Two Week Reminder: Main Stage Band Applications for the Northern California Bluegrass Society’s 2020 Good Old Fashioned Bluegrass Festival are due on December 31, 2019.
Donate To The NCBS Walker Creek Music Camp Scholarship Fund As Part Of Your Year-End Giving
The Northern California Bluegrass Society is now collecting donations for the NCBS Walker Creek Music Camp Scholarship Fund for the camp’s spring session, set for April 16-19, 2020. The NCBS Walker Creek Scholarship Fund Committee awards scholarships twice each year to assist deserving students.
Send donations to: Northern California Bluegrass Society/Santa Cruz Bluegrass Society, PO Box 390846, Mountain View, CA 94039-0846. Donations may be tax-advantaged. NCBS/SCBS is a Internal Revenue Code Section 501(c)(3) Organization.
Ingrid Noyes (not NCBS) runs the Walker Creek Music Camp for adults and children each spring and fall at the Walker Creek Ranch, Petaluma.
Information: Walker Creek Music Camp.
Now Is The Time To Submit Band Applications For the 2020 Good Old Fashioned Bluegrass Festival
Now is the time to submit Main Stage Band Applications to perform at the Northern California Bluegrass Society Good Old Fashioned Bluegrass Festival — due on December 31, 2019.
NCBS Accepts Donations To Support Local Bluegrass Music In Northern California
The Northern California Bluegrass Society accepts donations to support Local Bluegrass Music in the San Francisco Bay Area, the Monterey Bay Area, and all of Northern California.
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.
All You Need To Know To Go To The Holiday Hootenanny In San Carlos December 13
The FREE 2019 Holiday Hootenany will be presented by the Devil’s Canyon Brewing Company on Friday, December 13. Here is All You Need To Know To Go:
The event will be held at the DCBC, 935 Washington Street, San Carlos.
Doors will open at 4:00pm and music begins at 5:00pm with excellent craft beer, root beer, and plenty of tasty food truck offerings from Off The Grid available.
Performance Schedule:
FRIDAY, December 13
4:00pm — Doors Open
5:00 — Young and Up Too Late Band
5:30 — John Henry’s Farm
6:30 — Wildcat Mountain Ramblers
7:30 — Brookdale Bluegrass Band
8:30 — Stoney Mountain Ramblers
9:30 — Pathetic Honey String Band
10:30 — All-Star Jam
11:00 — Hootenanny Ends
In addition, there will be jamming and an open mike in a separate room.
The Northern California Bluegrass Society welcomes this fun event, which is organized by Scott Dailey.

2020 Dates Set For Spring Brookdale & NCBS Good Old Fashioned Bluegrass Festivals
The Spring Brookdale Bluegrass Festival has been set for April 17-19, 2020 in the Dance Hall and Saloon at the San Benito County Historical Park in Tres Pinos. The popular indoor festival is presented by Brookdale Bluegrass and welcomed by the Northern California Bluegrass Society.
The 27th Annual Good Old Fashioned Bluegrass Festival has been set for August 6-9, 2020, and held throughout the San Benito County Historical Park. The fun, relaxed gathering is a benefit for the Northern California Bluegrass Society.

Three Week Reminder: December 31 Is Deadline For GOF Main Stage Band Applications
Three Week Reminder: Main Stage Band Applications for the Northern California Bluegrass Society Good Old Fashioned Bluegrass Festival are due on December 31, 2019.
NCBS Welcomes The FREE Holiday Hootenanny To San Carlos This Friday December 13
The FREE 2019 Holiday Hootenany will be presented by the Devil’s Canyon Brewing Company, 935 Washington Street, San Carlos on Friday, December 13. Doors will open at 4:00pm and music begins at 5:00pm with excellent craft beer, root beer, and plenty of tasty food truck offerings from Off The Grid available.
Full Bluegrass Performance Schedule
The Northern California Bluegrass Society welcomes this fun event!

Donations Now Being Accepted For NCBS Walker Creek Music Camp Scholarship Fund
The Northern California Bluegrass Society is now collecting donations for the NCBS Walker Creek Music Camp Scholarship Fund for the camp’s spring session, set for April 16-19, 2020. Send donations to: Northern California Bluegrass Society/Santa Cruz Bluegrass Society, PO Box 390846, Mountain View, CA 94039-0846. Donations may be tax-advantaged. NCBS/SCBS is a Internal Revenue Code Section 501(c)(3) Organization.
The NCBS Walker Creek Scholarship Fund Committee awards scholarships twice each year to assist deserving students.
Ingrid Noyes runs the Walker Creek Music Camp for adults and children each spring and fall at the Walker Creek Ranch, Petaluma. Information: Walker Creek Music Camp.
Redwood City Is The Site Of The FREE NCBS Bluegrass On Broadway Festival
The Northern California Bluegrass Society Bluegrass On Broadway Festival in Redwood City will be held January 24-25 2020.
The FREE festival is supported by a base grant from the Redwood City Arts Commission, and by other Redwood City area businesses, agencies and individuals.
