The Santa Cruz-based Heathen Hill band will perform at the FREE Summit House Thursday Bluegrass Series on September 22.
The weekly series runs every Thursday evening from 6:00pm to 8:30pm at the Summit House Beer Garden & Grill at the top of Highway 17 between Los Gatos & Scott’s Valley. The last Thursday of September will feature Hidden Still.
The series is presented by the Summit House and welcomed by the Northern California Bluegrass Society. Good food and drink are served during the performance. The place offers endless views of the Santa Cruz Mountains.
Due to software upgrade work on the NCBS website several weeks ago, there was no monthly highlights article for September. Other coverage of suggested bluegrass events is being published during the month.
Here are some selected shows coming up for the week of September 19-24. Enjoy!
SCGC Love Your Local Artist Night, Kuumbwa Jazz Center, Santa Cruz. (Sold out)
Black Eyed Susies, Whale City Bakery, Davenport.
The True West, lille aeske, Boulder Creek.
Jeanie & Chuck Poling, The Wronglers, Tonya Newstetter & Niki Savage, Maurice Tani & Mike Anderson, Free Range Friday, La Promenade Cafe, San Francisco.
The Shook Twins
The Shook Twins, Go By Ocean, Sweetwater Music Hall, Mill Valley.
The Usual Suspects, The Fireside Lounge, Alameda.
Mill Creek Ramblers, Mission Pizza, Fremont.
Iris DeMent, Loudon Wainwright III, Uptown Theatre, Napa.
Three Week Reminder:Nominations for the 2017 Northern California Bluegrass Awards are due on October 8, 2016.
Categories:Band, Male Vocalist, Female Vocalist, Guitar, Mandolin, Banjo, Fiddle, Dobro, & Bass. The awards honor primarily non-touring Northern California bluegrass bands and musicians. Each person may nominate up to three in each category.
Paper nominations are accepted at the NCBS Booth at events or nominations may be made by E-Mail.
Two rounds of ballots will be sent to NCBS Members and the award ceremony will be held as part of the FREE NCBS Bluegrass On Broadway Festival in Redwood City on January 27-29, 2017.
The FREE Summit House Thursday Bluegrass Series continues in September with great views of the Santa Cruz Mountains. The weekly series runs every Thursday evening from 6:00pm to 8:30pm at the Summit House Beer Garden & Grill at the top of Highway 17 between Los Gatos & Scott’s Valley.
The series is presented by the Summit House and welcomed by the Northern California Bluegrass Society. Good food and drink are served during the performance.
SEPTEMBER
15 — Kitchen Help
22 — Heathen Hill
29 — Hidden Still
Robert Cornelius books this series that launched in January of this year and has made the Summit House a gem of a bluegrass venue. Check it out this month if you haven’t been by to enjoy this free event. Enjoy the endless view while you are there!
You are invited to make a donation to the Northern California Bluegrass Society Walker Creek Music Camp Scholarship Fund for student scholarships at the Fall Camp, set for October 6-9, 2016 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, run by a NCBS committee, 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 runs the camp, which is held each spring and fall. The camp is open to adults and children.
Rhiannon Giddens has been named the winner of the 2016 Steve Martin Banjo Prize, the first person who is not a white male to be so honored.
She is best known to bluegrass & old-time music fans as the former lead performer in The Carolina Chocolate Drops, and to folk music fans from her appearance in the film “Inside Llewyn Davis.”
Giddens continues to tour internationally as an individual performer and has just been added (as a singing social worker) to the cast of the television drama “Nashville.”
She performed several years ago as part of the Northern California Bluegrass Society’s San Francisco Bluegrass & Old Time Festival. She reunited with the CCD for several Bay Area shows earlier this year.
The prize, now in its sixth year, comes with a $50,000 cash award.
Due to software upgrade work on the NCBS website several weeks ago, there was no monthly highlights article for September. Other coverage of suggested bluegrass events is being published during the month.
Here are some selected shows coming up during Bill Monroe’s birthday week. Enjoy!
SEPTEMBER 12-18
MONDAY
The Bow Ties, Amnesia, San Francisco.
Courthouse Ramblers, Phil’s Fish Market, Moss Landing.
TUESDAY, Bill Monroe’s 105th Birthday
Bill Monroe Birthday Tribute With Laurie Lewis & The Right Hands (Brandon Godman, Tom Rozum, Patrick Sauber & Max Schwartz), Butch Waller, The T Sisters, Yoseff Tucker, & Luke Forrest, Freight & Salvage, Berkeley.
