Author: Michael Hall

The Northern California Bluegrass Society will welcome the 13th Annual Pick & Gather Festival presented by Riverdance Farms in Livingston (near Merced) on Saturday & Sunday, May 27-28, 2017.

(NOTE NEW DATES: The 2017 event was originally set for the preceding weekend, but has been moved to Memorial Day weekend due to the rainy late winter and early spring weather.)

The event will feature bluegrass and other live music, camping, fruit in season for picking, good food and information about organic farming, water quality information, and swimming in the pleasant Merced River.

The Brookdale Bluegrass Band will headline.

More information will be announced soon.

The Thursday Bluegrass Series at the Summit House Beer Garden & Grill will present The Goat Hill Girls on March 2, 2017 from 6:00-8:30pm..

The FREE weekly series is presented by the Summit House and welcomed by the Northern California Bluegrass Society.

The Summit House is located at 23123 Santa Cruz Highway, Los Gatos (six miles south of Los Gatos) on Highway 17.

Robert Cornelius organizes the performances.

The line-up has been announced for the Saturday, March 18, 2017 Stanley Sing at La Promenade Cafe in San Francisco. The 3:00-10:00pm program is welcomed by the Northern California Bluegrass Society.

Bluegrass musicians will take turns performing favorite songs of The Stanley Brothers and related bands.

The performers: Windy Hill (Thomas Wille, Ryan Breen), Eric Embry, The Hossettes (Angela Personini, Hailey Pexton, Karen Wilhoyte), Josh Tharp (of Keith Little’s Band), High Country (Larry Cohea, Jim Mintun), Keystone Crossing (Larry Carlin, Claudia Hampe), Bernal Hillbillies (Larry Chung, Bill Foss, Martha Hawthorne, Scot Brenton, Amy Scher), Ted Kuster, Town Howlers (John McKelvy), Chris Smith (The Mighty Crows), Chuck and Jeanie’s Country Round Up, Skillet Licorice (Matt Knoth, Elise Engelberg), Tom Diamont, and Paul Shelasky (house fiddler).

The La Promenade at 3643 Balboa Street is the FREE event’s new home, replacing The Lucky Horseshoe.

CANCELED — There is no Electric Power on the mountain — This show has been CANCELED.

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The Summit House Thursday Bluegrass Series will present traditional bluegrass with Kitchen Help on February 23, 2017 from 6:00-8:30pm..

The FREE series is presented by the Summit House Beer Garden & Grill and welcomed by the Northern California Bluegrass Society.

The Summit House is the purveyor of fine food and drink and is located six miles south of Los Gatos on Highway 17. The address is 23123 Santa Cruz Highway, Los Gatos, CA.