Category: Events

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.

TheĀ Northern California Bluegrass Society Walker Creek Music Camp Scholarship Fund is now collecting donationsĀ to assist students who need financial help for theĀ Spring 2018 camp, run byĀ 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,Ā  PO Box 390846,Ā Mountain View, CA 94039-0846,Ā Attention: NCBS Walker Creek Music Camp Scholarship Fund.

TheĀ Northern California Bluegrass Society, a 501(c)(3) charitable organization aka theĀ 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. isĀ 94-2907716. Donors who do not need a tax deduction may donate money directly to the camp.

Information: Spring Walker Creek Music Camp.

Wildcat Mountain Ramblers Set To Play Thursday At The Summit House Near Los Gatos

TheĀ Wildcat Mountain Ramblers will play theĀ Thursday Bluegrass Series atĀ The Summit House onĀ March 8, 2018.

The Wildcat Mountain Ramblers at the Summit House.

The FREE bluegrass music program in theĀ Santa Cruz Mountains is 6 miles south ofĀ Los Gatos. The music will run fromĀ 6:00-8:30pm.Ā Good food and drink will be served.

The performance is presented byĀ The Summit House Beer Garden & Grill and welcomed by theĀ Northern California Bluegrass Society.

Coming Soon: Blue Summit onĀ March 15.

Spring Brookdale Bluegrass Festival To Be Held March 9-11 In Tres Pinos

TheĀ Spring Brookdale Bluegrass Festival will be held for the first time at theĀ San Benito County Historical Park inĀ Tres Pinos on March 9-11. This venue is already familiar to area bluegrass fans as the home of the NCBS Good Old Fashioned Bluegrass Festival, set for August 9-12, 2018.

The Brookdale festival is presented byĀ Brookdale Bluegrass and welcomed by theĀ Northern California Bluegrass Society. Shows will be held indoors, but the Saturday afternoon performance will be outdoors if weather permits. Camping is available for both tents and RVs.

Brookdale Performance Schedule

Former Sidesaddle Member Beth McNamara Celebration Of Life Set For March 3

Beth McNamara

A Celebration Of Life for musician and lavender growerĀ Beth McNamara will be held on Saturday, March 3, 2018.

She was a bassist and singer for Sidesaddle & Co in the South Bay before moving to Oregon. There she continued to perform with former Sidesaddle & Co guitarist and singer Jerry Ashford as the duo Moonglow. The band last performed in the Bay Area at the NCBS Bluegrass On Broadway Festival in 2016.

The two also ran their business Lord & Lady Lavender.

The celebration with her Bay Area family and friends will be held 3:00-6:30pm at Montevideo Clubhouse, 1585 Monteval Lane in San Jose. The location is south of the Camden Avenue/Coleman Road intersection.

Elizabeth McNamara died suddenly on January 10th at her farm in Camas Valley, Oregon.

Moonglow at Sam's BBQ in the 1990s.

New Bluegrass Radio Show Hits The Airwaves In Boulder Creek On Thursday Evening March 1

A new weekly bluegrass program will be broadcast on KBCZ Radio in Boulder Creek beginning on Thursday, March 1, 2018, from 8:00 to 9:00pm.

The Brookdale Bluegrass Hour will be hosted by Eric Burman and Bruce Bellochio and will feature live and recorded music, plus interviews and bluegrass calendar information.

The hosts are both longtime leaders of the Northern California Bluegrass Society and festival and concert promoters. Bruce has hosted the longest-running KBCZ program for the past two and a half years. He is now joined by Eric and the format has expanded.

Bruce’s program was the first regular bluegrass music show to air in Santa Cruz County since the KPFA Cousin Al Radio Show (hosted by Al Knoth) ended its 46-year run in Watsonville over 5 years ago.

The broadcast can be heard throughout the San Lorenzo Valley at 90.1FM and online.

NCBS President Michael Hall will be a guest on the initial show.

Spring Brookdale Bluegrass Festival To Be Held At New Venue In Tres Pinos On March 9-11

TheĀ Spring Brookdale Bluegrass Festival will be held at a NEW VENUE, theĀ San Benito County Historical Park inĀ Tres Pinos.

The event has previously been held in the Santa Cruz Mountains several times each year since 1998. This year’s festival is set for March 9-11, 2018.

Shows will be held both indoors and outdoors. Camping is available.

Complete Brookdale Festival Schedule

The festival is presented by Brookdale Bluegrass and welcomed by theĀ Northern California Bluegrass Society.