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High Sierra Music Festival outlines scaled 25th anniversary plan; county officials pledge support for fairgrounds upgrades

3299498 · March 18, 2025
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High Sierra Music Festival producer David Margulies told Plumas County supervisors the event faces post‑pandemic cost pressures but plans a scaled 25th anniversary focused on core programming, local engagement and operational coordination with fairgrounds staff.

David (Dave) Margulies, sole producer of the High Sierra Music Festival, presented a 25th‑anniversary overview to the Plumas County Board of Supervisors and described financial pressures facing the festival, the group's efforts to reduce a multi‑million‑dollar budget and a request for closer operational coordination with county facilities.

Margulies said the festival has been held in Quincy since 1998 (with two pandemic years off) and that industry‑wide cost increases, artist fee escalation after the pandemic and depleted reserves have forced a strategy change. For 2025…

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