Crying Uncle To Play At The August 10-13 NCBS Good Old Fashioned Bluegrass Festival In Tres Pinos

Crying Uncle

Crying Uncle (Alameda) will perform at the August 10-13, 2017 Good Old Fashioned Bluegrass Festival. The Northern California Bluegrass Society will present the 24th annual event at the San Benito County Historical Park in Tres Pinos.

Discount Advance Tickets are available until July 22. Gate tickets will also be available. NCBS Members will receive a deep discount on advance ticket purchases. Non-Members receive a discount.

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Teo & Miles Quale of Crying Uncle "pose" for an official photo.

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Andrew Osborn joins Crying Uncle on the Freight's Gallery Stage.

24th Annual Good Old Fashioned Bluegrass Festival Set For August 10-13 In Tres Pinos

The 24th Annual Good Old Fashioned Bluegrass Festival at the San Benito County Historical Park (next to Bolado Park) in Tres Pinos (7 miles south of Hollister) will be held August 10-13, 2017.

Discount Advance Online & Mail-In Tickets are now available.

Be a Volunteer and make even more new friends!

The festival is a friendly, fun gathering of friends and family making music for friends and family and is the place to meet everyone in the area bluegrass community. Please join us!

GOF Favorites The Courthouse Ramblers To Play At The Good Old Fashioned Bluegrass Festival August 10-13

The Courthouse Ramblers

GOF favorites The Courthouse Ramblers will again perform at the August 10-13, 2017 Good Old Fashioned Bluegrass Festival.

The benefit festival for the Northern California Bluegrass Society will be held at the San Benito County Historical Park in the lovely hamlet of Tres Pinos.

Discount Advance Tickets are available until July 22. Gate tickets will also be available at a higher price.

NCBS Members will receive a deep discount on advance ticket purchases. Non-Members receive a discount.

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The Circle R Boys Return To The Main Stage At The August 10-13 Good Old Fashioned Bluegrass Festival

The Circle R Boys will return to the main stage at the August 10-13, 2017 Good Old Fashioned Bluegrass Festival.

The 24th annual benefit festival for Northern California Bluegrass Society projects all year long will be held at the San Benito County Historical Park in Tres Pinos (7 miles south of Hollister, next to the festival’s first home at Bolado Park).

Advance Ticket Details:

NCBS Members will receive a deep discount on advance ticket purchases.

Non-Members receive a discount.

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The last day to purchase discount advance tickets is Saturday, July 22. Gate tickets will also be available.

The Good Old Fashioned Bluegrass Festival 2017 To Feature The Brookdale Bluegrass Band

The Brookdale Bluegrass Band

The 2017 NCBS Good Old Fashioned Bluegrass Festival will feature longtime favorite The Brookdale Bluegrass Band from Bonny Doon.

The 24th annual benefit festival for Northern California Bluegrass Society projects all year long will be held August 10-13 at the San Benito County Historical Park in Tres Pinos (7 miles south of Hollister).

NCBS Members will receive a deep discount on advance ticket purchases. Non-Members receive a discount. Note that the last day to purchase discount advance tickets is on July 22. (Gate tickets will also be available.)

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Good Old Fashioned Radio Hits The Airwaves All Around The Bay & Beyond

Mutiny Radio Host Jen Eros

Tune In And Turn On! Some Good Old Fashioned Radio is coming over the next few weeks with fun, music and information about the August 10-13, 2017 Good Old Fashioned Bluegrass Festival in Tres Pinos and much more. Listen in if you dare!

FRIDAY, June 9 — 4:00-5:00pm

The Eric Burman Radio Hour — This will be the first program in the new series on KBCZ, 90.1FM in Boulder Creek and Online.

NCBS President Michael Hall will join Good Old Fashioned Festival Co-Director & Program Host Eric Burman to reveal little-known information about the 24th annual gathering.

SATURDAY, June 10 — 2:00-4:00pm

Friends With Jennifits — Comediene & Host Jen Eros will welcome Michael Hall to her weekly program on Mutiny Radio Online (only).

Eric Burman

This will include live music from Eric Burman of the Brookdale Bluegrass Band and from Americana duo Dusty Moon (Linda Maki &  Rick Merritt).

There will be plenty of fun — and, if the internet isn’t up close and personal enough for you, there is room for an audience at this FREE live radio performance that will take place at 2781 21st Street (at Florida) in the Potrero area of San Francisco.

MONDAY, June 12 — 600-9:00pm

Monday Night Bluegrass — Program Host Mike Russell will join live music emcee Michael Hall on this long-running weekly bluegrass show on KKUP, 91.5FM in the South Bay & Monterey Bay Areas and now Online.

The Edgewood Mountain Boys

The famed Edgewood Mountain Boys from West Union will play live in the studio for your dining and dancing entertainment and information about the Good Old Fashioned will be made available to you right there in the comfort of your own home.

MONDAY, June 19 — 6:00-9:00pm

Monday Night Bluegrass — Following an exciting weekend of bluegrass music at the big Father’s Day Bluegrass Festival in Grass Valley, Mike Russell & Michael Hall will fill in for the regular host Dave Bob Nielsen while live musical guest Michael Gaither of Watsonville entertains in the studio. 91.5FM and Online. Please join in!

Dusty Moon

Bodie 601 Band To Perform For The First Time At The August 10-13 Good Old Fashioned Bluegrass Festival

The Bodie 601 Band from Lee Vining will perform for the first time at the 24th Annual NCBS Good Old Fashioned Bluegrass Festival.

The benefit festival for the Northern California Bluegrass Society will be held August 10-13 at the San Benito County Historical Park in Tres Pinos (next to the GOF’s original home at Bolado Park — 7 miles south of Hollister).

Advance Ticket Information:

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Mail Order Tickets

NCBS Members receive a deep discount on advance ticket purchases. Non-Members receive a discount.

The last day to purchase discount advance tickets is July 22, 2017. There will also be plenty of tickets at the gate.