High Sierra Music Festival is a multi-day music festival held in Quincy, California, a mountainous area about 80 miles north of Reno, Nevada.
The festival is held each year the weekend of July 4th. The four-day festival features an eclectic mix of some of the most famous national and international names in jazz, newgrass, bluegrass and other improvisational music forms such as jamband music. Other represented genres include funk, afrobeat, electronica, and roots rock. Away from the music stages, patrons can attend workshops and exercise classes, shop for arts and crafts, or enjoy a wide variety of food and drink. Children's activities are featured throughout the weekend.
The first High Sierra Music Festival was in 1991, and was the genesis of High Sierra Music, of Berkeley, CA. The organization has also produced festivals and concerts elsewhere in California, and in Nevada, Georgia, Massachusetts, and Missouri.
Past artists have included Bob Weir & RatDog, Michael Franti & Spearhead, Bela Fleck & The Flecktones, Bruce Hornsby, 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 (the only band to play the festival 12 consecutive years).
Yearly description
19th Annual: July 2-5, 2009, Quincy, CA
Lineup
- John Butler
- Umphrey's McGee
- Ani DiFranco
- Disco Biscuits
- DeVotchKa
- Leftover Salmon
- Galactic
- The Del McCoury Band
- Steve Kimock Crazy Engine feat. Melvin Seals
- The Wailers
- Tea Leaf Green
- Ollabelle
- Mike Farris and the Roseland Rhythm Revue
- ALO
- Vieux Farka Touré
- Dr. Dog
- The Devil Makes Three
- Surprise Me Mr. Davis
- The Travelin' McCourys
- The Lee Boys
- The Slip
- Cornmeal
- Bonerama
- Greensky Bluegrass
- Zach Gill
- Lebo
- Marco Benevento Trio
- Assembly of Dust
- McTuff feat. Skerik, Joe Doria, Andy Coe & D'Vonne Lewis
- Joe Craven and Sam Bevan Duo
- Nathan Moore
- Fareed Haque and The Flat Earth Ensemble
- Pretty Lights
- Everest
- Orchard Lounge
- Delhi 2 Dublin
- Dusty Rhodes and the River Band
- Pimps of Joytime
- Red Cortez (formerly known as The Weather Underground)
- Lubriphonic
- Paper Bird
- Big Light
- J-Boogie and Dubtronic Science
- Izabella
- Poor Man's Whiskey
- These United States
- Alice DiMicele & Friends
- Bourgeois Gypsies
- Raina Rose
- The Loyd Family Players
- Living Folklore
- Garrin Benfield
- Dre's Awakening
18th Annual: July 3-6, 2008, Quincy, CA
In late 2007, the festival left a message on its website:
In December 2007, two acts were confirmed on websites other than the festival's; the Sparrow Quartet feat. Bela Fleck on Pollstar, and Railroad Earth on JamBase. In January 2008, twelve artists, including the two previously announced, were revealed on the festival's website. On Valentine's Day, the festival headliner was announced, Bob Weir & RatDog, as well as other artists such as James Hunter, New Monsoon, and the Mother Hips. The next group of additions was announced about two weeks later, and included Michael Franti & Spearhead as well as Phish alum Mike Gordon. The next block of additions included headliners Gov't Mule and Built to Spill, and the next April addition included Keller Williams with Moseley, Droll, and Sipe, and festival first Buckethead.
