Author: Michael Hall

Mountaintop Favorites The Goat Hill Girls To Play At The Summit House On April 6

TheĀ Summit House Beer Garden & Grill Thursday Bluegrass Series will present mountaintop favoritesĀ The Goat Hill Girls this coming Thursday, April 6. The FREE weekly series is presented by theĀ Summit HouseĀ and welcomed by theĀ Northern California Bluegrass Society.

Music runs fromĀ 6:00-8:30pm with fine food and drink available. TheĀ Summit House is located atĀ 23123 Santa Cruz Highway, Los Gatos on Highway 17.

The Goat Hill Girls

Here is the music for the rest of April:

April

13 — Wildcat Mountain Ramblers

20 — Hidden Still

27 — Blue Summit


The Stoney Mountain Ramblers To Perform At Redwood City 150th Anniversary Concert Downtown

The Stoney Mountain Ramblers will perform at a FREE bluegrass concert followed by a full afternoon and evening of other music onĀ Saturday, May 20, 2017 to celebrateĀ Redwood City’s 150th Anniversary. The program is part of a day-long historical & cultural gathering held in downtownĀ Redwood City.

The music is welcomed by theĀ Northern California Bluegrass Society.

Main Street Stage

Noon —Ā 27strings

1:00pm —Ā The Stoney Mountain Ramblers

Other music on the Main Street and Courthouse Square Stages will run Noon-8:00pm. The bluegrass show will be in a downtown area where there are many restaurants that have outdoor seating with a view of the stage, in addition to other available seating.

The Stoney Mountain Ramblers

The Faultliners To Headline Final RBA Concert On April 22 In Mountain View

The last (for now)Ā Redwood Bluegrass Associates concert onĀ Saturday, April 22 at theĀ Masonic Hall, 890 Church Street inĀ Mountain View will be headlined byĀ The Faultliners. The opening act will be 27strings.

All RBA programs since 1995 have been welcomed by theĀ Northern California Bluegrass Society.

Doors open atĀ 7:00pm and concert time isĀ 7:30pm. An open jam hosted byĀ The Handsome Ladies will be held atĀ 5:00pm.

Santa Cruz Bluegrass Fair Welcomes The Return Of The Down Beets On Sunday May 7

The Down Beets
San Lorenzo Park, Santa Cruz

TheĀ longest-running event of theĀ Northern California Bluegrass Society/Santa Cruz Bluegrass Society, held each May since 1986, is the FREEĀ Santa Cruz Bluegrass Fair inĀ San Lorenzo Park, next to the courthouse inĀ Santa Cruz.

Santa Cruz favorites The Down Beets will return to the Duck Pond Stage this year!

Note New Date: This year the fair will be held onĀ SUNDAY, May 7 fromĀ Noon toĀ 6:00pm.

Other Bands: AJ Lee & Blue Summit, Bean Creek, Brookdale Bluegrass Band, Henry & Ella Warde Band, & The Harmony Grits.

Henry & Ella Warde Band To Perform Thursday March 30 At The Summit House Near Los Gatos

Ella Warde

TheĀ Summit House Beer Garden & Grill Thursday Bluegrass Series will present The Henry & Ella WardeĀ Band onĀ March 30.

The FREE show is fromĀ 6:00-8:30pm with fine food and drink available. TheĀ Summit House is located atĀ 23123 Santa Cruz Highway, Los Gatos on Highway 17.

The weekly series is presented by theĀ Summit HouseĀ and welcomed by theĀ Northern California Bluegrass Society.

Barry Hazle, 69, Former Society Board Member, Concert Presenter, Agent, & Radio Host

Maline & Barry Hazle on the job at the Strawberry Music Festival.

Former Santa Cruz Bluegrass Society (NCBS/SCBS) board member Barry Hazle has died. He was 69 years old. He was known for his friendly, booming voice and a laid back attitude that masked a strong volunteer drive in support of bluegrass and related acoustic music.

After his retirement from the City of Sunnyvale Public Safety Department and our board of directors, he and his wife Maline moved to Redding, where he organized The Oaksongs Society For The Preservation Of Way Cool Music and for a time managed bluegrass performers Marley’s Ghost and James King.

He was also a bluegrass radio host on North State Public Radio, where he first helped produce the Good Old Fashioned Folk Ā Music Show and then moved to his own program, The Shasta Serenade, which featured bluegrass and Americana music.

Barry and Maline were also longtime volunteers at the Strawberry Music Festival.

Barry Hazle

27strings To Perform At Redwood City 150th Anniversary On Saturday May 20

27strings

A FREE bluegrass concert with 27strings followed by a full afternoon and evening of other music will take place onĀ Saturday, May 20, Ā 2017 to celebrate Redwood City’s 150th Anniversary. The music is welcomed by theĀ Northern California Bluegrass Society.

The program is part of a day-long celebration that will be held in downtownĀ Redwood City.

Main Street Stage, May 20:

Noon ā€”Ā 27strings

1:00pm ā€”Ā The Stoney Mountain Ramblers

Other music on the Main Street and Courthouse Square Stages will run Noon-8:00pm. The bluegrass show will be in a downtown area where there are many restaurants that have outdoor seating with a view of the stage, in addition to other available seating.

Sunday May 7 Santa Cruz Bluegrass Fair To Present Bean Creek At The Duck Pond Stage

Bean Creek
The FREE Santa Cruz Bluegrass Fair is SUNDAY, May 7.

The Santa Cruz Bluegrass Fair will present traditional bluegrass favoritesĀ Bean Creek at theĀ Duck Pond Stage inĀ San Lorenzo Park, next to the courthouse in lovely springtimeĀ Santa Cruz onĀ SUNDAY, May 7 (note new date) fromĀ Noon toĀ 6:00pm.

This is a FREE event staged each May since 1986 by the NCBS/SCBS. Bring a picnic or food will be available.

The other bands includeĀ AJ Lee & Blue Summit, Brookdale Bluegrass Band, The Down Beets, The Harmony Grits and Henry & Ella Warde.

35 Years Of Trouble Heads For The 24th Annual Good Old Fashioned Bluegrass Festival In Tres Pinos

The talented young musicians of 35 Years Of Trouble are headed back to the main stage of the 24th Annual Good Old Fashioned Bluegrass Festival, set for August 10-13, 2017 at the San Benito County Historical Park in Tres Pinos (7 miles south of Hollister).

The popular gathering of “friends and family making music for friends and family” is a benefit for the good works of the Northern California Bluegrass Society in bringing our music to the San Francisco Bay Area and the Monterey Bay Area all year long.

GOF Festival Flyer

35 Years Of Trouble