One-Day Reminder: Friday, March 29 is the deadline to enter the Pisgah Banjo Company raffle to benefit the IBMA Foundation’s Arnold Shultz Fund and the Black Banjo Reclamation Project.
The Northern California Bluegrass Society is a longtime organizational member of the International Bluegrass Music Association, which is affiliated with the IBMA Foundation. NCBS President Michael Hall serves on the Foundation board. The Black Banjo Reclamation Project is an Oakland-based organization.
Tickets are just $20 each for a chance to win the beautiful custom banjo from Pisgah Banjo Company, made with wood from the National Christmas Tree (displayed in Washington DC, originally from North Carolina).
Thank you for supporting the Foundation’s Shultz fund, which encourages people of color to get more involved in bluegrass music. Likewise, the BBRP encourages young blacks to reclaim their heritage by learning to play the banjo. The live-streamed drawing will be at Noon Eastern Time on April 9, at the Pisgah Banjo Company Facebook Page.
More information and get your tickets HERE.
Your donations to the Northern California Bluegrass Society support local bluegrass music. The Society is a California Not-For-Profit Corporation with Internal Revenue Code Section 501(c)(3) status that is also known as the Santa Cruz Bluegrass Society. The NCBS/SCBS Tax ID No. is 94-2907716. Thanks for your support!
Mail-In Donations: NCBS/SCBS, PO Box 390846, Mountain View, CA 94039-0846.
Join the Bluegrass Society and plan to attend the NCBS Gathering for Members & Volunteers on Saturday, July 13 at Loch Lomond Park in Felton.
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.
Many new medium size trees will be planted all around the San Benito County Historical Park this spring. The park is the home of the Good Old Fashioned Bluegrass Festival. The addition of the trees has been an important upgrade for the park sought by the Northern California Bluegrass Society.
The trees were originally grown by a Gilroy nursery for use in a large Alphabet (Google) office development in San Jose that was postponed or cancelled. REACH, a local environmental tree-planting organization is working with the San Benito County Historical Society to plant the donated trees at the park.
Thanks to volunteer Anita Kane for organizing the tree project!
The NCBS Gathering, the annual party for Northern California Bluegrass Society Members & Volunteers, has been set for Saturday July 13 at Loch Lomond Park in Felton.
Coming Soon: More information about this fun, FREE event.
The Historic 30th Good Old Fashioned Bluegrass Festival will be held August 8-11, 2024 at the San Benito County Historical Park in Tres Pinos.
The festival is a benefit for the Northern California Bluegrass Society.
