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High Sierra Music Festival

High Sierra Music Festival is a multi-day music festival held in Quincy, California, United States, a mountainous area about 80 miles northwest of Reno, Nevada.

High Sierra Music Festival

First weekend of July, preceding Thursday and Friday

Quincy, California, United States

1991–present

History[edit]

The first High Sierra Music Festival was in 1991, and was the genesis of High Sierra Music, of Berkeley, California.[1] The festival is held each year the weekend of July 4. The four-day festival features an eclectic mix of some of the most famous national and international names in jamband, bluegrass, roots rock, folk rock, southern rock, jazz, country rock, newgrass and blues rock.[2] Away from the music stages, patrons can attend films and movement playshops including yoga, pilates, etc., shop for arts and crafts, or enjoy a wide variety of gourmet food and drink. The organization has also produced festivals and concerts elsewhere in California, and in Maryland, Nevada, Georgia, Massachusetts, and Missouri.


Past artists have included The Black Crowes, Bob Weir & RatDog, Michael Franti & Spearhead, Béla Fleck and the Flecktones, Bruce Hornsby, The String Cheese Incident, Nickel Creek, moe., Widespread Panic, Medeski Martin & Wood, Yonder Mountain String Band, Gov't Mule, John Butler Trio, Umphrey's McGee, My Morning Jacket, Les Claypool, Leftover Salmon, and The Slip.[3]

List of bluegrass music festivals

List of folk festivals

List of jam band music festivals

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Walters, Lyn (November 15, 2006). . Plumas County News. Archived from the original on September 28, 2007.

"Sheriff and music festival organizers make progress"

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