CONCERTS & FESTIVALS
Be sure to listen to Bluegrass Signal, broadcast every Saturday (4:00 - 5:30 pm Pacific) on KALW (91.7 FM in the Bay Area). There are often musical previews of some of these events! All KALW local music programs are archived for one week and can be heard on demand. Just go HERE and select 'Bluegrass Signal' to hear that week's show.
Every Saturday on KALW, there's more acoustic music broadcast before and after Bluegrass Signal. The schedule:
2 pm: Folk Music & Beyond
4 pm: Bluegrass Signal
5:30 pm: A Patchwork Quilt
Thanks for listening!
-> -> -> ALL TIMES PACIFIC <- <- <-
CONCERTS
June 8: Blue & Lonesome / Ed Neff & Friends - Willowbrook Ale House, Petaluma
June 9: Feral Friday SF Square Dance - Polish Club (3040 22nd St.), SF; music: KC & the MooNshine Band; caller: Mike Lewinski
June 10: Bloomfield Bluegrass Band - Murphy's, Sonoma
June 14 (5:30 pm): Stadler Gibbons Band - HopMonk, Sebastopol
June 14: Clinton Davis String Band - The Pearl Locke, Walnut Grove
June 14 (and every 2nd Wednesday): Chad & Jasper Manning's Bluegrass & Beyond - Kensington Circus Pub
June 15: Bloomfield Bluegrass Band - Brewsters Beer Garden, Petaluma * GONE TO GRASS VALLEY *
June 15: Bluegrass Holiday (Karen Wilhoyte, Mary Felton, Tonya Newsletter, Amy Kassir) - Willowbrook Ale House, Petaluma * GONE TO GRASS VALLEY *
June 21: Mile Twelve - Freight & Salvage, Berkeley
June 22 (5:30 pm): 4th Thursday square dance at Salesforce Park, SF; music and caller tba
June 22: Bloomfield Bluegrass Band - Willowbrook Ale House, Petaluma
June 22: Tony Furtado - The Side Door, Sacramento
June 24 (11 am): Sweet Sally - Gather, Berkeley
June 24 (2 pm): Bearcat Stringband - Cato's, Oakland
June 24 (5 pm): Bloomfield Bluegrass Band - Church of the Oaks, Cotati (free)
June 28: John Kornhauser & Dark Hollow - Sam’s BBQ, San Jose
June 29: bluegrass showcase, hosted by the Bloomfield Bluegrass Band - Willowbrook Ale House, Petaluma
July 5: Bean Creek - Sam’s BBQ, San Jose
July 6: Blue & Lonesome / Ed Neff & Friends - Willowbrook Ale House, Petaluma
July 6: Stadler Gibbons Band - Tiburon Tavern, Tiburon
July 8: SF Free Folk Festival - Music Concourse, Golden Gate Park, SF
July 8: Mission Blue - The Back Room, Berkeley
July 12 (and every 2nd Wednesday): Chad & Jasper Manning's Bluegrass & Beyond - Kensington Circus Pub
July 13: Blue & Lonesome / Ed Neff & Friends - Willowbrook Ale House, Petaluma
July 15 & 16: Sam Grisman Project - Great American Music Hall, SF
July 19: Sidesaddle - Sam’s BBQ, San Jose
July 20: Bloomfield Bluegrass Band - Brewsters Beer Garden, Petaluma
July 20: Bluegrass Holiday - Willowbrook Ale House, Petaluma
July 21: Sam Bush with the Jacob Jolliff Band - Freight & Salvage, Berkeley
July 22: CBA Founders Celebration: Carl Pagter Remembrance - Fairfield Community Center; Good Ol' Persons; Blue & Lonesome; Caleb Klauder & Reed Willms Bluegrass Band
July 22 (2 pm): Bearcat Stringband - Cato's, Oakland
July 22: One Button Suit - The Side Door, Sacramento
July 23 (1 pm): Siesta Valley Strings ’n’ Things - Bruns Amphitheater, Orinda - Jerry Douglas Band; Laurie Lewis; Hattie Craven; Nat Keefe; Jessica Malone; Broken Compass Bluegrass
July 26: Wildcat Mountain Ramblers - Sam’s BBQ, San Jose
July 27 (5:30 pm): 4th Thursday square dance at Salesforce Park, SF; music: Dane Miller & Friends, caller: Robin Fischer
July 27: Bloomfield Bluegrass Band - Willowbrook Ale House, Petaluma
Aug. 4: Black Opry Revue with Lisa Sanders, Tylar Bryant, Joe West, and Jackie Gage - Freight & Salvage, Berkeley
Aug. 17 (5:30 pm): Clean Heat (Evie Ladin, Lila Goehring & Jody Richardson) - Bull Vallye Roadhouse, Port Costa
Aug. 19: AJ Lee & Blue Summit; Crying Uncle Bluegrass Band - Hopmonk Tavern, Novato
Aug. 19: Stadler Gibbons Band - The Monkey House, Berkeley
