Your support of bluegrass music in our area is much appreciated at this critical post-pandemic time — 2022. The Northern California Bluegrass Society welcomes all new, renewing, and returning members. It only takes a moment to join or renew on this website or by mail.
Now is the time to join or renew your membership in your local bluegrass music club:
The KVMR Wee Celtic Celebration, which was set for Saturday, September 10 at Pioneer Park, in Nevada City, has been CANCELLED Due To Bad Air Quality resulting from wildfires in the Nevada County area.
The long-running weekend KVMR Celtic Festival held at the Nevada County Fairgrounds was Covid-cancelled the past two years, but was to have returned in one-day form at a local city park for 2022. The smaller event may be held at a later date.
The 2023 NCBS Good Old Fashioned Bluegrass Festival is set for August 10-13 in Tres Pinos. Planning is now underway! Some Volunteer Leadership Positions are open for next year’s gathering. Interested persons should contact NCBS President Michael Hall <hallmw@gmail.com> for more information.
The next two weekends will feature shows with both straight-ahead and on-the-edge bluegrass performers:
SATURDAY, September 10
Pub In The Park Concerts — The Stragglyrs, Red Morton Park, Redwood City. (NCBS welcomed). This is a free show with music by the Byrds-influenced bluegrass band, The Stragglyrs. This is the last of a four concert summer outdoor series presented by Redwood City.
CANCELLED — Bad Air Quality: KVMR Wee Celtic Celebration, Pioneer Park, Nevada City. The long-running KVMR Celtic Festival held at the Nevada County Fairgrounds was Covid-cancelled the past two years, but returns in one-day form at a local city park for 2022.
SATURDAY, September 17
The Lodi Grape Festival will have a Bluegrass Day (and more) at the Lodi Grape Festival Fairgrounds in Lodi. The bluegrass is free with festival admission.
SATURDAY & SUNDAY, September 17 &18
The Mountain Sol Festival at the Roaring Camp Railroads Park in Felton offers plenty of near-bluegrass fun.
The Northern California Bluegrass Society is 40 years old in 2022. The organization was founded as the Santa Cruz Bluegrass Society in 1982.
The Northern California Bluegrass Society-welcomed monthly bluegrass concert series Pub In The Park will conclude with the The Stragglyrs on Saturday, September 10 at Red Morton Park in Redwood City.
The FREE program will run 11:00am-4:00pm with the band playing on an outdoor stage. Food and beer will be available, or you can bring your own picnic.
The all-bluegrass series is presented by Redwood City Parks, Recreation & Community Services.
Some Volunteer Leadership Positions are open for the 2023 NCBS Good Old Fashioned Bluegrass Festival set for August 10-13 in Tres Pinos.
Interested persons should contact NCBS President Michael Hall <hallmw@gmail.com> for more information.
Now is the time to join or renew your membership in your local bluegrass music club! Your support of bluegrass music in our area is much appreciated at this critical post-pandemic time. 2022. The Northern California Bluegrass Society welcomes all new, renewing, and returning members. It only takes a moment to join or renew on this website or by mail.
Frequent bluegrass venue Michael’s On Main is closed due to a fire that occurred in a kitchen area early on Thursday morning, September 1, 2022.
The Soquel establishment, which includes some outdoor seating and performance space, was a mainstay for live music during part of the Covid 19 pandemic, when many venues were shut down. The mostly acoustic music offerings range from rock to bluegrass.
Owner Michael Harrison is a regular attendee at the NCBS Good Old Fashioned Bluegrass Festival. A one evening version of the Brookdale Bluegrass Festival was held at MOM several years ago.
The restaurant suffered some fire damage, but mostly smoke and water damage, and will reopen, although no timetable has been set.
Here are the Fall 2022 upcoming bluegrass events of interest to Northern California Bluegrass fans:
SEPTEMBER
3-4 — Plumas Homegrown Americana Festival, Plumas County Fairgrounds, Quincy. (NCBS welcomed)
10 — Pub In The Park Concerts — The Stragglyrs, Red Morton Park, Redwood City. (NCBS welcomed)
10 — KVMR Wee Celtic Celebration, Pioneer Park, Nevada City.
17 — Lodi Grape Festival Bluegrass Day, Lodi Grape Festival Fairgrounds, Lodi.
17-18 — Mountain Sol Festival, Roaring Camp, Felton.
21-24 — Berkeley Old Time Music Convention, Freight & Salvage, Berkeley.
30 — Billy Strings, Frost Amphitheater, Stanford University, Stanford.
SEPTEMBER-OCTOBER
September 27-October 1 — IBMA World Of Bluegrass, Raleigh Convention Center, Raleigh, NC. (NCBS welcomed)
September 30-October 2 — Hardly Strictly Bluegrass, Hellman Hollow, Golden Gate Park, San Francisco.
OCTOBER
7-8 — POSTPONED — Brewglass Festival, Roaring Camp, Felton.
10-16 — CBA Fall Campout, Lodi Grape Festival Fairgrounds, Lodi.
20-23 — Hangtown Music Festival, Nevada County Fairgrounds, Grass Valley. (Note new date and venue)
NOVEMBER
3-6 — CBA South State 48 Jam, Carlsbad By The Sea Hotel, Carlsbad.
5 — Tillyfest Bluegrass Street Festival, Heritage Plaza, Woodland.
11-13 — Wickenburg Bluegrass Festival, Everett Bowman Rodeo Arena, Wickenburg, AZ.
15 — California Bluegrass Reunion (Darol Anger, John Reischman, Bill Evans, Jim Nunally, Sharon Gilchrist & Chad Manning), Otter Opry, United Methodist Church, Monterey.
