Only In Quincy: High Sierra Music Festival Details 2023 Artist Playshops
Lebo, Steve Poltz, Holly Bowling, Eggy, Guitarmageddon and more will participate in the intimate performances.
By Andy Kahn Jun 20, 2023 • 8:40 am PDT
High Sierra Music Festival will once again host the event’s signature intimate Artist Playshops. The long-running, family-friendly, four-day music festival returns to Plumas County Fairgrounds in Quincy, California on June 29 – July 2.
HSMF 2023 artist-at-large Lebo (Dan Lebowitz) will be a frequent playshop participant throughout the weekend. Others who will perform Artist Playshop sets at High Sierra include Steve Poltz, Holly Bowling, Eggy, Jerry’s Middle Finger, Pamela Parker, Guitarmageddon and more.
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View the High Sierra Music Festival 2023 Artist Playshop schedule below:
Friday, June 30
We Got This Blues Jam (10 – 11 a.m.)
Pamela Parker & Friends invite ALL to come jam on a vast array of blues songs and styles. Bring your instrument and come have some fun on stage at High Sierra.
Holly Bowling (12 – 1 p.m.)
Holly Bowling will perform the music of Phish and The Grateful Dead re-imagined for solo piano.
Eggy – Carry On (1:30 – 2:30 p.m.)
Eggy, the creative four-piece from Connecticut is making their High Sierra debut and jumping right into the spirit of the festival with a special playshop celebrating the music of Crosby, Stills Nash & Young.
Wake Of The Flood (3:15 – 4:15 p.m.)
Jerry’s Middle Finger and special guests recreate the Grateful Dead’s sixth studio album, celebrating the 50th year of its release in 1973.
Randy For Randy (5 – 6 p.m.)
Handmade Moments and friends re-imagine the music of Randy Newman.
Saturday, July 1
Rock The Jam (10 – 11 a.m.)
Pamela Parker & Friends invite everyone to come and release the rock inside them! Explore some good ole’ rock n’ roll classics with us, plus learn the basics of how to just simply rock. All skill levels are welcome.
Nashville Skyline (11:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.)
Steve Poltz plays some of the many songs he’s co-written with other songwriters (Billy Strings, Lindsay Lou, Molly Tuttle, The Wood Brothers, Jim Lauderdale and more) since moving to Nashville from San Diego.
Bluegrass Pick (1:15 – 2:15 p.m.)
Join Northern California rising stars Broken Compass Bluegrass Band and guests as they take on this year’s High Sierra bluegrass jam.
50 In The Rearview (3 – 4:15 p.m)
Lebo & Friends (and friends) dial back the time machine 50 years to bring you an array of songs from 1973.
Classic Album Hour: Houses Of The Holy (5:15 – 6:30 p.m.)
So much of what Led Zeppelin did is shrouded in myth and legend, and this album is no exception! Join house band Mescalito and their fearless band of special guests featuring New Monsoon, Lebo, Fruition and more on an EPIC sonic journey as they venture over the hills and far away to the Houses Of The Holy, the fifth studio Zeppelin album recorded 50 years ago!
Sunday, July 2
Funk That Jam with Pamela Parker’s Fantastic Machine (10 – 11 a.m.)
Everyone plus their mamas are ALL invited to join Pamela Parker’s Fantastic Machine in the funk for this one. Come learn some super easy funk jams from the stylings of the godfather of funk, George Clinton, P-Funk, Bootsy Collins & more.
Silly Love Songs (11:45 a.m. – 12:45 p.m.)
There are many songs about how love hurts, how love is a battlefield, or how love is all we need. Well, while all that is true, love is also silly and fun! Come join house band Mescalito for a joyous celebration of Silly Love Songs. With a fun-loving cast of special guests featuring BootJuice, Lebo, Fruition, Anna Moss and more this Playshop is sure to start off your Sunday feeling the love – High Sierra style.
Rock The Funk Out (1:45 – 2:45 p.m.)
Join Pamela Parker’s Fantastic Machine playing the tunes of legendary rock and funk artists like Jimi Hendrix, Janis Joplin, P-Funk, Bootsy Collins, Led Zeppelin & some originals. Extra special saucy guests from bands like Con Brio, Diggin Dirt, Boot Juice, Tony Hall of Dumpstaphunk and more.
Moonshine To Mushrooms (3:30 – 4:30 p.m.)
The Fog City Holdouts (Lebo from ALO, Nat Keefe from Hot Buttered Rum and Bo Carper from New Monsoon) take us on a rootsy ride from Mississippi to Marin, through swampy southern deltas to the beating heart of psychedelia. As bottleneck blues give way to power-soaked steel and old story songs weave into modern mandalas, we hear high-proof country blues morph into fractal-fueled acoustic anthems that sparked imaginations of musical pioneers from Doc Watson to Gram Parsons to Garcia/Grisman, and all points in-between. Special guests include Kyle Ledson (Broken Compass Bluegrass) and more!
Guitarmageddon (5:15 – 6:30 p.m.)
A well-loved tradition at High Sierra, Guitarmageddon celebrates the golden era of ‘90s rock. With the return of Benjamin Andrews (Con Brio) as musical director, this year’s gathering of guitar greats promises to be a loud, nostalgic, flannel-draped ride through the iconic rock of the early ‘90s.
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High Sierra Music Festival 2023 Troubadour Sessions participants have also been confirmed. The “‘café- like’ setting in a round robin format” sets taking place across the weekend will include Steve Poltz and Lebo, as well as Sierra Hull, S.G. Goodman, John Craigie, Sway Wild, Katie Pruitt, Jay Cobb Anderson, Daniel Donato, Bo Carper, Anna Moss, Kyle Ledson, Aviva Le Fey, Taylor Kingman and Phil Ferlino.
Jason Isbell & The 400 Unit, moe., Marcus King, Thievery Corporation, Cory Wong, The Del McCoury Band, The Infamous Stringdusters and Deer Tick are among the other artists on the 2023 High Sierra Music Festival lineup.
Click below to view the full 2023 High Sierra Music Festival lineup.
