TheĀ Northern California Bluegrass Society/Santa Cruz Bluegrass Society has announced that the Santa Cruz Bluegrass Fair will be held onĀ SUNDAY, May 6, 2018. (Note new date.)
Blue Summit (Santa Cruz) will play the FREEĀ Thursday Bluegrass Series atĀ The Summit House onĀ March 15, 2018. The bluegrass music venue in theĀ Santa Cruz Mountains is 6 miles south ofĀ Los Gatos on Highway 17. The performance is presented byĀ The Summit House Beer Garden & Grill and welcomed by theĀ Northern California Bluegrass Society.
The music will run fromĀ 6:00-8:30pm.Ā Good food and drink will be served and the view is endless.
Congratulations to the International Bluegrass Music Association Leadership Bluegrass Class of 2018!
New graduate Kara Kundert of Berkeley is the Bay Area’s representative.
The Northern California Bluegrass Society is a longtime organizational member of the IBMA and NCBS Members are encouraged to apply for the next class, set for March 2019 in Nashville.
Here are the Official Upcoming Events for the Northern California Bluegrass Society:
March, 9-11, 2018 Ā ā Brookdale Spring Bluegrass Festival, San Benito County Historical Park, Tres Pinos. (NCBS welcomed)
May 6 ā NCBS/SCBS Santa Cruz Bluegrass Fair, Duck Pond Stage, San Lorenzo Park, Santa Cruz. FREE.
May 18-20 — Berkeley Bluegrass Festival, Freight & Salvage, Berkeley. (NCBS welcomed)
May 25-27 ā Pick & Gather Festival, Riverdance Farms, Livingston. (NCBS welcomed)
July TBA ā Sonoma State University Bluegrass Festival, Green Music Center, Rohnert Park. (NCBS welcomed)
August 9-12 ā NCBS 25th Annual Good Old Fashioned Bluegrass Festival, San Benito County Historical Park, Tres Pinos.
August 30-September 2 ā Plumas Homegrown Americana Festival, Plumas County Fairgrounds, Quincy. (NCBS welcomed)
September 25-29 ā International Bluegrass Music Association World Of Bluegrass, Raleigh Convention Center, Raleigh, NC. (NCBS is a longtime organizational member of IBMA.)
October 7 ā Mountain Music Festival, Prusch Park, San Jose. FREE. (NCBS welcomed)
December 7-9 ā Brookdale Winter Bluegrass Festival, TBA. (NCBS welcomed)
January 25-27, 2019 ā NCBS 12th Annual Bluegrass On Broadway Festival, various venues, Redwood City.
SUNDAY, March 11
10:00am āTheĀ Honeysuckle Possums Harmony Singing Workshop
Noon ā Blue Summit Band
1:00 ā Ben Lonesome & The Highway Niners
2:00 ā Tina Louise Barr & The Brookdale Bluegrass Band
3:00 ā All Star Jam
The March 9-11, 2018 Brookdale Spring Bluegrass Festival at the San Benito County Historical Park in Tres Pinos is presented by Brookdale Bluegrass and welcomed by the Northern California Bluegrass Society.
SATURDAY, March 10
10:00am ā BanjerDan Banjo Workshop
11:00 ā Tina Louise Barr Autoharp Workshop
10:00amĀ ā Open Mike
1:00pm ā BanjerDan Mazer
2:00 ā Crying Uncle Bluegrass Band
3:00 ā Laura Lind
4:00 ā Brent Pierce Family & Friends
5:00 ā The Naked Bootleggers
6:00 ā Dinner Break with Hog Tie Catering
7:00 ā Stoney Mountain Ramblers
8:00 ā Eric Burman & The Brookdale Bluegrass Band
9:00 ā Wildcat Mountain Ramblers
10:00 ā Honeysuckle Possums
The March 9-11, 2018 Brookdale Spring Bluegrass Festival at the San Benito County Historical Park in Tres Pinos is presented by Brookdale Bluegrass and welcomed by the Northern California Bluegrass Society.
The long-running Brookdale Bluegrass Festival will be held this weekend at a NEW, but familiar location — The San Benito County Historical Park in Tres Pinos. Here is All You Need To Know To Go:
Dates: Friday, March 9 – Sunday, March 11.
Location: San Benito County Historical Park, 8300 Highway 25, Tres Pinos, CA (7 miles south of Hollister and next to Bolado Park).
Schedule:
Tickets: There will be plenty of tickets at the gate. Purchase Tickets Online.
Camping: Free RV and tent camping. Showers and restrooms, but no hook-ups.
Lodging: Available in Hollister (7 miles).
Food & Beer: Available onsite and at nearby establishments in Tres Pinos (1 mile) and Hollister (7 miles).
Jamming: Yes.
Fun: Yes.
Weather: Indoors All Weekend — 72 degrees and sunny. FRIDAY: Partly Cloudy, High 68, Low 48. SATURDAY: Partly Cloudy, High 64, SATURDAY NIGHT: Rain, Low 51. SUNDAY: Partly Cloudy, High 70, Low 50.
Presented by Brookdale Bluegrass & Welcomed by the Northern California Bluegrass Society.
And Remember — All Of Your Friends Will Be There!
San Benito Live, the recently-launched news website covering San Benito County, Hollister, and the bluegrass hub Tres Pinos, offers this video coverage for this weekend’s Brookdale Bluegrass Festival, plus May’s Hickstival, and the 25th anniversary of the NCBS Good Old Fashioned Bluegrass Festival in August.
The run time is 6:04. Enjoy!
Video: Brookdale Kicks Off Trio Of Bluegrass Festivals In Tres Pinos (3/8/18)
Kollin Kosmicki supported the GOF for many years as editor of the Hollister Free Lance newspaper. He is now the editor and founder of San Benito Live.
NCBS president Michael Hall, Brookdale promoter Eric Burman, San Benito County Historical Society leader Don Pidd, and Bolado Park Event Center manager Dara Tobias are interviewed (and Eric sings a tune in the historic jail!).
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Here is San Benito Live’s earlier prose report:
Third Bluegrass Festival Makes Tres Pinos A Hotbed (2/27/18)
In The Jailhouse Now:
Video: Eric Burman Performs “Deeper Well” At The Historical Park (3/8/18)
TheĀ Northern California Bluegrass Society Walker Creek Music Camp Scholarship Fund is now collecting donationsĀ to assist students who need financial help for theĀ Spring 2018 camp, run byĀ Ingrid Noyes. There is still time for donations to benefit deserving spring campers at the April 12-15 camp near Petaluma.
Donations can be sent to: Northern California Bluegrass Society/Santa Cruz Bluegrass Society,Ā PO Box 390846,Ā Mountain View, CA 94039-0846,Ā Attention: NCBS Walker Creek Music Camp Scholarship Fund.
TheĀ Northern California Bluegrass Society, a 501(c)(3) charitable organization aka theĀ Santa Cruz Bluegrass Society, accepts donations and disburses the scholarships. Donations to the fund are tax-deductible as allowed by law. Donors should consult their tax advisors. The Federal Tax ID No. isĀ 94-2907716. Donors who do not need a tax deduction may donate money directly to the camp.
Information: Spring Walker Creek Music Camp.
Brookdale Bluegrass (Eric & Barbra Burman, Bruce Bellochio) will present theĀ Brookdale Spring Bluegrass Festival indoors at the San Benito County Historical Park in Tres Pinos this weekend, March 9-11.
The event is welcomed by the Northern California Bluegrass Society.
