The full music lineup for the 2024 Farm-to-Fork Festival has been announced. Who's playing?

FIND OUT MORE. SACRAMENTO IS GETTING READY TO CELEBRATE ITS FARM TO FORK CULTURE IN SEPTEMBER. THEY’RE PLANNING A SERIES OF EVENTS ENDING WITH THE HUGE FARM TO FORK STREET FESTIVAL ON CAPITOL MALL. THIS HAS BEEN GROWING AND GROWING, AND MIKE TESS HAS BEEN THERE THE WHOLE TIME. HE’S WITH VISIT SACRAMENTO. HE JOINS US RIGHT NOW LIVE. SO MICAH, WELCOME. AND YOU ANNOUNCED THE MUSIC LINEUP FOR THE FESTIVAL. SO TELL US A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THAT. AND THE OTHER EVENTS WE DID. YOU KNOW, WE’VE TRIED TO HAVE A DIVERSE LINEUP FOR THIS FESTIVAL. WE’VE HAD EVERYTHING FROM COUNTRY TO JAZZ TO BLUES TO ROCK AND ROLL. GREAT LINEUP. THIS YEAR WE ANNOUNCED ANDRA DAY IS PLAYING THIS YEAR. SHE IS A GRAMMY AWARD WINNING MUSICIAN. SHE WON A GOLDEN GLOBE FOR PORTRAYING BILLIE HOLIDAY IN A MOVIE. JUST AN INCREDIBLE TALENT TO HAVE IN SACRAMENTO FOR THIS FESTIVAL. SO WE’RE THRILLED TO HAVE HER GOT A NUMBER OF LOCAL BANDS ON THE BILL AS WELL. ARDEN PARK, ROOTS, UH, DUNBAR ROAD AND SOME LOCAL DJS TOO. SO WE’VE GOT A SERIES OF BANDS PLAYING BOTH DAYS OF THE FESTIVAL AND THEN ON TOP OF THAT, YOU GET ALL THE GREAT FOOD THAT COMES WITH THE FARM TO FORK FESTIVAL AND HIGHLIGHTING ALL THE FARMERS AND THE RESTAURANTS AND ALL THE GREAT THINGS THAT MAKE THIS REGION SO LOOKING AT THOSE NAMES, I’M GOING TO HAVE TO GOOGLE BUTTE JUICE AND FIND OUT MORE ABOUT THAT. YOU KNOW, YOU KNOW, LOOKING AT THE BIGGER PICTURE WITH THIS FESTIVAL, SACRAMENTO’S FARM TO FORK BRANDING IS ABOUT A DOZEN YEARS OLD NOW. THIS EVENT STARTED BACK IN 2013, SO ARE YOU SEEING THIS BRANDING REALLY TAKING HOLD OUTSIDE THIS REGION? DO YOU HAVE EVIDENCE THAT PEOPLE IN OTHER PARTS OF THE COUNTRY ARE REALLY COMING TO VIEW US AS THE FARM TO FORK CAPITAL? YOU KNOW, IT’S INTERESTING, 15 YEARS AGO, WHAT THE NATIONAL PRESS WROTE ABOUT SACRAMENTO WAS ABOUT THE GOLD RUSH OF 1849. AND CERTAINLY THE HERITAGE AND HISTORY OF THIS REGION. BUT WE SAW JUST LATE LAST YEAR AND THERE WERE ABOUT TWO WEEKS APART. THERE WAS A FEATURE ARTICLE IN THE NEW YORK TIMES AND A FEATURE ARTICLE IN THE WALL STREET JOURNAL, BOTH OF THEM HIGHLIGHTING OUR FOOD SCENE IN SACRAMENTO. YOU LOOK AT THE EVOLUTION OF THE MICHELIN GUIDE COMING TO OUR CITY, THE FARMING AND AGRICULTURAL CONVENTIONS THAT WE HOST. A LOT OF THESE THINGS CAME ABOUT BECAUSE OF FARM TO FORK, BECAUSE WE EMBRACED THAT AGRICULTURAL HERITAGE AND FRANKLY, PUT IT UNDER A MICROPHONE AND LET PEOPLE HEAR WHAT WE ARE AS AS A REGION, YOU KNOW, BEING IN CALIFORNIA, WE’RE OVERSHADOWED