On Saturday, January 21, 2023, AJ Lee & Blue Summit played The Station Inn in Nashville for the first time. Rushad Eggleston joined the band onstage for a song. Billy Strings was in the audience to see the band.
AJ Lee played the Good Old Fashioned Bluegrass Festival for the first time when she was 6 years old. She now serves on the NCBS Board of Directors.
The 2023 NCBS Good Old Fashioned Bluegrass Festival is set for August 10-13 in Tres Pinos.
You can volunteer to help! Interested persons should contact Michael Hall <hallmw@gmail.com> for more information.
Amazon is ending AmazonSmile, a donation program for non-profits, on February 20, 2023. The company donated a small portion of customer purchases to the non-profit organization selected by the customer.
The Northern California Bluegrass Society has received a modest amount of contributions over the years from this program. Interested Amazon customers may continue to designate the Society as a recipient through the end date of the program by using the AmazonSmile information in the left column of this website.
Thanks to the company and to NCBS members and others for their past support. NCBS appreciates your financial contributions and will continue to receive donations online and by mail.
The Northern California Bluegrass Society is now collecting donations for the NCBS Walker Creek Music Camp Scholarship Fund. NCBS/SCBS is a 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.
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.
Bluegrass banjo player Frank Solivan, Sr. is recovering after being rescued downstream from a small truck he was driving, which was submerged in floodwaters at Lonetree Ranch near Tracy where he lives. The incident occurred in the early morning hours on Monday, January 16. Frank was returning from taking a friend to the airport and was caught in the rising waters on his way home.
He was rescued through the efforts of his neighbor and ranch owner Rhona Cheatwood and the local emergency rescue service. He was taken to San Joaquin General Hospital in French Camp. His friend Sharon Nichols Elliott and his niece Tamzen Smith Millen have been with him at the hospital.
Frank is best known for creating Kids On Bluegrass at the CBA Father’s Day Festival in Grass Valley and for launching the bluegrass career of his son Frank Solivan of Frank Solivan & Dirty Kitchen fame. He was also a longtime volunteer at the Strawberry Music Festival and started the kids programs at the NCBS Good Old Fashioned Bluegrass Festival and at the Plymouth Bluegrass Festival.
Frank is still hurting, but feeling better as of late Tuesday and hopes to leave the hospital in a few days. A full recovery is expected.
It only takes a moment to join or renew your NCBS Membership on this website or by mail. Your support of bluegrass music in our area is much appreciated. The Northern California Bluegrass Society welcomes all new, renewing, and returning members.
Happy Martin Luther King Day from your friends in the Northern California Bluegrass Society!
The 2023 NCBS Good Old Fashioned Bluegrass Festival is set for August 10-13 in Tres Pinos. You can volunteer to help! Interested persons should contact Michael Hall <hallmw@gmail.com> for more information.
The San Benito County Historical Park has (so far) escaped significant storm damage despite high water in the creek next to Highway 25 at the front of the park. The rain will continue for the next week. Clean-up at the park will take some time.
The park is the venue for the NCBS Good Old Fashioned Bluegrass Festival, held each August.
