Category: GOF

The Northern California Bluegrass Society Good Old Fashioned Bluegrass Festival will be held August 10-13, 2023 at the San Benito County Historical Park, 8300 Airline Highway, Tres Pinos (7 miles south of Hollister). There will be plenty of tickets at the gate.

Gates open at Noon on Thursday. No early entry is allowed except for festival staff.

NOTE: There have been some changes to the Sunday schedule. The Wildcat Mountain Ramblers will perform at 10:00am. Sunny Side Of The Mountain will play at Noon. This year, there will not be a Kids On Stage show.

SUNDAY, August 13

Main Stage

10:00am — Wildcat Mountain Ramblers

11:00 — Lonesome Still

Noon — Sunny Side Of The Mountain

1:00pm — West 45

2:00 — Eric Burman & The Brookdale Bluegrass Band

The Northern California Bluegrass Society has announced the Performance Schedule for the First Stage on Friday at the August 10-13, 2023 Good Old Fashioned Bluegrass Festival at the San Bento County Historical Park in Tres Pinos. Thanks to Amy Warren for her booking talents!

Triad & True will perform on the Lantern Stage to open the 2023 Good Old Fashioned Bluegrass Festival, set for August 10-13 at the San Benito County Historical Park in Tres Pinos (7 miles south of Hollister). The Thursday evening show will be at 8:00pm.

This will be the all-star band’s first performance. The female trio’s members are Yvonne Walbroehl, Suzanne Suwanda, and Gail Reese.

Audience members will bring their camp lanterns to light the stage for the intimate show.

The annual fun, relaxed festival is a friendly gathering of bluegrass musicians and friends that is a benefit for the Northern California Bluegrass Society.

Main Stage Performance Schedule

Saturday Late Night Show

Camping Information

Online GOF Tickets

NCBS Festival Flyer

NCBS Membership Information

The Courthouse Ramblers (Monterey Bay Area) will return to the Northern California Bluegrass Society’s 29th Annual Good Old Fashioned Bluegrass Festival (August 10-13, 2023). The band is a longtime festival favorite.

The GOF is an annual fun, relaxed, friendly gathering of bluegrass musicians and friends set for the San Benito County Historical Park in Tres Pinos.

Main Stage Performance Schedule

NCBS Membership Information

GOF Tickets

One Week Reminder: The Northern California Bluegrass Society’s 29th Annual Good Old Fashioned Bluegrass Festival will be held August 10-13, 2023 at the San Benito County Historical Park in Tres Pinos.

Tickets are conveniently available on this website and there will be plenty of tickets at the gate.

 

The NCBS Good Old Fashioned Bluegrass Festival is on the way! The fun and relaxed 29th gathering of friends in bluegrass music will be held August 10-13, 2023 at the San Benito County Historical Park in Tres Pinos.

Main Stage Performance Schedule

Saturday Late Night Show

Camping Information

Online GOF Tickets

NCBS Festival Flyer

 

 

Brent Pierce & The Acid Grass Boys (Santa Cruz) will play the Saturday Late Night Dance at the GOF following the end of the evening’s main stage performances. The show will take place in the San Benito County Historical Park Dance Hall on the historic village main street.

The 29th Good Old Fashioned Bluegrass Festival will run Thursday-Sunday, August 10-13, 2023 and is a benefit for the Northern California Bluegrass Society.

Click for Online Tickets (plenty of tickets will also be available at the gate).

The Alameda-based Crying Uncle Bluegrass Band has been named a Finalist for Best Band for the International Bluegrass Music Association’s Momentum Awards, a huge honor for young bands hitting it big on the national bluegrass scene.

The band will take the place of the related band, Jubilee, which was originally scheduled on the main stage of the August 10-13 Good Old Fashioned Bluegrass Festival. At the GOF, the performers will include two musicians who play in both bands — Miles Quale and Teo Quale, with John Gooding and Andrew Osborn, plus Tuki Walker of Jubilee. The other member of Jubilee, Airee Walker, will not be able to be at the festival this year due to a commitment at her music college in Berlin, Germany.