Three Day Reminder: Northern California Bluegrass Society Members should consider applying for the 2017 IBMA Leadership Bluegrass class to be held March 20-22, 2017 in Nashville.
Applications are due online by November 15, 2016.
The NCBS is a longtime organizational member of the International Bluegrass Music Association.
Seven Week Reminder: Main Stage Band Applications for the 2017 Good Old Fashioned Bluegrass Festival are due on December 31, 2016.
The 24th annual benefit for the Northern California Bluegrass Society will be held August 10-13 at the San Benito County Historical Park.
27strings will perform at Gourmet Haus Staudt, 2615 Broadway in Redwood City on Saturday evening, January 28, 2017, 6:00-8:30pm.
The show will be part of the FREE Bluegrass On Broadway Festival presented by the Northern California Bluegrass Society.
The 10th annual event will be held January 27-29 at various Redwood City venues with principal financial support from the Redwood City Civic Cultural Commission, the Redwood City Public Library, the Redwood City Department of Parks Recreation & Community Services, and John Dabney.
The FREE annual bluegrass Holiday Hootenanny will be held at the Devil’s Canyon Brewing Company in San Carlos on December 16, 2016. The gathering is welcomed by the Northern California Bluegrass Society and organized by Scott Dailey.
The Northern California Bluegrass Society welcomes the 2016 Brookdale Bluegrass Winterfest to Don Quixote’s in Felton on Sunday, November 27.
There will be plenty of great bluegrass music all over Northern California for Veterans Day Week.
Your friends in the Northern California Bluegrass Society will get out for some live music this week and you are welcome to join in!
Here are the Tuesday-Tuesday listings. Enjoy!
ELECTION DAY, November 8
Carolina Special, Sam’s BBQ, San Jose.
Abbott Family Band, Phil’s Fish Market, Moss Landing.
WEDNESDAY, November 9
California Banjo Extravaganza, Trinity United Methodist Church, Chico.
Dark Hollow, Sam’s BBQ, San Jose.
Sideline Bluegrass Band, House Concert, Folsom.
Mr. Banjo & The Lonesome Wailers, Phil’s Fish Market, Moss Landing.
THURSDAY, November 10
Wildcat Mountain Ramblers, Summit House, Los Gatos. (NCBS-welcomed)
Blue & Lonesome, Willowbrook Ale House, Petaluma.
Kenny Stinson & Perfect Tym’n, West Palms Conservatory, Victorville.
California Banjo Extravaganza, Center For The Arts, Grass Valley.
Mill Creek Ramblers, Mission Pizza, Fremont.
Painted Mandolin, Club Fox, Redwood City.
VETERANS DAY, November 11
Veterans Day Festival, Winter’s Tavern, Pacifica.
Vintage Grass, Hopmonk Tavern, Sonoma.
Joshua Lowe & Patti Maxine, lille æske, Boulder Creek.
California Banjo Extravaganza, Kuumbwa Jazz Center, Santa Cruz.
Reilly & Maloney Farewell Concert, Freight & Salvage, Berkeley.
Sideline Bluegrass Band, The Studio, Cottonwood.
Edgewood Mountain Boys, Freewheel Brewing Company, Redwood City.
FRIDAY-SUNDAY, November 11-13
Four Corner States Bluegrass Festival & Fiddle Championships, Everett Bowman Rodeo Grounds, Wickenburg, AZ.
SATURDAY, November 12
Goat Hill Girls, Goat Hill Fair, Santa Cruz County Fairgrounds, Watsonville.
The Dim Lights (Veterans Day Festival Continues), Winter’s Tavern, Pacifica.
Bearcat Stringband Duo, Cato’s Ale House, Oakland.
Harmony Grits, San Gregorio General Store, San Gregorio.
Kitchen Help, Cleophus Quealy Beer Company, San Leandro.
Sideline Bluegrass Band, The Big Easy, Petaluma.
California Banjo Extravaganza, Freight & Salvage, Berkeley.
High Country, Pacifica Performances, Mildred Owens Concert Hall, Pacifica.
Canyon Johnson, Mission Pizza, Fremont.
Red Dog Ash, Louie’s Place, La Grange.
Margaret Green & Friends, Freewheel Brewing Company, Redwood City.
SUNDAY, November 13
Jim & Louise Mintun, Live Oak Farmers Market, Santa Cruz.
Thirty-Five Years Of Trouble, The Rambling Minors, The Back Room, Berkeley.
Maverick — A Bluegrass Duo, Winter’s Tavern, Pacifica.
Laurie Lewis, Tom Rozum, Keith Little & more, Roaring Donkey, Petaluma.
Good N’ Ready (Nat Keefe & Yoseff Tucker), Éclair de Lune, Kevin Beadles Band, Freight & Salvage, Berkeley.
Thompsonia, House Concert, Santa Cruz.
California Banjo Extravaganza, Hamel Family Wines Afternoon BBQ, Sonoma.
California Banjo Extravaganza, Sebastopol Community Cultural Center Annex, Sebastopol.
MONDAY, November 14
The Bow Ties, Amnesia, San Francisco.
Rhiannon Gidden & Dirk Powell, Sierra Nevada Brewing Company, Chico.
Home Brew, Whale City Bakery, Davenport.
Courthouse Ramblers, Phil’s Fish Market, Moss Landing.
TUESDAY, November 15
Cabin Fever, Sam’s BBQ, San Jose.
Glad To Be Here, Phil’s Fish Market, Moss Landing.
Rhiannon Gidden & Dirk Powell, Mystic Theatre, Petaluma.
Slocan Ramblers, Veterans Memorial Auditorium, Clovis.
The Wildcat Mountain Ramblers will head for the Summit House on Highway 17 on Thursday, November 10, 2016 for a FREE NCBS-welcomed show.
Music will run 6:00-8:30pm in a program presented by the Summit House Beer Garden & Grill, 23123 Santa Cruz Highway, Los Gatos 95033.
Excellent food and drink will be served and the Santa Cruz Mountains view is endless.
The every-Thursday bluegrass series is organzed by Robert Cornelius. Thanks for your support!
Here are the key offcial Northern California Bluegrass Society-welcomed events through December 2016:
NOVEMBER
10 — Wildcat Mountain Ramblers, Summit House, Los Gatos
17 — Hidden Still, Summit House, Los Gatos.
19 — Front Country, Redwood Bluegrass Associates, Masonic Hall, Mountain View.
27 — Brookdale Winter Gathering, Don Quixote’s, Felton.
DECEMBER
1 — Goat Hill Girls, Summit House, Los Gatos.
8 — Wildcat Mountain Ramblers, Summit House, Los Gatos.
15 — Bluegrass TBA, Summit House, Los Gatos.
16 — Holiday Hootenanny, Devil’s Canyon Brewing Company, San Carlos.
22 — Bluegrass TBA, Summit House, Los Gatos.
29 — Bluegrass TBA, Summit House, Los Gatos.
Two Month Reminder: Main Stage Band Applications for the August 10-13, 2017 Good Old Fashioned Bluegrass Festival are due on December 31, 2016.
The 2016 Brookdale Winter Gathering will be presented on Sunday, November 27 by Brookdale Bluegrass.
The 7:00pm program will include Freebo, the Brookdale Bluegrass Band, and DamDave & The Left Hand Band.
The show will be held at Don Quixote’s in Felton and will be welcomed by the Northern California Bluegrass Society.
More information will be announced soon.
