Some Volunteer Leadership Positions are open for next year’s GOF Festival. Interested persons should contact Michael Hall <hallmw@gmail.com> for more information.
The 2023 NCBS Good Old Fashioned Bluegrass Festival is set for August 10-13 in Tres Pinos.
The Northern California Bluegrass Society welcomes all new, renewing, and returning members as we celebrate the return of live bluegrass music to our area. It only takes a moment to join or renew on this website or by mail. Your support of bluegrass music in our area is much appreciated.
The Northern California Bluegrass Society welcomes Laurie Lewis & Men Of Note for a performance at Sonoma State University in Rohnert Park on Saturday, November 12. SSU has become a steady supporter of bluegrass and alt-bluegrass music in the North Bay, an area that needs more live bluegrass music. The state-of-the-art Green Music complex offers a variety of excellent indoor and outdoor venues for live music.
The eclectic Laurie Lewis & Men of Note includes Sam Reider (accordion), Mark Schatz (bass), and Brandon Godman (fiddle), with the iconic Laurie Lewis on guitar. The show will take place in the intimate Weill Hall Loft at the Green Music Center, beginning at 7:30pm.
The late Pete Hicks, who died on October 9, 2022, will be remembered on a Hawaii bluegrass radio show on Tuesday, October 25 between 5:30–6:00pm California time. Guests will include NCBS Vice-President Mike Russell and Hick’s Bean Creek bandmate Billy Pitrone.
The program will be on KKCR Community Radio in Kaua`i (see website & livestream link below) and will air on 90.9 FM North Shore Kaua‘i ~ 91.9 FM Kīlauea to Kekaha ~ 92.7 FM Anahola & Moloa‘a ~ 88.9 FM Honolulu, O‘ahu.
The Homegrown Garden Island Bluegrass Show host is Steve, the “Xman.” Pete Hicks lived and performed bluegrass music in Hawaii for two years before settling in Northern California and had many island bluegrass musician friends.
Longtime bluegrass music venue Phil’s Fish Market will reopen in less than a month at a new location in Castroville, a few miles away from its old location in Moss Landing. There is no word at this time about when or if live bluegrass music performances will resume.
The new Castroville venue will be located in an 1869 structure built as a schoolhouse, but later renovated for restaurant use. It is next to the famous “Castroville” billboard sign that identifies the town as the world’s Artichoke Capital.
The Moss landing restaurant closed on Labor Day following the non-renewal of its lease. A long-planned new marine research facility will be constructed at that location.
The Northern California Bluegrass Society is 40 years old in 2022. The organization was founded as the Santa Cruz Bluegrass Society in 1982.
The Robber Bridegroom, a bluegrass musical at Park Hall in Ben Lomond, closes it run with shows on Saturday evening, October 22 and on Sunday afternoon, October 23.
Information & Tickets: <mctshows.org>.
The band for the Mountain Community Theater staging includes NCBS favorites Banjer Dan Mazer, Matt Bohn, Cata Fitzgerald and Mark Becker.
Bright Star, a bluegrass & Americana musical play authored by Steve Martin & Edie Brickell, backed by a live bluegrass band, and presented by the Woodside Musical Theatre, closes this weekend with shows on October 21, 22, & 23.
The show venue is the Woodside Performing Arts Center, 199 Churchill Avenue, Woodside, CA.
The Northern California Bluegrass Society welcomes Laurie Lewis & Men Of Note for a performance at Sonoma State University in Rohnert Park on Saturday, November 12.
The eclectic Laurie Lewis & Men of Note includes Sam Reider (accordion), Mark Schatz (bass), and Brandon Godman (fiddle), with the iconic Laurie Lewis on guitar. The show will take place in the intimate Weill Hall Loft at the Green Music Center, beginning at 7:30pm.
Sonoma State has become a steady supporter of bluegrass and alt-bluegrass music in the North Bay, an area that needs more live bluegrass music. The state-of-the-art Green Music complex offers a variety of excellent indoor and outdoor venues for live music.
The NCBS National Bluegrass Stolen & Missing Instrument Page is on this website.
This service is for both theft victims and used instrument buyers. It provides a central reporting location for the recovery of stolen or lost bluegrass instruments.
Musicians should immediately SELF POST information about stolen instruments. Instrument buyers should CHECK the page prior to purchase of any used instrument.
The FREE page is searchable and links can be added to connect additional information about the instrument.
