Festival dijadwalkan dari 04 Jul hingga 07 Jul 1996 (3 hari).
High Sierra Music Festival berlangsung di Quincy, United States. Berikut adalah alamat lengkap festival: 204 Fairground Road, Quincy, CA
Richard Thompson, The String Cheese Incident, Sam Bush, Loudon Wainwright III, The Tragically Hip.
Genre dan sub-genre yang paling populer dari edisi sebelumnya adalah:
rock
folk
blues
acoustic
alternative
americana
bluegrass
folk rock
jam
jam band
acoustic folk
alternative rock
christmas
classic rock
comedy
english folk
indie
indie rock
jam bands