Here are the official Northern California Bluegrass Society events for September & October, 2017:
SEPTEMBER
26-30 — IBMA World Of Bluegrass, Raleigh Convention Center, Raleigh, NC. (NCBS is a longtime organizational member of IBMA)
OCTOBER
1 — Mountain Music Festival, Emma Prusch Farm Park, San Jose. FREE. (NCBS-welcomed)
11-15 — San Francisco Bluegrass & Old Time Festival, various venues, San Francisco. (NCBS-welcomed)
14 — NCBS Volunteer Thank You Party, undisclosed location.
The Northern California Bluegrass Society will honor and entertain the loyal, hard-working volunteers and bands from all of the various events and projects over the past year at the NCBS Volunteer Thank You Party on Saturday, October 14, 2017.
If you volunteered this year, look for your coveted invitation to arrive soon! And…thanks for your support!
The performance schedule has been announced for the Sunday, October 1, 2017 Mountain Music Festival at Emma Prusch Farm Park in San Jose.
SUNDAY, October 1
The festival is presented by the Prusch Farm Park Foundation and the City Of San Jose.
The Northern California Bluegrass Society welcomes this FREE family-oriented event to our area.
The Northern California Bluegrass Society Walker Creek Music Camp Scholarship Fund is now collecting donations for the September 28-October 1 Fall Camp, to be held at the Walker Creek Ranch near Petaluma.
The Northern California Bluegrass Society, a 501(c)(3) charitable organization aka the Santa Cruz Bluegrass Society, accepts donations and disburses scholarships. Donations to the fund are tax-deductible as allowed by law. Donors should consult their tax advisors. The Federal Tax ID No. is 94-2907716. Donors who do not need a tax deduction may donate money directly to the camp.
Fall Music Camp Information can be found at Walker Creek Music Camp. The camp is run by Ingrid Noyes.
Donations can be sent to:
The members of the Northern California Bluegrass Society elected the 2017-2018 Board Of Directors at the past weekend’s Good Old Fashioned Bluegrass Festival.
New Board Members are Jesse Fichman, AJ Lee and Karen Reyes. Returning Board Members are Bruce Bellochio, Eric Burman, Bruce Edmundson, Mike Fisher, Michael Hall, and Mike Russell.
David Field and Penny Godlis retired from the board, but will continue to be active Society volunteers.
The Northern California Bluegrass Society welcomes the Mountain Music Festival, set for Sunday, October 1, 2017 at Emma Prusch Park in San Jose.
The line-up will feature top area bluegrass bands.
More information about the FREE family-oriented event will be announced soon.
The revival of the long-running San Francisco Bluegrass & Old Time Festival will take place October 11-15, 2017 at various venues in San Francisco.
A free closing concert will take place at the Jerry Garcia Amphitheatre in McLaren Park on Sunday afternoon, October 15.
The original festival was organized by a quasi-independent committee of the Northern California Bluegrass Society. The revival is a project of several area bluegrass organizations, including the California Bluegrass Association. NCBS welcomes this festival. Additional support will be provided by the San Francisco Parks & Recreation Department.
More information will be available soon.
Here is the performance schedule for Sunday, August 13:
SUNDAY, August 13
Main Stage
9:00am — Crying Uncle
10:00 — Dark Hollow (Gospel Plus)
11:00 — Old Belle
Noon — Stoney Mountain Ramblers
12:45pm — (Lunch Break)
1:15 — Kids On Stage
2:15 — AJ Lee & Blue Summit
3:15 — Courthouse Ramblers
4:15 — Pathetic Honey String Band
The Northern California Bluegrass Society’s 24th Annual Good Old Fashioned Bluegrass Festival will be held August 10-13, 2017 at the San Benito County Historical Park, Tres Pinos.
Here is the performance schedule for Saturday, August 12:
SATURDAY, August 12
10:00am — 35 Years Of Trouble
11:00 — The Mountain & The Moon
Noon — Rogue River
1:00pm — (Workshop/Lunch Break)
2:00 — Hot October
3:00 — Circle R Boys
4:00 — Brookdale Bluegrass Band
5:00 — (Workshop/Dinner Break)
6:00 — The Jones Gang
7:00 — Bodie 601 Band
8:00 — Sidesaddle & Co
9:00 — High Country
Dance Hall Stage
10:30pm — Honeysuckle Possums
The Northern California Bluegrass Society’s 24th Annual Good Old Fashioned Bluegrass Festival will be held August 10-13, 2017 at the San Benito County Historical Park, Tres Pinos.
Here is the performance schedule for Friday, August 11:
FRIDAY, August 11
First Stage
Noon — Short Cross Ties
1:00pm — The Beauty Operators
2:00 — Dusty Moon
Main Stage
3:00pm — Nate Jones & The Sloe Sippers
4:00 — Black Eyed Susies
5:00 — Cryin’ Shame
6:00 — Sidetrack
7:00 — Goat Hill Girls
8:00 — Wendy Burch Steel & Redwood
9:00 — Snap Jackson & The Knock On Wood Players
The Northern California Bluegrass Society’s 24th Annual Good Old Fashioned Bluegrass Festival will be held August 10-13, 2017 at the San Benito County Historical Park, Tres Pinos.
