The Northern California Bluegrass Society Board Of Directors has elected officers for the 2024-2025 year. They are:
President — Michael Hall
Vice-President — Mike Russell
Secretary & Treasurer — Bruce Edmundson
Second Annual Jamesburg Bluegrass Festival Near Carmel Valley Is This Saturday September 14
The Northern California Bluegrass Society welcomes the Second Annual Jamesburg Community Schoolhouse Bluegrass Festival on Saturday, September 14, 2024, Noon-7:00pm. The event will benefit the Jamesburg Community Schoolhouse.
Online Tickets are now available:
Jamesburg Bluegrass Festival Tickets 2024 (zeffy.com)
Adult Tickets are $25.00. Children 12 & Under are free. The Noon-7:00pm gathering will take place at the former school, 40379 Tassajara Road in Carmel Valley.
The line-up: Eric Burman & The Brookdale Bluegrass Band, The Courthouse Ramblers, Brianna Colliard, Willow Street, and The Gilroy Drifters. Bring a bluegrass festival chair or blanket to this charming outdoor mountain event in the highlands above Carmel Valley. Food & drink will be available.
Jamesburg Schoolhouse Information
WinterWonderGrass Tahoe Festival Cancelled For 2025
The WinterWonderGrass Tahoe Festival, originally set for April 4-6, 2025 at Palisades Tahoe, has been cancelled.
The annual ski and music gathering featuring The Infamous Stringdusters may return in 2026 after a year of “review and reorganization.” The event, which began in 2015, faced rising costs at the Lake Tahoe area location.
The original WinterWonderGrass in Steamboat, CO is not affected by the California cancellation and will continue as planned February 28–March 2, 2025.
NCBS Welcomes September & October Festivals
The NCBS welcomes the following fall festivals to our area:
SEPTEMBER
14 — Jamesburg Schoolhouse Bluegrass Festival, Jamesburg Schoolhouse Community Center, Jamesburg.
OCTOBER
9-13 — Frankly Bluegrass Music Festival, Amador County Fairgrounds, Plymouth.
Bluegrass Returns To Plymouth October 9-13 With New Frankly Festival
The Northern California Bluegrass Society welcomes the First Annual Frankly Bluegrass Music Festival which will honor the late Frank Solivan, Sr., founder of Kids On Bluegrass & Kids On Stage.
The Amador County Fairgrounds in Plymouth, site of several bluegrass festivals over the past 40 years, but none in the past decade, will host the new festival October 9-13, 2024. The event is presented by members of the Solivan family.
The line-up: Frank Solivan & Chris Luquette, Kids On Bluegrass, Broken Compass Bluegrass, Special Consensus, Wayne Taylor & Appaloosa, Crying Uncle, Central Valley Boys, David Adkins & Mountain Soul, Kentucky Sky, and The Honey Buckets.
Online Tickets Are Now Available For The Jamesburg Schoolhouse Bluegrass Festival
The Northern California Bluegrass Society welcomes the Second Annual Jamesburg Community Schoolhouse Bluegrass Festival on Saturday, September 14, 2024. The event will benefit the Jamesburg Community Schoolhouse. Online Tickets are now available:
Jamesburg Bluegrass Festival Tickets 2024 (zeffy.com)
Adult Tickets are $25.00. Children 12 & Under are free. The Noon-7:00pm gathering will take place at the former school, 40379 Tassajara Road in Carmel Valley.
The line-up: Eric Burman & The Brookdale Bluegrass Band, The Courthouse Ramblers, Brianna Colliard, Willow Street, and The Gilroy Drifters.
Bring a bluegrass festival chair or blanket to this charming outdoor mountain event in the highlands above Carmel Valley. Food & drink will be available.
Jamesburg Schoolhouse Information
Join The Northern California Bluegrass Society
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. Join or renew your NCBS Membership on this website or by mail.
Sonia Shell & Johnny Campbell Bands To Perform Week Of October 14
The Sonia Shell Band (Santa Cruz) and the Johnny Campbell Band (Nashville) will perform at Sam’s BBQ in San Jose on Wednesday October 16 and at the Live Oak Grange near Santa Cruz on Saturday October 19. NCBS will welcome the October 19 show.
The bands will also appear on KKUP Monday Night Bluegrass on Monday October 14.
NCBS/SCBS Is A 501(c)(3) Non-Profit Organization
The Northern California Bluegrass Society supports local bluegrass music. The Society is a California Not-For-Profit Corporation with Internal Revenue Code Section 501(c)(3) status that is also known as the Santa Cruz Bluegrass Society. The NCBS/SCBS Tax ID No. is 94-2907716.
Mail-In Donations: NCBS/SCBS, PO Box 390846, Mountain View, CA 94039-0846.
New Festival Coming To Plymouth In October: The Frankly Bluegrass Music Festival
The Northern California Bluegrass Society welcomes the First Annual Frankly Bluegrass Music Festival which will honor the late Frank Solivan, Sr., founder of Kids On Bluegrass & Kids On Stage.
The Amador County Fairgrounds in Plymouth, site of several bluegrass festivals over the past 40 years, but none in the past decade, will host the new festival October 9-13, 2024. The event is presented by members of the Solivan family.
The line-up: Frank Solivan & Chris Luquette, Kids On Bluegrass, Broken Compass Bluegrass, Special Consensus, Wayne Taylor & Appaloosa, Crying Uncle, Central Valley Boys, David Adkins & Mountain Soul, Kentucky Sky, and The Honey Buckets.
