Author: Michael Hall

Your Membership in the Northern California Bluegrass Society supports local bluegrass music in the San Francisco Bay Area, the Monterey Bay Area, and in all of Northern California. Join or renew today! Use this link to join today: <NCBS Membership>.

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. Please post again when the instrument is recovered.

The last day to make Tax Advantaged Donations for 2025 is December 31, 2025. You can include bluegrass music in your year-end tax planning. The Northern California Bluegrass Society accepts donations to support area bluegrass and 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.

Mail-In Donations: NCBS/SCBS, PO Box 390846, Mountain View, CA 94039-0846.

NCBS Online Donations

The voices of bluegrass folks can be heard at the polls in California on Election Day, Tuesday, November 4, or by mailed ballots postmarked by election day. All Vote Centers will be open 7:00am to 8:00pm in every county.

The Northern California Bluegrass Society welcomes the FREE 20th Annual Holiday Hootenanny on Friday, December 12 at 4:00pm.

This has become a fun and enduring Bay Area bluegrass tradition! The Stoney Mountain Ramblers will be the host band. Other bands will be announced soon.

Thanks to our own Scott Dailey for booking this event, which is presented by the Devil’s Canyon Brewing Company.

It’s time to join your friends who have joined the NCBS! Your Membership in the Northern California Bluegrass Society supports local bluegrass music in the San Francisco Bay Area, the Monterey Bay Area, and in all of Northern California. Join or renew today!

NCBS Membership

Bluegrass Folks can vote at all California Vote Centers in all counties or by mail Saturday, November 1 to Election Day on Tuesday, November 4. It’s time for bluegrass voices to be heard!

Happy Halloween from your friends in the Northern California Bluegrass Society!

You can now include bluegrass music in your year-end tax planning.

The Northern California Bluegrass Society accepts donations to support area bluegrass and 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.

The last day to make Tax Advantaged Donations for 2025 is December 31, 2025.

How To Donate to NCBS/SCBS:

Send Mail-In Donations To: NCBS/SCBS, PO Box 390846, Mountain View, CA 94039-0846. Or make a donation on this website here: NCBS Online Donations.

Thanks for your support!

The Strawberry Music Festival held a fall event for the first time in 8 years earlier this month. The Fall Festival will return in 2026 on a date yet to be announced. The Strawberry Spring Music Festival will be held on Memorial Day Weekend, May 21-25, 2026. Both events will be held at the Nevada County Fairgrounds in Grass Valley.