Author: Michael Hall

Two Day Town, a local East Bay music festival that has previously been held on various dates earlier in the spring, has announced that the event will be held on Memorial Day Weekend, May 22-24, 2026. TDT will remain at Rancho Los Mochos, a Boy Scout Camp south of Livermore.

After a quarter century at the Plumas County Fairgrounds in Quincy, the High Sierra Music Festival will move to the Nevada County Fairgrounds in Grass Valley for the 2026 event, to be held on Fourth of July Weekend. Previous venues for the 34-year-old festival include the inaugural event at Strawberry and later Bear Valley.

Other music events currently held at the Nevada County Fairgrounds include the CBA Father’s Day Bluegrass Festival, Fall & Spring Strawberry Music Festivals, and the KVMR Celtic Festival.

Festival organizers will hold a Live-Streamed Discussion (High Sierra Instagram Page) and answer questions on Thursday, October 2 at 9:00am Pacific Time.

The Northern California Bluegrass Society welcomes Noam Pikelny & Friends to the Presidio Theater in Presidio National Park, San Francisco. The theater-presented concert will feature NCBS favorite Teo Quale of Alameda on mandolin.

Pikelny is widely recognized as the preeminent banjoist of his generation. Noam is a founding member of Punch Brothers. Pikelny was awarded the first annual Steve Martin Prize For Excellence In Banjo And Bluegrass and is a two-time International Bluegrass Music Association Banjo Player Of The Year. In 2019, Noam was awarded the “Best Folk Album” Grammy for the Punch Brothers’ release, “All Ashore.” Most recently, Noam has been performing with the new bluegrass band, Mighty Poplar.

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The Northern California Bluegrass Society welcomes The Jamesburg Community Schoolhouse Bluegrass Festival, set for the schoolhouse on Saturday, October 4 in Jamesburg, up in the mountains south of Carmel Valley. There will be lots of familiar musicians onstage for this small, fun mountain gathering!

THIS SHOW HAS BEEN CANCELLED.

The Northern California Bluegrass Society welcomes a Snazzy Productions concert at the El Vaquero Winery in Corralitis on Sunday, October 5 at 5:00pm featuring Max Gomez. Shannon McNally will open.

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The Northern California Bluegrass Society welcomes the Snazzy Productions concert presenting the NCBS GOF favorite Water Tower. The show will be held on September 26 at the Kuumbwa Jazz Center in Santa Cruz. The band is led by Kenny Feinstein, who founded the band back in 2015, then in Portland, OR. The band now comes to us from Los Angeles.

The Northern California Bluegrass Society welcomes The Jamesburg Community Schoolhouse Bluegrass Festival, set for the schoolhouse on Saturday, October 4 in Jamesburg, up in the mountains south of Carmel Valley. There will be lots of familiar musicians onstage for this small, fun mountain gathering!

Your Membership in the Northern California Bluegrass Society supports local bluegrass music in the San Francisco Bay Area, the Monterey Bay Area, and in all of Northern California. Join or renew today!

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