Festival Fun: The Northern California Bluegrass Society’s FREE Bluegrass On Broadway Festival is this weekend, January 26 & 27, 2019, at various venues in Redwood City. Here is All You Need To Know to enjoy the 12th Annual event:
The Festival: Bluegrass On Broadway includes the Northern California Bluegrass Awards Show & Concert (Saturday) as well as other shows.
Tickets: NO tickets are needed. All shows are FREE and held in Redwood City.
Festival Schedule:
SATURDAY, January 26
Veterans Memorial Senior Center Theatre, 1455 Madison Avenue:
10:00am — Special Film Presentation: The Eventful Life Of Al Hawkes (Andrew Jawitz, Rockhouse Mountain Productions, NH), in memory of Allerton Hawkes (1930-2018)
11:00 — The Gilroy Drifters
Noon — The Wildcat Mountain Ramblers
1:00pm — Mission Blue
2:00 — Blue Summit
3:00-5:00 — Northern California Bluegrass Awards Show (with additional musical performances)
Freewheel Brewing Company, 3737 Florence Street:
8:00-11:00pm — The Stoney Mountain Ramblers
SUNDAY, January 27
The Hub, 2650 Broadway:
3:00pm — Welcome
3:10 — The Open Heart Strings
4:00 — Bear Grass Creek
5:00 — The Wildcat Mountain Ramblers
6:00 — 27strings
8:00pm — Concert Ends
Directions:
Bluegrass On Broadway is held at various venues in Redwood City (mid-Peninsula in the middle of the Bay Area), easily accessible from Freeways 101 and 280, via the Woodside Road exit.
Downtown Redwood City is about a half-mile north of Woodside Road via Middlefield Road. The Hub, 2650 Broadway, is located downtown near the intersection of Broadway and El Camino Real, not far from Sequoia High School.
The Veterans Memorial Senior Center, 1455 Madison Avenue, is about 2 miles west of downtown off of Jefferson Avenue. Turn left on St. Francis, which leads directly into the VMSC parking lot.
To reach the VMSC from I-280, exit at Farm Hill Blvd. and go east, Farm Hill becomes Jefferson Avenue. Go past the Alameda de Las Plugas, then right on St. Francis, which leads directly into the VMSC parking lot.
To reach the VMSC from Woodside Road, go north on Alameda de Las Plugas then right (east) on Jefferson Avenue. Turn right on St. Francis, which leads directly into the VMSC parking lot.
The Freewheel Brewing Company, 3736 Florence Street, is located in the Marsh Manor Shopping Center, not far from the Marsh Road exit off Highway 101 at the southern edge of Redwood City. From 101 go west a short distance, then right on Florence Street. The shopping center is on the left.
Redwood City Weather:
All festival events are INDOORS with close-in parking. High 72, Low 72.
SAT: Partly Sunny, High 64 Low 45. SUN: Partly Sunny, High 66, Low 46.
Community & Fun: Remember, All Of Your Friends Will Be There!
Since the very first festival in 2008, the Redwood City Civic Cultural Commission has provided a base grant that enables the festival to be presented without charge to old and new bluegrass fans. Enjoy!