All You Need To Know To Go To Sunday’s FREE Santa Cruz Bluegrass Fair At The Duck Pond Stage

Come To The 33rd Annual Santa Cruz Bluegrass Fair At The Duck Pond Stage!

Our Own Bluegrass Rite Of Spring: Come  to the FREE Santa Cruz Bluegrass Fair – the beloved annual spring gathering for bluegrass folks presented by your Northern California Bluegrass Society/Santa Cruz Bluegrass Society!

Date & Time: SUNDAY, May 5, Noon-6:00pm.

Place: Duck Pond Stage, San Lorenzo Park, 134 Dakota Avenue, next to the courthouse in Santa Cruz.

Cost: FREE.

Weather: Partly Sunny. High 60, Low 52.

Band Schedule:

SUNDAY, May 5

Noon-6:00pm

Noon — Mission Blue

1:15pm — Luke Abbott

2:30 — The Down Beets

3:45 — Blue Summit

5:00 — Harmony Grits

Food & Drink: Available for purchase or bring your own. No alcohol, please.

Dogs: No.

Smoking: No.

Bring: Blanket or chairs for lawn seating.

Parking: On street, in downtown garages, or at the left side of the courthouse.

Raffle: Yes. Win tickets to upcoming summer bluegrass events and many other great prizes!

Information: The NCBS Booth will have complete information about the upcoming bluegrass festival season.

And remember — All of your friends will be there!

Directions: From Highway 17, continue on Ocean Street into Santa Cruz, past Water Street, then right into the Santa Cruz County Courthouse parking lot, to left of building, park and walk to Duck Pond Stage behind the Lawn Bowling Courts. Alternate Parking on the streets surrounding the park or in downtown Santa Cruz (and cross the pedestrian bridge into the park).

The NCBS/SCBS presents the Santa Cruz Bluegrass Fair!

Wildcat Mountain Ramblers To Play The Summit House Thursday Bluegrass Series On May 9

The Summit House Thursday Bluegrass Series will present The Wildcat Mountain Ramblers on May 9 from 6:00-8:30pm. Good food and drink will be served during the FREE show.

The Summit House Beer Garden & Grill at the top of Highway 17, in the Santa Cruz Mountains only 6 miles south of Los Gatos, presents the weekly shows, which are welcomed by the Northern California Bluegrass Society.

Coming on May 16: Blue Summit.

Robert Cornelius & Suzanne Suwanda of the Wildcat Mountain Ramblers.

The 33rd Santa Cruz Bluegrass Fair Is This Sunday Afternoon May 5 At The Duck Pond Stage

The 33rd Annual Santa Cruz Bluegrass Fair, presented by the Santa Cruz Bluegrass Society (NCBS/SCBS), is set for Sunday Afternoon, May 5 at the Duck Pond Stage in San Lorenzo Park, near the courthouse in Santa Cruz.

This a FREE event and a Rite Of Spring for the area bluegrass community. Here is the schedule:

SUNDAY, May 5

Noon — Mission Blue

1:15pm — Luke Abbott

2:30 — The Down Beets

3:45 — Blue Summit

5:00 — Harmony Grits

The NCBS/SCBS presents the Santa Cruz Bluegrass Fair!

Blue Summit Is Named An Official Showcase Act For 2019 IBMA World Of Bluegrass Convention In Raleigh NC

Blue Summit has been named an Official Showcase Act for the September 24-28 International Bluegrass Music Association World Of Bluegrass Convention in Raleigh, NC. Convention registration is open now.

This is a high honor for the young, emerging bluegrass band and will bring the band to the attention of the national and international bluegrass audience.

The popular Santa Cruz-based outfit is the reigning Best Bluegrass Band at the Northern California Bluegrass Awards.

The Northern California Bluegrass Society is a longtime organizational member of the IBMA.

Blue Summit

Performance Schedule Is Announced For The Sunday May 5 Bluegrass Fair

The Northern California Bluegrass Society/Santa Cruz Bluegrass Society has announced the performance schedule for the FREE Santa Cruz Bluegrass Fair, set for Sunday, May 5, 2019, Noon-6:00pm at the Duck Pond Stage in San Lorenzo Park, near the courthouse in Santa Cruz.

SUNDAY, May 5

Noon — Mission Blue

1:15pm — Luke Abbott

2:30 — The Down Beets

3:45 — Blue Summit

5:00 — Harmony Grits

This going to be fun!

The Goat Hills Girls Set To Perform At The Thursday Night Summit House Bluegrass Series On Highway 17

The Summit House Thursday Bluegrass Series will present The Goat Hill Girls on May 2. The FREE show will run 6:00-8:30pm. Good food and drink will be served.

The Summit House Beer Garden & Grill at the top of Highway 17, high in the Santa Cruz Mountains (and 6 miles south of Los Gatos) presents the weekly shows, which are welcomed by the Northern California Bluegrass Society.

Coming Soon: May 9 — The Wildcat Mountain Ramblers. May 16 — Blue Summit.

The Goat Hill Girls

Santa Cruz Bluegrass Fair Will Bring Blue Summit To The Duck Pond Stage On May 5

Blue Summit will perform at the FREE Northern California Bluegrass Society/Santa Cruz Bluegrass Society’s 33rd Annual Santa Cruz Bluegrass Fair on Cinco de Mayo, Sunday, May 5, 2019.

A full afternoon of bluegrass performers will include Luke Abbott, The Down Beets, Mission Blue, & The Harmony Grits. The Noon-6:00pm fair will be held at the Duck Pond Stage in San Lorenzo Park, near the courthouse in Santa Cruz.

Ya’ll come! Bring a picnic, blankets or chairs, and all of your friends!

Blue Summit

Brookdale Bluegrass Band To Headline Pick & Gather Festival At Riverdance Farms Near Merced

The Brookdale Bluegrass Band will headline the 2019 Pick & Gather Festival presented by Riverdance Farms, in Livingston, near Merced. The gathering will take place June 1-2. (Note that the new festival dates will be on the weekend after Memorial Day this year.)

The event will feature bluegrass and other music, camping, information about farm-to-table food, water quality, organic farming, swimming in the Merced River and other charming bucolic pursuits.

The Northern California Bluegrass Society welcomes this event to our area.

The Nightly Line-Up For The NCBS-Welcomed Berkeley Bluegrass Festival At The Freight & Salvage

The Freight & Salvage Coffeehouse has announced the nightly performance line-up for the NCBS-welcomed Berkeley Bluegrass Festival the weekend of May 16-19, 2019. The 4th annual festival will offer evening concerts along with daytime workshops on Saturday and Sunday. Both full festival and daily tickets are available.

THURSDAY, May 16

North Country Blue

The High Water Line

Lela & Rainy Miatke

FRIDAY, May 17

Hot Buttered Rum

Front Country,

Blue Summit,

The High Water Line

SATURDAY, May 18

The Earls Of Leicester

The Kathy Kallick Band

Fog Holler

Lena & Rainy Miatke

SUNDAY, May 19

Laurie Lewis & The Right Hands With Jerry Douglas

Amy Sher & Hailey Pexton

North Country Blue