Volunteers Are Needed For The 2025 Good Old Fashioned Bluegrass Festival

Volunteers are needed for the August 7-10, 2025 Good Old Fashioned Bluegrass Festival! Details are with the Volunteer Form on this website. The NCBS Gathering, held in honor of NCBS members and volunteers, will be held July 12 at the Live Oak Grange Hall in Santa Cruz. Join your Northern California Bluegrass Society friends as we put on the best festival of the year!

GOF Volunteer Form

Two Memorial Day Weekend Festivals Of Interest To Northern California Bluegrass Fans

Northern California Bluegrass Fans have two festivals of interest coming up this Memorial Day Weekend.

MAY 22-25 — Strawberry Spring Music Festival, Nevada County Fairgrounds, Grass Valley. Our own Brianna Colliard is on the bill. (Note: Limited ticket availability)

MAY 23-25 — Pick & Gather Festival, Riverdance Farms, Livingston. Our own Eric Burman & The Brookdale Bluegrass Band is on the bill.

Brianna Colliard & The Desert Marigolds

 

Bands Announced For NCBS Gathering Membership & Volunteer Party

The annual NCBS Gathering Membership & Volunteer Party will be held on Saturday, July 12, 2025 at the Live Oak Grange in Santa Cruz.

Brianna Colliard & The Desert Marigolds, The Brookdale Bluegrass Band, & Alan Bond & Skeedaddle will perform

There will be jamming, a potluck, and friends! NCBS Members and Volunteers will be honored! If you are interested in becoming a member or a volunteer, you are welcome!

Volunteer At The August 7-10 Good Old Fashioned Bluegrass Festival

Join your Northern California Bluegrass Society friends as we put on the best festival of the year! Volunteers are needed for the August 7-10, 2025 Good Old Fashioned Bluegrass Festival! Details are with the Volunteer Form on this website. The NCBS Gathering, held in honor of NCBS members and volunteers, will be held July 12 at the Live Oak Grange Hall in Santa Cruz. Join us!

GOF Volunteer Form

Alan Bond & Skedaddle To Perform On Songwriter’s Stage At Good Old Fashioned

The Northern California Bluegrass Society has announced that Alan Bond & Skeedaddle will perform on a new stage that has been added to the August 7-10, 2025 Good Old Fashioned Bluegrass Festival.

The maiden presentation of the Songwriters Stage will be held on Friday, August 8 following the conclusion of the Main Stage show. Bruce Champion and his famed Recording Truck will host the stage, which will be near the main audience area. Throughout the festival, songwriters can record and obtain a complimentary recording of their performances.

The 31-year-old festival will now present music on these stages: Main Stage, ‘Tweener Stage, First Stage, Saturday Night Dance Stage, Lantern Stage, and Songwriters Stage. The festival camp will be filled with Jamming at all hours of the day and night.