Stolen & Missing Bluegrass Instruments Can Be Reported On This Website

The NCBS National Bluegrass Stolen & Missing Instrument Page is on this website. It provides a central reporting location for the recovery of stolen or lost bluegrass instruments. This service is for both theft victims and used instrument buyers.

The FREE page is searchable, and links can be added to connect additional information about the instrument. Please post again when the instrument is recovered.

No Brookdale Bluegrass Festival In 2025

There will be no Brookdale Bluegrass Festival in 2025. The festival has been presented by Eric Burman & Brookdale Bluegrass since 2000, usually at the Brookdale Lodge or another Santa Cruz Mountains location.

For many years, there were two — or even three — festivals held each year. The festival will not be held this year principally due to landlord issues. Future plans are uncertain. The festival has been welcomed by the Northern California Bluegrass Society since its inception.

NCBS Accepts Tax-Advantaged Donations

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. 

NCBS/SCBS accepts tax-advantaged donations. The NCBS/SCBS Tax ID No. is 94-2907716.

Mail-In Donations: NCBS/SCBS, PO Box 390846, Mountain View, CA 94039-0846.

NCBS Online Donations

Winter-Spring 2025 Northern California Bluegrass Festivals

Upcoming Northern California Bluegrass Events, January-April 2025:

Events of interest to Northern California Bluegrass Fans:

JANUARY

9-12 — CBA Great 48, Marriott Hotel, Bakersfield.

13-18 — Blythe Bluegrass Campout, Colorado River Fairgrounds, Blythe.

FEBRUARY

13-17 – KKUP Bluegrass Marathon, South Bay & Monterey Bay Areas (91.5FM) and online (www.kkup.org).

19-23 – Folk Alliance International Conference, Fairmont The Queen Elizabeth, Montréal, Québec, Canada.

20-23 – Wintergrass, Hyatt Regency, Bellevue. WA.

FEBRUARY-MARCH

February 28-March 2 — WinterWonderGrass, Steamboat Springs, CO. (There will not be a WinterWonderGrass-Tahoe in 2025.)

February 28-March 2 — Bluegrass On The Beach, Lake Havasu City, AZ.

MARCH

8 – CBA Sonoma County Folk & Bluegrass Festival, Sebastopol Community Cultural Center, Sebastopol.

APRIL

15-20 – CBA Spring Campout (& California State Old Time Fiddle Association Open Fiddle & Picking Contest), Lodi Grape Festival Fairgrounds, Lodi.

24-27 – Merlefest, Wilkes Community College, Wilkesboro, NC.

25-28 – Walker Creek Music Camp, Walker Creek Ranch, Petaluma. (NCBS welcomed)

26 — Pickin’ On The Polk Festival, Polk Street @ Broadway, San Francisco. FREE.