Author: Michael Hall

One Day Reminder: 2017 Northern California Bluegrass Awards Nominations Are Due October 8

One Day Reminder: Nominations for the 10th Annual Northern California Bluegrass Awards are due tomorrow, Saturday, 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.

For your convenience, nominations may be made by E-Mail.

NCBS Members will receive two rounds of ballots, then the FREE Northern California Bluegrass Awards Show & Concert will be held on Saturday, January 28, 2017, as part of the Northern California Bluegrass Society’s Bluegrass On Broadway Festival in Redwood City. The festival is supported by a base grant from the Redwood City Civic Cultural Commission, and by other Redwood City area individuals, businesses, organizations and agencies.

Three Day Reminder: Nominations Due Saturday For 2017 Northern California Bluegrass Awards

Three Day Reminder: Nominations for the 10th Annual Northern California Bluegrass Awards are due this Saturday, 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.

For your convenience, nominations may be made by E-Mail.

Northern California Bluegrass Society Walker Creek Scholarship Fund Assists Deserving Music Camp Students At This Weekend’s Fall Session

Ingrid Noyes

The committee that runs the Northern California Bluegrass Society Walker Creek Music Camp Scholarship Fund has awarded two partial scholarships to deserving students for the fall camp, which will be held this weekend, October 6-9, 2016, near Petaluma.

One recipient is a 13-year-old aspiring bass player whose father has been unemployed for much of the past year. The other is a college student who plays banjo & guitar and will earn the balance of her camp tuition by assisting with the camp’s youth program.

NCBS Walker Creek Music Camp Scholarship Fund

Thanks to Ingrid Noyes, who runs the music camp, which is held each spring and fall and is open to both adults and children. Thanks also to the NCBS committee that manages the fund.

And, a Big Thanks to the generous bluegrass scholarship fund donors, whose contributions support bluegrass education in our area!

Information:

Walker Creek Music Camp


The Summit House Presents The Goat Hill Girls This Thursday Evening October 6

The Goat Hill Girls return to the summit.

The Summit House Thursday Bluegrass Series will feature local faves The Goat Hill Girls on October 6.

Then, the Summit House will be closed for upgrades on October 11 so there will be NO bluegrass show that night.

The FREE Thursday shows will return later in the month, presented by the Summit House Beer Garden & Grill and welcomed by the Northern California Bluegrass Society.

This bluegrass place on Highway 17 six miles south of Los Gatos has great food and drink and endless views of the beautiful Santa Cruz Mountains. Shows run 6:00-8:30pm.

Highway 17 leads to the Summit House and bluegrass music.

Foundation For Bluegrass Music Awards Prestigious Grant To NCBS Walker Creek Music Camp Scholarship Fund

The Foundation For Bluegrass Music (Nashville) has awarded one of only four 2016 grants to support children’s bluegrass education to the Northern California Bluegrass Society’s Walker Creek Music Camp Scholarship Fund.

The prestigious nationwide grant was announced at the International Bluegrass Music Association Awards Luncheon at the World Of Bluegrass in Raleigh, NC on September 29, 2016.

NCBS Walker Creek Music Camp Scholarship Fund

The NCBS fund accepts donations and awards partial or full scholarships to deserving young students at the Walker Creek Music Camp, which is held each Spring & Fall at the Walker Creek Environmental Education Center & Ranch near Petaluma. A NCBS committee manages the four-year-old fund.

The Walker Creek Music Camp was established in 2013 by Camp Director Ingrid Noyes. The residential camp educates both adults and children in instrumental and vocal instruction, with nationally-recognized instructors.

Ingrid Noyes
Walker Creek Music Camp Kids

The FBM also awards a college scholarship each year to a student studying bluegrass music. Palo Alto’s Molly Tuttle was one of the past recipients.

Thanks to all the donors, now including the Foundation For Bluegrass Music, as well as all the NCBS volunteers, for making this scholarship fund available to young aspiring bluegrass students in Northern California.

Information: Walker Creek Music Camp.

One Week Reminder: Nominations Are Due October 8 For 10th Annual Northern California Bluegrass Awards

One Week Reminder: Nominations for the 10th Annual Northern California Bluegrass Awards are due on Saturday, 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.

Hard copy nominations are accepted at the NCBS Booth at events or nominations may be made at any time by E-Mail.

The awards will be presented during the FREE NCBS Bluegrass On Broadway Festival in Redwood City at the end of January.

The Northern California Bluegrass & Beyond Highlights For October 2016

The late Warren Hellman, founder of Hardly Strictly Bluegrass.

October closes the outdoor bluegrass season in Northern California and also heralds the start of the indoor shows, so there is plenty to entertain us this month!

The world biggest (and arguably, “Hardliest”) bluegrass festival is right here in San Francisco’s Golden Gate Park to start the month! Smaller festivals follow in Dixon, El Cerrito, Goleta, Modesto, and elsewhere around the area.

