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Festival No. 0008860 · Est. 2012

Sierra Nevada World Music Fest 2012

Sierra Nevada World Music Fest 2012

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Mendocino Fairgrounds - Boonville, US
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Venue
Mendocino Fairgrounds
Address
14400 California 128 95415
City
Boonville, US

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About the artists

  • Afrolicious
  • Chico Trujillo
    Chico Trujillo formed in 1999. Plays cumbia, latin, nueva cumbia chilena, pachanga.
  • David Rodigan
    David Rodigan was born on 24 June 1951. Plays dancehall, dub, dubstep, reggae.
  • Dub Nation
  • House of Shem
    House of Shem formed in 2004. Plays reggae, roots reggae.
  • Indubious
    Indubious formed in Oregon, United States. Plays dancehall, dub, electronica, reggae.
  • Iration
    Iration formed in California, United States. Plays reggae, rock.
  • Israel Vibration
    Israel Vibration formed in 1977. Plays reggae.
  • J Boog
    J Boog was born in Long Beach, United States, in 1983.
  • Jimmy Cliff
    Jimmy Cliff was born in Adelphi, Jamaica, on 30 July 1944, and died on 24 November 2025, aged 81. Plays jamaican ska, reggae, reggae-pop, rocksteady, roots reggae, ska, soul.
  • Johnny Osbourne
    Johnny Osbourne was born in Kingston, Jamaica, in 1948. Plays dancehall, reggae, roots reggae.
  • Katchafire
    Katchafire formed in Hamilton, New Zealand, in 1997. Plays reggae, roots reggae.
  • Linton Kwesi Johnson
    Linton Kwesi Johnson was born in Chapelton, United Kingdom, on 24 August 1952. Plays dub, dub poetry, reggae.
  • Locos Por Juana
    Locos Por Juana formed in 2000. Plays latin.
  • LoCura
    LoCura formed in San Francisco, United States.
  • Luciano
    Luciano was born in Manchester, Jamaica, on 20 October 1964.
  • Lutan Fyah
    Lutan Fyah was born in December 1975. Plays reggae.
  • Perfect
    Perfect was born on 26 March 1980.
  • Sister Nancy
    Sister Nancy was born on 2 January 1962.
  • Third World
    Third World formed in Kingston, Jamaica, in 1973. Plays reggae, roots reggae.
  • Twinkle Brothers
    Twinkle Brothers formed in 1962. Plays dub, reggae.
  • Zion Train
    Zion Train formed in London, United Kingdom, in 1990. Plays dub.