The Northern California Bluegrass Society welcomes the September 24-28, 2024 International Bluegrass Music Association World Of Bluegrass, the final gathering to be held in Raleigh, NC. The NCBS is a longtime organizational member of the IBMA.
Two important convention events will be streamed on Facebook:
The Momentum Awards (young and coming performers) 8:00AM WED, SEPT 25, and The Industry Awards (non-performer honorees) 8:00AM THU, SEPT 26:
The NCBS National Bluegrass Stolen & Missing Instrument Page is on this website. It provides a central reporting location for the recovery of stolen or lost bluegrass instruments. This service is for both theft victims and used instrument buyers. The FREE page is searchable, and links can be added to connect additional information about the instrument.
The Northern California Bluegrass Society welcomes the First Annual Frankly Bluegrass Music Festival which will honor the late Frank Solivan, Sr., founder of Kids On Bluegrass & Kids On Stage. The event is presented by members of the Solivan family.
The Amador County Fairgrounds in Plymouth, site of several bluegrass festivals over the past 40 years, but none in the past decade, will host the new festival the Second Weekend of October (9-13).
The line-up: Frank Solivan & Chris Luquette, Kids On Bluegrass, Broken Compass Bluegrass, Special Consensus, Wayne Taylor & Appaloosa, Crying Uncle, Central Valley Boys, David Adkins & Mountain Soul, Kentucky Sky, and The Honey Buckets.
The Northern California Bluegrass Society supports 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.
NCBS/SCBS accepts tax-advantaged donations. The NCBS/SCBS Tax ID No. is 94-2907716.
Mail-In Donations: NCBS/SCBS, PO Box 390846, Mountain View, CA 94039-0846.
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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.
The Sonia Shell Band (Santa Cruz) and the Johnny Campbell Band (Nashville) will perform at Sam’s BBQ in San Jose on Wednesday October 16 and at the Live Oak Grange near Santa Cruz on Saturday October 19. NCBS will welcome the October 19 show. The bands will also appear on KKUP Monday Night Bluegrass on Monday October 14.
Here are the upcoming bluegrass festivals of interest to Northern California bluegrass fans:
SEPTEMBER
18-22 – Berkeley Old Time Music Convention, Various Venues, Berkeley.
24-29 – International Bluegrass Music Association World Of Bluegrass, Raleigh Convention Center, Raleigh, NC. (NCBS welcomed)
OCTOBER
4-6 – Hardly Strictly Bluegrass, Hellman Holler, Golden Gate Park, San Francisco. FREE.
4-6 – Huck Finn Jubilee, Bonelli Bluffs RV Resort & Campground, San Dimas.
5 – Santa Barbara Old Time Fiddlers Festival, Stow House, Goleta.
9-13 – Frankly Bluegrass Music Festival, Amador County Fairgrounds, Plymouth. (NCBS welcomed)
14-20 – CBA Fall Campout, Lodi Grape Festival Grounds, Lodi.
19 – Sonia Shell Band & Johnny Campbell Band, Presented by the bands at the Live Oak Grange Hall, Santa Cruz. (Concert, Jam, Potluck). (NCBS welcomed)
NOVEMBER
8-10 – Wickenburg Bluegrass Festival, Rodeo Grounds, Wickenburg, AZ.
8-11 – CBA South State 48, Carlsbad By The Sea Hotel, Carlsbad.
DECEMBER
12-16 – Strings & Sol, Sapphire Resort, Puerto Morelos, Mexico.
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The Northern California Bluegrass Society welcomes the First Annual Frankly Bluegrass Music Festival which will honor the late Frank Solivan, Sr., founder of Kids On Bluegrass & Kids On Stage.
The Amador County Fairgrounds in Plymouth, site of several bluegrass festivals over the past 40 years, but none in the past decade, will host the new festival October 9-13, 2024. The event is presented by members of the Solivan family.
The line-up: Frank Solivan & Chris Luquette, Kids On Bluegrass, Broken Compass Bluegrass, Special Consensus, Wayne Taylor & Appaloosa, Crying Uncle, Central Valley Boys, David Adkins & Mountain Soul, Kentucky Sky, and The Honey Buckets.
The Berkeley Old Time Music Convention is next week starting on Wednesday. Here is a warning about fake tickets being sold online and information about how to get valid tickets, as provided by Suzy Thompson from the festival:
BEWARE of fake ticket sales for BOTMC events! The website ticketsales.com is selling fake BOTMC tickets, and there may be other second-party ticket sites doing it as well. These tickets will not be accepted for admission to shows!
WARNING: If you are trying to buy BOTMC tickets online, and you land on any page supposedly selling BOTMC tickets, that does NOT list all the performers for each night, that page may be a scam!! Any genuine ticket page will be from either secure.thefreight.org (i.e. Freight & Salvage website) or from ashkenaz.com (Ashkenaz’s website) and should list the entire lineup for that show.
Tickets should be available at the door for all shows — but if you want free music workshops, you will need to buy a 2-day pass in advance: https://secure.
Here are links for advance tickets to individual shows:
Wed. Sept. 18 – Ashkenaz – Welcome Party and Cajun/Honky Tonk Dance
Marley’s Ghost, Cedric Watson plus jamming with Bigfoot
Cajun & Honky tonk dance lesson with Sarah Travis
https://www.ashkenaz.com/full-
Thurs. Sept. 19 – Freight & Salvage – Concert
Clean Heat, Cedric Watson, Bigfoot
https://secure.thefreight.org/
Fri. Sept. 20 – Freight & Salvage – Concert
Black Banjo & Fiddle Fellows, Maria Muldaur & Her Old Timey Pals, the Onlies
https://secure.thefreight.org/
Sat. Sept. 21 – Ashkenaz – Square Dance Party
Propagators, Bigfoot, the Onlies with Susan Michaels & Robin Fischer calling
Clogging workshop with Evie Ladin
Song circle with Viv & Riley; old time jam with Cathy Fink & Marcy Marxer
https://www.ashkenaz.com/full-
I sincerely hope that none of you have fallen for this fake ticket scam!! And I hope to see you next week, we’re gonna have some gooooooood music!!
Suzy Thompson
Director, Berkeley Old Time Music Convention
www.BerkeleyOldTimeMusic.org
info@BerkeleyOldTimeMusic.org or suzy@ericandsuzy.com
Cell phone: 510-225-5508
Save the dates! Sept. 18-22, 2024