Lineup
- Bob Weir & RatDog
- Gov't Mule
- Michael Franti & Spearhead
- Built to Spill
- Keller Williams with Moseley, Droll, and Sipe
- Mike Gordon
- Railroad Earth
- Abigail Washburn & the Sparrow Quartet feat. Bela Fleck
- James Hunter
- Ivan Neville's Dumpstaphunk
- Charlie Hunter Trio
- Buckethead
- Robben Ford
- Emmitt Nershi Band
- Benevento/Russo Duo
- The Slip
- New Monsoon
- Surprise Me Mr. Davis
- MarchFourth Marching Band
- Critters Buggin
- Bassnectar
- Trombone Shorty & Orleans Avenue
- Bustle In Your Hedgerow
- Spam Allstars
- The Lee Boys
- Groovesect with Fred Wesley
- Papa Mali
- EOTO
- Akron/Family
- Chicago Afrobeat Project
- BLVD and MC Souleye
- The Mother Hips
- Lebo with Steve Adams and Daria Johnson
- SambaDa
- AZA
- Joe Craven
- Carolyn Wonderland
- Gandalf Murphy and the Slambovian Circus of Dreams
- Blue Turtle Seduction
- Scott Amendola Band
- Will Bernard Band
- Phix
- Dusty Rhodes and the River Band
- The Weather Underground
- Langhorne Slim
- American Babies
- Sneakin' Out
- The Everybodyfields
- Nathan Moore
- Rotary Downs
- Cornmeal
- The Stephane Wrembel Group
- Eric McFadden Trio
- The Heavy Pets
- Aphrodesia
- Sol'Jibe
- Flowmotion
- Ryan Montbleau Band
- Jamie Janover
- Lynx
- Gamelan X
- MO2
- Chris Chandler
- Michael Herndon
- Oneside
- Soldiers of Hi Fi
- Izabella
- Five Eyed Hand
- Vida Girls
- Big Light
- Monophonics
- Bourgeois Gypsies
17th Annual: July 5-8, 2007, Quincy, CA
Rock + Jam
- Page McConnell
- Leftover Salmon Reunion
- Drive-By Truckers
- The Disco Biscuits
- Les Claypool's Fancy Band
- Martin Sexton
- The Slip
- ALO
- Tea Leaf Green
- Vetiver
- Outformation
- The Salvador Santana Band
- Eric McFadden Trio
- The Mother Truckers
- That 1 Guy
- Great American Taxi
- Surprise Me Mr. Davis
- Phix
- Mama's Cookin'
- Tony Furtado
- Reeble Jar
- Soljibe
- Ryan Montbleau Band
Bluegrass + Americana
- Yonder Mountain String Band
- The Del McCoury Band
- Chris Thile & The How to Grow a Band
featuring Bryan Sutton- Strings For Industry featuring Darol Anger,
Tony Furtado, Scott Law,
Tye North and Carlton Jackson- The Waybacks
- Hot Buttered Rum
- Brett Dennen
- Jake Shimabukuro
- Blue Turtle Seduction
- ThaMuseMeant
- The Mammals
- Guy Forsyth
- Po' Girl
- Rev. Peyton's Big Damn Band
- Michael Herndon
Bluegrass + Americana (cont.)
- Ashleigh Flynn
- Jim Brunberg (formerly of Box Set)
- Shannon Moore
- Megan Slankard
- The Devil Makes Three
- Raina Rose
Funk + New Orleans
- Galactic
- Soulive
- JJ Grey & MOFRO
- Ivan Neville's Dumpstaphunk
- Anders Osborne Band featuring Kyle Hollingsworth
- The New Mastersounds
- Hot 8 Brass Band
- Eddie Roberts' Roughneck
- Papa Mali
Soul + Jazz + Improv
- Mavis Staples
- Brian Auger's Oblivion Express
- Bobby Previte's Coalition of the Willing
- Garaj Mahal
- The Everyone Orchestra
- 56 Hope Road
- Datri Bean
- MarchFourth Marching Band
- Sunday AM Gospel
Tribal + Electronica + World Beat
- Xavier Rudd
- Zilla
- Bassnectar
- Kan'Nal
- Toubab Krewe
- Chris Berry and Panjea featuring Michael Kang
- Albino!
- Jamie Janover
- Chicago Afrobeat Project
- The Budos Band
- Future Rock
- Markus James and the Wassonrai
- Lynx
16th Annual: June 29-July 2, 2006, Quincy, CA
- Béla Fleck & The Flecktones
- My Morning Jacket
- Nickel Creek
- Umphrey's McGee
- The Greyboy Allstars
- Keller Williams
- Son Volt
- Zero
- Railroad Earth
- The Disco Biscuits
- Garage a Trois
- The Radiators
- ReBirth Brass Band
- Emeline Michel (was not at festival)
- Peter Apfelbaum & the New York Hieroglyphics
featuring Abdoulaye Diabate
- Robert Walter's Super Heavy Organ
- Porter Batiste Stoltz
- Tea Leaf Green
- ALO
- Drew Emmitt Band
- Joe Craven
- The Slip
- The Mother Hips
- Hot Buttered Rum
- The Everyone Orchestra
- Surprise Me Mr. Davis
- Hairy Apes BMX
- Lotus
- Jacob Fred Jazz Odyssey
- Mia Dyson
- The New Mastersounds
- Grace Potter and the Nocturnals
- West Indian Girl
- Chris Berry and Panjea
- Steel Train
- Toubab Krewe
- Kris Delmhorst
- SambaDá and Leva Samba
- The Brakes
- Apollo Sunshine
- Scott Law Band
- Jamie Janover
- Adrienne Young and Little Sadie
- Meltone
- The Chris Chandler and David Roe Show
- Stymie & the Pimp Jones Luv Orchestra
- Backyard Tire Fire
- Shady Deal
- Brother
- Blue Turtle Seduction
- Naomi and the Courteous Rudeboys
- Sneakin' Out
- Raina Rose
- Dubconscious
- Future Rock
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