Category: Bluegrass on Broadway

Two Week Reminder: Final Round Ballots For Northern California Bluegrass Awards Due On January 7, 2017

Two Week Reminder: Final Round Ballots from Northern California Bluegrass Society Members for the 2017 Northern California Bluegrass Awards are due on Saturday, January 7, 2017.

The 10th annual Northern California Bluegrass Awards Show & Concert will be held on Saturday, Janury 28, 2017 in Redwood City, as part of the FREE NCBS Bluegrass On Broadway Festival, set for January 27-28 and January 30.

NCBS Announces Finalists For The 2017 Northern California Bluegrass Awards

The Northern California Bluegrass Society has announced the finalists for the 2017 Northern California Bluegrass Awards. The Awards Show & Concert will be held on January 28, 2017 in Redwood City, as part of the FREE 10th Annual NCBS Bluegrass On Broadway Festival, January 27-28 and January 30, 2017.

Congratulations to:

1. Bluegrass Band

35 Years of Trouble

Bean Creek

High Country

Snap Jackson & The Knock On Wood Players

Windy Hill

2. Male Vocalist

Luke Abbott

Glenn Dauphin

Jim Mintun

Billy Pitrone

Yoseff Tucker

Sullivan Tuttle

3. Female Vocalist

Kathy Barwick

Sarah Eblen

A. J. Lee

Louise Mintun

Hailey Pexton

4. Guitar

Kathy Barwick

Larry Chung

Billy Pitrone

Yoseff Tucker

Sullivan Tuttle

5. Mandolin

Kyle Abbott

Tom Bekeny

Josh Gooding

Pete Hicks

Michael Tuttle

Butch Waller

6. Banjo

Luke Abbott

Larry Chung

Larry Cohea

Snap Jackson

Avram Siegel

7. Fiddle

Luke Abbott

Tom Bekeny

Pete Hicks

Ed Neff

Jack Tuttle

Mark Wardenburg

8. Dobro

Leslie Abbott

Kathy Barwick

Tomas Enguidanos

Avram Frankel

Jim Mintun

9. Bass

Lisa Burns

Sarah Eblen

Paul Knight

Louise Mintun

Max Schwartz

The Northern California Bluegrass Society’s Bluegrass On Broadway Festival receives principal financial support from a base grant from the Redwood City Civic Cultural Commission and from other Redwood City area busnesses, organizations, agencies, and individuals.

NCBS Announces 2017 Lifetime Achievement Awards Honoring Four Longtime Bluegrass Sound Engineers

The Northern California Bluegrass Society has announced that four bluegrass sound engineers will be presented with Lifetime Achievement Awards on January 28, 2017.

The honorees are: Paul Knight, David Nielsen, Mike Russell, & Joe Weed.

The Northern California Bluegrass Awards Show & Concert will be held as part of the 10th Annual NCBS Bluegrass On Broadway Festival in Redwood City.

The FREE festival is supported by a base grant from the Redwood City Civic Cultural Commission and by other Redwood City-area businesses, organization, and individuals. BOB events will take place on Friday & Saturday, January 27 & 28 and on Monday, January 30.

One Week Reminder: Northern California Bluegrass Awards Second Round Ballots Due December 17

One Week Reminder: 2017 Northern California Bluegrass Awards Second Round Ballots are due from Northern California Bluegrass Society Members on December 17, 2016.

The FREE 10th Annual Bluegrass On Broadway Festival will be held January 27-28 & January 30, 2017 in Redwood City, with the Awards Show & Concert set for Saturday, January 28.

NCBS Bluegrass Film Festival Now Set For January 30 At Redwood City Main Library

Redwood City Main Library

The 10th Annual NCBS Bluegrass Film Festival will now be held on Monday evening, January 30, 2017. The event, previously planned for January 29, has been rescheduled due to a reservation conflict. The FREE film festival will be held at the Redwood City Main Public Library, 1044 Middlefield Road.

The film event is part of the weekend-long NCBS Bluegrass On Broadway Festival. The revised dates for that event are Friday-Saturday, January 27-28, and Monday, January 30, 2017.

Principal financial support for the BOB festival comes from the Redwood City Civic Cultural Commission and other Redwood City area organizations, businesses and individuals.