After (sigh) many months of Coronavirus-limited activity, the Northern California Bluegrass Society is planning a full schedule of live music events for 2022.
The widespread availability of Coronavirus Vaccines will make in-person bluegrass music gatherings safe and fun once again. Now is the time for all bluegrass fans to get their vaccine status updated, so everyone will be ready to go for the upcoming bluegrass season.
We can’t wait — see you soon!
The Brookdale Lodge on Highway 9 in Brookdale, the original home of the Brookdale Bluegrass Festival, will be recognized as a historic site by the members of the E Clampus Vitus fraternal organization on November 13, 2021 at 1:00pm.
The Lodge was opened in 1890 and much expanded as a lodging, restaurant, and music location (among other legal and illegal enterprises) over the next century.
It hosted the first NCBS/SCBS-welcomed and Eric & Barbara Burman-presented Brookdale festival in 1998 and hosted multiple bluegrass events during the early 2000s, before closing for a painful extended bout with business difficulties and much-needed renovations that lasted over a decade. For many years, it was the every-Tuesday evening location of the late DamDave Gillett-organized “Odd Instrument Bluegrass Jam” with no guitars allowed. A Professional Bluegrass Band Workshop was organized by Barbra Burman and taught by Dr. Banjo Pete Wernick and Nurse Joan Wernick at the lodge.
Saturday’s ceremony will include NCBS Vice-President and ECV officer Mike Russell and GOF Festival Director Bruce Bellochio, a neighbor of the historic Lodge and a key organizer of the Brookdale festival. NCBS President Michael Hall will also attend. The ceremony is free and open to the public. A permanent plaque will be placed on the building.
We hear rumors that the 23-year-old Brookdale Bluegrass Festival may eventually return to the venue, once renovations are finally completed. In the meantime, bluegrass and other bands play regularly outside the Lodge’s bar.
Proof Of Vaccination for the Covid 19 Virus will be needed in order to attend Northern California Bluegrass Society events in 2022. This requirement will also be in effect for all or most bluegrass events in Northern California next year. Vaccines are FREE and WIDELY AVAILABLE.
The Northern California Bluegrass Society is planning a full schedule of live music events for 2022. In the meantime, NCBS has cancelled all events for the remainder of this year out of concern for the safety of our members. By 2022, the widespread availability of Coronavirus Vaccines is expected to make in-person bluegrass music gatherings safe and fun once again. Now is the time for bluegrass fans to get their vaccine status updated, so everyone will be ready for the upcoming bluegrass season.
The Northern California Bluegrass Society’s Good Old Fashioned Bluegrass Festival Facebook Group Page is the place to enjoy great local bluegrass music while we look forward to the live, in-person event set for August 11-14, 2022 in Tres Pinos. Bluegrass Musicians are welcome to self-post their music on the page. For more information, contact page host Bruce Bellochio <Bbellochio@gmail.com>.
The Northern California Bluegrass Society-welcomed Thursday Bluegrass Series continues at the Summit House Beer Garden & Grill at the top of Highway 17, 6 miles south of Los Gatos on the way to Santa Cruz. Music runs 6:00-8:30pm. Good food and drink is served. Admission is FREE.
November 4: The Goat Hill Girls.
November Reminder: The Northern California Bluegrass Society will present the Good Old Fashioned Bluegrass Festival on Thursday-Sunday, August 11-14, 2022, at the San Benito County Historical Park in Tres Pinos.
The Northern California Bluegrass Society’s Good Old Fashioned Bluegrass Festival Facebook Group Page is the place to enjoy great local bluegrass music while we look forward to the live, in-person 2022 event in Tres Pinos.
Bluegrass Musicians are welcome to self-post their music on the page. For more information, contact page host Bruce Bellochio <Bbellochio@gmail.com>.
The Goat Hill Girls will host a Halloween Party & Concert on Saturday, October 30 at the Summit House Beer Garden & Grill at the top of Highway 17, 6 miles south of Los Gatos on the way to Santa Cruz.
Music runs 6:00-8:30pm. Good food and drink will be served. Admission is FREE. Enjoy!
The Northern California Bluegrass Society is currently planning a full schedule of events for 2022. In the meantime, NCBS has cancelled all events for the remainder of this year out of concern for the safety of our members.
By 2022, the widespread availability of Coronavirus Vaccines is expected to make in-person bluegrass music gatherings safe and fun once again. Now is the time for bluegrass fans to get their vaccine status updated, so everyone will be ready for the upcoming bluegrass season.