Aug. 24 (5:30pm): 4th Thursday square dance at Salesforce Park, SF; music: Supermodal Stringband, caller: Evie Ladin
Aug. 24: The Valley of the Moon Fiddle Summit [with Alasdair Fraser; Tall Poppy String Band (George Jackson, Cameron DeWhitt, Morgan Harris); Rachel Baiman; Hanneke Cassel Band (w/ Tristan Clarridge); Nic Gareiss; others] - Freight & Salvage, Berkeley
Po' Ramblin Boys -
- Aug. 24: The Otter Opry, Monterey
- Aug. 25: Freight & Salvage, Berkeley
Red Wine -
- Sept. 8: Chochmat Ha Lev, 2215 Prince St. Berkeley; with special guest Kathy Kallick
- Sept. 9: Sebastopol Community Center
Sept. 8: Broken Compass - The Side Door, Sacramento
Sept. 28 (5:30 pm): 4th Thursday square dance at Salesforce Park, SF; music: Skillet Licorice, caller: Robin Fischer
Sept. 30: Red Dog Ash - The Side Door, Sacramento
Oct. 26 (5:30pm): 4th Thursday square dance at Salesforce Park, SF; music: Michelle Yu & Friends, caller: Evie Ladin
Nov. 3: Crying Uncle with Jason Howard - The Side Door, Sacramento
California Bluegrass Reunion (Bill Evans + John Reischman, Sharon Gilchrist, Jim Nunally, Chad Manning, Brandon Godman) -
- Nov. 10: The Side Door, Sacramento
- Nov. 12: Freight & Salvage, Berkeley
FESTIVALS
June 15-18: CBA's Father’s Day Festival - Nevada County Fairgrounds, Grass Valley
Thur/Fri: Rhonda Vincent & the Rage; Jake Blount; Mile Twelve; Seth Muldar & Midnight Run
Fri/Sat: Molly Tuttle & Golden Highway; Kody Norris Show
Sat/Sun: Alison deGroot & Tatiana Hargreaves; Never Come Down; Blue Highway; East Nash Grass
CA Showcase: Matt & George & Their Pleasant Valley Boys; Clinton Davis Band; Hot October; Water Tower Band; West 45
Vern’s Stage The Angel City Bluegrass Boys; Birches Bend; Caltucky; The Corn Likkers; Crying Uncle Bluegrass Band; Dark Hollow; DeltaGrass; The Dry Diggins Stringband; The LA River Boys; Marin County Breakdown; Matt Michienzie Band; One Button Suit; Salty Sally; The Strung Nugget Gang; Trouble Town; Whole Hog; Wilhoyte and Sauber
June 29 - July 2: High Sierra Music Festival - Plumas County Fairgrounds, Quincy
The Del McCoury Band, Sierra Hull, The Travelin’ McCourys, The Infamous Stringdusters, ...
July 20-23: The Redwood Ramble - Navarro, CA
Sam Bush, The Travelin’ McCourys, AJ Lee & Blue Summit, Painted Mandolin, others, including artists-in-residence Joe Craven and Nat Keefe
Aug. 4-6: Pickathon Roots Music Festival - Pendarvis Farm (near Portland, OR)
Allison de Groot & Tatiana Hargreves; Larry & Joe; Po' Ramblin’ Boys; ...
Aug. 10-13: Good Old Fashioned Bluegrass Festival - San Benito County Historical Park, Tres Pinos
Bean Creek; Birches Bend; The Courthouse Ramblers; Dark Hollow Bluegrass Band; eric burman & the brookdale bluegrass band; Festival Speed Bluegrass; Jubilee; Lonesome Still; Lucas Lawson & The Unturned Stone; Marin County Breakdown; Mission Blue; Red Dog Ash; The Storytellers; Sunny Side of the Mountain; The Goat Hill Girls; The Post Folk Revivalists; The Stoney Mountain Ramblers; Trouble Town; West 45; Who’s Feeling Young Now
Sept. 20-25: 20th(!) Berkeley Old Time Music Convention
Hubby Jenkins & Jackson Lynch; Slate Valley Ramblers (Richard & Barbara Bowman + Ivy & David Sheppard; Sheila Kay Adams; Nokosee Fields Trio; Caleb Klauder & Reeb Wilms; Ed Poullard; Cathy Fink & Marcy Marxer; Squirrelly Stringband; Plaid Strangers; SLO Stumblers; Thompsonia Cajun Band; Mike Lewinski; Erik Hoffman
Sept. 29 - Oct. 1: Hardly Strictly Bluegrass Festival - Golden Gate Park, SF
Be sure to listen to Bluegrass Signal, broadcast every Saturday (4:00 - 5:30 pm Pacific) on KALW (91.7 FM in the Bay Area). There are often musical previews of some of these events! All KALW local music programs are archived for one week and can be heard on demand. Just go HERE and select 'Bluegrass Signal' to hear that week's show.
