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Everyone is welcome to join the Strawberry Music Festival Family in celebrating the life of one of its founders, Charlie Cran. The gathering will be on Saturday, February 14, Noon-5:00pm, at the Mother Lode Fairgrounds in Sonora.

Please note the previously listed channel for the Hog Ranch Radio’s broadcast was incorrect. Hog Ranch Radio will broadcast the Celebration on 94.3 FM to the Sonora area, starting at 11:30 am.

If you cannot attend in person, the celebration will be streamed at <Meet – pwe-dsyf-wje> beginning at Noon.

The Lost River Bluegrass Festival in Merrill, OR will not be held this July due to the death of a founder. The festival is held 5 miles north of the California state line and features many California bands. The festival is expected to return in 2027.

The 32nd Annual Good Old Fashioned Bluegrass Festival will be held August 6-9 at the San Benito County Historical Park in Tres Pinos. The beloved gathering is a benefit for the Northern California Bluegrass Society.

Happy Super Bowl Sunday from your friends in the Northern California Bluegrass Society!

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

Time to join the Northern California Bluegrass Society so you will be ready for bluegrass season!

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.

NCBS Membership

Here are the 2026 Grammy Winners from the Bluegrass and related music categories, announced tonight in Los Angeles:

Billy Strings — Best Bluegrass Album: Highway Prayers.

I’m With Her — Sarah Jarosz, Aoife O’Donovan & Sarah Watkins — Best Folk Album: Wide and Clear and Blue. Best American Roots Song: Ancient Light.

Chris Stapleton — Best Solo Country Performance: Bad As I Used To Be.

The Good Old Fashioned Bluegrass Festival is 32 Years Old this year, only 33 years after it was founded in 1994 (that dern pandemic!). The 2026 event will be held August 6-9 at the San Benito County Historical Park in Tres Pinos. The beloved gathering is a benefit for the Northern California Bluegrass Society.

Everyone is welcome to join the Strawberry Music Festival Family in celebrating the life of one of its founders, Charlie Cran. The gathering will be on Saturday, February 14 at the Mother Lode Fairgrounds in Sonora.