The new Los Gatos Bluegrass & Americana Music Festival is set for June 22 in Town Plaza Park in Los Gatos. The bands will include the Goat Hill Girls and the Wildcat Mountain Ramblers and more. NCBS welcomes this exciting FREE event to our area. The day event will also offer some special reserved seats. The event is presented by the downtown Los Gatos business community. Info: (408) 348-7766.
NCBS welcomes the 8th Annual Berkeley Bluegrass Festival, set for April 26-28 at the Freight & Salvage Coffeehouse in Berkeley. There are concerts each evening plus curated instructional workshops.
The Freight festival is the only bluegrass festival in the East Bay and is programmed by Grammy-award winner Laurie Lewis and the Freight’s Artistic Director Peter Williams.
The concert line-up:
FRIDAY, April 26 — Appalachian Road Show, Never Come Down, Broken Compass Bluegrass, & Fog Holler.
SATURDAY, April 27 — Laurie Lewis and Kathy Kallick, Laurie Lewis and the Right Hands, Kathy Kallick Band, Hard Drive, & Salty Sally.
SUNDAY, April 28 — Kody Norris, Danny Paisley & The Southern Grass, Caleb Klauder & Reeb Willms Bluegrass Band, & Marin County Breakdown.
The Northern California Bluegrass 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.
Your donations support local bluegrass music. Thanks for your support!
Mail-In Donations: NCBS/SCBS, PO Box 390846, Mountain View, CA 94039-0846.
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.
The NCBS Gathering for Members & Volunteers is coming Saturday, July 13 at Loch Lomond Park in Felton.
Events of interest to Northern California Bluegrass Fans:
MARCH
15-17 – Brookdale Bluegrass & Roots Festival, Brookdale Lodge, Brookdale. (NCBS welcomed)
APRIL
11-14 – Walker Creek Music Camp, Walker Creek Ranch, Petaluma. (NCBS welcomed)
16-21 – CBA Spring Campout (& California State Old Time Fiddle Association Open Fiddle & Picking Contest), Lodi Grape Festival Fairgrounds, Lodi.
26-28 – Berkeley Bluegrass Festival, Freight & Salvage, Berkeley. (NCBS welcomed)
25-28 – Merlefest, Wilkes Community College, Wilkesboro, NC.
MAY
9-12 – Parkfield Bluegrass Festival, various venues, Parkfield.
23-26 – Strawberry Music Festival, Nevada County Fairgrounds, Grass Valley.
23-26 – Delfest, Allegany County Fairgrounds, Cumberland, MD.
24-26 – Pick & Gather Festival, Riverdance Farm, Livingston. (NCBS welcomed)
JUNE
13-16 – CBA Father’s Day Bluegrass Festival, Nevada County Fairgrounds, Grass Valley.
21-23 – Susanville Bluegrass Festival, Lassen County Fairgrounds, Susanville.
22 – Los Gatos Bluegrass Festival, Los Gatos Town Plaza, Los Gatos. FREE. (NCBS welcomed)
JULY
4-7 – High Sierra Music Festival, various venues, Quincy.
13 — NCBS Gathering Membership & Volunteer Party, Loch Lomond Park, Felton. FREE.
18-21 — Redwood Ramble, Camp Navarro, Navarro. (Sold Out)
19-21 — Scott Valley Bluegrass Festival, City Park, Etna.
AUGUST
8-11 – Historic 30th NCBS Good Old Fashioned Bluegrass Festival, San Benito County Historical Park, Tres Pinos.
16-18 — Summergrass San Diego, Antique Gas & Steam Engine Museum, Vista.
23-25 — Bowers Bluegrass Festival, Bowers Mansion Regional Park, Washoe Valley, NV.
AUGUST-SEPTEMBER
August 30-September 1 — Plumas Homegrown Americana Festival, Plumas Fairgrounds, Quincy. (NCBS welcomed)
The Brookdale Bluegrass Festival presented by the Brookdale Lodge and booked by Eric Burman, is set for this weekend March 15-17, 2024 at the Brookdale Lodge. Tickets are available at the door.
The Northern California Bluegrass Society has welcomed this event since 2000. Please stop by the NCBS Information Booth and say hello!
FRIDAY, March 15 – Gates open at 5:00 pm
6:00 — Brent Pierce & Acid Grass Boys
7:00 — Lucas Lawson and The Unturned Stone
8:00 — The Courthouse Ramblers
9:00 — Red Dog Ash
10:00 — BanjerDan’s Danger Jam Band
SATURDAY, March 16 – Gates open at 10:00 am
12:00 — Briana Colliard
1:00 — Marin County Breakdown
2:00 — Eric Burman and the Brookdale Bluegrass Band
3:00 — Wildcat Mountain Ramblers
4:00 – 6:00 Dinner Break
6:00 — Stoney Mountain Ramblers
7:00 — The Storytellers
8:00 — Peter Rowan
10:00 — BanjerDan’s Danger Jam Band
SUNDAY, March 17 – Gates open at 10:00 am
11:00 — Workshop w/ Peter Rowan
12:00 — Triad and True
1:00 — Coyote Moon w/ Alison Steel and Patti Maxine
St. Patrick’s Day Celebration
2:00 — John Michael’s Paddy’s Murphy
5:30 — Ginny Mitchell and Jim Lewin
The United States Postal Service will issue a stamp honoring Bluegrass Music this Friday March 15, 2024 at the Owensboro, KY Post Office. The forever stamps (but not the collectible first day of issue mailing piece) will be for first class postage and will be available at post offices nationwide. Advance purchase can be made on the USPS website.
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.
The Brookdale Bluegrass Festival presented by the Brookdale Lodge and booked by Eric Burman, is set for this weekend March 15-17, 2024 at the Brookdale Lodge. NCBS has welcomed this event since 2000. 