The Northern California Bluegrass Society-welcomed Summit House Thursday Bluegrass Series will continue in March. The FREE music programs will run 6:00-8:30pm. Good food and drink will be served.
MARCH
7 — The Goat Hill Girls
14 — The Wildcat Mountain Ramblers
21 — Blue Summit
The long-running weekly series is presented by the Summit House Beer Garden & Grill at the top of Highway 17, six miles south of Los Gatos.
The Northern California Bluegrass Society/Santa Cruz Bluegrass Society will present the Santa Cruz Bluegrass Fair on Sunday, May 5, 2019, Noon-6:00pm.
The FREE Rite Of Spring for bluegrass folks will be held at the Duck Pond Stage in San Lorenzo Park, near the courthouse in Santa Cruz.
Flood Venue Change: The Saturday, March 9 Sonoma County Bluegrass & Folk Festival has been moved to the Analy High School Theater, 6950 Analy Avenue in Sebastopol. The event was previously set for the flooded Sebastopol Community Cultural Center.
The festival is presented by the Sonoma County Folk Society and the California Bluegrass Association.
The 2019 Spring Brookdale Bluegrass Festival will bring back Laura Lind to its stage on Easter Weekend at the San Benito County Historical Park in Tres Pinos.
The April 19-21, 2019 festival is presented by Brookdale Bluegrass. The Northern California Bluegrass Society has welcomed all Brookdale festivals since their founding in 1998.
The Northern California Bluegrass Society/Santa Cruz Bluegrass Society will present the FREE Santa Cruz Bluegrass Fair on Sunday, May 5, 2019, Noon-6:00pm, at the Duck Pond Stage in San Lorenzo Park.
The Rite Of Spring is the oldest Society event (since 1986) and is also the longest-running outdoor music program in Santa Cruz. Bring your friends and a picnic. Enjoy!
The Northern California Bluegrass Society will present the 26th Annual NCBS Good Old Fashioned Bluegrass Festival on Thursday-Sunday, August 8-11, 2019.
The fun, friendly NCBS benefit festival of California bluegrass bands, jammers, and their fans will be held at the San Benito County Historical Park in Tres Pinos (7 miles south of Hollister).
The 2019 Spring Brookdale Bluegrass Festival will present Toby Gray & His Harlan County Covey on April 19-21 at the San Benito County Historical Park in Tres Pinos.
The festival is presented by Brookdale Bluegrass and welcomed by the Northern California Bluegrass Society.
Tickets are on sale now. Free camping is included in all tickets.
The Just Picked Stringband is set for a show on February 28 in the Northern California Bluegrass Society-welcomed Summit House Thursday Bluegrass Series. The FREE program will run 6:00-8:30pm. Good food and drink will be served.
The long-running weekly series is presented by the Summit House Beer Garden & Grill at the top of Highway 17, six miles south of Los Gatos.
NCBS Members love all kinds of music. That certainly applies to fiddle/viola player Joanne Tanner. This hard-working volunteer is helping to organize fundraisers for both the Northern California Bluegrass Society (for the Bluegrass Fair & Good Old Fashioned Bluegrass Festival) and Music In May (to support Santa Cruz-area concerts in May and programs for troubled youth all year long).
Tanner is a former member of the New York City Opera Company Orchestra and is now with the new Santa Cruz bluegrass band The Open Heartstrings.
Coming on March 2 is the Music & Auction For Music In May. There will be many fine auction and drawing & raffle prizes at this afternoon event besides your opportunity to score a pair of Good Old Fashioned Bluegrass Festival tickets!
The Saturday, March 2, 2:00-4:30pm gathering will be held at the Resurrection Church, 7600 Soquel Drive in Aptos.
Look for Music in May concert tickets in the bluegrass fair and GOF raffles coming this spring and summer.
Music In May Music & Auction Information
The April 19-21 Spring Brookdale Bluegrass Festival at the San Benito County Historical Park in Tres Pinos will present The Wildcat Mountain Ramblers.
The festival is presented by Brookdale Bluegrass and welcomed by the NCBS. Tickets are on sale now. Free camping is included in all tickets.