There are two new Bay Area festivals with top local talent — and both are FREE: The Prusch Farm Mountain Music Festival, will be held at Emma Prusch Farm Park in San Jose. The Bluegrass Festival will be held at Jerry Garcia Amphitheatre in San Francisco’s McLaren Park. Enjoy!

The big California Bluegrass Association Fall Campout will return to Lodi this month for a week of informal picking. The Hangtown Music Festival (was the “Hangtown Halloween Ball”) will be held in Placerville.

Meanwhile, the historic 25th Season for the NCBS-welcomed Redwood Bluegrass Associates concert series starts with The Kathy Kallick Band in Mountain View. And there will be NCBS-welcomed bluegrass music Thursdays at the Summit House at the beginning and end of the month, but there will be a short break beginning October 13 for some restaurant upgrades.

CBA Fall Campout

OCTOBER

September 27 October 1 – IBMA World Of Bluegrass, Raleigh Convention Center, Raleigh, NC.

September 30-October 2 – Hardly Strictly Bluegrass, Hellman Hollow, Golden Gate Park, San Francisco.

September 30-October 2 & 7-9 — Austin City Limits Festival, Zilker Park, Austin, TX.

1 — Prusch Farm Mountain Music Festival, Emma Prusch Farm Park, San Jose.

1 — Mild Colonial Boys, San Gregorio General Store, San Gregorio.

1 — Paul Anastasio & Tony Marcus, Gryphon Stringed Instruments, Palo Alto.

1 — The Roustabouts, Barn Theater, Porterville.

1-2 – Dixon Lambtown Festival, Dixon May Fair Grounds, Dixon.

2 — Santa Clara Valley Fiddlers Association (& Kid Fiddle Workshop), Hoover Middle School, San Jose.

Canyon Johnson at Mission Pizza.
Sidesaddle & Co

3 — Bean Creek, Phil’s Fish Market, Moss Landing.

3 — The Bearcat Stringband, Amnesia, San Francisco.

4 — Bean Creek, Sam’s BBQ, San Jose.

4 — Slide Road, Phil’s Fish Market, San Jose.

5 — Sidesaddle & Co, Sam’s BBQ, San Jose.

5 — Glad To Be Here, Phil’s Fish Market, Moss Landing.

The Goat Hill Girls
Blue & Lonesome

6 — Blue & Lonesome, Willowbrook Ale House, Petaluma.

6 — Goat Hill Girls, Summit Inn, Los Gatos. (NCBS-welcomed)

6 — The Sedgwick Brothers, Atlas Cafe, San Francisco.

7 — Cimmaron Rose Band, Mission Pizza, Fremont.

7 — Redwood Rodeo, Ocean Ale House, San Francisco.

7 — Yosemite Songwriting Retreat, Yosemite Bug Resort, Midpines.

8 — High Country, Austin James Hicks, Cleophus Quealy Beer Company, San Leandro.

8 — Robin Fischer & Julay Brooks, Cato’s Ale House, Oakland.

8 — Harmony Grits, San Gregorio General Store, San Gregorio.

8 — Canyon Johnson, Mission Pizza, Fremont.

8 — Sugar By The Pound, Sherry Austin & Henhouse, Kuumbwa Jazz Center, Santa Cruz.

8 — El Cerrito Free Folk Festival, El Cerrito High School, El Cerrito.

8 — Arizona Bluegrass Film Festival & Bluegrass Band Showdown, Cattle Track Theater, Scottsdale, AZ.

8-9 – Heritage Harvest Festival, Historic Hawes Farms, Anderson.

9 — Beer, Brats, Burgers & Bands Festival, La Honda Gardens, La Honda.

9 — Vintage Grass, Cove Cafe, Angel Island.

10 — The Bow Ties, Amnesia, San Francisco.

10 — Courthouse Ramblers, Phil’s Fish Market, Moss Landing.

11 — Carolina Special, Sam’s BBQ, San Jose.

11 — Abbott Family Band, Phil’s Fish Market, Moss Landing.

Phil DiGirolamo, Phil's Fish Market

11 — Old Time Fiddlers’ Convention & Festival, Stow House, Goleta.

12 — Dark Hollow, Sam’s BBQ, San Jose.

12 — Mr. Banjo & The Lonesome Wailers, Phil’s Fish Market, Moss Landing.

13 — Blue & Lonesome, Willowbrook Ale House, Petaluma.

13 — Mill Creek Ramblers, Mission Pizza, Fremont.

13-16 – Folk Alliance Region West Music Conference, Hyatt Regency, Bellevue, WA.

14 — Vintage Grass, Hopmonk Tavern, Sonoma.

14 — The Crooked Jades, Crooked House Concerts, Auburn.

14 — The Brothers Strong & Co, Risky Biscuits, Nathan Ignacio, Sonora Opera Hall, Sonora.

15 — The Bluegrass Festival, Jerry Garcia Amphitheatre, McLaren Park, San Francisco.

Carolyn Sills Combo

15 — Mill Creek Ramblers, Mission Pizza, Fremont.

15 — The Wail Aways, Crystal Bay Farm, Watsonville.

