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

• McKinley, Mike (July 10, 2008). "High Sierra Music Festival, July 3-6, 2008 at Plumas-Sierra County Fairgrounds in Quincy, CA". State of Mind.
• Walters, Lyn (November 15, 2006). "Sheriff and music festival organizers make progress". Plumas County News. Archived from the original on September 28, 2007.

• Official website