NCBS Welcomes The April 26-28 Berkeley Bluegrass Festival To The Freight

The Northern California Bluegrass Society welcomes the 8th Annual Berkeley Bluegrass Festival, set for April 26-28 at the Freight & Salvage Coffeehouse in Berkeley. There are concerts each evening. The Freight festival is the only bluegrass festival in the East Bay and is programmed by Grammy-award winner Laurie Lewis and the Freight’s Artistic Director Peter Williams.

The line-up:

FRIDAY, April 26 — Appalachian Road Show, Never Come Down, Broken Compass Bluegrass, & Fog Holler.

SATURDAY, April 27 — Laurie Lewis and Kathy Kallick, Laurie Lewis and the Right Hands, Kathy Kallick Band, Hard Drive, & Salty Sally.

SUNDAY, April 28 — Kody Norris, Danny Paisley & The Southern Grass, Caleb Klauder & Reeb Willms Bluegrass Band, & Marin County Breakdown.

NCBS Is A Non-Profit That Accepts Donations & Supports Local Bluegrass Music

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.

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New FREE Bluegrass Festival In Los Gatos June 22

The new Los Gatos Bluegrass & Americana Music Festival is set for June 22 in Town Plaza Park in Los Gatos. NCBS welcomes this exciting FREE event to our area. The day event will also offer some special reserved seats.  The event is presented by the downtown Los Gatos business community. The bands will include the Goat Hill Girls and the Wildcat Mountain Ramblers and more.

Info: (408) 348-7766

Los Gatos Town Square

NCBS Announces Main Stage Line-Up For the Historic 30th Good Old Fashioned Bluegrass Festival

The Northern California Bluegrass Society is pleased to announce the 2024 main stage line-up for the Historic 30th Good Old Fashioned Bluegrass Festival to be held in Tres Pinos, California the second weekend of August, 8th – 11th.  This year’s festival will feature 20 bands on the Main Stage, along with a Saturday Night Dance, The Lantern Stage on Thursday evening and the First Stage starting Friday morning,

The main stage will feature: Bean Creek, Blue Birds On A Wire, Bluegrass Holiday, Brent Pierce and his Acid Grass Boys, Dark Hollow, Dirty Cello, Honey Run, Late for the Train, Lonesome Still, Lucas Lawson, Mission Blue, Red Dog Ash, Salty Sally Band, Sidesaddle & Co., Sunny Side of the Mountain, The Goat Hill Girls, The Storytellers, Trouble Town, Water Tower, and Whole Hog.

The GOF prides itself in showcasing California bluegrass bands.

The Saturday night dance to celebrate the 30th gathering will be hosted by Eric Burman and the Brookdale Bluegrass Band. Eric is the founder of the Good Old Fashioned Bluegrass Festival, presented by the Northern California Bluegrass Society.