The 31st Annual NCBS Good Old Fashioned Bluegrass Festival will be held Thursday-Sunday August 7-10, 2025 at the San Benito County Historical Park in Tres Pinos.
31st Good Old Fashioned Bluegrass Festival Set For August 7-10 2025
David Holodiloff Medical Fund Benefit Festival Set For Thanksgiving Weekend In Pacific Grove
Former Good Old Fashioned Bluegrass Festival & Brookdale Bluegrass Festival performer David Holodiloff has recently encountered over $20,000 in medical expenses.
The Holofest acoustic music festival will be held on Thanksgiving Weekend to benefit his medical fund. The three-day event will run Friday, November 29-Sunday, December 1, 2024. Multi-instrumentalist Holodiloff plays all kinds of music, including bluegrass, and this event will reflect his wide-ranging acoustic tastes.
Dave recently underwent an unexpected series of four surgical procedures on his knee, resulting in a debilitating staph infection, hospitalization, various medical treatments, and ongoing physical therapy. This ordeal has put an immeasurable strain on Dave’s musical career and finances.
There is no admission charge, but donations will be welcomed. The program will be held at the Pacific Grove Meetinghouse, 599 Lighthouse Avenue
Pacific Grove, CA 93950. Many bands will perform. Hours: FRIDAY & SATURDAY: 10:00am-8:00pm, SUNDAY: 10:00am-2:00pm.
Plans are underway to stream the event. Online donations are also accepted:
Venmo: @daveholodiloff
Paypal: www.paypal.me/daveholodiloff
Go Fund Me: https://www.gofundme.com/f/holofest-donate-to-daves-healing-journey
One Day Reminder: Leadership Bluegrass Applications Due On November 18
One Day Reminder: The deadline for Applications for the International Bluegrass Music Association’s 2025 Leadership Bluegrass Class is November 18, 2024.
The 2025 class will be held March 10-12 in Nashville. The Northern California Bluegrass Society is a longtime organizational member of the IBMA. NCBS Members are encouraged to apply.
Join The Bluegrass Society!
Join The Bluegrass Society! Your membership in the Northern California Bluegrass Society supports bluegrass music in the San Francisco Bay Area, the Monterey Bay Area, and in all of Northern California.
Three-Day Reminder: Leadership Bluegrass Class Applications Due On November 18
Three-Day Reminder: The deadline for Applications for the International Bluegrass Music Association’s 2025 Leadership Bluegrass Class is November 18, 2024. The 2025 class will be held March 10-12 in Nashville.
The Northern California Bluegrass Society is a longtime organizational member of the IBMA. NCBS Members are encouraged to apply.
19th Annual FREE Holiday Hootenanny Coming Friday December 13 To San Carlos
The Northern California Bluegrass Society welcomes the FREE 19th Annual Holiday Hootenanny on Friday, December 13 at 4:00pm. The Stoney Mountain Ramblers and other bands will perform on two stages.
The gathering will be presented by the Devil’s Canyon Brewing Company, 935 Washington Street in San Carlos.
Fine beer will be served and a variety of food trucks will be there. There will be space for jamming. Thanks to Scott Dailey for booking this fun bluegrass evening.
El Cerrito Home Of Down Home Records, Arhoolie Foundation & Les Blank Films Needs To Buy Property
The famed home of several bluegrass-related music and film businesses since 1976 in El Cerrito may be sold unless the businesses can raise 1.2 million dollars to purchase the property.
The venue is home to the music store Down Home Records (global roots music), the Arhoolie Foundation (some of the archives from the Arhoolie Records music recording and publishing house founded by the late Chris Strachwitz), and Les Blank Films (music-related independent films founded by the late Les Blank as Flower Films).
Strachwitz purchased the building with money earned from the publishing royalties on Country Joe & the Fish’s anti-war rag “I-Feel-Like-I’m-Fixin’-to-Die.”
Harrod Blank, Les Blank’s son, who is continuing his father’s documentary film work, has the first right to purchase the building from the Strachwitz trust at market value, estimated at 2.4 million dollars, half of which still needs to be raised. A Go Fund Me campaign to bring in a portion of the needed funds is currently underway.
Include The NCBS/SCBS In Your 2024 Tax Planning
The Northern California Bluegrass Society supports local bluegrass music. You can include the bluegrass society in your 2024 tax planning.
The Society is a California Not-For-Profit Corporation with Internal Revenue Code Section 501(c)(3) status that is also known as the Santa Cruz Bluegrass Society. NCBS/SCBS accepts tax-advantaged donations.
The NCBS/SCBS Tax ID No. is 94-2907716.
Mail-In Donations: NCBS/SCBS, PO Box 390846, Mountain View, CA 94039-0846.
One Week Reminder: 2025 Leadership Bluegrass Class Applications Are Due On November 18
One Week Reminder: The deadline for Applications for the International Bluegrass Music Association’s 2025 Leadership Bluegrass Class is November 18, 2024.
The 2025 class will be held March 10-12 in Nashville.
The Northern California Bluegrass Society is a longtime organizational member of the IBMA. NCBS Members are encouraged to apply.
Veteran’s Day Wishes From The Northern California Bluegrass Society
Veteran’s Day wishes from your friends in the Northern California Bluegrass Society.
