Brookdale Bluegrass has announced the initial line-up for the March 10-12, 2017 Spring Festival. An extra day has been added to the event, which will be held for the first time at the Mt. Cross Camp in Felton.
The Bands: Snap Jackson & The Knock On Wood Players, Faux Renwah, Coffee Zombie Collective, Stoney Mountain Ramblers, Toby Gray & Hiway Budda, and the Brookdale Bluegrass Band. More bands will be announced.
The Northern California Bluegrass Society welcomes the festival to our area.
The Northern California Bluegrass Society has announced the line-up for the 10th Annual NCBS Bluegrass Film Festival in Redwood City on Monday, January 30, 2017.
The FREE program will begin at 6:30pm at the Redwood City Main Library, 1044 Middlefield Road in the Community Room.
Banjos Bluegrass & Squirrel Barkers (Rick Bowman, Backyard Green Films, CA)
How To Make A Guitar In Two Minutes (Herb Moore, CA)
The Whippoorwill’s Cry (Curtis Leslie, CA)
This portion of the NCBS Bluegrass On Broadway Festival was originally set for Sunday, January 29, but was rescheduled for the next day due to a venue scheduling conflict. The festival is supported by a base grant from the Redwood City Civic Cultural Commission and by other agencies, organizations, businesses, and individuals in the Redwood City area. The FREE weekend event will be held on Friday & Saturday, January 27 & 28 and on Monday, January 30, 2017.
Redwood Bluegrass Associates has set the organization’s final concerts this spring at the Masonic Hall in Mountan View. They are:
January 21 — Peter Rowan Bluegrass Band
February 18 — Rob Ickes & Trey Hensley
March 18 — John Reischman & The Jaybirds
April 22 — Final RBA Concert With Performers To Be Announced
This is the last season in the 25-year run of these concerts, all welcomed throughout the years by the Northern California Bluegrass Society.
A new venue has been announced for the Spring Brookdale Bluegrass Festival, to be held March 10-11, 2017.
The event will take place at the Mount Cross Camp in Felton. The new venue offers a wide variety of camping and cabin accomodations and excellent facilities.
The festival is held twice a year. All Brookdale Bluegrass-presented events since 1998 have been welcomed by the Northern California Bluegrass Society.
The evening entertainment at the 10th Annual Northern California Bluegrass Society Bluegrass On Broadway Festival will feature three top Peninsula bluegrass bands.
All festival shows are FREE and in Redwood City.
FRIDAY, January 27
8:00-10:00pm — Stoney Mountain Ramblers, Freewheel Brewing Company, 3737 Florence Street, Redwood City.
SATURDAY, January 28
6:00-8:00pm — 27strings, Gourmet Haus Staudt, 2615 Broadway, Redwood City.
8:00-10:00pm — Edgewood Mountain Boys, Freewheel Brewing Company, 3737 Florence Street, Redwood City.
Bluegrass On Broadway. January 27-28 and January 30, is supported by a base grant from the Redwood City Civic Cultural Commission and by other Redwood City area agencies, businesses, organiztions and individuals.
The Summit House Thursday Bluegrass Series will present mountain bluegrass favorite Hidden Still (Palo Alto) on January 19, 2017.
The FREE show will run 6:00-8:30pm at the Summit House Beer Garden & Grill six miles south of Los Gatos on Highway 17 high in the Santa Cruz Mountains.
The series is presented by the Summit House and welcomed by the Northern California Bluegrass Society.
There will be plenty of good bluegrass music all around Northern California for the Martin Luther King Weekend holiday week. NCBS Members will be out having a great time and you are welcome to join us!
THURSDAY-SUNDAY, January 12-15
CBA Great 48 (With concert by Edgar Loudermilk Band), Marriott Convention Center, Bakersfield.
FRIDAY, January 13
Hilltown, Pajaro Bar & Grill, Salinas.
Sourdough Slim, The Sequoias, Potola Valley.
SATURDAY, January 14
Harmony Grits, San Gregorio General Store, San Gregorio.
Leftover Salmon, Dead Winter Carpenters, The Fillmore, San Francisco.
Evie Ladin & Lisa Berman, Kuumbwa Jazz Center, Santa Cruz.
SUNDAY, January 15
Circle R Boys, San Gregorio General Store, San Gregorio.
The Coffis Brothers, Sweetwater Music Hall, Mill Valley.
MARTIN LUTHER KING BIRTHDAY, January 16
Bean Creek, Phil’s Fish Market, Moss Landing.
Windy Hill, Amnesia, San Francisco.
Leftover Salmon, Sierra Nevada Brewing Company, Chico.
TUESDAY, January 17
Cabin Fever, Sam’s BBQ, San Jose.
Glad To Be Here, Phil’s Fish Market, Moss Landing.
WEDNESDAY, January 18
Whiskey Brothers, Albatross Pub, Berkeley.
Skillet Licorice, Iron Springs Pub, Fairfax.
Sidesaddle & Co, Sam’s BBQ, San Jose.
THURSDAY, January 19
Blue & Lonesome, Willowbrook Ale House, Petaluma.
Hidden Still, Summit House, Los Gatos.
Mill Creek Ramblers, Mission Pizza, Fremont.
The Northern California Bluegrass Society/Santa Cruz Bluegrass Society Santa Cruz Bluegrass Fair is set for Saturday, May 6, 2017.
The FREE concert in San Lorenzo Park (next to the courthouse) will be held at the Duck Pond Stage. More information will be announced soon.
Donations to assist spring 2017 students for the Northern California Bluegrass Society Walker Creek Music Camp Scholarship Fund are now being accepted. The Spring Camp will be held April 7-10 at the Walker Creek Ranch near Petaluma.
Donations can be sent to:
Northern California Bluegrass Society/Santa Cruz Bluegrass Society
PO Box 390846
Mountain View, CA 94039-0846
Attn: NCBS Walker Creek Music Camp Scholarship Fund
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.
Information: Walker Creek Music Camp. Ingrid Noyes, not NCBS, runs the twice-yearly camp.
Redwood Bluegrass Associates will present The Peter Rowan Bluegrass Band on Saturday, January 21, 2017. All RBA programs since 1995 have been welcomed by the Northern California Bluegrass Society.
The concert will be presented at the Mountain View Masonic Hall, at 890 Church Street near downtown Mountain View. Concert doors will open at 7:00pm and the concert will begin at 7:30pm. An open co-ed jam hosted by The Handsome Ladies will begin at 5:00pm.
The series has brought bluegrass to the Peninsula & South Bay for 25 years, but plans call for this to be the final concert season.
