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- ↑ Egel, Benjy (18 December 2017). "Sacramento Music Festival canceled after 44 years". The Sacramento Bee. Retrieved 18 September 2018.
- ↑ "Homepage". Sacramento Music Festival. Retrieved 2016-05-13.
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