The Sierra Nevada World Music Festival is an annual music festival held every June on the weekend of (or the weekend following) the

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. It is currently held at the

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Fairgrounds in

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History

The festival began in 1994Adam, Diane
8th Annual Sierra Nevada World Music Festival
Niceup.com. 2001. Retrieved 2011-3-5. in

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by organizer Warren Smith. Citing problems with crime in its initial location, organizers moved the festival to

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in 2001. After five years in

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, fairgrounds management insisted on hiring its own security and billing the festival. Organizers refused, causing the county to void the contract between the two parties.Wolfson, Joshua
Fair cans music fest contract
''The Union Democrat''. September 16, 2005. Retrieved 2011-3-7. The festival settled in its current location (Boonville, CA), where it has operated since 2006. Despite the festival's name, its primary focus is on

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music, along with a secondary focus on world music acts. The festival boasts a "valley stage" (main stage), "village stage" (secondary stage), dancehall and drum circle, which can all feature music running concurrently. Along with its many other veteran acts, the SNWMF is notable for being the first to bring

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abroad, whereupon he performed a 45-minute set in for the festival in 1998.Pierson, Leroy
Sierra Nevada World Music Festival 1998: Junior Byles
SNWMF. Retrieved 2011-3-7. There was no festival in 2020.

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