitter and organizer Julia Butterfly Hill, and activist musicians Michael Franti and Spearhead.

1999
Guitar legend Leo Kottke, author and anti-nuclear activist Dr. Helen Caldicott, Earth Day co-founder Denis Hayes, Native American musician, poet and activist John Trudell and his band Bad Dog, and Julia Butterfly Hill, live from Luna in the California Headwaters Forest.

1998
Musician Scott Huckabay, Jim Hightower, 1996 Green Party Vice Presidential Candidate Winona LaDuke, Ben & Jerry's Homemade Ice Cream’s Ben Cohen, and actor and environmental activist Ed Begley, Jr.

1997
Folk legend Richard Thompson, Ralph Nader, Harvey Wasserman, Greenpeace Sr. Advisor John O'Connor, Nilak Butler, Native American activist, John Roulac, author of Hemp Horizons, and Michael Doucet and Beausoleil.

1996
Local folk icon Nina Gerber, the Rocky Mountain Institute’s Amory Lovins, the Land Institute’s Wes Jackson, and architects Sim Van der Ryn and David Arkin.