The Northern California Bluegrass Society accepts donations to support area bluegrass and 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.
Mail-In Donations: NCBS/SCBS, PO Box 390846, Mountain View, CA 94039-0846.
Join your Northern California Bluegrass Society friends as we put on the best festival of the year!
Volunteers are needed for the August 7-10, 2025 Good Old Fashioned Bluegrass Festival! Details are with the Volunteer Form on this website.
The Northern California Bluegrass Society has announced the Good Old Fashioned Bluegrass Festival Main Stage Performance Schedule. The 31st annual event will be held August 7-10, 2025 at the San Benito County Historical Park in Tres Pinos.
The annual NCBS Gathering Membership & Volunteer Party will be held on Saturday, July 12, 2025 at the Live Oak Grange in Santa Cruz. More details soon!
The Good Old Fashioned Bluegrass Festival will be held Thursday-Sunday August 7-10 at the San Benito County Historical Park in Tres Pinos. The 31st festival is a benefit for the Northern California Bluegrass Society.
After over a decade’s hiatus, Hobb’s Grove in Sanger (near Fresno) will host a bluegrass campout in May and a festival in September 2025. The new gatherings will be organized by Doug Cornelius, the original founder of the King’s River (later Hobb’s Grove) bluegrass festivals.
The King’s River Bluegrass Campout And Jam will be held May 30-June 1 and the King’s River Bluegrass Festival will be held September 12-14.
There will be a $10 per person charge for weekend attendance and a $15/night per campsite fee for the spring campout.
More information will be available soon.
One Day Reminder: Workshop Teacher Applications are DUE On March 30, 2025 for the August 7-10 Good Old Fashioned Bluegrass Festival.
The annual NCBS Gathering — Membership & Volunteer Party will be held on Saturday, July 12, 2025 in Santa Cruz.
Three Day Reminder: Workshop Teacher Applications are DUE On March 30, 2025 for the August 7-10 Good Old Fashioned Bluegrass Festival.
Volunteers are needed for the August 7-10, 2025 Good Old Fashioned Bluegrass Festival! Join your Northern California Bluegrass Society friends as we put on the best festival of the year! Details are with the Volunteer Form on this website.
