Here are the February festivals of interest to Northern California bluegrass fans:
FEBRUARY
Every February Friday & Saturday — Hillbilly Robot Festival, Plough & Stars, San Francisco:
1 — John Barleycorn, The Jimmy Touzel Bluegrass Explosion
7 — Joe Rut & The Sunshine Shovelers
8 — Essence & Gold Country, Ruby Lee Hill
14 — Noelle & the Deserters, Aaron Burnham
15 — Geoffrey Miller, Dave Ricketts
21 — The Dogweeds, Clementine Darling
22 — Mae McCoy & Her Neon Stars, Poi Rogers
28 — Geoff Miller and the Rockin’ Rousers.
13-17 β KKUP Bluegrass Marathon, South Bay & Monterey Bay Areas (91.5FM) and online (www.kkup.org).
19-23 β Folk Alliance International Conference, Fairmont The Queen Elizabeth, MontrΓ©al, QuΓ©bec, Canada.
20-23 β Wintergrass, Hyatt Regency, Bellevue. WA.
FEBRUARY-MARCH
February 28-March 2 — WinterWonderGrass, Steamboat Springs, CO. (There will not be a WinterWonderGrass-Tahoe in 2025.)
February 28-March 2 — Bluegrass On The Beach, Lake Havasu City, AZ.