The High Sierra Music Festival is a four-day jamband, bluegrass, and roots music gathering held each year around the July 4th weekend in Quincy, California, a mountain town roughly 80 miles northwest of Reno. Running continuously since 1991, it blends an eclectic lineup with yoga and movement workshops, arts and crafts, and gourmet food away from the main stages.
It has a strong Northern California mountain-festival identity.
The festival's musical identity is unusually broad for a single event: rather than committing to one genre, it blends jamband, bluegrass, newgrass, roots rock, folk rock, southern rock, jazz, country rock, and blues rock, drawing artists as varied as the Black Crowes, Bob Weir and RatDog, Béla Fleck and the Flecktones, and My Morning Jacket across its three-decade run
Its setting matters as much as its lineup
the Sierra Nevada scenery around Quincy gives the festival a cooler, more remote atmosphere than most desert festivals, appealing to fans who value the journey and setting alongside the music
The event's origin at Bear Valley before its move to Quincy, and its later expansion into festivals across multiple states, reflect a mountain gathering that grew into a recognized jamband brand
The festival's defining tradition is its genre-blending jamband and bluegrass lineup paired with wellness and craft programming
a format established at its 1991 founding and maintained through more than three decades of continuous operation in the Sierra Nevada
Dates TBA · Usually July
Reno is a practical airport for Quincy.
Layered mountain-festival clothing is recommended given Quincy's elevation, warm days and notably cool nights are typical even in July, alongside comfortable footwear for grounds that mix...
High Sierra Music Festival is easier with a small bag, charged phone and group plan that survives poor signal.
Quincy or camping
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High Sierra Music Festival is listed for Past edition: 2–5 July 2026. Always re-check the official or local source close to travel.
The festival is listed in Quincy, United States. The map coordinate is a planning reference, not a guarantee of a ticket gate or exact venue.
4 days is the listed festival span. Add time for arrival, local transport, queues, and any route changes during the event.
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Quincy, CA
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