California Bluegrass Bands will perform at the Good Old Fashioned Bluegrass Festival, set for August 6-9, 2020 at the San Benito County Historical Park, 7 miles south of Hollister in Tres Pinos. The gathering is a benefit for the Northern California Bluegrass Society.
Band Applications are due on December 31, 2019.
The 2019 Holiday Hootenany will be held at the Devil’s Canyon Brewing Company, 935 Washington Street, San Carlos.
The FREE gathering of fine bluegrass music is presented by Devil’s Canyon, welcomed by the NCBS and organized by Scott Dailey.
Your bluegrass friends will be there on Friday, December 13. Doors will open at 4:00pm.
The Northern California Bluegrass Society supports 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.
The most convenient way to make a donation is online — Online NCBS Donations.
Donations may also be mailed to: NCBS/SCBS, PO Box 390846, Mountain View, CA 94039-0846.
The NCBS/SCBS Santa Cruz Bluegrass Fair will be held on Sunday, May 3, 2020. The FREE event will take place at the Duck Pond Stage in San Lorenzo Park.
Bluegrass Fair Chair Dana Frankel has more information.
Seven Week Reminder: Main Stage Band Applications for the Good Old Fashioned Bluegrass Festival are Due On December 31, 2019.
The 27th annual gathering of California bluegrass bands and musicians and their fans is a benefit for the Northern California Bluegrass Society.
The Northern California Bluegrass Society is now collecting donations to help students attending the Spring 2020 Walker Creek Music Camp.
The NCBS Walker Creek Scholarship Fund Committee will make awards to deserving students for the April 16-19 session. 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. Thanks for your support!
Ingrid Noyes (not NCBS) runs the popular camp for adults and children each spring and fall at the Walker Creek Ranch, Petaluma.
The performance schedule for the 13th Annual Holiday Hootenany at the Devil’s Canyon Brewing Company in San Carlos has been announced:
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
The FREE gathering of bluegrass music organized by Scott Dailey is welcomed by the Northern California Bluegrass Society.
The Northern California Bluegrass Awards Show & Concert will be held on Saturday, January 25, 2020 at the Veteran’s Memorial Senior Center Theatre, 1455 Madison Avenue in Redwood City.
The awards show will be part of the FREE 13th Annual Northern California Bluegrass Society Bluegrass On Broadway Festival set for January 24-26, 2020. The festival is supported in part by a grant from the Redwood City Arts Commission.
The Stoney Mountain Ramblers will perform at the Freewheel Brewing Company, 3736 Florence Street, Redwood City, on Friday, January 24, 2020, 8:00-10:00pm, as part of the FREE Northern California Bluegrass Society’s Bluegrass On Broadway Festival.
The festival will be held at various venues throughout Redwood City, the Peninsula’s Home Of Bluegrass Music. The weekend of music will run January 24-26.
Bluegrass On Broadway receives principal financial support from the Redwood City Arts Commission (formerly, the “Civic Cultural Commission”), the Redwood City Department of Parks Recreation & Community Services, and other Redwood City area businesses, organizations and individuals.
The Northern California Bluegrass Society now has a Facebook Group to support the many fans of the Good Old Fashioned Bluegrass Festival all year long. The group is a great way to stay in touch with friends, share memories, and get up to date information about future festivals.
Check out “GOOD OLD FASHIONED BLUEGRASS FESTIVAL” to enjoy the new Facebook group.
