The new Covid 19 rules effective today shutting down many Bay Area activities have ended live music. The new rules include Santa Cruz County, the last jurisdiction to permit live outdoor music.
There will be no more Saturday bluegrass performances at the Summit House Beer Garden and Grill. This establishment is now open for take-out food service only.
For 2020, even if you do not itemize, you can write off up to $300 in cash donations on your tax return when you file next spring. Normally, you would have to itemize deductions to write off charitable giving when you file your taxes. The CARES Act added a new, one-year-only $300 Charitable Contribution Deduction.
This is the year to donate up to $300 to the Northern California Bluegrass Society/Santa Cruz Bluegrass Society if you want to save on taxes. The deadline is December 31, 2020. Thanks for your support for local bluegrass music in the San Francisco Bay Area, the Monterey Bay Area, and all of Northern California! (Tax ID: 94-2907716.)
The Society is a 501(c)(3) organization. You can donate on this website, or by mail:
Northern California Bluegrass Society / Santa Cruz Bluegrass Society
PO Box 390846
Mountain View, CA 94039-0846
The August 2020 GOF Festival had to be cancelled, but all is not lost — Local Bluegrass Musicians can post their music on the Good Old Fashioned Bluegrass Festival Facebook Group Page. For more information, contact Page Host and our GOF Festival Director Bruce Bellochio <Bbellochio@gmail.com>.
The NCBS Good Old Fashioned Bluegrass Festival’s popular Facebook Group Page is THE place to find great local music by your favorite bluegrass bands!
If you plan to shop on Amazon during this Holiday Season, you can support local bluegrass music when you buy your presents. Use the link:
smile.amazon.com/ch/94-2907716 (“Santa Cruz Bluegrass Society”)
and AmazonSmile will donate to the Northern California Bluegrass Society/Santa Cruz Bluegrass Society at no cost to you.
Thanks for your support!
The final concert in the Leadership Bluegrass online series to benefit the International Bluegrass Music Association, the IBMA Foundation, and the IBMA Trust Fund will be on Tuesday, December 15 at 5:00pm Pacific Time.
The last of the 3 “Play A Part” programs will feature Kimber Ludiker & Avril Smith, plus Jeremy Stephens, Corrina Rose Logston, and Vickie Vaughn, and Joe Newberry.
Tune in at:
The Northern California Bluegrass Society is collecting ideas from members for online bluegrass fun for now while we wait for future in-person gatherings when the pandemic is over.
You are welcome to share your ideas — you can email NCBS President Michael Hall (hallmw@gmail.com) to pass on your suggestions.
The NCBS-welcomed (formerly) Thursday Bluegrass Series, presented by the Summit House Beer Garden & Grill, has been moved to SATURDAY AFTERNOON beginning on December 12.
This FREE show with limited seating is at 23123 Santa Cruz Highway, 6 miles south of Los Gatos on Highway 17. The Summit House will offer food and drinks. Dress warmly for this afternoon outdoor event. Note New Music Time: 2:00-4:00pm.
Reservations are recommended (this is now the only live bluegrass in Santa Cruz County) and Strict Coronavirus Rules will be enforced.
December 12 (SAT) — The Wildcat Mountain Ramblers
December 19 (SAT) — AJ Lee & Blue Summit
Note: The Celtic Music Gathering at the Summit House, previously on Wednesday evenings, will also move to Saturdays from Noon-2:00pm. This program is also FREE.
If you have been missing live bluegrass music and want to see some local favorites live online Friday, and then some socially-distanced, masked-up, fully-sanitized outdoor live in-person music this Saturday, then this your weekend! Enjoy!
FRIDAY, December 11
6:00pm — The Nell & Jim Band (Snap Jackson opens), Live Online From Nell & Jim’s Porch. Registration.
SATURDAY, December 12
2:00pm — The Wildcat Mountain Ramblers, The Summit House Beer Garden & Grill, 23123 Santa Cruz Highway, 6 miles south of Los Gatos. FREE.
2:30pm — Mission Blue — A Grape In The Fog, 400 Old County Road, Ste. 1, Pacifica. FREE.
(Outdoor programs presented weather-permitting.)
NOTE: There is NO MUSIC TONIGHT (12/10) at the Summit House. The Thursday bluegrass show has been moved to Saturday afternoons beginning December 12. The FREE shows will run 2:00-4:00pm. Dec 12 — The Wildcat Mountain Ramblers, Dec 19 — AJ Lee & Blue Summit.
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The CARES Act added a new, one-year-only $300 Charitable Contribution Deduction for 2020. Even if you do not itemize, you can still write off up to $300 in cash donations on your tax return next spring. Normally, you would have to itemize deductions to write off charitable giving when you file your taxes. That rule will return in 2021.
So, 2020 is the year to donate up to $300 to the Northern California Bluegrass Society/Santa Cruz Bluegrass Society if you want to save on taxes.
Thanks for your support for local bluegrass music in the San Francisco Bay Area, the Monterey Bay Area, and all of Northern California! (Tax ID: 94-2907716.)
You can donate on this website, or by mail:
Northern California Bluegrass Society / Santa Cruz Bluegrass Society
PO Box 390846
Mountain View, CA 94039-0846
