continued from previous page and Dwight Yoakam, plus a comedy stage with people like Wyatt Cenac and Aasif Mandvi from The Daily Show. May 9-12, Napa Expo, in downtown Napa. www.bottlerocknapavalley.com. Hickey Fest. Another new festival, a few miles over the county line, on Memorial Day weekend brings a few dozen West Coast indie rock bands to an outside stage by the Peg House near Leggett. It’s across 101 from Standish-Hickey State Park, where organizers have reserved camping space. Among the 33 alt. folk, garage, psyche rock acts: Sea of Bees, Easy Leaves, Warm Soda, Quinn DeVeaux, Sun Hop Fat, The Blank Tapes and Ash Reiter, who put the whole thing together. May 24-26, The Peg House, Highway 101, nine miles south of Humboldt County. hickeyfest.wordpress.com. The 20th annual Sierra Nevada World Music Festival. As usual SNWMF’s headliners lean toward rootsy reggae, among them Bob’s boys Damian and Stephen Marley with The Ghetto Youth Crew, Sister Carol, Groundation and Max Romeo. Tuareg guitarist Bombino, African reggae star Alpha Blondy and Afrolicious add the “world” element. June 21-23, Mendocino County Fairgrounds, Boonville. www. snwmf.com.
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The 18th annual Kate Wolf Memorial Music Festival. Always featuring the best in folk and roots music, this year Kate gets more eclectic with headliners including Angelique Kidjo, Irma Thomas, Rebirth Brass Band (Friday); Dave Alvin, Madeleine Peyroux, Marianne Faithfull, Taj Mahal (Saturday); Paul Thorn Band, Greg Brown, Iris DeMent and John Prine (Sunday); and bands like Brothers Comatose and Poor Man’s Whiskey playing all weekend. June 28-30, at Black Oak Ranch, north of Laytonville. www.katewolfmusicfestival.com. The 23rd annual High Sierra Music Festival. Once a jamband fan’s dream, the Fourth-o-July fest keeps widening horizons. This time out headliners Primus, Thievery Corporation, Steel Pulse and Emancipator trade off with jammers like Leftover Salmon, The Greyboy Allstars and more. July 4-7, Plumas Sierra County Fairgrounds, Quincy. www.highsierramusic.com. The Sixth annual Outside Lands. San Francisco’s superfest maintains its rep for a top flight eclectic mix with headliners Paul McCartney, Willie Nelson, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Nine Inch Nails, Vampire Weekend, Pretty Lights, D’Angelo, The National and Hall and Oates. Aug. 9-11, Golden Gate Park, San Francisco. www. sfoutsidelands.com. l