The NCBS Good Old Fashioned Bluegrass Festival Band Committee will have the Main Stage Band Application for the 2024 festival ready to be posted on this website on DECEMBER 1, 2023. Applications will be DUE ON DECEMBER 31, 2023.
The Historic 30th festival will be held August 8-11, 2024 at the San Benito County Historical Park in Tres Pinos.
Two individuals have made contributions to the Northern California Bluegrass Society/Santa Cruz Bluegrass Society in honor of the late Cousin Al Knoth. Thanks to these donors for their support!
The Society 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.
The 2024 Brookdale Bluegrass Festival is presented by the Brookdale Lodge and booked by Eric Burman. NCBS welcomes this event!
Scott Dailey has announced the line-up for the NCBS-welcomed Holiday Hootenanny in San Carlos on Friday, December 8, 2023. See you there!
Your membership in the Northern California Bluegrass Society supports bluegrass music in the San Francisco Bay Area, the Monterey Bay Area, and in all of Northern California. You can join or renew your NCBS Membership on this website or by mail.
The deadline for Tax-Deductible Contributions for this year is December 31, 2023. The Northern California Bluegrass Society can be a part of your year-end tax planning as it accepts donations to support Local Bluegrass Music in the San Francisco Bay Area, the Monterey Bay Area, and all of Northern California.
The Society 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.
NCBS welcomes the FREE 18th Annual Holiday Hootenanny which will kick off December bluegrass fun on Friday, December 8. at 5:00pm. The gathering will be presented by the Devil’s Canyon Brewing Company, 935 Washington Street in San Carlos.
Our own Scott Dailey hosts this fun bluegrass evening. The Stoney Mountain Ramblers and other bands will perform. Fine beer will be served. A variety of food trucks will be there. There will be space for jamming.
Former NCBS member Molly Tuttle, formerly of Palo Alto and now of Nashville, has been nominated for a Grammy Award in the bluegrass category. The nomination is for City Of Gold, recorded by her band Molly Tuttle & Golden Highway.
The other nominees were: Radio John: Songs of John Hartford – Sam Bush, Lovin’ Of The Game – Michael Cleveland, Mighty Poplar – Mighty Poplar, Bluegrass – Willie Nelson, and Me/And/Dad – Billy Strings.
The winner will be announced on February 4, 2024.
The Northern California Bluegrass Society welcomes the 2024 Brookdale Bluegrass Festival!
You can join or renew your NCBS Membership on this website. Your membership in the Northern California Bluegrass Society supports bluegrass music in the San Francisco Bay Area, the Monterey Bay Area, and in all of Northern California.