Every Saturday on KALW, there's more acoustic music broadcast before and after Bluegrass Signal. The schedule:
2 pm: Folk Music & Beyond
4 pm: Bluegrass Signal
5:30 pm: A Patchwork Quilt
Thanks for listening!
-> -> -> ALL TIMES PACIFIC <- <- <-
CONCERTS
June 8: Blue & Lonesome / Ed Neff & Friends - Willowbrook Ale House, Petaluma
June 9: Feral Friday SF Square Dance - Polish Club (3040 22nd St.), SF; music: KC & the MooNshine Band; caller: Mike Lewinski
June 10: Bloomfield Bluegrass Band - Murphy's, Sonoma
June 14 (5:30 pm): Stadler Gibbons Band - HopMonk, Sebastopol
June 14: Clinton Davis String Band - The Pearl Locke, Walnut Grove
June 14 (and every 2nd Wednesday): Chad & Jasper Manning's Bluegrass & Beyond - Kensington Circus Pub
June 15: Bloomfield Bluegrass Band - Brewsters Beer Garden, Petaluma * GONE TO GRASS VALLEY *
June 15: Bluegrass Holiday (Karen Wilhoyte, Mary Felton, Tonya Newsletter, Amy Kassir) - Willowbrook Ale House, Petaluma * GONE TO GRASS VALLEY *
June 21: Mile Twelve - Freight & Salvage, Berkeley
June 22 (5:30 pm): 4th Thursday square dance at Salesforce Park, SF; music and caller tba
June 22: Bloomfield Bluegrass Band - Willowbrook Ale House, Petaluma
June 22: Tony Furtado - The Side Door, Sacramento
June 24 (11 am): Sweet Sally - Gather, Berkeley
June 24 (2 pm): Bearcat Stringband - Cato's, Oakland
June 24 (5 pm): Bloomfield Bluegrass Band - Church of the Oaks, Cotati (free)
June 28: John Kornhauser & Dark Hollow - Sam’s BBQ, San Jose
June 29: bluegrass showcase, hosted by the Bloomfield Bluegrass Band - Willowbrook Ale House, Petaluma
July 5: Bean Creek - Sam’s BBQ, San Jose
July 6: Blue & Lonesome / Ed Neff & Friends - Willowbrook Ale House, Petaluma
July 6: Stadler Gibbons Band - Tiburon Tavern, Tiburon
July 8: SF Free Folk Festival - Music Concourse, Golden Gate Park, SF
July 8: Mission Blue - The Back Room, Berkeley
July 12 (and every 2nd Wednesday): Chad & Jasper Manning's Bluegrass & Beyond - Kensington Circus Pub
July 13: Blue & Lonesome / Ed Neff & Friends - Willowbrook Ale House, Petaluma
July 15 & 16: Sam Grisman Project - Great American Music Hall, SF
July 19: Sidesaddle - Sam’s BBQ, San Jose
July 20: Bloomfield Bluegrass Band - Brewsters Beer Garden, Petaluma
July 20: Bluegrass Holiday - Willowbrook Ale House, Petaluma
July 21: Sam Bush with the Jacob Jolliff Band - Freight & Salvage, Berkeley
July 22: CBA Founders Celebration: Carl Pagter Remembrance - Fairfield Community Center; Good Ol' Persons; Blue & Lonesome; Caleb Klauder & Reed Willms Bluegrass Band
July 22 (2 pm): Bearcat Stringband - Cato's, Oakland
July 22: One Button Suit - The Side Door, Sacramento
July 23 (1 pm): Siesta Valley Strings ’n’ Things - Bruns Amphitheater, Orinda - Jerry Douglas Band; Laurie Lewis; Hattie Craven; Nat Keefe; Jessica Malone; Broken Compass Bluegrass
July 26: Wildcat Mountain Ramblers - Sam’s BBQ, San Jose
July 27 (5:30 pm): 4th Thursday square dance at Salesforce Park, SF; music: Dane Miller & Friends, caller: Robin Fischer
July 27: Bloomfield Bluegrass Band - Willowbrook Ale House, Petaluma
Aug. 4: Black Opry Revue with Lisa Sanders, Tylar Bryant, Joe West, and Jackie Gage - Freight & Salvage, Berkeley
Aug. 17 (5:30 pm): Clean Heat (Evie Ladin, Lila Goehring & Jody Richardson) - Bull Vallye Roadhouse, Port Costa
Aug. 19: AJ Lee & Blue Summit; Crying Uncle Bluegrass Band - Hopmonk Tavern, Novato
Aug. 19: Stadler Gibbons Band - The Monkey House, Berkeley
