Save The Dates: The Historic 30th Good Old Fashioned Bluegrass Festival will be held August 8-11, 2024 at the San Benito County Historical Park in Tres Pinos. The gathering is a benefit for the Northern California Bluegrass Society.
The Northern California Bluegrass Society welcomes the 18th Annual Holiday Hootenanny. Scott Dailey books this fun bluegrass evening. The FREE event is presented by the Devil’s Canyon Brewing Company. It will be held on Friday, December 8 at 5:00pm at the DCBC in San Carlos.
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.
The Northern California Bluegrass Society welcomes the 2024 Brookdale Bluegrass Festival presented by the Brookdale Lodge and Eric Burman to be held March 15-17.
One Week Reminder: Applications for the 2024 International Bluegrass Music Association Leadership Bluegrass Class. are due on October 31, 2023.
The class will be held March 4-6, 2024 in Nashville. NCBS Members are encouraged to apply for this important opportunity. NCBS is a longtime organizational member of the IBMA. NCBS president Michael Hall (Class of 2003) will be happy to answer questions and consult about applications.
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. Scott Dailey books 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.
The NCBS National Bluegrass Stolen & Missing Instrument Page is on this website. It provides a central reporting location for the recovery of stolen or lost bluegrass instruments. This service is for both theft victims and used instrument buyers. The FREE page is searchable, and links can be added to connect additional information about the instrument. Musicians should immediately SELF POST information about stolen instruments. Instrument buyers should CHECK the page prior to purchase of any used instrument.
You can support bluegrass music in the San Francisco Bay Area, the Monterey Bay Area, and in all of Northern California with your membership in the Northern California Bluegrass Society.
You can join or renew your NCBS Membership on this website.
Peter Rowan will headline the 2024 Brookdale Bluegrass Festival at the Brookdale Lodge in Brookdale. The Northern California Bluegrass Society welcomes this annual gathering which is presented by the Brookdale Lodge and Eric Burman. The hotel festival will be held March 15-17.
Here are the important upcoming bluegrass events of interest to Northern California Bluegrass fans through November:
OCTOBER
19-22 – Sugar Pine Music Festival, Nevada County Fairgrounds, Grass Valley. (Note: was Hangtown Halloween Ball)
NOVEMBER
1 — Infamous Stringdusters, Miner’s Foundry Cultural Center, Nevada City.
2 – Greensky Bluegrass, Fox Theatre, Oakland.
2-5 — CBA South State 48 Bluegrass by the Sea, various venues, Carlsbad.
3 — Laurie Lewis & The Right Hands, Fiddletown Community Center, Fiddletown.
4 — TILLYfest, various downtown venues, Woodland.
4 — Crying Uncle Bluegrass Band & Cross-Eyed Possum, Hopmonk Tavern, Novato.
10-12 — Wickenburg Bluegrass Festival, Rodeo Grounds, Wickenburg, AZ.
19 — Bela Fleck, SFJazz, San Francisco.
30 — Peter Rowan & Friends, Sweetwater Music Hall, Mill Valley.
