Brookdale Bluegrass (Eric & Barbra Burman, Bruce Bellochio) will present the Brookdale Spring Bluegrass Festival indoors at the San Benito County Historical Park in Tres Pinos this weekend, March 9-11.
The event is welcomed by the Northern California Bluegrass Society.
The Spring Brookdale Bluegrass Festival will be held for the first time at the San Benito County Historical Park in Tres Pinos on March 9-11. This venue is already familiar to area bluegrass fans as the home of the NCBS Good Old Fashioned Bluegrass Festival, set for August 9-12, 2018.
The Brookdale festival is presented by Brookdale Bluegrass and welcomed by the Northern California Bluegrass Society. Shows will be held indoors, but the Saturday afternoon performance will be outdoors if weather permits. Camping is available for both tents and RVs.
Brookdale Performance Schedule
The Spring Brookdale Bluegrass Festival will be held at a NEW VENUE, the San Benito County Historical Park in Tres Pinos.
The event has previously been held in the Santa Cruz Mountains several times each year since 1998. This year’s festival is set for March 9-11, 2018.
Shows will be held both indoors and outdoors. Camping is available.
Complete Brookdale Festival Schedule
The festival is presented by Brookdale Bluegrass and welcomed by the Northern California Bluegrass Society.
Brookdale Bluegrass has announced the performance schedule for the Spring 2018 Brookdale Bluegrass Festival, set for March 9-11 at the San Benito County Historical Park in Tres Pinos (Note new location). All Brookdale festivals since 1998 have been welcomed by the Northern California Bluegrass Society.
FRIDAY, March 9
(All performances indoors — or some outdoors if the weather is good.)
6:00pm — Jeff Baldwin & Jim Lewin & The Harmony Grits
7:00 — Toby Gray & The Harland County Covey
8:00 — Honeysuckle Possums
9:00 — Blue Summit
SATURDAY, March 10
10:00am — BanjerDan Banjo Workshop
11:00 — Tina Louise Barr Autoharp Workshop
10:00am — Open Mike
1:00pm — BanjerDan Mazer
2:00 — Crying Uncle Bluegrass Band
3:00 — Laura Lind
4:00 — Brent Pierce Family & Friends
5:00 — The Naked Bootleggers
6:00 — Dinner Break with Hog Tie Catering
7:00 — Stoney Mountain Ramblers
8:00 — Eric Burman & The Brookdale Bluegrass Band
9:00 — Wildcat Mountain Ramblers
10:00 — Honeysuckle Possums
SUNDAY, March 11
10:00am –The Honeysuckle Possums Harmony Singing Workshop
Noon — Blue Summit Band
1:00 — Ben Lonesome & The Highway Niners
2:00 — Tina Louise Barr & The Brookdale Bluegrass Band
3:00 — All Star Jam
The Spring Brookdale Bluegrass Festival presented by Brookdale Bluegrass will be held at the San Benito County Historical Park in Tres Pinos.
The festival is welcomed by the Northern California Bluegrass Society and will be held March 9-11, 2018.
The Spring 2018 Brookdale Bluegrass Festival will be held at the San Benito County Historical Park in Tres Pinos on March 9-11.
This is the same venue that will host the August 9-12 NCBS Good Old Fashioned Bluegrass Festival. (The 2018 Brookdale event was previously announced for the Mount Cross Camp in Ben Lomond.)
The festival will be held indoors and both tent and RV camping will be available. Some shows will be held indoors and others outdoors.
The Brookdale Bluegrass Festivals are presented by Brookdale Bluegrass and have been held at various San Lorenzo Valley venues since 1998. All Brookdale festivals have been welcomed by the Northern California Bluegrass Society.
The Brookdale Bluegrass Festival will be held March 9-11, 2018 at the San Benito County Historical Park, Tres Pinos (note new location).
The line-up: AJ Lee & Blue Summit, The Honeysuckle Possums, Jeff Baldwin & The Harmony Grits, The Wildcat Mountain Ramblers, The Stoney Mountain Ramblers, The Lonely Bird Band, Toby Gray & His Harlan County Covey, Crying Uncle, Laura Lind, Brent Pierce Family & Friends, The Naked Bootleggers, Ben Lomond & The Highway Niners, BanjerDan, plus host band The Brookdale Bluegrass Band.
The festival is presented by Brookdale Bluegrass and welcomed by the Northern California Bluegrass Society.
At the March 9-11, 2018 Brookdale Bluegrass Festival and at the August 9-12, 2018 Good Old Fashioned Bluegrass Festival, the bluegrass music will come with some historical fun.
Both gatherings will be held at the San Benito County Historical Park in Tres Pinos (7 miles south of Hollister).
Our hosts are the members of the San Benito County Historical Society. Over a half-century, these folks have collected and rebuilt original buildings from around the county to create a circa-1880s village — the perfect complement to our handmade music.
The village will be open for fans to enjoy throughout both festivals. Enjoy!
The Spring Brookdale Bluegrass Festival, presented by Brookdale Bluegrass and welcomed by the Northern California Bluegrass Society, will be held at a new venue — the San Benito County Historical Park in Tres Pinos. The festival will be held March 9-11, 2018.
The Spring 2018 Brookdale Bluegrass Festival will be held at a new, but familiar, location — the San Benito County Historical Park in Tres Pinos.
The historic park venue will once again host the NCBS Good Old Fashioned Bluegrass Festival (August 9-12), so bluegrass fans will enjoy a visit to lovely Tres Pinos twice in 2018.
The long-running Brookdale event, presented by Brookdale Bluegrass, was previously set for the Mount Cross Camp in Ben Lomond.
The March 9-11, 2018 dates are unchanged. The festival will be held indoors and camping will be available.
The Brookdale Bluegrass Festivals have been held at various San Lorenzo Valley venues several times each year since 1998.
All Brookdale festivals have been welcomed by the Northern California Bluegrass Society.
