The Freight & Salvage’s Berkeley Bluegrass Festival Line-Up For May 16-19

The Freight & Salvage Coffeehouse has announced the line-up for the 4th Annual Berkeley Bluegrass Festival, set for May 16-19, 2019.

The festival is welcomed by the Northern California Bluegrass Society.

Berkeley Bluegrass Festival

Thursday, May 16 — Festival Kickoff Party: North Country Blue, The High Water Line, Lela and Rainy Miatke.

Friday, May 17 — Hot Buttered Rum, Front Country, Blue Summit. Gallery Stage: The High Water Line.

Saturday, May 18 — The Earls Of Leicester, The Kathy Kallick Band, Fog Holler. Gallery Stage: Lela and Rainy Miatke.

Sunday, May 19 — Laurie Lewis & The Right Hands, Jerry Douglas, Amy Scher & Hailey Pexton. Gallery Stage: North Country Blue.

FREE NCBS/SCBS Santa Cruz Bluegrass Fair To Present The Down Beets On May 5

The Down Beets will perform at the NCBS/SCBS’s FREE Santa Cruz Bluegrass Fair on Sunday, May 5, 2019. The FREE Noon-6:00pm program will be held for FREE at the lovely Duck Pond StageĀ inĀ San Lorenzo ParkĀ (near the courthouse in Santa Cruz).

The FREE afternoon bill will also feature Luke Abbott, Blue Summit, Mission Blue, & The Harmony Grits. Admission is FREE.

The Down Beets

 

NCBS Announces Main Stage Line-Up For the 26th Annual Good Old Fashioned Bluegrass Festival

The Northern California Bluegrass Society has announced the Main Stage Line-Up for the 26th Annual Good Old Fashioned Bluegrass Festival, set for August 8-11, 2019 at the San Benito County Historical Park.

Barwick & Siegfried

Bean Creek

Ben Greenberg

Bloomfield Bluegrass

Blue Summit

Bluegrass Element

Dark Hollow

Fog Holler

Goat Hill Girls

Grasskickers

Highway One

Kids On Stage

Muleskinner Stomp

Nell & Jim Band

North Country Blue

Red Dog Ash

Rita Hosking Trio

Rose Valley Thorns

Stoney Mountain Ramblers

The Gilly Girls

The Town Howlers

Wendy Burch Steel

Windy Hill

Bluegrass Favorite Peter Rowan Set For Brookdale Bluegrass Festival April 19-21 In Tres Pinos

Bluegrass favorite Peter Rowan will perform at the Spring 2019 Brookdale Bluegrass Festival, April 19-21, 2019 at the San Benito County Historical Park inĀ Tres Pinos.

Free camping and jamming is included in all weekend tickets, which are now on sale. The new April dates should bring pleasant weather. All performances will be held indoors. Here is the complete Festival Performance Schedule.

The festival is presented by Brookdale Bluegrass and welcomed by the Northern California Bluegrass Society.

Wildcat Mountain Ramblers Head Up The Mountain To The Summit House On Thursday April 11

The Summit House will bring The Wildcat Mountain Ramblers to the top of the mountain on April 11 as part of the FREE Northern California Bluegrass Society-welcomed Thursday Bluegrass Series.

Fine pub food and drink will be served during the 6:00-8:30pm Performance. The weekly series is presented by the Summit House Beer Garden & Grill on Highway 17, in the Santa Cruz Mountains 6 miles south of Los Gatos.

Next: Ā April 18 — Blue Summit.

The Santa Cruz Bluegrass Fair Is Set For Sunday May 5 At The Duck Pond Stage

TheĀ Northern California Bluegrass Society/Santa Cruz Bluegrass Society has announced that the Santa Cruz Bluegrass Fair has been set for Sunday, May 5, 2019, Noon-6:00pm.

Blue Summit, Luke Abbott, The Down Beets, Mission Blue, & The Harmony Grits will perform at the FREE afternoon gathering.

The long-running Rite Of Spring for bluegrass folks will be held at the Duck Pond StageĀ inĀ San Lorenzo Park, near the courthouse inĀ Santa Cruz.

 

Blue Summit Set For FREE NCBS/SCBS Santa Cruz Bluegrass Fair On Sunday May 5

Santa Cruz’s very own Blue Summit is set to play the Northern California Bluegrass Society/Santa Cruz Bluegrass Society’s FREE Santa Cruz Bluegrass Fair on Sunday, May 5, 2019.

Other performers on the afternoon bill include Luke Abbott, The Down Beets, Mission Blue, & The Harmony Grits.Ā The Noon-6:00pm fair will be held at the Duck Pond StageĀ inĀ San Lorenzo Park, near the courthouse inĀ Santa Cruz.

Blue Summit Head To Head (Photo: Snap Jackson)

Summit House To Present The Goat Hill Girls On Thursday April 4 In The Santa Cruz Mountains

The Summit House will present The Goat Hill Girls on April 4th as part of the Northern California Bluegrass Society-welcomed Thursday Bluegrass Series.

The FREE show will run 6:00-8:30pm. Good food and drink will be served.Ā The weekly series is presented by the Summit House Beer Garden & Grill at the top of Highway 17,Ā high in the Santa Cruz Mountains (and 6 miles south of Los Gatos).

Coming Soon: April 11 — Wildcat Mountain Ramblers, April 18 — Blue Summit.

The Goat Hill Girls at the Summit House.