SACRAMENTO, CA — Aftershock has a home for the next decade, and the county made it official.
On June 9, the Sacramento County Board of Supervisors approved a 10-year agreement with Danny Wimmer Presents, the promoter behind Aftershock and GoldenSky. The deal authorizes up to three multi-day festivals a year at Discovery Park through 2035, and it settles a long-running question about where the region's biggest music weekends will live.
Danny Wimmer Presents has run Aftershock at Discovery Park since 2012 and launched GoldenSky there in 2022. Aftershock returns October 1 through 4 this year. GoldenSky comes back in 2027 under a separate three-year commitment folded into the same partnership.
The money behind the vote is not small. Aftershock drew more than 164,000 people in 2025 from all 50 states and over 30 countries, and the county pegs its 2025 local economic impact at $35 million. GoldenSky brought roughly 75,000 people in 2024 and an estimated $14.1 million.
The county gets paid to host. Under the agreement, Sacramento County collects attendance-based permit revenue, full reimbursement for event-related county costs, and funding that flows back into Discovery Park, the American River Parkway, and community programs. The deal also carries up to $300,000 in county Economic Development Targeted Support for initial site work, including upgrades to the parking area under Interstate 5.
"These festivals showcase Sacramento County and our broader region to a global audience," First District Supervisor Phil Serna said in the county's announcement.
Danny Wimmer framed it as a commitment, not a lease. "This long-term commitment allows DWP to continue investing in Sacramento, strengthening its position as a premier music destination," the founder said.
For a scene that watches venues close and permits vanish, a decade of certainty at the confluence is the rare piece of news that holds still. The festivals stay. Now the city has ten years to make the weekend around them count.