The 18th Annual Holiday Hootenanny will kick off December bluegrass fun on Friday, December 8. The FREE event will be presented by the Devil’s Canyon Brewing Company and will be held at 5:00pm at the brewery, 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. NCBS welcomes this gathering. There will be space for jamming.
Two Week Reminder: Applications will close on OCTOBER 31, 2023 for the 2024 International Bluegrass Music Association Leadership Bluegrass Class.
The class will be held March 4-6, 2024 in Nashville. NCBS Members are encouraged to apply for this rare 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.
Leadership Bluegrass Information
Following the complete collapse of live bluegrass music during the pandemic, NCBS and other organizers have been slowly rebuilding the area’s inventory of opportunities for local bluegrass fans. This effort will continue and accelerate in 2024, with a number of new and returning events being planned. Stay tuned and thanks for your support!
The 2024 Brookdale Bluegrass Festival presented by the Brookdale Lodge and Eric Burman will be held March 15-17. NCBS welcomes this annual gathering.
You can join or renew your NCBS Membership on this website.
The Northern California Bluegrass Society welcomes all new, renewing, and returning members.
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.
The Northern California Bluegrass Society welcomes the 18th Annual Holiday Hootenanny. The FREE event to kick off December bluegrass fun is presented by the Devil’s Canyon Brewing Company and will be held on Friday, December 8 at 5:00pm at the DCBC 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.
Three Week Reminder: Applications will close on OCTOBER 31, 2023 for the 2024 International Bluegrass Music Association Leadership Bluegrass Class. The class will be held March 4-6, 2024 in Nashville.
NCBS is a longtime organizational member of the IBMA. NCBS Members are encouraged to apply for this rare opportunity. NCBS president Michael Hall (Class of 2003) will be happy to answer questions and consult about applications.
Leadership Bluegrass Information
The Northern California Bluegrass Society welcomes the 2024 Brookdale Bluegrass Festival presented by the Brookdale Lodge and Eric Burman.
GOF festival favorites Trouble Town (San Francisco) and BanjerDan Mazer (Los Gatos) will perform live in the studio on Monday Night Bluegrass, October 9, 2023, 6:00-9:00pm on KKUP Radio, 91.5FM in the South Bay & Santa Cruz areas and online at <www.kkup.org>. BanjerDan will talk about his brand new CD.
The program host is NCBS vice-president Mike Russell with NCBS president Michael Hall emceeing the on-air concert.
