The Brookdale Bluegrass Spring Festival will be held at its new home at the Mt. Cross Camp in Felton on March 10-12, 2017.
The festival is welcomed by the Northern California Bluegrass Society and presented by Brookdale Bluegrass.
Festival Address: 7795 Highway 9, Ben Lomond, CA 95005.
Camping And Cabin Reservations
Here is the 2017 Good Old Fashioned Bluegrass Festival Volunteer Form.
The 24th annual benefit festival for the Northern California Bluegrass Society will be held August 10-13 at the San Benito County Historical Park in Tres Pinos (7 miles south of Hollister).
The March 10-12, 2017 Spring Brookdale Bluegrass Festival will be held at a beautiful new venue in Felton — at Mount Cross Camp. The festival is welcomed by the Northern California Bluegrass Society and presented by Brookdale Bluegrass.
Camping And Cabin Reservations
The official address is 7795 Highway 9, Ben Lomond, CA 95005.
The Thursday Bluegrass Series at the Summit House Beer Garden & Grill will present The Wildcat Mountain Ramblers on March 9 from 6:00-8:30pm.
The FREE weekly series is presented by the Summit House and welcomed by the Northern California Bluegrass Society. The Summit House, purveyor of fine food and drink, is located at 23123 Santa Cruz Highway, Los Gatos (six miles south of Los Gatos) on Highway 17.
The Northern California Bluegrass Society/Santa Cruz Bluegrass Society has announced the band line-up for the FREE Santa Cruz Bluegrass Fair at the Duck Pond Stage in San Lorenzo Park, next to the courthouse in Santa Cruz.
The Bands: AJ Lee & Blue Summit, Bean Creek, Brookdale Bluegrass Band, The Down Beets, Harmony Grits, and Henry & Ella Warde.
This year’s event will be held on SUNDAY, May 7 (note new date) from Noon to 6:00pm.
The Brookdale Bluegrass Spring Festival will be held at its new home at the Mt. Cross Camp in Felton on March 10-12, 2017.
The festival is welcomed by the Northern California Bluegrass Society and presented by Brookdale Bluegrass.
Festival Information:
The Northern California Bluegrass Society Information Booth will be at events all during the 2017 Live Music Season in Northern California.
The booth will have flyers and sage advice about ALL area festivals, concerts, and workshops (including those events presented by the NCBS itself). The first festival outing for the 2017 season will be the March 10-12 Brookdale Bluegrass Spring Festival in Felton. The booth will appear at approximately 25 events this year (about every two weeks or so).
The service is FREE to both music presenters and music fans.
Now is the time for promoters and bands to send flyers for distribution. Send flyers at any time to:
Michael Hall
610 Island Place
Redwood City, CA 94065
There is plenty of great bluegrass music coming to our area this year and NCBS will help find the perfect events for you and your friends. Come by and say “hello” to our friendly booth volunteers!
The Northern California Bluegrass Society welcomes The Stanley Sing presented by The La Promenade Cafe in San Francisco on Saturday, March 18, 2017, 3:00-10:00pm. FREE.
The Northern California Bluegrass Society will welcome the 13th Annual Pick & Gather Festival presented by Riverdance Farms in Livingston (near Merced) on Saturday & Sunday, May 27-28, 2017.
(NOTE NEW DATES: The 2017 event was originally set for the preceding weekend, but has been moved to Memorial Day weekend due to the rainy late winter and early spring weather.)
The event will feature bluegrass and other live music, camping, fruit in season for picking, good food and information about organic farming, water quality information, and swimming in the pleasant Merced River.
The Brookdale Bluegrass Band will headline.
More information will be announced soon.
The Santa Cruz Bluegrass Fair has been rescheduled to SUNDAY, May 7. The original date was Saturday, May 6, but has been changed due to a scheduling conflict..
The FREE afternoon concert in San Lorenzo Park will be held at the Duck Pond Stage. The fair has ben held since 1986 and is the oldest NCBS/SCBS event.
