Highway 9 in the San Lorenzo Valley is closed due to storm damage in southern Ben Lomond. However, the road will reopen soon and will not affect the Brookdale Bluegrass Festival, set for March 24-26, 2023 at the historic Brookdale Lodge on Highway 9 in Brookdale, just north of Ben Lomond.
The FREE event has been presented by Brookdale Bluegrass and welcomed by the NCBS since 1998.
The 29th Annual Northern California Bluegrass Society Good Old Fashioned Bluegrass Festival is set for Thursday-Sunday, August 10-13, 2023 at the San Benito County Historical Park in Tres Pinos. The gathering benefits the NCBS.
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! Your support of bluegrass music in our area is much appreciated.
The annual KKUP Radio Bluegrass Marathon, set for all day Friday, February 17 to Sunday, February 19. There will be a warm-up program from 7:00-9:00pm on Thursday, February 16 and a wrap-up show from 6:00-9:00pm on Monday, February 20.
During the marathon, all music played 24 hours each day will be bluegrass and closely-related musical genres. Many bands will play live in the studio during the marathon.
NCBS welcomes the marathon!
KKUP-Cupertino is a community radio station with studios in San Jose that broadcasts at 91.5FM in the South Bay & Monterey Bay Areas and online at www.kkup.org worldwide.
The Northern California Bluegrass Society welcomes the 2023 Brookdale Bluegrass Festival presented by Brookdale Bluegrass!
The Northern California Bluegrass Society is now collecting donations for the NCBS Walker Creek Music Camp Scholarship Fund. NCBS/SCBS is an Internal Revenue Code Section 501(c)(3) Organization. The NCBS Walker Creek Scholarship Fund Committee awards scholarships twice each year to assist deserving students. The next round of scholarships will benefit attendees at the April 13-16, 2023 spring session.
Send donations to: Northern California Bluegrass Society/Santa Cruz Bluegrass Society, PO Box 390846, Mountain View, CA 94039-0846. Donations may be tax-advantaged.
Ingrid Noyes runs the Walker Creek Music Camp each spring and fall at the Walker Creek Ranch, Petaluma. Camp registration opens on January 30.
Former Northern California Bluegrass Society member and Palo Alto native Molly Tuttle (now of Nashville) and her band Golden Highway have won the 2023 Bluegrass Grammy Award.
NCBS welcomes the 2023 Brookdale Bluegrass & American Roots Festival presented by Brookdale Bluegrass at the Brookdale Lodge in…yes…Brookdale, CA.
We are pleased to report that Frank Solivan, Sr. has returned to his home near Tracy while still recovering from a January 16 ranch driving accident during a flood. He has been resting at the home of a friend since being released from the hospital. He will now continue his recovery back at the ranch.
A (literal) “celebration of his life” will be held at the CBA Father’s Day Bluegrass Festival at Grass Valley in June. More details will be announced soon.
Frank Solivan Sr Recovering After Flood Rescue Near Tracy (January 17, 2023)
