Category: Brookdale Bluegrass Festivals

The Northern California Bluegrass Society welcomes the 2022 Brookdale Bluegrass & American Roots Festival will be held on Saturday, April 30 at its original home, the Brookdale Lodge in Brookdale. Brookdale Bluegrass presents this FREE event.

 

The 2022 Brookdale Bluegrass & American Roots Festival will be held on Saturday, April 30 at its original home, the Brookdale Lodge in Brookdale. NCBS welcomes this FREE event, which is presented by Brookdale Bluegrass.

 

The Northern California Bluegrass Society welcomes the 2022 Brookdale Bluegrass Festival presented by Brookdale Bluegrass on Saturday, April 30 at the historic Brookdale Lodge in Brookdale. This is a FREE event.

The Bands: Eric Burman & The Brookdale Bluegrass Band, Wildcat Mountain Ramblers, Stoney Mountain Ramblers, & BanjerDan’s Danger Band.

 

The 2022 Brookdale Bluegrass Festival has announced the band line-up for the FREE April 30 event:

Eric Burman & The Brookdale Bluegrass Band

Wildcat Mountain Ramblers

Stoney Mountain Ramblers

BanjerDan’s Danger Band

The Northern California Bluegrass Society-welcomed festival is presented by Brookdale Bluegrass and will be held at the Brookdale Lodge in Brookdale.

Photographer Robin Frenette was at the Brookdale Bluegrass Festival in Tres Pinos that was held in August 2021. Here is her excellent photo collection. Enjoy!

Brookdale Bluegrass Photos 2021

SUNDAY, August 15

10:00am — Workshops: Peter Rowan, Laurie Lewis, BanjerDan, & Tina Louise Barr
11:00 — Alex Muddy Smith
Noon — Young and Up Too Late
1:00pm — Wildcat Mountain Ramblers
2:00pm — Purple Mountain Majesty

The Brookdale Bluegrass Festival runs August 13-15, 2021 at the San Benito County Historical Park in Tres Pinos, 7 miles south of Hollister.

SATURDAY, August 14

Noon — Tina Louise Barr & John Gwinner
1:00pm — What Cheer!
2:00 — Eric Burman & The Brookdale Bluegrass Band
3:00 — Stoney Mountain Ramblers
4:00 — BanjerDan Mazer
5:00 — Jim Savarino

6:00 — Dinner Break

7:00-8:00 — Laurie Lewis
8:30 — Peter Rowan

The Brookdale Bluegrass Festival runs August 13-15, 2021 at the San Benito County Historical Park in Tres Pinos, 7 miles south of Hollister.

Brookdale Bluegrass will present the August 13-15, 2021 Brookdale Bluegrass Festival at the San Benito County Historical Park in Tres Pinos, 7 miles south of Hollister. NCBS welcomes this event to our area.

Proof of Vaccination is strongly preferred for attendees, but special arrangements can be made at the gate for those who not not have documentation.

For more information, visit the Brookdale Website. In addition to the full festival tickets sold on the website, full festival and one-day tickets will also be available at the gate.

Festival Schedule:

FRIDAY, August 13

All Day — Camp Jamming

6:00pm — Jim Savarino
7:00 — What Cheer!
8:00 — Stoney Mountain Ramblers
9:00 — David Holodiloff

SATURDAY, August 14

Noon — Tina Louise Barr & John Gwinner
1:00pm — What Cheer!
2:00 — Eric Burman & The Brookdale Bluegrass Band
3:00 — Stoney Mountain Ramblers
4:00 — BanjerDan Mazer
5:00 — Jim Savarino

6:00 — Dinner Break

7:00-8:00 — Laurie Lewis
8:30 — Peter Rowan
9:30 — Jam

SUNDAY, August 15

10:00am — Workshops: Peter Rowan, Laurie Lewis, BanjerDan, & Tina Louise Barr
11:00 — Alex Muddy Smith
Noon — Young and Up Too Late
1:00pm — Wildcat Mountain Ramblers
2:00pm — Purple Mountain Majesty

NOTE: The NCBS Good Old Fashioned Bluegrass Festival, originally scheduled for August 12-15, has been cancelled. It will return in 2022.

This weekend, Laurie Lewis and Peter Rowan will perform separately at the Brookdale Bluegrass Festival at the San Benito County Historical Park in Tres Pinos. The August 13-15 gathering is presented by Brookdale Bluegrass and welcomed by the Northern California Bluegrass Society.

Complete Festival Schedule

Festival Vax Rules

Laurie Lewis:

Peter Rowan: