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. Thanks for your support!
Mail-In Donations: NCBS/SCBS, PO Box 390846, Mountain View, CA 94039-0846.
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.
Join or renew your NCBS Membership on this website or by mail.
The NCBS Gathering, the FREE annual party for Northern California Bluegrass Society Members & Volunteers, has been set for Saturday July 13 at Loch Lomond Park in Felton.
Save the date!
The Historic 30th Good Old Fashioned Bluegrass Festival will be held August 8-11, 2024 at the San Benito County Historical Park in Tres Pinos.
The festival is a benefit for the Northern California Bluegrass Society.
The new Los Gatos Bluegrass & Americana Music Festival is set for June 22 in Town Plaza Park in Los Gatos. NCBS welcomes this exciting FREE event to our area. The day event will also offer some special reserved seats. The event is presented by the downtown Los Gatos business community.
The bands will include the Goat Hill Girls and the Wildcat Mountain Ramblers and more.
Info: (408) 348-7766
NCBS welcomes the 8th Annual Berkeley Bluegrass Festival, set for April 26-28 at the Freight & Salvage Coffeehouse in Berkeley. There are concerts each evening plus curated instructional workshops.
The Freight festival is the only bluegrass festival in the East Bay and is programmed by Grammy-award winner Laurie Lewis and the Freight’s Artistic Director Peter Williams.
The concert line-up:
FRIDAY, April 26 — Appalachian Road Show, Never Come Down, Broken Compass Bluegrass, & Fog Holler.
SATURDAY, April 27 — Laurie Lewis and Kathy Kallick, Laurie Lewis and the Right Hands, Kathy Kallick Band, Hard Drive, & Salty Sally.
SUNDAY, April 28 — Kody Norris, Danny Paisley & The Southern Grass, Caleb Klauder & Reeb Willms Bluegrass Band, & Marin County Breakdown.
One-Day Reminder: Friday, March 29 is the deadline to enter the Pisgah Banjo Company raffle to benefit the IBMA Foundation’s Arnold Shultz Fund and the Black Banjo Reclamation Project.
The Northern California Bluegrass Society is a longtime organizational member of the International Bluegrass Music Association, which is affiliated with the IBMA Foundation. NCBS President Michael Hall serves on the Foundation board. The Black Banjo Reclamation Project is an Oakland-based organization.
Tickets are just $20 each for a chance to win the beautiful custom banjo from Pisgah Banjo Company, made with wood from the National Christmas Tree (displayed in Washington DC, originally from North Carolina).
Thank you for supporting the Foundation’s Shultz fund, which encourages people of color to get more involved in bluegrass music. Likewise, the BBRP encourages young blacks to reclaim their heritage by learning to play the banjo. The live-streamed drawing will be at Noon Eastern Time on April 9, at the Pisgah Banjo Company Facebook Page.
More information and get your tickets HERE.
Your donations to the Northern California Bluegrass Society support 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. Thanks for your support!
Mail-In Donations: NCBS/SCBS, PO Box 390846, Mountain View, CA 94039-0846.
