FREE NCBS Stolen & Missing Instrument Page Is Linked On This Website

The NCBS National Bluegrass Stolen & Missing Instrument Page is on this website. This service is for both theft victims and used instrument buyers. It provides a central reporting location for the recovery of stolen or lost bluegrass instruments. Musicians should immediately SELF POST information about stolen instruments. Instrument buyers should CHECK the page prior to purchase of any used instrument. The FREE page is searchable and links can be added to connect additional information about the instrument.

Purple Mountain Majesty Is Live At The Summit House On Thursday December 16

The Northern California Bluegrass Society-welcomed Thursday Bluegrass Series continues at the Summit House Beer Garden & Grill at the top of Highway 17,  6 miles south of Los Gatos on the way to Santa Cruz.

Music runs 6:00-8:30pm. Good food and drink is served and admission is FREE.

December 16: Purple Mountain Majesty, with special guests Yvonne Walbroehl & Issac Cornelius.

Now Is The Time To Get Vaccine Status Updated For The 2022 Bluegrass Festival Season

Now is the time to get ready for the return of live bluegrass music in the next festival season. Beginning In 2022, Proof Of Vaccination for the Covid 19 Virus will be needed in order to attend Northern California Bluegrass Society events.

This requirement will also be in effect for all or almost all bluegrass events in Northern California next year. The required vaccines are FREE and WIDELY AVAILABLE.

Retiring Bluegrass Broadcaster Ray Edlund To Be Interviewed On KKUP Monday Night Bluegrass On December 13

Note: This program will be Online Only <www.kkup.org>. Due to a power outage caused by bad weather at the transmitter site, the broadcast station is temporarily off the air.  

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Ray Edlund, the retiring dean of the Bay Area’s bluegrass broadcasters, will be interviewed by NCBS president Michael Hall and program host Mike Russell on Monday Night Bluegrass, 6:00-9:00pm on December 13, 2021. The program will be on KKUP Radio, 91.5FM in the South Bay and the Monterey Bay Areas, and everywhere at <www.kkup.org>.

Edlund is ending his long-running “Pig In A Pen” program on KPFA Radio (Berkeley) on December 19. He is a regular attendee and emcee at the NCBS Good Old Fashioned Bluegrass Festival and has been honored with a Lifetime Achievement Award from the Northern California Bluegrass Society. He ran the CBA Father’s Day Bluegrass Festival in its early days.

Ray Edlund at the KPFA control room board, with the Pigs Foot String Band.

Three Week Reminder: 2021 NCBS Donation Deadline Is December 31

Three Week Reminder: December 31, 2021 is the deadline for some 2021-only favorable tax treatments of contributions to the Northern California Bluegrass Society, as certain opportunities will expire after this tax year.

The Northern California Bluegrass Society/Santa Cruz Bluegrass Society is an official Internal Revenue Code Section 501(c)(3) organization that accepts tax-deductible contributions which are used to support local bluegrass music.

Here is some useful tax planning information for 2021 if you are interested in supporting local bluegrass music with tax-advantaged contributions:

For the tax year ending on December 31, 2021 it is possible to deduct cash gifts up to $300 for an individual or $600 for a married couple filing jointly, even if the taxpayer(s) do not itemize deductions — that is, the 90% of taxpayers who take the standard deduction. Gifts must be made by check, credit card or debit card to a qualified 501(c)(3) charity. Volunteers who have unreimbursed out-of-pocket expenses will also qualify for this deduction. This provision will expire at the end of 2021.

Gifts to charities like the NCBS/SCBS usually have deduction limits of 60% of a donor’s adjusted gross income, but in 2021, the limit has been temporarily raised to 100% of AGI. In addition, donors who contribute more than the limit may carry the balance of the deduction forward for up to five years after the year of the gift.

All You Need To Know To Go To The December 10 Holiday Hootenanny In San Carlos

The FREE 2021 Holiday Hootenanny will be presented by the Devil’s Canyon Brewing Company on Friday, December 10. Here is All You Need To Know To Go:

The 16th annual event will be held at the DCBC, 935 Washington Street, San Carlos.

Bluegrass music begins at 5:00pm with excellent craft beer, root beer, and plenty of tasty food truck offerings available from Off The Grid.

Performance Schedule:

FRIDAY, December 10

5:00pm — Pretty Reckless

5:30 — Brookdale Bluegrass Band

6:30 — Stoney Mountain Ramblers

8:00 — Pathetic Honey

9:30 — Wires & Wood & All Star Jam

(10:30 — Hootenanny ends)

In addition, there will be jamming and an open mike in a separate room.

The Northern California Bluegrass Society welcomes this fun annual event, which is organized by Scott Dailey.

NCBS welcomes the Holiday Hootenanny!

Wildcat Mountain Ramblers Head For The Top Of The Mountain On Highway 17 On December 9

The Northern California Bluegrass Society-welcomed Thursday Bluegrass Series continues at the Summit House Beer Garden & Grill at the top of Highway 17,  6 miles south of Los Gatos on the way to Santa Cruz.

Music runs 6:00-8:30pm. Good food and drink is served and admission is FREE.

December 9: The Wildcat Mountain Ramblers.

Thursday Bluegrass Series