There will be no Brookdale Bluegrass Festival in 2025. The festival has been presented by Eric Burman & Brookdale Bluegrass since 2000, usually at the Brookdale Lodge or another Santa Cruz Mountains location.
For many years, there were two — or even three — festivals held each year. The festival will not be held this year principally due to landlord issues. Future plans are uncertain. The festival has been welcomed by the Northern California Bluegrass Society since its inception.
The Workshop Teacher Application for the 2025 Good Old Fashioned Bluegrass Festival is available on this website.
Applications are due on March 30, 2025.
The festival runs August 7-10, with workshops held on Friday & Saturday, August 8 & 9.
The Northern California Bluegrass Society supports local bluegrass music. The Society is a California Not-For-Profit Corporation with Internal Revenue Code Section 501(c)(3) status that is also known as the Santa Cruz Bluegrass Society.
NCBS/SCBS accepts tax-advantaged donations. The NCBS/SCBS Tax ID No. is 94-2907716.
Mail-In Donations: NCBS/SCBS, PO Box 390846, Mountain View, CA 94039-0846.
Join the Bluegrass Society! Your membership in the Northern California Bluegrass Society supports local bluegrass music in the San Francisco Bay Area, the Monterey Bay Area, and in all of Northern California.
Upcoming Northern California Bluegrass Events, January-April 2025:
Events of interest to Northern California Bluegrass Fans:
JANUARY
9-12 — CBA Great 48, Marriott Hotel, Bakersfield.
13-18 — Blythe Bluegrass Campout, Colorado River Fairgrounds, Blythe.
FEBRUARY
13-17 – KKUP Bluegrass Marathon, South Bay & Monterey Bay Areas (91.5FM) and online (www.kkup.org).
19-23 – Folk Alliance International Conference, Fairmont The Queen Elizabeth, Montréal, Québec, Canada.
20-23 – Wintergrass, Hyatt Regency, Bellevue. WA.
FEBRUARY-MARCH
February 28-March 2 — WinterWonderGrass, Steamboat Springs, CO. (There will not be a WinterWonderGrass-Tahoe in 2025.)
February 28-March 2 — Bluegrass On The Beach, Lake Havasu City, AZ.
MARCH
8 – CBA Sonoma County Folk & Bluegrass Festival, Sebastopol Community Cultural Center, Sebastopol.
APRIL
15-20 – CBA Spring Campout (& California State Old Time Fiddle Association Open Fiddle & Picking Contest), Lodi Grape Festival Fairgrounds, Lodi.
24-27 – Merlefest, Wilkes Community College, Wilkesboro, NC.
25-28 – Walker Creek Music Camp, Walker Creek Ranch, Petaluma. (NCBS welcomed)
26 — Pickin’ On The Polk Festival, Polk Street @ Broadway, San Francisco. FREE.
Happy New Year from your friends in the Northern California Bluegrass Society!
The 2025 Northern California Bluegrass Society Good Old Fashioned Bluegrass Festival will be held Thursday-Sunday August 7-10 at the San Benito County Historical Park in Tres Pinos.
Main Stage Band Applications are DUE by December 31, 2024.
Workshop Teacher Applications are DUE by March 30, 2025.
The Workshop Teacher Application for the 2025 Good Old Fashioned Bluegrass Festival is available on this website. Applications are due on March 30, 2025. The festival runs August 7-10, with workshops held on Friday & Saturday, August 8 & 9. The GOF is a benefit for the Northern California Bluegrass Society and will be held at the San Benito County Historical Park in Tres Pinos.
Three Day Reminder: The Northern California Bluegrass Society is a California Not-For-Profit Corporation with Internal Revenue Code Section 501(c)(3) status that is also known as the Santa Cruz Bluegrass Society. The Society supports area bluegrass music.
NCBS/SCBS will accept tax-advantaged donations for the year 2024 through December 31. The NCBS/SCBS Tax ID No. is 94-2907716.
Mail-In Donations: NCBS/SCBS, PO Box 390846, Mountain View, CA 94039-0846.
Four Day Reminder: The Deadline for Main Stage Band Applications for the August 7-10, 2025 NCBS Good Old Fashioned Bluegrass Festival is DECEMBER 31, 2024.
