Northern California Bluegrass Awards Show & Concert Performance Schedule Announced For Saturday January 27

The Northern California Bluegrass Society has announced the performance schedule for the FREE Northern California Bluegrass Awards Show & Concert on January 27, 2018 in Redwood City.

SATURDAY, January 27

Veterans Memorial Senior Center Theatre, 1455 Madison Avenue

9:50am — Film: “Discover Bluegrass — Exploring American Roots Music,” International Bluegrass Music Association & The Foundation For Bluegrass Music (TN)

11:00am — The Wildcat Mountain Ramblers

Noon — Blue & Lonesome

1:00pm – The Brookdale Bluegrass Band

1:30 — Mitch Third

2:00 — The Blue Js

3:00-5:00 — Northern California Bluegrass Awards (with additional musical performances)

This program is free and open to the public as part of the Bluegrass On Broadway Festival. NCBS has presented the BOB each January since 2008 with principal financial support from the Redwood City Civic Cultural Commission and from other Redwood City area businesses, agencies and individuals.

NCBS To Screen “Discover Bluegrass” Film At Bluegrass On Broadway Festival In Redwood City On January 27

The Northern California Bluegrass Society will present the film Discover Bluegrass: Exploring American Roots Music by the International Bluegrass Music Association and the Foundation For Bluegrass Music as part of the FREE Bluegrass On Broadway Festival in Redwood City.

The film is a concise, entertaining, and informative introduction to bluegrass music.

Two Northern California bluegrass musicians, AJ Lee and Max Schwartz, and two southern performers, Sierra Hull and Ryan Holladay, host the film. They introduce documentary and performance material that explains the music and history of the bluegrass genre.

The film will open the day-long, 11th Annual Northern California Bluegrass Awards Show & Concert at 9:50am on Saturday, January 27, 2018 at the Veterans Memorial Senior Center Theatre, 1455 Madison Avenue, Redwood City.

Live musical performances will follow the film. The Awards Show proper (with additional bluegrass performances) will run 3:00-5:00pm.

The entire program is free and open to the public. Bluegrass On Broadway is presented by the NCBS and is made possible by a base grant from the Redwood City Civic Cultural Commission.

Festival Organizers Baker, Burman, Morris & Third To Be Honored With Lifetime Achievement Awards On January 27

Longtime bluegrass festival organizers Larry & Sondra Baker, Eric Burman, Fred Morris and Mitch Third will be honored with Lifetime Achievement Awards in a ceremony set for Saturday, January 27, 2018 in Redwood City. The Northern California Bluegrass Awards will be part of the FREE Bluegrass On Broadway Festival.

Larry & Sondra Baker have produced numerous bluegrass festivals in California & Arizona in addition to other contributions to the bluegrass music community. The couple continues to run the Bluegrass On The Beach Festival in Lake Havasu, AZ. They are best known to California bluegrass fans as the hosts of the long-running Bluegrassin’ In The Foothills Festival (commonly called the “Plymouth Bluegrass Festival”) in Amador County.

Eric Burman has organized the twice-yearly Brookdale Bluegrass Festivals in the Santa Cruz Mountains since 1998. He is past president and a longtime board member of the Northern California Bluegrass Society, a songwriter, and the leader of the Brookdale Bluegrass Band. He founded the NCBS Good Old Fashioned Bluegrass Festival in 1994 and continues to serve as Festival Director.

Fred Morris brought indoor hotel-based festivals, including Fallgrass and The Winter Bluegrass Festival, to the Bay Area in the 1990s and organized many other festivals and music events around the country. He ran the nationwide mail-order bluegrass retailer National Entertainment Network.

Mitch Third was the longtime Operations Manager of the Strawberry Music Festivals at Camp Mather (Yosemite), Grass Valley & Tuolumne until his recent retirement. He played a key role in the bluegrass bookings for that event. He is also a songwriter & performer.

The Northern California Bluegrass Society has presented Bluegrass On Broadway since 2008 with principal financial support from the Redwood City Civic Cultural Commission.

The Northern California Bluegrass Awards Show & Concert will be held at the Veterans Memorial Senior Center Theatre, 1455 Madison Avenue from 10:00am-5:00pm, with the awards show proper running from 3:00-5:00pm.

Brookdale Bluegrass Announces Line-Up For Spring Brookdale Bluegrass Festival March 9-11

Update: The festival has been moved to the San Benito County Historical Park in Tres Pinos. More details soon.

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Brookdale Bluegrass has announced the line-up for the Spring 2018 Brookdale Bluegrass Festival. The March 9-11 event will be held at Mount Cross Camp in Felton and will be welcomed by the Northern California Bluegrass Society.

The Bands: AJ Lee & Blue Summit, The Honeysuckle Possums, The Wildcat Mountain Ramblers, The Stoney Mountain Ramblers, Toby Gray & His Harlan County Covey, Wendy Burch Steel & Redwood, Laura Lind, Ben Lomond & The Highway Niners, BanjerDan, plus host band The Brookdale Bluegrass Band.

2018 Northern California Bluegrass Awards Show & Concert In Redwood City Set For January 27 — FREE

Northern California Bluegrass Awards Show, January 27 in Redwood City.

The 2018 Northern California Bluegrass Awards Show & Concert will be held at theĀ Veterans Memorial Senior Center Theatre, 1455 Madison Avenue inĀ Redwood City.

The show will runĀ 10:00am-5:00pm on Saturday, January 27.

The FREE program will be part of a musical weekend in Redwood City. The Northern California Bluegrass Society has presented the annualĀ Bluegrass On Broadway Festival each January since 2008 with principal financial support from theĀ Redwood City Civic Cultural Commission.

Redwood City Is The Home Of Bluegrass Music On The SF Peninsula

Redwood City is the Peninsula’s Home Of Bluegrass Music. The city has a strong tradition of supporting the arts and has a deep appreciation of good music. Bluegrass music is a regular feature of local civic celebrations.

For the past 11 years, the Redwood City Civic Cultural Commission has awarded a base grant that allows the Northern California Bluegrass Society to present the Bluegrass On Broadway Festival on the last weekend of January.

The highlight of the BOB festival is the Northern California Bluegrass Awards Show & Concert, set for Saturday, January 27, 2018 at the Veteran’s Memorial Senior Center Theatre.

The FREE day-long program runs from 10:00am-5:00pm and is open to the public.

Northern California Bluegrass Awards Show & Concert Set For January 27 In Redwood City

Veterans Memorial Senior Center Theatre, Redwood City

The 11th Annual Northern California Bluegrass Awards Show & Concert will be held at the Veterans Memorial Senior Center Theatre, 1455 Madison Avenue in Redwood City. The FREE program will run 10:00am-5:00pm.

The program will be part of a weekend of our music in Redwood City, the “Peninsula Home Of Bluegrass Music.”

The Northern California Bluegrass Society will present the annual Bluegrass On Broadway festival with principal financial support from the Redwood City Civic Cultural Commission.