The 8th Annual Jake’s Brown Barn Bluegrass Reunion will be held at the Franklin Ranch in Gilroy the weekend of October 11-13, 2013. The gathering is welcomed by the Northern California Bluegrass Society.
The small, fun, season-ending festival for Northern California featuring great bands, nice camping, and plenty of evening pickin’.
The event honors the late Jake Quesenberry and is presented by the Quesenberry Family and The Music Medics.
Brown Barn Line-Up
Posted Jun 18th, 2013
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The Central Valley Boys
The Central Valley Boys (Central Valley) will appear on the main stage at the August 8-11, 2013 Good Old Fashioned Bluegrass Festival.
The band is noted for unbridled sartorial splendor onstage.
The Central Valley Boys
The benefit for the Northern California Bluegrass Society will be held at Bolado Park in Tres Pinos (7 miles south of Hollister on Highway 25).
Advance Tickets are on sale through July 15. NCBS Members receive a deep discount on advance tickets, while non-members receive a discount.
The Central Valley Boys
NCBS Membership
GOF Festival Flier
Posted Jun 17th, 2013
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Two Week Reminder: The advance purchase deadline for NCBS Members to receive a deep discount to IBMA World Of Bluegrass Convention is July 1. The NCBS is a longtime organizational member of the International Bluegrass Music Association.
Northern California Bluegrass Society Members receive the IBMA Member Discount for the September 24-28, 2013 IBMA World Of Bluegrass, to be held in Raleigh, North Carolina.
Posted Jun 16th, 2013
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One Month Reminder: The deadline for the purchase of Discount Advance Tickets to the 20th Annual Good Old Fashioned Bluegrass Festival is July 15, 2013.
Northern California Bluegrass Society Members receive a deep discount, while non-members receive a discount, on advance tickets. The GOF will run Thursday-Sunday, August 8-11, 2013 at Bolado Park in Tres Pinos.
GOF Festival Flier
GOF Advance Tickets
NCBS Membership
Posted Jun 15th, 2013
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The Brookdale Bluegrass Band
The Good Old Fashioned Bluegrass Festival will welcome the Brookdale Bluegrass Band (Bonny Doon) August 8-11, 2013.
The 20th Annual GOF Festival will be held at Bolado Park, Tres Pinos, and is a benefit for the Northern California Bluegrass Society.
Attendees enjoy great California bluegrass bands, plentiful evening jamming, and the pleasure of a relaxed weekend with bluegrass friends from all around Northern California.
Tres Pinos is 7 miles south of Hollister on Old Airline Highway (CA 25).
Discount Advance Tickets are on sale on this website and by mail through July 15, 2013.
Posted Jun 14th, 2013
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Here are the upcoming Northern California Bluegrass Society dates and deadlines:
JULY
1 — Last Day For NCBS Members To Register With IBMA Member Advance Discount For International Bluegrass Music Association World Of Bluegrass.
15 — Last Day To Purchase Discount Advance Tickets To Good Old Fashioned Bluegrass Festival (NCBS Member Discount).
AUGUST
6 — Last Day For Mailed Ballots To Be Received For NCBS Election.
8-11 — 20th Annual NCBS Good Old Fashioned Bluegrass Festival.
9 — Nominations Open For 2014 Northern California Bluegrass Awards.
10 — NCBS Board Of Directors Election At GOF Festival.
SEPTEMBER
24-28 — International Bluegrass Music Association World Of Bluegrass (NCBS Member Discount).
OCTOBER
11 — Deadline For Submission Of Independent Bluegrass Documentary Films For 2014 NCBS International Bluegrass Music Museum Film Festival.
11-13 — Jake’s Brown Barn Bluegrass Reunion (NCBS-welcomed).
Posted Jun 13th, 2013
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NCBS Information Booth
The Northern California Bluegrass Society Information Booth will be at the CBA Father’s Day Bluegrass Festival in Grass Valley June 13-16 and at the Susanville Bluegrass Festival in Susanville June 20-23.
The booth will have information about all area bluegrass festivals and concerts, including those presented by NCBS. This is a free service for both promoters and fans.
Stop by and say hello to the friendly Info Booth volunteers!
Posted Jun 12th, 2013
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The Northern California Bluegrass Society has issued it’s annual Call For Films for the nation’s only festival devoted to new bluegrass-related documentary films.
The Seventh Annual NCBS International Bluegrass Music Museum Film Festival will be held on January 26, 2014 in Redwood City. The film festival is part of the weekend’s Bluegrass On Broadway Festival presented by the Northern California Bluegrass Society.
The festival shows both independent bluegrass-related films and films
from the International Bluegrass Music Museum’s Oral History Project.
The deadline for independent film submissions for consideration by the
festival is October 11, 2013. Submissions may be sent to:
Michael Hall, Film Festival Director
610 Island Place
Redwood City, CA 94065
The festival will be hosted by official IBMM representative Carl Pagter.
Principal financial support for Bluegrass On Broadway comes from the Redwood City Civic Cultural Commission and other Redwood City organizations and businesses. Admission is FREE.
Posted Jun 11th, 2013
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