Join Or Renew Your NCBS Membership!

Join or renew your NCBS Membership on this website or by mail. Members enjoy a deep discount on advance tickets to the GOF Fest!

Your membership in the Northern California Bluegrass Society supports bluegrass music in the San Francisco Bay Area, the Monterey Bay Area, and in all of Northern California.

Your NCBS membership will support “The Historic 30th” Good Old Fashioned Bluegrass Festival, August 8-11, 2024.

Dirty Cello To Return To The Good Old Fashioned Bluegrass Festival Main Stage In August

Dirty Cello (San Francisco) returns to the main stage of the Historic 30th Good Old Fashioned Bluegrass Festival on August 8-11, 2024 at the San Benito County Historical Park in Tres Pinos. The small, fun, friendly festival is a benefit for the Northern California Bluegrass Society.

Main Stage Line-Up

Discount Advance Tickets are now on sale on this website and by mail. NCBS Members receive a deep discount and Non-Members receive a discount.

 

Join The NCBS & Support Local Bluegrass Music! The GOF Is Coming Soon!

Your membership in the Northern California Bluegrass Society supports bluegrass music in the San Francisco Bay Area, the Monterey Bay Area, and in all of Northern California. The NCBS brings you the Good Old Fashioned Bluegrass Festival each August.

Join or renew your NCBS Membership on this website or by mail. Members enjoy a deep discount on advance tickets to the GOF Fest!

Late For The Train Set For The Good Old Fashioned Bluegrass Festival August 8-11

The Northern California Bluegrass Society will present Late For The Train at the Historic 30th Good Old Fashioned Bluegrass Festival set for August 8-11, 2024 at the San Benito County Historical Park in Tres Pinos. 

Discount Advance Tickets are now on sale on this website and by mail. NCBS Members receive a deep discount and Non-Members receive a discount.

Late For The Train

 

Upcoming Northern California Bluegrass Events

Here are the upcoming events of interest to Northern California Bluegrass Fans:

MAY

9-12 – Parkfield Bluegrass Festival, various venues, Parkfield.

11 – Mother’s Day Bluegrass Festival, Calico Ghost Town, Yermo.

23-26 – Strawberry Music Festival, Nevada County Fairgrounds, Grass Valley.

24-26 – Pick & Gather Festival, Riverdance Farm, Livingston. (NCBS welcomed)

JUNE

2 – Intermountain Bluegrass Festival, Intermountain Nursery, Prather. FREE.

13-16 – CBA Father’s Day Bluegrass Festival, Nevada County Fairgrounds, Grass Valley.

21-23 – Susanville Bluegrass Festival, Lassen County Fairgrounds, Susanville.

22 – Los Gatos Bluegrass Festival, Los Gatos Town Plaza, Los Gatos. FREE. (NCBS welcomed)

JULY

4-7 – High Sierra Music Festival, various venues, Quincy.

13 — NCBS Gathering Membership & Volunteer Party, Loch Lomond Park, Felton. FREE.

18-21 — Redwood Ramble, Camp Navarro, Navarro. (Sold Out)

19-21 — Scott Valley Bluegrass Festival, City Park, Etna.

AUGUST

8-11 – Historic 30th NCBS Good Old Fashioned Bluegrass Festival, San Benito County Historical Park, Tres Pinos.

16-18 — 16-18 — Summergrass San Diego, Antique Gas & Steam Engine Museum, Vista.

23-25 — Bowers Bluegrass Festival, Bowers Mansion Regional Park, Washoe Valley, NV.

AUGUST-SEPTEMBER

August 30-September 1 — Plumas Homegrown Americana Festival, Plumas Fairgrounds, Quincy. (NCBS welcomed)

SEPTEMBER

24-29 – International Bluegrass Music Association World of Bluegrass, Raleigh Convention Center, Raleigh, NC.

OCTOBER

4-6 – Hardly Strictly Bluegrass, Hellman Holler, Golden Gate Park, San Francisco. FREE.

5 – Santa Barbara Old Time Fiddlers Festival, Stow House, Goleta.

9-13 – Frankly Bluegrass Festival, Amador County Fairgrounds, Plymouth.

Eleven Week Reminder: July 22 Is Last Day To Purchase Discount Advance Tickets To The Good Old Fashioned Bluegrass Festival

Eleven Week Reminder: The Discount Advance Ticket Deadline for the GOF Festival Is July 22, 2024.

The Historic 30th Good Old Fashioned Bluegrass Festival will be held August 8-11 at the San Benito County Historical Park in Tres Pinos. The festival is a benefit for the Northern California Bluegrass Society.

GOF Main Stage Bands

Mission Blue Is Headed For Tres Pinos August 8-11 For The Historic 30th GOF Festival

Festival favorite Mission Blue from Pacifica returns to the main stage of the small, friendly Historic 30th Good Old Fashioned Bluegrass Festival.

The benefit festival for the Northern California Bluegrass Society is set for August 8-11, 2024 at the San Benito County Historical Park in Tres Pinos.

Discount Advance Tickets are now on sale on this website and by mail. NCBS Members receive a deep discount and Non-Members receive a discount.

Mission Blue

 

Support Area Bluegrass Music With Your Donation To The NCBS/SCBS

The Northern California Bluegrass Society supports local bluegrass music. The Society is a California Not-For-Profit Corporation with Internal Revenue Code Section 501(c)(3) status that is also known as the Santa Cruz Bluegrass Society.

The NCBS/SCBS Tax ID No. is 94-2907716.

Mail-In Donations: NCBS/SCBS, PO Box 390846, Mountain View, CA 94039-0846.

NCBS Online Donations

Support The NCBS/SCBS!