Category: Events

NCBS Now Accepting NCBS Walker Creek Music Camp Scholarship Fund Donations For April 12-15 Spring Camp

The Northern California Bluegrass Society is now collecting donations for the NCBS Walker Creek Music Camp Scholarship Fund to assist students who need financial help for the Spring camp.

NCBS will make the awards soon, but there is still time for donations to benefit deserving campers at the April 12-15, 2018 camp, which is run by Ingrid Noyes at the Walker Creek Ranch near Petaluma.

Information: Spring Walker Creek Music Camp.

Donations can be sent to:

Northern California Bluegrass Society/Santa Cruz Bluegrass Society

PO Box 390846, Mountain View, CA 94039-0846

Attention: NCBS Walker Creek Music Camp Scholarship Fund

The Northern California Bluegrass Society is a 501(c)(3) charitable organization aka the Santa Cruz Bluegrass Society. Donations to the scholarship fund are tax-deductible as allowed by law. Donors should consult their tax advisors. The Federal Tax ID No. is 94-2907716. Note that donors who do not need a tax deduction may donate money directly to the camp.

Blue Summit Set To Play At The Summit House On Thursday, March 15

Blue Summit (Santa Cruz) will play the FREE Thursday Bluegrass Series at The Summit House on March 15, 2018. The bluegrass music venue in the Santa Cruz Mountains is 6 miles south of Los Gatos on Highway 17. The performance is presented by The Summit House Beer Garden & Grill and welcomed by the Northern California Bluegrass Society.

The music will run from 6:00-8:30pm. Good food and drink will be served and the view is endless.

Blue Summit

Official Upcoming Key Northern California Bluegrass Society Events

Here are the Official Upcoming Events for the Northern California Bluegrass Society:

March, 9-11, 2018  – Brookdale Spring Bluegrass Festival, San Benito County Historical Park, Tres Pinos. (NCBS welcomed)

May 6 – NCBS/SCBS Santa Cruz Bluegrass Fair, Duck Pond Stage, San Lorenzo Park, Santa Cruz. FREE.

May 18-20 — Berkeley Bluegrass Festival, Freight & Salvage, Berkeley. (NCBS welcomed)

May 25-27 – Pick & Gather Festival, Riverdance Farms, Livingston. (NCBS welcomed)

July TBA – Sonoma State University Bluegrass Festival, Green Music Center, Rohnert Park. (NCBS welcomed)

August 9-12 – NCBS 25th Annual Good Old Fashioned Bluegrass Festival, San Benito County Historical Park, Tres Pinos.

August 30-September 2 – Plumas Homegrown Americana Festival, Plumas County Fairgrounds, Quincy. (NCBS welcomed)

September 25-29 – International Bluegrass Music Association World Of Bluegrass, Raleigh Convention Center, Raleigh, NC. (NCBS is a longtime organizational member of IBMA.)

October 7 – Mountain Music Festival, Prusch Park, San Jose. FREE. (NCBS welcomed)

December 7-9 – Brookdale Winter Bluegrass Festival, TBA. (NCBS welcomed)

January 25-27, 2019 – NCBS 12th Annual Bluegrass On Broadway Festival, various venues, Redwood City.

Sunday At The Brookdale Bluegrass Festival In Tres Pinos

SUNDAY, March 11

10:00am –The  Honeysuckle Possums Harmony Singing Workshop

Noon — Blue Summit Band
1:00 — Ben Lonesome & The Highway Niners
2:00 — Tina Louise Barr & The Brookdale Bluegrass Band
3:00 — All Star Jam

The March 9-11, 2018 Brookdale Spring Bluegrass Festival at the San Benito County Historical Park in Tres Pinos is presented by Brookdale Bluegrass and welcomed by the Northern California Bluegrass Society.

