FREE camping is included in all multi-day tickets at the Northern California Bluegrass Society’s Good Old Fashioned Bluegrass Festival. This applies to all tents and RVs. No reservations are required. No hookups are available.
The San Benito County Historical Park has grass, trees, restrooms and showers.
The Historic 30th festival will be held August 8-11, 2024.
The Northern California Bluegrass Society supports local bluegrass music. 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. The NCBS/SCBS Tax ID No. is 94-2907716.
Mail-In Donations: NCBS/SCBS, PO Box 390846, Mountain View, CA 94039-0846.
The Northern California Bluegrass Society has announced the Main Stage Schedule for the August 8-11, 2024 Good Old Fashioned Bluegrass Festival at the San Benito County Historical Park in Tres Pinos.
Main Stage
FRIDAY, August 9
3:00pm — Brent Pierce & His Acid Grass Boys
4:00 — Late For The Train
5:00 — Dark Hollow
6:00 — Dinner Break & Workshops
7:00 — Dirty Cello
8:00 — Blue Birds On A Wire
9:00 — Sidesaddle & Co.
SATURDAY, August 10
10:00am — Bluegrass Holiday
11:00 — Mission Blue
Noon — Salty Sally Band
1:00pm — Lunch Break & Workshops
2:00 — Lucas Lawson
3:00 — Trouble Town
4:00 — The Goat Hill Girls
5:00 — The Storytellers
6:00 — Dinner Break & Workshops
7:00 — Sunny Side Of The Mountain
8:00 — Red Dog Ash
9:00 — Bean Creek
SUNDAY, August 11
10:00am — Honey Run
11:00 — Kids On Stage
Noon — Water Tower
1:00pm — Lonesome Still
2:00 — Whole Hog
Five Week Reminder: The NCBS Gathering, the FREE annual party for Northern California Bluegrass Society Members & Volunteers, will be held Saturday July 13 at Loch Lomond Park in Felton. There will be a full band schedule, free food & drink, friends, fun, and jamming.
Loch Lomond interpretive tours on the “Newell Jewell” pontoon boat will be offered around the lake on Saturday, July 13 from 11:00am-Noon. Tours can accommodate up to 25 people, with sign-ups in the park store. First come, first served. Tours are offered by the park free of charge.
Note: The 2024 Loch Lomond parking fee is $10 per vehicle.
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. Join or renew your NCBS Membership on this website or by mail.
Members enjoy a deep discount on advance tickets to the GOF benefit festival for the Society! The advance ticket deadline is July 22.
Seven Week Reminder: The Discount Advance Ticket Deadline for the GOF Festival Is July 22, 2024.
TICKETS: Discount Advance Tickets are now on sale on this website and by mail. NCBS Members receive a deep discount and Non-Members receive a discount.
The Historic 30th Good Old Fashioned Bluegrass Festival will be held August 8-11 at the San Benito County Historical Park in Tres Pinos. The festival is a benefit for the Northern California Bluegrass Society.
The 2024 Election for the Northern California Bluegrass Society Board Of Directors will be held at the Good Old Fashioned Bluegrass Festival at the San Benito County Historical Park in Tres Pinos on Saturday, August 10, 2024, 10:00am-5:00pm, and by mail.
The nine elected board members will serve a one-year term, August 2024 to August 2025.
Candidate Statements are due to Michael Hall by July 8, 2024, for publication on the NCBS Website. Statements are limited to 100 words.
The Northern California Bluegrass Society will present Honey Run on the main stage of the Historic 30th Good Old Fashioned Bluegrass Festival set for August 8-11, 2024 at the San Benito County Historical Park in Tres Pinos.
Discount Advance Tickets are now on sale on this website and by mail. NCBS Members receive a deep discount and Non-Members receive a discount.
The Historic 30th Good Old Fashioned Bluegrass Festival will be held August 8-11, 2024 at the San Benito County Historical Park in Tres Pinos. The festival is a benefit for the Northern California Bluegrass Society.
Six Week Reminder: The NCBS Gathering, the FREE annual party for Northern California Bluegrass Society Members & Volunteers, will be held Saturday July 13 at Loch Lomond Park in Felton.
Loch Lomond interpretive tours on the “Newell Jewell” pontoon boat will be offered around the lake on Saturday, July 13 from 11:00am-Noon. Tours can accommodate up to 25 people, with sign-ups in the park store. First come, first served. Tours are offered by the park free of charge.
There will be a full band schedule, free food & drink, friends, fun, and jamming. Ya’ll come! The 2024 parking fee is $10 per vehicle.