BY BY SAN FRANCISCO AND LA. AND NAPA. BUT SACRAMENTO HAS DONE SOME PRETTY AMAZING THINGS, AND WE’RE CERTAINLY GETTING SOME RECOGNITION FOR THAT NOW. AND YOU WANT THIS TO TRY TO ATTACH TO OTHER THINGS HAVING TO DO WITH THE CITY. SO HOW DOES THE BRANDING HELP? I MEAN, THIS AREA WITHIN THE REST OF THE YEAR, AND WE’RE TALKING TOURISM CONVENTIONS. I MEAN, HOW DO YOU MAKE THE CONNECTIONS? WELL, IT’S ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE TRY TO MARKET WITH THIS REGION. YOU LOOK AT SOME OF THE MAJOR MUSIC FESTIVALS LIKE AFTERSHOCK AND GOLDEN SKY. THEY FEATURE LOCAL RESTAURANTS. YOU LOOK AT OUR AIRPORT, IT FEATURES LOCAL RESTAURANTS. SO CERTAINLY WE HAVE CHAINS LIKE EVERY CITY. BUT I THINK ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE’VE DONE REALLY WELL AS A COMMUNITY IS GET BEHIND OUR FOOD IDENTITY. UM, AGAIN, YOU’RE SEEING THAT AT SO MANY LOCAL SPOTS AND YOU DON’T SEE THAT IN DIFFERENT PLACES. SO YOU KNOW WHAT IT DOES FOR US IS IT BRINGS THOSE BIG CONVENTIONS IN TOWN BECAUSE WE GET TO TAKE THEM OUT TO DINNER WHILE WE’RE SELLING THEM, AND THEY GET THAT FRESH ASPARAGUS THAT WAS HARVESTED THAT MORNING FROM THE FARMERS. SO IT’S SOMETHING VERY UNIQUE TO SACRAMENTO. WE’RE ALL SPOILED. WE’RE ALL USED TO IT. SO I THINK WHEN PEOPLE FROM THE OUTSIDE COME IN AND GET TO TRY IT, IT’S SOMETHING THAT’S NEW TO THEM. YOU KNOW, AGAIN, IT’S IT’S EVERYDAY LIFE FOR US. BUT IT’S A VERY SPECIAL THING. YOU HAVE A GREAT JOB GETTING TO BE AT THE CENTER OF ALL OF THIS. SO WE TALKED ABOUT GOING BACK TO THE FESTIVAL, THE MUSIC AND THE TALENT THAT’S COMING. BUT TALK US THROUGH SOME OF THE OTHER EVENTS BECAUSE WE KNOW ABOUT THE TOWER BRIDGE DINNER, WHICH IS GORGEOUS. I KNOW SOME OF THIS INVOLVES WINE. YEAH, THE TOWER BRIDGE DINNER OBVIOUSLY HAS BEEN A MAINSTAY AS WELL. AND THAT, FRANKLY, IS HOW WE GENERATED SOME OF THAT NATIONAL PRESS. THE NEW YORK TIMES WAS ACTUALLY SITTING ON THE ON THE BRIDGE LAST YEAR. WE HAVE LEGENDS OF WINE THAT HIGHLIGHTS THE WINE REGION. THAT IS THAT IS THE SACRAMENTO REGION. YOU KNOW, THERE’S MORE THAN 200 WINERIES IN THE SACRAMENTO REGION THAT ARE MAKING SOME INCREDIBLY GOOD WINE. AND THEN OBVIOUSLY THE STREET FESTIVAL, WHAT WE ALSO LOVE ABOUT THIS IS RESTAURANTS TAKE PART IN THIS IN THIS PROCESS TOO, THAT YOU’LL SEE SPECIALS OF DIFFERENT RESTAURANTS REALLY CELEBRATING FARM TO FORK AS WE HIT THAT PART OF THE YEAR IN FALL, IT’S REALLY HARVEST TIME. SO WE TROT OUT THE FARMERS, WE TROT OUT THE RESTAURATEURS. AND AGAIN, THIS IS JUST A BIG CELEBRATION OF SACRAMENTO. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU MIKE. THE FESTIVAL RUNS F