CONCERTS & FESTIVALS
Be sure to listen to "Bluegrass Signal," broadcast every Saturday (5-6 pm Pacific) on KALW (91.7 FM in the Bay Area).
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 "Bluegrass Signal" on "Folk Music & Beyond" (3 pm) and "A Patchwork Quilt" (4 pm).
Thanks for listening!
NOTE: many of these events require proof of vaccination and the wearing of face masks.
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CONCERTS
The Punch Brothers; Haley Heynderickx -
- Jan. 14: Cascade Theatre, Redding
- Jan. 15: Fox Theater, Oakland
- Jan. 17: Sunset Center, Carmel
- Jan. 18: Campbell Hall, Santa Barbara
- Jan. 19: Ace Hotel, LA
Jan. 15 (1 pm): Bluegrass Brunch w/ Avram Siegel, Tom Bekeny, Jeff Zieba, Steve Pottier - Way Station, Fairfax
Jan. 18: Skillet Licorice - The Page, SF
Jan. 20: Bloomfield Bluegrass Band - Willowbrook Ale House, Petaluma
Jan. 20: Purple Mountain Majesty Band - Summit House, Los Gatos
AJ Lee & Blue Summit -
- Jan. 21: Ivy Room, Albany
- Jan. 29: Almost Famous Wine, Livermore
Molly Tuttle & Golden Highway -
- Jan. 25: Center for the Arts, Grass Valley
- Jan. 26: Goldfields, Sacramento
- Jan. 27: Sweetwater, Mill Valley
- Jan. 28: The Siren, Morro Bay
- Jan. 31: Soho, Santa Barbara
- Feb. 1: The Coach House, San Juan Capistrano
- Feb. 2: The Roxy, Los Angeles
Jan. 25: Skillet Licorice - The Page, SF
Jan. 27: Bloomfield Bluegrass Band - Willowbrook Ale House, Petaluma
Bruce Molsky & Alison deGroot -
- Feb. 9: Freight & Salvage, Berkeley
- Feb. 10: Fresno Folklore Society
- Feb. 12: Deep End Ranch
- Feb. 15: Octagon Barn
Evie Ladin Band -
- Feb. 25: Freight & Salvage, Berkeley
- Feb. 26: The Side Door, Sacramento
March 4: Mr. Sun (feat. Darol Anger) - Freight & Salvage, Berkeley
March 4: AJ Lee & Blue Summit - HopMonk Tavern, Sebastopol
March 8: Rachel Baiman; Vivian Leva & Riley Calcagno; Melody Walker - Freight & Salvage, Berkeley
March 23: David Nelson & Eric Thompson + Suzy (Thompson) Sings Siebel - Freight & Salvage, Berkeley
March 30: Della Mae - Freight & Salvage, Berkeley
April 1: Infamous Stringdusters; Duistbowl Revival - The Fillmore, SF
Sarah Jarosz -
- April 1: Felton Music Hall, Felton
- April 2: Mystic Theatre, Petaluma
- April 3: Center for the Arts, Grass Valley
- April 4: Great American Music Hall, SF
Aoife O'Donovan -
- April 7: Freight & Salvage, Berkeley
- April 9: Center For the Arts, Grass Valley
- April 10: Sunset Center, Carmel
- April 12: Lobero Theatre, Santa Barbara
- April 13: The Loft (UCSD), La Jolla
- April 14: Troubadour, West Hollywood
April 28: Molly Tuttle & Golden Highway - The Guild Theatre, Menlo Park
Kathy Kallick Band -
- April 29: The Side Door, Sacramento
- April 30: Pacifica Performances
- May 1: Freight & Salvage, Berkeley
May 22: Evie Ladin Band; Rita Hosking Trio - Hopmonk Tavern, Novato
FESTIVALS
Jan. 12-16: Portland Old Time Music Gathering - Portland, OR