Saturday At The Brookdale Bluegrass Festival In Tres Pinos

SATURDAY, March 10

10:00am — BanjerDan Banjo Workshop
11:00 — Tina Louise Barr Autoharp Workshop

10:00am  — Open Mike
1:00pm — BanjerDan Mazer
2:00 — Crying Uncle Bluegrass Band
3:00 — Laura Lind
4:00 — Brent Pierce Family & Friends
5:00 — The Naked Bootleggers
6:00 — Dinner Break with Hog Tie Catering
7:00 — Stoney Mountain Ramblers
8:00 — Eric Burman & The Brookdale Bluegrass Band
9:00 — Wildcat Mountain Ramblers
10:00 — Honeysuckle Possums

The March 9-11, 2018 Brookdale Spring Bluegrass Festival at the San Benito County Historical Park in Tres Pinos is presented by Brookdale Bluegrass and welcomed by the Northern California Bluegrass Society.

All You Need To Know: Brookdale Bluegrass Festival Is Set For This Weekend In Tres Pinos

The long-running Brookdale Bluegrass Festival will be held this weekend at a NEW, but familiar location — The San Benito County Historical Park in Tres Pinos. Here is All You Need To Know To Go:

Dates: Friday, March 9 – Sunday, March 11.

Location: San Benito County Historical Park, 8300 Highway 25, Tres Pinos, CA (7 miles south of Hollister and next to Bolado Park).

Schedule:

Tickets: There will be plenty of tickets at the gate. Purchase Tickets Online.

Camping: Free RV and tent camping. Showers and restrooms, but no hook-ups.

Lodging: Available in Hollister (7 miles).

Food & Beer: Available onsite and at nearby establishments in Tres Pinos (1 mile) and Hollister (7 miles).

Jamming: Yes.

Fun: Yes.

Weather: Indoors All Weekend — 72 degrees and sunny. FRIDAY: Partly Cloudy, High 68, Low 48. SATURDAY: Partly Cloudy, High 64, SATURDAY NIGHT: Rain, Low 51. SUNDAY: Partly Cloudy, High 70, Low 50.

Presented by Brookdale Bluegrass & Welcomed by the Northern California Bluegrass Society.

And Remember — All Of Your Friends Will Be There!

San Benito Live News Coverage Of The Three Tres Pinos Bluegrass Festivals

Kollin Kosmicki, San Benito Live

San Benito Live, the recently-launched news website covering San Benito County, Hollister, and the bluegrass hub Tres Pinos, offers this video coverage for this weekend’s Brookdale Bluegrass Festival, plus May’s Hickstival, and the 25th anniversary of the NCBS Good Old Fashioned Bluegrass Festival in August.

The run time is 6:04. Enjoy!

Video: Brookdale Kicks Off Trio Of Bluegrass Festivals In Tres Pinos (3/8/18)

Kollin Kosmicki supported the GOF for many years as editor of the Hollister Free Lance newspaper. He is now the editor and founder of San Benito Live.

NCBS president Michael Hall, Brookdale promoter Eric Burman, San Benito County Historical Society leader Don Pidd, and Bolado Park Event Center manager Dara Tobias are interviewed (and Eric sings a tune in the historic jail!).

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Here is San Benito Live’s earlier prose report:

Third Bluegrass Festival Makes Tres Pinos A Hotbed (2/27/18)

In The Jailhouse Now:

Video: Eric Burman Performs “Deeper Well” At The Historical Park (3/8/18)

The Cottage Saloon at the San Benito County Historical Park.

NCBS Now Collecting Walker Creek Music Camp Donations For Spring Scholarship Fund

A bluegrass jam session at the Walker Creek Music Camp.

The Northern California Bluegrass Society Walker Creek Music Camp Scholarship Fund is now collecting donations to assist students who need financial help for the Spring 2018 camp, run by Ingrid Noyes. There is still time for donations to benefit deserving spring campers at the April 12-15 camp near Petaluma.

Donations can be sent to: Northern California Bluegrass Society/Santa Cruz Bluegrass Society,  PO Box 390846, Mountain View, CA 94039-0846, Attention: NCBS Walker Creek Music Camp Scholarship Fund.

The Northern California Bluegrass Society, a 501(c)(3) charitable organization aka the Santa Cruz Bluegrass Society, accepts donations and disburses the scholarships. Donations to the fund are tax-deductible as allowed by law. Donors should consult their tax advisors. The Federal Tax ID No. is 94-2907716. Donors who do not need a tax deduction may donate money directly to the camp.

Information: Spring Walker Creek Music Camp.