Now is the time to support bluegrass music in our area by joining your local bluegrass music club! The Northern California Bluegrass Society welcomes all new, renewing, and returning members. You can join or renew your NCBS Membership on this website or by mail. You can also join or renew in person at the upcoming 2023 Good Old Fashioned Bluegrass Festival, set for August 10-13 in lovely Tres Pinos.
NCBS Past President Michael Hall of Redwood City is starting his third and final three-year term as a member of the Board Of Directors of the IBMA Foundation, the philanthropic affiliate of the International Bluegrass Music Association. The foundation accepts donations and funds bluegrass music education and other projects that support and expand the music nationally and internationally.
Brent Pierce & The Acid Grass Boys (Santa Cruz) will play the Saturday Late Night Dance at the GOF following the end of the evening’s main stage performances. The show will take place in the San Benito County Historical Park Dance Hall on the historic village main street.
The 29th Good Old Fashioned Bluegrass Festival will run Thursday-Sunday, August 10-13, 2023 and is a benefit for the Northern California Bluegrass Society.
Click for Online Tickets (plenty of tickets will also be available at the gate).
The Alameda-based Crying Uncle Bluegrass Band has been named a Finalist for Best Band for the International Bluegrass Music Association’s Momentum Awards, a huge honor for young bands hitting it big on the national bluegrass scene.
The band will take the place of the related band, Jubilee, which was originally scheduled on the main stage of the August 10-13 Good Old Fashioned Bluegrass Festival. At the GOF, the performers will include two musicians who play in both bands — Miles Quale and Teo Quale, with John Gooding and Andrew Osborn, plus Tuki Walker of Jubilee. The other member of Jubilee, Airee Walker, will not be able to be at the festival this year due to a commitment at her music college in Berlin, Germany.
Two Week Reminder: The Northern California Bluegrass Society’s 29th Annual Good Old Fashioned Bluegrass Festival will be held August 10-13, 2023 at the San Benito County Historical Park in Tres Pinos.
Tickets are conveniently available on this website and there will be plenty of tickets at the gate.
The Good Old Fashioned Bluegrass Festival will be honored for the first time by the City Of Hollister with a big banner over the city’s principal downtown street. Thanks to City Clerk Jennifer Woodworth and to Anita Kane of the San Benito County Historical Society along with NCBS Past President Michael Hall for making it happen.
The Good Old Fashioned is 30 Years Old in 2023 (the first GOF was in 1994) and due to the pandemic will celebrate its 29th Festival this year. Thanks for your support!
Los Angeles’ The Storytellers will perform for the first time on the main stage at the Northern California Bluegrass Society’s 29th Annual Good Old Fashioned Bluegrass Festival August 10-13, 2023. The rising band was a hit on the late night stage at last year’s festival.
The GOF is an annual fun, relaxed, friendly gathering of bluegrass musicians and friends set for the San Benito County Historical Park in Tres Pinos. Plenty of tickets are conveniently available on this website and at the gate.
Main Stage Performance Schedule
Two Week Reminder: Mailed Ballots (only) for the Northern California Bluegrass Society Board Of Directors Election must arrive at the NCBS Post Office Box by Tuesday, August 8, 2023.
NCBS Members can also vote in person on Saturday, August 12 (10:00am to 5:00pm) at the Good Old Fashioned Bluegrass Festival, San Benito County Historical Park in Tres Pinos.
Tickets for the August 10-13, 2023 Good Old Fashioned Bluegrass Festival are conveniently available on this website:
There will also be plenty of tickets available at the gate:
San Benito County Historical Park, 8300 Airline Highway (CA 25), Tres Pinos, CA (7 miles south of Hollister).
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Main Stage Performance Schedule
The fun, relaxed, friendly event is a benefit for the Northern California Bluegrass Society.
The 29th Annual Good Old Fashioned Bluegrass Festival is set for August 10-13, 2023 at the lovely San Benito County Historical Park, 8300 Airline Highway CA 25 in Tres Pinos (7 miles south of Hollister).
Camping is FREE with all multi-day tickets. There are no hookups. Bring drinking water. The park has grass, trees, restrooms and showers. There will be plenty of tickets at the gate. Tickets can also be purchased on this website.
The gathering of top California bluegrass bands is a benefit for the Northern California Bluegrass Society.