with Ben Harper & Joe Seamons; Caleb Klauder & Reeb Willms; Clinton Davis; The Macrae Sisters; The Horsenecks; Nokosee Fields & Friends; Joseph Decosimo & Friends; Plaid Strangers; Happy Valley Sluggers with Laurel Bliss; many others
The Saturday and Friday night concerts will be live streamed! Both start at 7 pm (Pacific), and you can consult the schedule page for the latest updates. Livestream links: Gathering YouTube channel or Quarantine Happy Hour
Feb. 24-27: Wintergrass - Seattle
Sister Sadie, Michael Cleveland & Flamekeeper, Della Mae, Mr Sun, The Travelin’ McCourys, Hubby Jenkins, AJ Lee & Blue Summit, Kenny & Amanda Smith, Brother Boys with Missy Raines, Jake Blount, Laurie Lewis & The Right Hands, Tony Trischka/Bruce Molsky/Michael Daves, Nefesh Mountain, Mike Block Trio, Betse & Clarke, Cathy Fink & Marcy Marxer, Eli West, Pearl Django, Joe Craven & Mamajowali, Miles & Karina, The Brothers Comatose, Never Come Down, Kristen Grainger & True North, The Jangles, Farmstrong, Brother’s Keeper
March 4-6: Bluegrass On the Beach - Lake Havasu City, AZ
Appalachian Road Show, Little Roy & Lizzy, Special Consensus, Monroe Crossing, Wayne Taylor & Appaloosa, Seth Muldar & Midnight Run, Crying Uncle Bluegrass Band, Bluegrass Etc.
May 26-30: Strawberry Music Festival - Nevada County Fairgrounds, Grass Valley
Sam Bush Band; Sierra Hull; Steep Canyon Rangers; Aj Lee & Blue Summit; Watkins Family Hour; Evie Ladin Band; Phil Salazar & The Kin Folk; David Bromberg Quintet; Allison Russell; Lindsay Lou; Rita Hosking; Samantha Fish; John Craigie; Marley’s Ghost; Ron Artis Ii; Rainbow Girls; Steve Poltz; David Jacobs-Strain & Bob Beach; Small Glories; Barbaro; Mumbo Gumbo; Sunny War; The Risky Biscuits; Pathetic Honey
June 16-19: Father's Day Bluegrass Festival - Nevada County Fairgrounds, Grass Valley
Dom Flemons; John Reischman & the Jaybirds; Kathy Kallick Band; Laurie Lewis & The Right Hands; The Onlies; Peter Rowan Bluegrass Band; Special Consensus; others tba; Emerging Artist: AJ Lee & Blue Summit; California Showcase Bands: Blue & Lonesome; Crying Uncle Bluegrass Band; North Country Blue; Sheri Lee; Skillet Licorice
June 17-19: Wenatchee River Bluegrass Festival - Cashmere, WA
Appalachian Roadshow; Po' Ramblin’ Boys with Laura Orshaw; Dave Adkins; Fast Track; Rusty Hinges Bluegrass
June 23-26: Kate Wolf Music Festival - Black Oak Ranch - Hwy 101, 5 miles north of Laytonville
Tim O’Brien Band (Fri/Sat); Laurie Lewis, Kathy Kallick & Nina Gerber (Sat/Sun); AJ Lee & Blue Summit (Thur/Fri); Iris Dement (Thur); Phil Salazar & The Kin Folk (F/S/S); plus Taj Mahal, Ani DiFranco, Bruce Cockburn, Darlene Love, Dave Alvin & Jimmie Dale Gilmore, Ruthie Foster, Greg Brown, Hot Tuna (acoustic), The Wood Brothers, Ranky Tanky w/ Lisa Fischer, Calexico, The Blues Broads, Leftover Salmon, Madeleine Peyroux, Cris Williamson, Tom Paxton & The Don Juans, Marcia Ball, Chris Smither, Carrie Rodriguez, Old Blind Dogs, Ruth Moody Band, Charlie Musselwhite, David Lindley, Eliza Gilkyson, Jorma Kaukonen, BeauSoleil avec Michael Doucet, Sarah Lee Guthrie, Ramblin’ Jack Elliott, Joe