The 2023 NCBS Good Old Fashioned Bluegrass Festival is set for August 10-13 in Tres Pinos. Planning is now underway!
Some Volunteer Leadership Positions are open for next year’s gathering. Interested persons should contact Michael Hall <hallmw@gmail.com> for more information.
Two Thursday Night Bluegrass Shows remain on the schedule at the Summit House Beer Garden & Grill that will close on September 30 after 8 years of bluegrass performances. The sweeping views of the Santa Cruz Mountains at the top of Highway 17 and the good food and drink can be enjoyed with live bluegrass music 6:00-8:30pm on:
September 22 — Hosted Onstage Jam with Robert & Suzanne Cornelius starring You.
September 29 — Members of the Wildcat Mountain Ramblers, The Goat Hill Girls, and Purple Mountain Majesty will perform together and separately for a final time at the top of Highway 17.
The 2023 NCBS Good Old Fashioned Bluegrass Festival is set for August 10-13 in Tres Pinos. Planning is now underway! Some Volunteer Leadership Positions are open for next year’s gathering.
Interested persons should contact Michael Hall <hallmw@gmail.com> for more information.
The Summit House Beer Garden & Grill, a strong bluegrass venue for the past 8 years and host of the NCBS/SCBS Santa Cruz Bluegrass Fair during the pandemic, will close on September 30, 2022.
Three Thursday Night Bluegrass Shows remain on the schedule. The sweeping views of the Santa Cruz Mountains and the good food and drink can be enjoyed with live bluegrass music 6:00-8:30pm on:
September 15 — Purple Mountain Majesty
September 22 — Hosted Onstage Jam starring You.
September 29 — Members of the Wildcat Mountain Ramblers, The Goat Hill Girls, and Purple Mountain Majesty will perform together and separately for a final time at the top of Highway 17.
Owner Roseanne Mayclin and her family have offered to sell the business rather than shut it down if there is an interested buyer. The family hopes to start a new establishment featuring live bluegrass after they resettle in the Central Valley town of Newman.
Thanks to area bluegrass musicians, especially including Robert Cornelius, who made the music happen at The Summit House.
The KVMR Wee Celtic Celebration, which was set for Saturday, September 10 at Pioneer Park, in Nevada City, has been CANCELLED Due To Bad Air Quality resulting from wildfires in the Nevada County area.
The long-running weekend KVMR Celtic Festival held at the Nevada County Fairgrounds was Covid-cancelled the past two years, but was to have returned in one-day form at a local city park for 2022. The smaller event may be held at a later date.
The 2023 NCBS Good Old Fashioned Bluegrass Festival is set for August 10-13 in Tres Pinos. Planning is now underway! Some Volunteer Leadership Positions are open for next year’s gathering. Interested persons should contact NCBS President Michael Hall <hallmw@gmail.com> for more information.
The next two weekends will feature shows with both straight-ahead and on-the-edge bluegrass performers:
SATURDAY, September 10
Pub In The Park Concerts — The Stragglyrs, Red Morton Park, Redwood City. (NCBS welcomed). This is a free show with music by the Byrds-influenced bluegrass band, The Stragglyrs. This is the last of a four concert summer outdoor series presented by Redwood City.
CANCELLED — Bad Air Quality: KVMR Wee Celtic Celebration, Pioneer Park, Nevada City. The long-running KVMR Celtic Festival held at the Nevada County Fairgrounds was Covid-cancelled the past two years, but returns in one-day form at a local city park for 2022.
SATURDAY, September 17
The Lodi Grape Festival will have a Bluegrass Day (and more) at the Lodi Grape Festival Fairgrounds in Lodi. The bluegrass is free with festival admission.
SATURDAY & SUNDAY, September 17 &18
The Mountain Sol Festival at the Roaring Camp Railroads Park in Felton offers plenty of near-bluegrass fun.
The Northern California Bluegrass Society-welcomed monthly bluegrass concert series Pub In The Park will conclude with the The Stragglyrs on Saturday, September 10 at Red Morton Park in Redwood City.
The FREE program will run 11:00am-4:00pm with the band playing on an outdoor stage. Food and beer will be available, or you can bring your own picnic.
The all-bluegrass series is presented by Redwood City Parks, Recreation & Community Services.
Some Volunteer Leadership Positions are open for the 2023 NCBS Good Old Fashioned Bluegrass Festival set for August 10-13 in Tres Pinos.
Interested persons should contact NCBS President Michael Hall <hallmw@gmail.com> for more information.
Here are the Fall 2022 upcoming bluegrass events of interest to Northern California Bluegrass fans:
SEPTEMBER
3-4 — Plumas Homegrown Americana Festival, Plumas County Fairgrounds, Quincy. (NCBS welcomed)
10 — Pub In The Park Concerts — The Stragglyrs, Red Morton Park, Redwood City. (NCBS welcomed)
10 — KVMR Wee Celtic Celebration, Pioneer Park, Nevada City.
17 — Lodi Grape Festival Bluegrass Day, Lodi Grape Festival Fairgrounds, Lodi.
17-18 — Mountain Sol Festival, Roaring Camp, Felton.
21-24 — Berkeley Old Time Music Convention, Freight & Salvage, Berkeley.
30 — Billy Strings, Frost Amphitheater, Stanford University, Stanford.
SEPTEMBER-OCTOBER
September 27-October 1 — IBMA World Of Bluegrass, Raleigh Convention Center, Raleigh, NC. (NCBS welcomed)
September 30-October 2 — Hardly Strictly Bluegrass, Hellman Hollow, Golden Gate Park, San Francisco.
OCTOBER
7-8 — POSTPONED — Brewglass Festival, Roaring Camp, Felton.
10-16 — CBA Fall Campout, Lodi Grape Festival Fairgrounds, Lodi.
20-23 — Hangtown Music Festival, Nevada County Fairgrounds, Grass Valley. (Note new date and venue)
NOVEMBER
3-6 — CBA South State 48 Jam, Carlsbad By The Sea Hotel, Carlsbad.
5 — Tillyfest Bluegrass Street Festival, Heritage Plaza, Woodland.
11-13 — Wickenburg Bluegrass Festival, Everett Bowman Rodeo Arena, Wickenburg, AZ.
15 — California Bluegrass Reunion (Darol Anger, John Reischman, Bill Evans, Jim Nunally, Sharon Gilchrist & Chad Manning), Otter Opry, United Methodist Church, Monterey.
