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You can now include bluegrass music in your year-end tax planning.

The Northern California Bluegrass Society accepts donations to support area bluegrass and 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. The NCBS/SCBS Tax ID No. is 94-2907716.

The last day to make Tax Advantaged Donations for 2025 is December 31, 2025.

How To Donate to NCBS/SCBS:

Send Mail-In Donations To: NCBS/SCBS, PO Box 390846, Mountain View, CA 94039-0846. Or make a donation on this website here: NCBS Online Donations.

Thanks for your support!

The Strawberry Music Festival held a fall event for the first time in 8 years earlier this month. The Fall Festival will return in 2026 on a date yet to be announced. The Strawberry Spring Music Festival will be held on Memorial Day Weekend, May 21-25, 2026. Both events will be held at the Nevada County Fairgrounds in Grass Valley.

The Northern California Bluegrass Society welcomes the FREE 20th Annual Holiday Hootenanny on Friday, December 12 at 4:00pm. This has become a fun and enduring Bay Area bluegrass tradition! Thanks to Scott Dailey for booking this event. The Stoney Mountain Ramblers will be the host band.

A new old time festival is coming to venues in Berkeley November 7-9, 2025. The Dare To Be Square West event will be held at the Plough & Stars and at Ashkenaz.

It’s time to join your friends who have joined the NCBS!

Your Membership in the Northern California Bluegrass Society supports local bluegrass music in the San Francisco Bay Area, the Monterey Bay Area, and in all of Northern California. Join or renew today!

NCBS Membership

The last day to make Tax Advantaged Donations for 2025 is December 31, 2025. You can include bluegrass music in your year-end tax planning.

The Northern California Bluegrass Society accepts donations to support area bluegrass and 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. The NCBS/SCBS Tax ID No. is 94-2907716.

Mail-In Donations: NCBS/SCBS, PO Box 390846, Mountain View, CA 94039-0846.

NCBS Online Donations

The Northern California Bluegrass Society welcomes the FREE 20th Annual Holiday Hootenanny on Friday, December 12 at 4:00pm. This has become a fun and enduring Bay Area bluegrass tradition!

Thanks to Scott Dailey for booking this event. The Stoney Mountain Ramblers will be the host band. More information will be available soon.

It’s important that bluegrass folks make their voices heard in upcoming elections. We need you!

The next election is on Tuesday November 4, 2025 and voting is already underway. If you are a bluegrass fan and have received your ballot in the mail, now is a good time to return it.

If you are not yet registered, the deadline is Monday October 20.

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.

Please post again when the instrument is recovered.

Your Membership in the Northern California Bluegrass Society supports local bluegrass music in the San Francisco Bay Area, the Monterey Bay Area, and in all of Northern California. Join or renew today!

NCBS Membership