Craven, Hills to Hollers, Billy Prine & The Prine Time Band, Mary Gauthier, John Craigie, Poor Man’s Whiskey, Guthrie Girls, Sam Chase & the Untraditional, Mamajowali, Lucy Kaplansky, Tim Bluhm, Keith Greeninger, Rainbow Girls, Dayan Kai, The Coffis Brothers, The Two Tracks, Paul Kamm & Eleanore MacDonald, David Jacobs-Strain and Bob Beach, Alisa Fineman & Kimball Hurd, Hugh Shacklett, Mouths of Babes, Don Coffin, The Black Feathers, Bill Griffin, Tommy Prine, Alice Howe & Freebo, Jimbo Scott & Late For The Train, Berkley Hart, Mike Mullins
June 30 - July 3: High Sierra Music Festival - Quincy
Peter Rowan with Railroad Earth (performing Old & In the Way), Molly Tuttle & Golden Highway, AJ Lee & Blue Summit, Crying Uncle Bluegrass Band, Birches Bend, Watkins Family Hour, Greensky Bluegrass, Lindsay Lou, Joe Russo's Almost Dead, The California Honeydrops, many others
Aug. 11-14: Good Old Fashioned Bluegrass Festival - San Benito County Historical Park, Tres Pinos
Sept. 2-4: North Cascades Bluegrass Festival - Bellingham, Wa
The Special Consensus, Kody Norris Show, Blue Canyon Boys, Stillhouse Junkies, Rebekah Spear, Lonesome Town Painters, Runaway Train, ...
Be sure to listen to "Bluegrass Signal," broadcast every Saturday (5-6 pm Pacific) on KALW (91.7 FM in the Bay Area).
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 "Bluegrass Signal" on "Folk Music & Beyond" (3 pm) and "A Patchwork Quilt" (4 pm).
Thanks for listening!
NOTE: many of these events require proof of vaccination and the wearing of face masks.
-> -> -> ALL TIMES PACIFIC <- <- <-
CONCERTS
The Punch Brothers; Haley Heynderickx -
- Jan. 14: Cascade Theatre, Redding
- Jan. 15: Fox Theater, Oakland
- Jan. 17: Sunset Center, Carmel
- Jan. 18: Campbell Hall, Santa Barbara
- Jan. 19: Ace Hotel, LA
Jan. 15 (1 pm): Bluegrass Brunch w/ Avram Siegel, Tom Bekeny, Jeff Zieba, Steve Pottier - Way Station, Fairfax
Jan. 18: Skillet Licorice - The Page, SF
Jan. 20: Bloomfield Bluegrass Band - Willowbrook Ale House, Petaluma
Jan. 20: Purple Mountain Majesty Band - Summit House, Los Gatos
AJ Lee & Blue Summit -
- Jan. 21: Ivy Room, Albany
- Jan. 29: Almost Famous Wine, Livermore
Molly Tuttle & Golden Highway -
- Jan. 25: Center for the Arts, Grass Valley
- Jan. 26: Goldfields, Sacramento
- Jan. 27: Sweetwater, Mill Valley
- Jan. 28: The Siren, Morro Bay
- Jan. 31: Soho, Santa Barbara
- Feb. 1: The Coach House, San Juan Capistrano
- Feb. 2: The Roxy, Los Angeles
Jan. 25: Skillet Licorice - The Page, SF
Jan. 27: Bloomfield Bluegrass Band - Willowbrook Ale House, Petaluma
Bruce Molsky & Alison deGroot -
- Feb. 9: Freight & Salvage, Berkeley
- Feb. 10: Fresno Folklore Society
- Feb. 12: Deep End Ranch
- Feb. 15: Octagon Barn
Evie Ladin Band -
- Feb. 25: Freight & Salvage, Berkeley
- Feb. 26: The Side Door, Sacramento
March 4: Mr. Sun (feat. Darol Anger) - Freight & Salvage, Berkeley
March 4: AJ Lee & Blue Summit - HopMonk Tavern, Sebastopol
March 8: Rachel Baiman; Vivian Leva & Riley Calcagno; Melody Walker - Freight & Salvage, Berkeley
