Now is the time to support bluegrass music in our area by joining the Northern California Bluegrass Society as we begin to plan our fall, winter, and 2024 events!
The Society welcomes all new, renewing, and returning members. You can join or renew your NCBS Membership on this website.
Now is the time to support bluegrass music in our area by joining the Northern California Bluegrass Society. The Society welcomes all new, renewing, and returning members. You can join or renew your NCBS Membership on this website.
The Northern California Bluegrass Society welcomes all new, renewing, and returning members. You can join or renew your NCBS Membership on this website or by mail. Now is the time to support bluegrass music in our area by joining your local bluegrass music club!
AJ Lee has been named the first Honorary Member of the Northern California Bluegrass Society Board Of Directors. She served for 7 years as an elected member of the board. The demands of her new role as a nationally and internationally touring bluegrass star made it necessary for her to decline to run for another term in 2023.
She has a long record of involvement and work with the bluegrass society. She first performed at the GOF when she was only 6 years old. She began playing with Kids On Stage and the ‘Tweener Stage, and then became a regular Main Stage performer.
Her last in-person GOF performance with her band AJ Lee & Blue Summit was in 2018, the same year that she did the sound for the First Stage. She also performed on the 2020 online GOF festival during the pandemic. She led a GOF set-up crew, helped with the design process for the festival shirt and poster, and was an advocate for the difficult task of raising GOF band pay.
Lee also participated in the NCBS Bluegrass On Broadway Festival, where she received numerous honors as a part of the NCBS Northern California Bluegrass Awards over the years.
Thanks, AJ! We wish you the best of luck in your bluegrass career!
The members of the Northern California Bluegrass Society elected the following to serve as the Board Of Directors for the 2023-2024 term:
Gary Anwyl (Palo Alto), Bruce Bellochio (Brookdale), Eric Burman (Bonny Doon), Scott Conroy (San Luis Obispo), Bruce Edmundson (Sunnyvale), Michael Hall (Redwood City), Lois Kellerman (Mountain View), Joanne Minasi (Tracy), and Mike Russell (Fremont).
Thanks to our retiring board members: Mike Fisher, AJ Lee, Karen Reyes, and Amy Warren.
Four Day Reminder: Mailed Ballots (only) for the Northern California Bluegrass Society Board Of Directors Election must arrive at the NCBS Post Office Box by Tuesday, August 8, 2023.
NCBS Members can also vote in person on Saturday, August 12 (10:00am to 5:00pm) at the Good Old Fashioned Bluegrass Festival, San Benito County Historical Park in Tres Pinos.
One Week Reminder: Mailed Ballots (only) for the Northern California Bluegrass Society Board Of Directors Election must arrive at the NCBS Post Office Box by Tuesday, August 8, 2023.
NCBS Members can also vote in person on Saturday, August 12 (10:00am to 5:00pm) at the Good Old Fashioned Bluegrass Festival, San Benito County Historical Park in Tres Pinos.
Now is the time to support bluegrass music in our area by joining your local bluegrass music club! The Northern California Bluegrass Society welcomes all new, renewing, and returning members. You can join or renew your NCBS Membership on this website or by mail. You can also join or renew in person at the upcoming 2023 Good Old Fashioned Bluegrass Festival, set for August 10-13 in lovely Tres Pinos.
NCBS Past President Michael Hall of Redwood City is starting his third and final three-year term as a member of the Board Of Directors of the IBMA Foundation, the philanthropic affiliate of the International Bluegrass Music Association. The foundation accepts donations and funds bluegrass music education and other projects that support and expand the music nationally and internationally.
Two Week Reminder: Mailed Ballots (only) for the Northern California Bluegrass Society Board Of Directors Election must arrive at the NCBS Post Office Box by Tuesday, August 8, 2023.
NCBS Members can also vote in person on Saturday, August 12 (10:00am to 5:00pm) at the Good Old Fashioned Bluegrass Festival, San Benito County Historical Park in Tres Pinos.