
Saturday Evening Concert At The Live Oak Grange In Santa Cruz With Sonia Shell & Friends

The NCBS National Bluegrass Stolen & Missing Instrument Page is on this website. It provides a central reporting location for the recovery of stolen or lost bluegrass instruments.
This service is for both theft victims and used instrument buyers. The FREE page is searchable, and links can be added to connect additional information about the instrument.
Coming To Sam’s BBQ in San Jose on Wednesday October 16:
Save The Dates: The NCBS Good Old Fashioned Bluegrass Festival will be held the second weekend of August, Thursday-Sunday August 7-10, 2025 at the San Benito County Historical Park in Tres Pinos.
Monday Night Bluegrass on October 14: KKUP Radio, at 91.5FM in the South Bay & Monterey Bay Areas and online at <www.kkupfm.org> will present live music with Sonia Shell & The Johnny Campbell Band, with host Mike Russell and live music emcee Michael Hall. Tune In & Turn On!
A BIG WEEK OF BLUEGRASS is coming!
SUNDAY, October 13
Last day of the Frankly Bluegrass Music Festival, Amador County Fairgrounds, Plymouth. (NCBS welcomed).
MONDAY, October 14
6:00-9:00pm — Monday Night Bluegrass on KKUP Radio, Cupertino, 91.5FM in the South Bay & Monterey Bay Areas and online at <www.kkupfm.org>. Musical guests Sonia Shell & Johnny Campbell Band, with host Mike Russell and live music emcee Michael Hall.
MONDAY-SUNDAY, October 14-20
CBA Fall Campout, Lodi Grape Festival Grounds, Lodi.
TUESDAY, October 15
6:00pm — Goat Hill Girls, Sam’s BBQ, San Jose.
WEDNESDAY, October 16
6:00pm — Sonia Shell Band & Johnny Campbell Band, Sam’s BBQ, San Jose. Record release party.
SATURDAY, October 19
4:00pm — Sonia Shell Band & Johnny Campbell Band, Live Oak Grange Hall, Santa Cruz. (Concert, Jam, Potluck). (NCBS welcomed)
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OTHER SHOWS:
The bands will also appear on KKUP Monday Night Bluegrass on Monday October 14, 6:00-9:00pm, 91.5FM in the South Bay & Monterey Bay Areas and online at <www.kkupfm.org> (Note new station website).
The bands will also perform at Sam’s BBQ in San Jose on Wednesday October 16, 6:00-9:00pm.
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. NCBS/SCBS accepts tax-advantaged donations. The NCBS/SCBS Tax ID No. is 94-2907716.
Mail-In Donations: NCBS/SCBS, PO Box 390846, Mountain View, CA 94039-0846.
The Northern California Bluegrass Society Information Booth will be at a new festival this weekend. We hope to see you there.
The NCBS welcomes the First Annual Frankly Bluegrass Music Festival which will honor the late Frank Solivan, Sr., founder of Kids On Bluegrass & Kids On Stage. The event is presented by members of the Solivan family.
The Amador County Fairgrounds in Plymouth, site of several bluegrass festivals over the past 40 years, but none in the past decade, will host the new festival the Second Weekend of October (9-13).
The line-up: Frank Solivan & Chris Luquette, Kids On Bluegrass, Broken Compass Bluegrass, Special Consensus, Wayne Taylor & Appaloosa, Crying Uncle, Central Valley Boys, David Adkins & Mountain Soul, Kentucky Sky, and The Honey Buckets.