BOONVILLE, Ca., 6/17/24 – On Sunday, June 16, organizers of the Sierra Nevada World Music Festival (SNWMF) announced that the festival was canceled. It was set to take place at the Mendocino County Fairgrounds in Boonville this weekend.
In a statement posted on social media and on the festival website, event promoter Gretchen Franz Smith, announced that “due to extreme financial challenges” the festival would not take place. “Last year, the SNWMF team beautifully and successfully revitalized the festival after a five-year hiatus,” she wrote. “We planned and have been diligently working towards presenting another magical weekend this year… We have tirelessly explored and exhausted all options. We cannot proceed knowing we are unable to deliver the usual high quality event you deserve.”
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