The Sonia Shell Band (Santa Cruz) and the Johnny Campbell Band (Nashville) will perform at Sam’s BBQ in San Jose on Wednesday October 16 and at the Live Oak Grange near Santa Cruz on Saturday October 19. NCBS will welcome the October 19 show. The bands will also appear on KKUP Monday Night Bluegrass on Monday October 14.
More details will be announced soon.
The Northern California Bluegrass Society welcomes the First Annual Frankly Bluegrass Music Festival which will honor the late Frank Solivan, Sr., founder of Kids On Bluegrass & Kids On Stage.
The Amador County Fairgrounds in Plymouth, site of several bluegrass festivals over the past 40 years, but none in the past decade, will host the new festival October 9-13, 2024. The event is presented by members of the Solivan family.
The line-up: Frank Solivan & Chris Luquette, Kids On Bluegrass, Broken Compass Bluegrass, Special Consensus, Wayne Taylor & Appaloosa, Crying Uncle, Central Valley Boys, David Adkins & Mountain Soul, Kentucky Sky, and The Honey Buckets.
The Northern California Bluegrass Society welcomes the Second Annual Jamesburg Community Schoolhouse Bluegrass Festival on Saturday, September 14, 2024. The Noon-7:00pm gathering will take place at the former school, 40379 Tassajara Road in Carmel Valley.
The line-up: Eric Burman & The Brookdale Bluegrass Band, The Courthouse Ramblers, Brianna Colliard, Willow Street, and The Gilroy Drifters.
Bring a bluegrass festival chair or blanket to this charming outdoor mountain event in the highlands above Carmel Valley. Food & drink will be available.
The event will benefit the Jamesburg Community Schoolhouse. More information will be available soon.
Coming Soon — Tickets & Information
The Northern California Bluegrass Society welcomes the Plumas Homegrown Americana Festival to the Plumas County Fairgrounds in Quincy on Labor Day Weekend.
The Wildcat Mountain Ramblers are the host band. Ramblin’ Jack Elliott will headline, along with Keith Little & Sweet Sally and the Marin County Breakdown, plus more!
The San Benito County Historical Park sported many new trees during the Good Old Fashioned Bluegrass Festival last weekend. The addition of the approximately 30 trees had been an important upgrade for the park sought by the Northern California Bluegrass Society.
The trees were originally grown by a Gilroy nursery for use in a large Alphabet (Google) office development in San Jose that was postponed or cancelled. REACH, a local environmental tree-planting organization is working with the San Benito County Historical Society to plant the donated trees at the park.
The San Benito County Historical Society’s Anita Kane organized the acquisition, siting and planting of the new trees. NCBS President Michael Hall helped with locating the trees around the audience area. NCBS & SBCHS Volunteer Gary Zatkin is watering the trees on a weekly basis to ensure their survival during their first year.
Thanks for your support!
The Northern California Bluegrass Society Good Old Fashioned Bluegrass Festival, held August 8-11, 2024 for the 30th time, was well-covered in the press. Read all about it!
Good Old Fashioned Bluegrass Festival Number 31 will be held August 7-10, 2025 at the San Benito County Historical Park in Tres Pinos. The gathering is a benefit for the Northern California Bluegrass Society.
SUNDAY, August 11
Main Stage
10:00am — Honey Run
11:00 — Kids On Stage
Noon — Water Tower
1:00pm — Lonesome Still
2:00 — Whole Hog
The August 8-11, 2024 Good Old Fashioned Bluegrass Festival is presented by the Northern California Bluegrass Society at the San Benito County Historical Park in Tres Pinos.
SATURDAY, August 10
Main Stage
10:00am — Bluegrass Holiday
11:00 — Mission Blue
Noon — Salty Sally Band
1:00pm — Lunch Break & Workshops
2:00 — Lucas Lawson
3:00 — Trouble Town
4:00 — The Goat Hill Girls
5:00 — The Storytellers
6:00 — Dinner Break & Workshops
7:00 — Sunny Side Of The Mountain
8:00 — Red Dog Ash
9:00 — Bean Creek
Dance Hall Stage
11:00pm — GOF 30th Anniversary Dance with Eric Burman & The Brookdale Bluegrass Band
The August 8-11, 2024 Good Old Fashioned Bluegrass Festival is presented by the Northern California Bluegrass Society at the San Benito County Historical Park in Tres Pinos.
FRIDAY, August 9
First Stage
10:00am — Joy Louise Williams
3:00pm — Brent Pierce & His Acid Grass Boys
4:00 — Late For The Train
5:00 — Dark Hollow
6:00 — Dinner Break & Workshops
7:00 — Dirty Cello
8:00 — Blue Birds On A Wire
9:00 — Sidesaddle & Co.
The August 8-11, 2024 Good Old Fashioned Bluegrass Festival is presented by the Northern California Bluegrass Society at the San Benito County Historical Park in Tres Pinos.