Aug. 24 (5:30pm): 4th Thursday square dance at Salesforce Park, SF; music: Supermodal Stringband, caller: Evie Ladin
Aug. 24: The Valley of the Moon Fiddle Summit [with Alasdair Fraser; Tall Poppy String Band (George Jackson, Cameron DeWhitt, Morgan Harris); Rachel Baiman; Hanneke Cassel Band (w/ Tristan Clarridge); Nic Gareiss; others] - Freight & Salvage, Berkeley
Po' Ramblin Boys -
- Aug. 24: The Otter Opry, Monterey
- Aug. 25: Freight & Salvage, Berkeley
Red Wine -
- Sept. 8: Chochmat Ha Lev, 2215 Prince St. Berkeley; with special guest Kathy Kallick
- Sept. 9: Sebastopol Community Center
Sept. 8: Broken Compass - The Side Door, Sacramento
Sept. 28 (5:30 pm): 4th Thursday square dance at Salesforce Park, SF; music: Skillet Licorice, caller: Robin Fischer
Sept. 30: Red Dog Ash - The Side Door, Sacramento
Oct. 26 (5:30pm): 4th Thursday square dance at Salesforce Park, SF; music: Michelle Yu & Friends, caller: Evie Ladin
Nov. 3: Crying Uncle with Jason Howard - The Side Door, Sacramento
California Bluegrass Reunion (Bill Evans + John Reischman, Sharon Gilchrist, Jim Nunally, Chad Manning, Brandon Godman) -
- Nov. 10: The Side Door, Sacramento
- Nov. 12: Freight & Salvage, Berkeley
FESTIVALS
June 15-18: CBA's Father’s Day Festival - Nevada County Fairgrounds, Grass Valley
Thur/Fri: Rhonda Vincent & the Rage; Jake Blount; Mile Twelve; Seth Muldar & Midnight Run
Fri/Sat: Molly Tuttle & Golden Highway; Kody Norris Show
Sat/Sun: Alison deGroot & Tatiana Hargreaves; Never Come Down; Blue Highway; East Nash Grass
CA Showcase: Matt & George & Their Pleasant Valley Boys; Clinton Davis Band; Hot October; Water Tower Band; West 45
Vern’s Stage The Angel City Bluegrass Boys; Birches Bend; Caltucky; The Corn Likkers; Crying Uncle Bluegrass Band; Dark Hollow; DeltaGrass; The Dry Diggins Stringband; The LA River Boys; Marin County Breakdown; Matt Michienzie Band; One Button Suit; Salty Sally; The Strung Nugget Gang; Trouble Town; Whole Hog; Wilhoyte and Sauber
June 29 - July 2: High Sierra Music Festival - Plumas County Fairgrounds, Quincy
The Del McCoury Band, Sierra Hull, The Travelin’ McCourys, The Infamous Stringdusters, ...
July 20-23: The Redwood Ramble - Navarro, CA
Sam Bush, The Travelin’ McCourys, AJ Lee & Blue Summit, Painted Mandolin, others, including artists-in-residence Joe Craven and Nat Keefe
Aug. 4-6: Pickathon Roots Music Festival - Pendarvis Farm (near Portland, OR)
Allison de Groot & Tatiana Hargreves; Larry & Joe; Po' Ramblin’ Boys; ...
Aug. 10-13: Good Old Fashioned Bluegrass Festival - San Benito County Historical Park, Tres Pinos
Bean Creek; Birches Bend; The Courthouse Ramblers; Dark Hollow Bluegrass Band; eric burman & the brookdale bluegrass band; Festival Speed Bluegrass; Jubilee; Lonesome Still; Lucas Lawson & The Unturned Stone; Marin County Breakdown; Mission Blue; Red Dog Ash; The Storytellers; Sunny Side of the Mountain; The Goat Hill Girls; The Post Folk Revivalists; The Stoney Mountain Ramblers; Trouble Town; West 45; Who’s Feeling Young Now
Sept. 20-25: 20th(!) Berkeley Old Time Music Convention
Hubby Jenkins & Jackson Lynch; Slate Valley Ramblers (Richard & Barbara Bowman + Ivy & David Sheppard; Sheila Kay Adams; Nokosee Fields Trio; Caleb Klauder & Reeb Wilms; Ed Poullard; Cathy Fink & Marcy Marxer; Squirrelly Stringband; Plaid Strangers; SLO Stumblers; Thompsonia Cajun Band; Mike Lewinski; Erik Hoffman
Sept. 29 - Oct. 1: Hardly Strictly Bluegrass Festival - Golden Gate Park, SF
