Advance ticket sales for the 2023 Good Old Fashioned Bluegrass Festival will begin soon on this website. The August 10-13 festival is a benefit for the Northern California Bluegrass Society. NCBS Members will receive a deep discount on advance tickets. Non-members will receive a discount.
The 29th AnnualĀ NCBS Good Old Fashioned Bluegrass Festival is a benefit for the Northern California Bluegrass Society. The fun, friendly gathering will be held at theĀ San Benito County Historical ParkĀ inĀ Tres PinosĀ onĀ August 10-13, 2023.Ā Thanks for your support!
The Northern California Bluegrass Society welcomes the 2023 Brookdale Bluegrass Festival presented by Brookdale Bluegrass & The Brookdale Lodge MarchĀ 24-26 at the Brookdale Lodge in Brookdale.
TheĀ NCBS Walker Creek Music Camp Scholarship Fund has awarded tuition assistance to help some young Northern California musicians attend the spring camp near Petaluma.
The scholarships will assist two young adults and one 10-year-old attend camp. These students would not have been able to be at the camp without the fundās help.
Thanks to theĀ Generous DonorsĀ and to theĀ NCBS Walker Creek Music Camp Scholarship Committee. The fund will soon begin collecting donations to help deserving students who want to attend the upcoming fall camp. Thanks for your support of local bluegrass music education!
Ingrid NoyesĀ runs the camp each spring and fall.
The 2023 NCBS Good Old Fashioned Bluegrass Festival will be held at the San Benito County Historical Park in Tres Pinos on August 10-13.
TheĀ Northern California Bluegrass SocietyĀ welcomes allĀ new, renewing, and returning members. You can join or renew yourĀ NCBS MembershipĀ on this website or by mail!Ā Your support of bluegrass music in our area is much appreciated.
Click forĀ NCBS Membership Information.
There are some openings left in the class for the April 13-16, 2023 Walker Creek Music Camp. Registration is now open. Ingrid Noyes runs the campĀ each spring and fall at theĀ Walker Creek Ranch, Petaluma.Ā
TheĀ Northern California Bluegrass SocietyĀ is now collecting donations for theĀ NCBS Walker Creek Music Camp Scholarship Fund.Ā NCBS/SCBSĀ is anĀ Internal Revenue Code Section 501(c)(3) Organization.Ā The NCBS Walker Creek Scholarship Fund CommitteeĀ awards scholarships twice each year to assist deserving students.Ā The next round of scholarships will benefit attendees at theĀ 2023Ā spring session.
Send donations to:Ā Northern California Bluegrass Society/Santa Cruz Bluegrass Society,Ā PO Box 390846,Ā Mountain View, CA 94039-0846. Donations may be tax-advantaged.
Camp Information:Ā Walker Creek Music Camp
The deadline to purchase raffle tickets for a custom-made banjo from theĀ Pisgah Banjo Company is Friday, MarchĀ 10. Here is the Raffle Tickets & Information.
Pisgah BanjosĀ is excited to offer a chance to win a unique custom banjo! Raffle tickets are $20 each. All proceeds will benefit theĀ Arnold Shultz Fund, a scholarship fund dedicated to people of color pursuing traditional, old-time, and bluegrass music.Ā The first $10,000 raised in the raffle will be gifted to theĀ Black Banjo Reclamation ProjectĀ of Oakland from the Arnold Shultz FundĀ to support a gourd banjo building workshop in the black banjo community.
The prize isĀ a custom-builtĀ Pisgah BanjoĀ made from blonde Curly Maple, featuring a Dobson tone ring, 12ā³ pot, slotted headstock, and brass plated s-scoop with an engraved image ofĀ Arnold Shultz. Pisgah Banjos chose to benefit the Arnold Shultz fund as a way to help re-appropriate the history of the banjo.
The Arnold Shultz Fund is a project of theĀ IBMA Foundation, which is affiliated with theĀ International Bluegrass Music Association.Ā NCBSĀ is a longtime organizational member of the IBMA and NCBS past presidentĀ Michael HallĀ is a member of the Foundationās board of directors.
NCBS welcomes the Brookdale Bluegrass Festival, coming March 24-26, 2023 and presented by the Brookdale Lodge and Brookdale Bluegrass. Here is the complete performance schedule.
NCBS’ own AJ Lee & Blue Summit has been named one of the top acts to perform at Bluegrass Live! — the huge concert that concludes the International Bluegrass Music Association’s World Of Bluegrass Convention, set for September 26-30, 2023 at the Raleigh Convention Center in Raleigh, NC.
Bandleader AJ Lee of Santa Cruz is a member of the Northern California Bluegrass Society Board Of Directors. NCBS is a longtime organizational member of the IBMA.
