The Northern California Bluegrass Society welcomes all new and returning members. Your support of bluegrass music in our area is much appreciated at this critical time and our volunteers have big plans!
2022 will be a great year to be a member! It only takes a moment to join or renew on this website or by mail.
Area bluegrass festivals have taken steps to make attendees much safer at 2022 events. This season, vaccines will finally make it possible to hold events with a minimum of risk…a huge improvement over the past two years.
The vaccines are FREE and WIDELY AVAILABLE. However, it will take several months to get all of the shots. Plan now to avoid missing any of your favorite live gatherings. Covid Vaccines will be required for almost all events by almost all presenters in Northern California. This includes events presented by NCBS, such as the Good Old Fashioned Bluegrass Festival.
One Day Reminder: The Pisgah Banjo Raffle ticket sales will END ON March 6, 2022. You can support the IBMA Foundation Arnold Shultz Fund that supports bluegrass participation by people of color. The NCBS is a longtime organizational member of the International Bluegrass Music Association, which is affiliated with the Foundation.
The Pisgah Banjo Company of Asheville, North Carolina is holding the special banjo raffle to benefit the Arnold Shultz Fund. This year $10,000 of these funds will also be gifted to the Black Banjo Reclamation Project to support a gourd banjo building workshop in the black banjo community.
The Northern California Bluegrass Society is 40 years old in 2022. The organization was founded as the Santa Cruz Bluegrass Society in 1982.
Three Day Reminder: The Pisgah Banjo Raffle ticket sales will END ON March 6, 2022. You can support the IBMA Foundation Arnold Shultz Fund that supports bluegrass participation by people of color. The NCBS is a longtime organizational member of the International Bluegrass Music Association, which is affiliated with the Foundation.
The Pisgah Banjo Company of Asheville, North Carolina is holding the special banjo raffle to benefit the Arnold Shultz Fund. This year $10,000 of these funds will also be gifted to the Black Banjo Reclamation Project to support a gourd banjo building workshop in the black banjo community.
The Northern California Bluegrass Society has announced the Main Stage Bands for the August 11-14, 2022 Good Old Fashioned Bluegrass Festival:
Bean Creek
Birches Bend
Courthouse Ramblers
Dan Frechette and Laurel Thomsen
Dark Hollow
Eric Burman & The Brookdale Bluegrass Band
Festival Speed Bluegrass
Jubilee
Lost Valley
Lucky Drive Bluegrass Band
Marin County Breakdown
Mission Blue
One Button Suit
Open Heartstrings
Solid Gold Stranger
The High Water Line
The Mother Corn Shuckers
The Rose Valley Thorns
The Storytellers
Who’s Feeling Young Now
Young and Up Too Late
The festival will return to the San Benito County Historical Park in Tres Pinos (7 miles south of Hollister) after a forced two-year pandemic hiatus.
The Northern California Bluegrass Society welcomes the return of bluegrass music to Sam’s BBQ in following the pandemic. The San Jose venue has supported bluegrass and related music for decades, but has not been able to stage live music for the past two years.
A month-long experiment will be held on Wednesdays in March, including two bluegrass bands. If this experiment succeeds, regular music will continue. Thanks for your support!
Wednesday, March 2 — The Wildcat Mountain Ramblers
Wednesday, March 30 — Jerry Logan & Loganville
Sam’s BBQ, 1110 S. Bascom Avenue, San Jose. (408) 297-9151. Reservations recommended.
March Reminder: The Northern California Bluegrass Society will present the return of the Good Old Fashioned Bluegrass Festival on Thursday-Sunday, August 11-14, 2022, at the San Benito County Historical Park in Tres Pinos.
The festival was cancelled for the past two years due to Covid 19. However, required vaccinations will make the 2022 festival possible.
One Week Reminder: The Pisgah Banjo Raffle ticket sales will END ON March 6, 2022. You can support the IBMA Foundation Arnold Shultz Fund that supports bluegrass participation by people of color. The NCBS is a longtime organizational member of the International Bluegrass Music Association, which is affiliated with the Foundation.
The Pisgah Banjo Company of Asheville, North Carolina is holding the special banjo raffle to benefit the Arnold Shultz Fund. This year $10,000 of these funds will also be gifted to the Black Banjo Reclamation Project to support a gourd banjo building workshop in the black banjo community.
The Northern California Bluegrass Society welcomes all new and returning members. Your support of bluegrass music in our area is much appreciated at this critical time and our volunteers have big plans! It only takes a moment to join or renew on this website or by mail. 2022 will be a great year to be a member!
