Save the dates! The Spring Brookdale Bluegrass Festival will be held March 10-11, 2017 at the Mount Cross Camp in Felton. The new venue offers a wide variety of camping and cabin accomodations and excellent facilities. The festival has been held twice a year since 1998.
All Brookdale Bluegrass-presented events are welcomed by the Northern California Bluegrass Society.
Festival information will be announced soon.
The Summit House Thursday Bluegrass Series presents The Wildcat Mountain Ramblers on January 12, 2017.
The show will take place 6:00-8:30pm at the Summit House Beer Garden & Grill at the top of Highway 17, six miles south of Los Gatos in the beautiful Santa Cruz Mountains.
The FREE program is welcomed by the Northern California Bluegrass Society.
The 10th Annual NCBS Bluegrass On Broadway Festival will be held on Friday & Saturday, January 27 & 28 and on Monday, January 30, 2017 at various venues in Redwood City. All events are FREE. Details will be announced soon.
The Spring Brookdale Bluegrass Festival will be held March 10-11, 2017 at a new venue — the Mount Cross Camp in Felton.
The twice-yearly festivals have been presented by Brookdale Bluegrass and welcomed by the Northern California Bluegrass Society since 1998.
More details will be announced soon.
Three Day Reminder: Final Round Ballots from Northern California Bluegrass Society Members for the 2017 Northern California Bluegrass Awards are due this Saturday, January 7, 2017.
The Goat Hill Girls will play this Thursday at The Summit House, on Highway 17 six miles south of Los Gatos in the Santa Cruz Mountains. The popular FREE Thursday Bluegrass Series began one year ago in January 2016.
Music will run 6:00-6:30pm in a program presented by the Summit House Beer Garden & Grill, 23123 Santa Cruz Highway, Los Gatos 95033. Tasty food and drink will be served during the performance.
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 series has brought bluegrass to the Peninsula & South Bay for 25 years, but this is the final season.
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.
Happy New Year! January brings us great bluegrass music all around Northern California starting with the California Bluegrass Association’s Great 48 in Bakersfield and ending with the Northern California Bluegrass Society’s FREE Bluegrass On Broadway Festival in Redwood City. There are many other fine shows throughout the month, some of which are included in this selective list.
Your NCBS Friends look forward to seeing you out and about, enjoying some fine live music. Enjoy!
JANUARY
December 28-January 2 — New Harmony New Year’s Camp, San Francisco Folk Music Club, Camp Newman, Santa Rosa.
2 — Bean Creek, Phil’s Fish Market, Moss Landing.
2 — Bearcat Duo, Amnesia, San Francisco.
3 — Black Eyed Susies, Phil’s Fish Market, Moss Landing.
3 — Bean Creek, Sam’s BBQ, San Jose.
4 — Blue & Lonesome, Le Bateau Ivre, Berkeley.
4 — Muriel Anderson, Steve Palazzo, Don Quixote’s, Felton.
4 — Sidesaddle & Co, Sam’s BBQ, San Jose.
4 — Glad To Be Here, Phil’s Fish Market, Moss Landing.
4 — Whiskey Brothers, Albatross Pub, Berkeley.
5 — The Goat Hill Girls, Summit House, Los Gatos (NCBS-welcomed)
5 — Rita Hosking Trio, Pa
One Week Reminder: Final Round Ballots from Northern California Bluegrass Society Members for the 2017 Northern California Bluegrass Awards are due on Saturday, January 7, 2017.
The FREE 10th annual awards show will be held on Saturday, January 28 in Redwood City.
One Day Reminder: Band applications for the 2017 Good Old Fashioned Bluegrass Festival are due on Saturday, December 31, 2016.
