The Northern California Bluegrass Society supports local bluegrass music. You can include the bluegrass society in your 2024 tax planning.
The Society is a California Not-For-Profit Corporation with Internal Revenue Code Section 501(c)(3) status that is also known as the Santa Cruz Bluegrass Society. NCBS/SCBS accepts tax-advantaged donations.
The NCBS/SCBS Tax ID No. is 94-2907716.
Mail-In Donations: NCBS/SCBS, PO Box 390846, Mountain View, CA 94039-0846.
One Week Reminder: The deadline for Applications for the International Bluegrass Music Association’s 2025 Leadership Bluegrass Class is November 18, 2024.
The 2025 class will be held March 10-12 in Nashville.
The Northern California Bluegrass Society is a longtime organizational member of the IBMA. NCBS Members are encouraged to apply.
Two Peninsula-area radio broadcasters that feature bluegrass music were included in an article about local non-commercial radio stations in the Menlo Park Almanac newspaper. Both KKUP-Cupertino and KZSU-Stanford have significant bluegrass programming. The full article is here:
All ears: Tune in to these 8 noncommercial Peninsula radio stations – The Almanac
KKUP has several bluegrass radio shows, including Monday Night Bluegrass, 6:00-9:00pm every Monday since 1980. The show has different hosts each week, with the Northern California Bluegrass Society Board’s Mike Russell & Michael Hall hosting live bands on the second Monday each month. The article has photos of October 14’s musical guests, The Johnny Campbell Band, and of Russell at the microphone and Lars Bourne doing sound. Bourne is also the MNB show host on the third Mondays.
KZSU has the “That’s Not Bluegrass” show every Wednesday, Noon-2:00pm with Sarah Bellum, who is better known as NCBS Board Member Lois Kellerman. She has been hosting her program on the station since 1998.
Two Week Reminder: The deadline for Applications for the International Bluegrass Music Association’s 2025 Leadership Bluegrass Class is November 18, 2024. The 2025 class will be held March 10-12 in Nashville.
The Northern California Bluegrass Society is a longtime organizational member of the IBMA. NCBS Members are encouraged to apply.
The NCBS National Bluegrass Stolen & Missing Instrument Page is on this website. It provides a central reporting location for the recovery of stolen or lost bluegrass instruments. This service is for both theft victims and used instrument buyers. The FREE page is searchable, and links can be added to connect additional information about the instrument. Please post again when the instrument is recovered.
The Northern California Bluegrass Society supports local bluegrass music.
The Society is a California Not-For-Profit Corporation with Internal Revenue Code Section 501(c)(3) status that is also known as the Santa Cruz Bluegrass Society. NCBS/SCBS accepts tax-advantaged donations.
The NCBS/SCBS Tax ID No. is 94-2907716.
Mail-In Donations: NCBS/SCBS, PO Box 390846, Mountain View, CA 94039-0846.
The International Bluegrass Music Hall Of Fame And Museum in Owensboro, KY has named Adam Engelhardt as its new Executive Director. He currently serves as Board Chair of the International Bluegrass Music Association.
The NCBS is a longtime organizational member of the IBMA.
Make Voting Part Of Your Bluegrass Lifestyle. To make sure that your vote is in and counted, return your ballot just as soon as you know how you want to vote. You can easily track your ballot once you return it.
California Secretary Of State Ballot Info
The Northern California Bluegrass Society supports local bluegrass music. The Society is a California Not-For-Profit Corporation with Internal Revenue Code Section 501(c)(3) status that is also known as the Santa Cruz Bluegrass Society. NCBS/SCBS accepts tax-advantaged donations. The NCBS/SCBS Tax ID No. is 94-2907716.
Mail-In Donations: NCBS/SCBS, PO Box 390846, Mountain View, CA 94039-0846.
The voices of bluegrass folks need to be heard in the important upcoming election! The LAST DAY to register to vote in California is Monday, October 21 for the Tuesday, November 5 election.
If you have already registered and received your ballot in the mail, return your ballot just as soon as you know how you want to vote so that your vote can be tracked and counted just as soon as possible. There is no advantage in waiting to vote!
All California voters should have already received their ballot. Contact your county Registrar of Voters if you need a ballot.
You can easily track your ballot once you return it:
