Plan To Enjoy The Good Old Fashioned Kids Place At The 2024 GOF Festival!

The Good Old Fashioned Kids Place will return to the Historic 30th GOF Festival August 8-11, 2024 at the San Benito County Historical Park in Tres Pinos.
Come one! Come all! All ages are welcome at the Kids Place!
We’ll have frisbee golf, corn hole, horseshoes, bubbles, parachutes and a scavenger hunt or two! Arts and crafts, dolls and Barbies, trucks, blocks and rock painting too! Cuddle up in the reading tent with a good book and a stuffie! You can find us in the back of the Music Meadow.
The orange ‘fenced in area’ is open 24 hours a day as long as you provide a parent or adult (Just clean up when you leave). Guided activities led by Caterpillar, Penguins and Froggie will be Friday 11:00am-3:00pm, Saturday 10:00am-12:00pm and 2:00-4:00pm, and Sunday 10:00am-12:00pm.
Can’t wait to see you!
Thank you!! — Becky Collins

Join The People Who Have Joined The Northern California Bluegrass Society!

Join the people who have joined the bluegrass society!

Your membership in the Northern California Bluegrass Society supports bluegrass music in the San Francisco Bay Area, the Monterey Bay Area, and in all of Northern California. Join or renew your NCBS Membership on this website or by mail.

The Cottage Saloon, San Benito County Historical Park, Tres Pinos.

Former NCBS Member Molly Tuttle Wins 2024 Bluegrass Grammy Award

At a Los Angeles ceremony this afternoon, the Grammy Award in the bluegrass category was awarded to former NCBS member Molly Tuttle (formerly of Palo Alto and now of Nashville).

The award is for her most recent album City Of Gold, recorded by her band Molly Tuttle & Golden Highway.

Molly Tuttle and Bronwyn Keith-Hynes accept the 2024 Bluegrass Grammy Award in Los Angeles.

Upcoming Northern California Bluegrass Events

Upcoming Northern California Bluegrass Events

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Events of interest to Northern California Bluegrass Fans:

FEBRUARY

3 – Peninsula Bluegrass presents the Kathy Kallick Band & Gryphon Quartet, Palo Alto. Sold Out. (Sponsored by NCBS)

15-19 – KKUP Bluegrass Marathon, South Bay & Monterey Bay Areas (91.5FM) and online (www.kkup.org).

21-15 – Folk Alliance International Conference, Westin Crown Center Hotel, Kansas City, MO.

22-25 – Wintergrass, Hyatt Regency, Bellevue. WA.

MARCH

9 – Sonoma County Folk & Bluegrass Festival, Sebastopol Community Cultural Center, Sebastopol.

15-17 – Brookdale Bluegrass & Roots Festival, Brookdale Lodge, Brookdale. (NCBS welcomed)

APRIL

11-14 – Walker Creek Music Camp, Walker Creek Ranch, Petaluma. (NCBS welcomed)

16-21 – CBA Spring Campout (& California State Old Time Fiddle Association Open Fiddle & Picking Contest), Lodi Grape Festival Fairgrounds, Lodi.

26-28 – Berkeley Bluegrass Festival, Freight & Salvage, Berkeley. (NCBS welcomed)

25-28 – Merlefest, Wilkes Community College, Wilkesboro, NC.

MAY

9-12 – Parkfield Bluegrass Festival, various venues, Parkfield.

23-26 – Strawberry Music Festival, Nevada County Fairgrounds, Grass Valley.

23-26 – Delfest, Allegany County Fairgrounds, Cumberland, MD.

24-26 – Pick & Gather Festival, Riverdance Farm, Livingston. (NCBS welcomed)

JUNE

13-16 – CBA Father’s Day Bluegrass Festival, Nevada County Fairgrounds, Grass Valley.

21-23 – Susanville Bluegrass Festival, Lassen County Fairgrounds, Susanville.

22 – Los Gatos Bluegrass Festival, Los Gatos Town Plaza, Los Gatos. FREE. (NCBS welcomed)

JULY

July 4-7 – High Sierra Music Festival, various venues, Quincy.

AUGUST

8-11 – Historic 30th NCBS Good Old Fashioned Bluegrass Festival, San Benito County Historical Park, Tres Pinos.

This Weekend In Northern California Bluegrass

This Weekend in Northern California Bluegrass:

The Kathy Kallick Band/Gryphon Quartet concert in Palo Alto on Saturday night February 3 is sold out. The concert is presented by Peninsula Bluegrass and sponsored by the Northern California Bluegrass Society.

Palo Alto native and former NCBS member Molly Tuttle is up for a Bluegrass Grammy Award. The ceremony will be held on Sunday afternoon, February 4 in Los Angeles, prior to the evening’s televised official awards show. The afternoon event will be streamed.