16 — Montara Mountain Boys, San Gregorio General Store, San Gregorio.

16 — Snap Jackson & The Knock On Wood Players, The Salty Suites, Last Stage West, Atascadero.

16 — Mountain Music Day, Old Schoolhouse, Yucaipa.

17 — Bean Creek, Phil’s Fish Market, Moss Landing.

17 — Windy Hill, Amnesia, San Francisco.

17-23 – CBA Fall Campout, Grape Festival Fairground, Lodi.

Sam's BBQ

18 — Cabin Fever, Sam’s BBQ, San Jose.

18 — Dom Flemons & Leyla McCalla, Don Quixote’s, Felton.

18 — Glad To Be Here, Phil’s Fish Market, Moss Landing.

19 — Sidesaddle & Co, Sam’s BBQ, San Jose.

19 — Carolyn Sills Combo, Phil’s Fish Market, Moss Landing.

20 — Mill Creek Ramblers, Mission Pizza, Fremont.

20 — Blue & Lonesome, Willowbrook Ale House, Petaluma.

20 — Kathy Kallick Band, House Concert, Larkspur.

20-23 —  Hangtown Music Festival, El Dorado County Fairgrounds, Placerville.

21 — Kathy Kallick Band, The Back Room, Berkeley.

21 — Mill Creek Ramblers, Mission Pizza, Fremont.

21-23 — Logandale Bluegrass Fall Festival, Clark County Fairgrounds, Logandale, NV.

21 — The Mosey Boys, Murphy’s Irish Pub, Sonoma.

22 — Kathy Kallick Band, Redwood Bluegrass Associates, Masonic Hall, Mountain View. (NCBS-welcomed)

22 – Northern California Women’s Music Festival, Gallo Center For The Arts, Modesto.

22 — Loganville, San Gregorio General Store, San Gregorio.

22 — The Susie Glaze New Folk Ensemble With Glenn Houston, McCabe’s Guitar Shop, Santa Monica.

23 — Kathy Kallick Band, House Concert, Folsom.

24 — The Earl Brothers, Amnesia, San Francisco.

24 — Bangers & Grass, Kensington Circus Pub, Kensington.

24 — Courthouse Ramblers, Phil’s Fish Market, Moss Landing.

25 — Slide Road, Sam’s BBQ, San Jose.

25 — Glad To Be Here, Phil’s Fish Market, Moss Landing.

26 — Loganville, Sam’s BBQ, San Jose.

26 — Trail Rides Band, Phil’s Fish Market, Moss Landing.

27 — Mill Creek Ramblers, Mission Pizza, Fremont.

27 — Blue & Lonesome, Willowbrook Ale House, Petaluma.

28 — The Dim Lights, Pacifica Moose Lodge, Pacifica.

28 — The Stragglyrs, Mission Pizza, Fremont.

28 — The Grateful Bluegrass Boys, Murphy’s Irish Pub, Sonoma.

28 — Black Eyed Susies, Whale City Bakery, Davenport.

28 — Milestone Bluegrass, Kern River Brewing Company, Kernville.

29 — Cygne, Anders & Alison Steele, lille aeske, Boulder Creek.

29 — Beargrass Creek, Mission Pizza, Fremont.

29 — Windy Hill, Max & Duff, Plough & Stars, San Francisco.

29 — The Dim Lights, Cleophus Quealy Beer Company, San Leandro.

31 — The Bernal Hillbillies, Amnesia, San Francisco.

31 — Bean Creek, Phil’s Fish Market, Moss Landing.

The Kathy Kallick Band

Historic 25th Redwood Bluegrass Associates Concert Season To Begin In October

The historic 25th Redwood Bluegrass Associates Concert Season will begin in October and run through April in Mountain View. All RBA programs since 1995 have been welcomed by the Northern California Bluegrass Society.

The line-up:

October 22, 2016 — Kathy Kallick Band

November 19 — Front Country

January 21, 2017 — Peter Rowan Bluegrass Band

February 18 — Rob Ickes & Trey Hensley

March 18 — John Reischman & The Jaybirds

April — TBA

Three Bluegrass Film Festivals Set For North Carolina, Arizona & California

Three bluegrass film festivals are set to take place in North Carolina, Arizona, and California. The two new festivals are based on the Northern California Bluegrass Society festival that is held as part of the FREE Bluegrass On Broadway Festival in Redwood City each January.

OCTOBER

September 30-October 1 — 3rd Annual IBMA Bluegrass Film Festival, International Bluegrass Music Association World Of Bluegrass, Raleigh Convention Center, Raleigh, NC. The festival is free and open to the public.

10 — 3rd Annual Arizona Bluegrass Film Festival & Bluegrass Band Showdown, Cattle Track Theater, Scottsdale, AZ.

JANUARY 2017

29 — 10th Annual NCBS Bluegrass Film Festival, Redwood City Main Library, Redwood City. Film submissions for the 2017 NCBS Bluegrass Film Festival are due on October 22, 2016.