You can support area bluegrass music with a year-end donation to the Northern California Bluegrass Society/Santa Cruz Bluegrass Society, an official 501(c)(3) Non-Profit Organization (Tax ID No. 94-2907716) which accepts tax-deductible donations. You can donate online or by mail:
Mailed NCBS Donations:
NCBS Treasurer
P.O. Box 390846
Mountain View, CA 94039-0846
Make checks payable to: Northern California Bluegrass Society/Santa Cruz Bluegrass Society.
Happy Thanksgiving from your friends in the Northern California Bluegrass Society!
Bluegrass musicians who are wildfire victims need your help and our sister organization — the California Bluegrass Association — has created a fund to help. The NCBS supports this important effort and encourages your support. Here are the details:
The Northern California Bluegrass Society will welcome the FREE 14th Annual Holiday Hootenanny at the Devil’s Canyon Brewing Company, 935 Washington Street, San Carlos. The 5:00pm show will be held on Friday, December 14, 2018.
The Northern California Bluegrass Society/Santa Cruz Bluegrass Society is an official 501(c)(3) Non-Profit Organization (Tax ID No. 94-2907716) and accepts tax-deductible donations. Please consider including support for local bluegrass music in your year-end tax planning.
Mailed NCBS Donations:
NCBS Treasurer
P.O. Box 390846
Mountain View, CA 94039-0846
Make checks payable to: Northern California Bluegrass Society/Santa Cruz Bluegrass Society
Six Week Reminder: Band Applications are DUE ON DECEMBER 31 (for the Main Stage) at the Northern California Bluegrass Society Good Old Fashioned Bluegrass Festival.
The 26th annual gathering will be held Thursday-Sunday, August 8-11, 2019.
The Brookdale Bluegrass Band will host the Winter Brookdale Bluegrass Festival, which is presented by Brookdale Bluegrass and welcomed by the Northern California Bluegrass Society.
The winter event is set for Thursday, December 6, 2018 at Michael’s On Main in Soquel. (The spring gathering will be held April 19-21, 2019 in Tres Pinos.)
Freebo & Alice Howe & The Wildcat Mountain Ramblers are also in the December musical line-up.
The Devil’s Canyon Brewing Company will present the 14th Annual Holiday Hootenanny on Friday, December 14 in San Carlos. Here is the line-up, as announced by organizer Scott Dailey:
Main Stage: Pathetic Honey, Wildcat Mountain Ramblers, Nate Jones & The Sloe Sippers, & The Stoney Mountain Ramblers.
Side Stage: John Henry’s Farm.
Also: Jamming, open mike, good beer, good food, good friends.
This FREE event is welcomed each year by the Northern California Bluegrass Society. The program will begin at 4:00pm at the brewery, 935 Washington Street, San Carlos.
Devastating wildfires have destroyed the lives of many people in Northern California. Among those who have lost everything are bluegrass musicians.
The Northern California Bluegrass Society Board of Directors has voted to support an outstanding project organized by our sister association — the California Bluegrass Association.
An instant fundraising drive is underway to pay to replace instruments lost in the fires. You can support this important effort by visiting Instruments For Fire Survivors and making a donation of any amount.
Recovery will be especially long and arduous in this case. Look for more bluegrass projects to be organized in the future, and thanks for your support.
The 26th Annual Good Old Fashioned Bluegrass Festival, a benefit for the Northern California Bluegrass Society, is set for Thursday-Sunday, August 8-11, 2019 near Hollister.
The showcase of top California bluegrass bands will be held at the San Benito County Historical Park in the hamlet of Tres Pinos.