March 23: David Nelson & Eric Thompson + Suzy (Thompson) Sings Siebel - Freight & Salvage, Berkeley
March 30: Della Mae - Freight & Salvage, Berkeley
April 1: Infamous Stringdusters; Duistbowl Revival - The Fillmore, SF
Sarah Jarosz -
- April 1: Felton Music Hall, Felton
- April 2: Mystic Theatre, Petaluma
- April 3: Center for the Arts, Grass Valley
- April 4: Great American Music Hall, SF
Aoife O'Donovan -
- April 7: Freight & Salvage, Berkeley
- April 9: Center For the Arts, Grass Valley
- April 10: Sunset Center, Carmel
- April 12: Lobero Theatre, Santa Barbara
- April 13: The Loft (UCSD), La Jolla
- April 14: Troubadour, West Hollywood
April 28: Molly Tuttle & Golden Highway - The Guild Theatre, Menlo Park
Kathy Kallick Band -
- April 29: The Side Door, Sacramento
- April 30: Pacifica Performances
- May 1: Freight & Salvage, Berkeley
May 22: Evie Ladin Band; Rita Hosking Trio - Hopmonk Tavern, Novato
FESTIVALS
Jan. 12-16: Portland Old Time Music Gathering - Portland, OR
with Ben Harper & Joe Seamons; Caleb Klauder & Reeb Willms; Clinton Davis; The Macrae Sisters; The Horsenecks; Nokosee Fields & Friends; Joseph Decosimo & Friends; Plaid Strangers; Happy Valley Sluggers with Laurel Bliss; many others
The Saturday and Friday night concerts will be live streamed! Both start at 7 pm (Pacific), and you can consult the schedule page for the latest updates. Livestream links: Gathering YouTube channel or Quarantine Happy Hour
Feb. 24-27: Wintergrass - Seattle
Sister Sadie, Michael Cleveland & Flamekeeper, Della Mae, Mr Sun, The Travelin’ McCourys, Hubby Jenkins, AJ Lee & Blue Summit, Kenny & Amanda Smith, Brother Boys with Missy Raines, Jake Blount, Laurie Lewis & The Right Hands, Tony Trischka/Bruce Molsky/Michael Daves, Nefesh Mountain, Mike Block Trio, Betse & Clarke, Cathy Fink & Marcy Marxer, Eli West, Pearl Django, Joe Craven & Mamajowali, Miles & Karina, The Brothers Comatose, Never Come Down, Kristen Grainger & True North, The Jangles, Farmstrong, Brother’s Keeper
March 4-6: Bluegrass On the Beach - Lake Havasu City, AZ
Appalachian Road Show, Little Roy & Lizzy, Special Consensus, Monroe Crossing, Wayne Taylor & Appaloosa, Seth Muldar & Midnight Run, Crying Uncle Bluegrass Band, Bluegrass Etc.
May 26-30: Strawberry Music Festival - Nevada County Fairgrounds, Grass Valley
Sam Bush Band; Sierra Hull; Steep Canyon Rangers; Aj Lee & Blue Summit; Watkins Family Hour; Evie Ladin Band; Phil Salazar & The Kin Folk; David Bromberg Quintet; Allison Russell; Lindsay Lou; Rita Hosking; Samantha Fish; John Craigie; Marley’s Ghost; Ron Artis Ii; Rainbow Girls; Steve Poltz; David Jacobs-Strain & Bob Beach; Small Glories; Barbaro; Mumbo Gumbo; Sunny War; The Risky Biscuits; Pathetic Honey
June 16-19: Father's Day Bluegrass Festival - Nevada County Fairgrounds, Grass Valley
Dom Flemons; John Reischman & the Jaybirds; Kathy Kallick Band; Laurie Lewis & The Right Hands; The Onlies; Peter Rowan Bluegrass Band; Special Consensus; others tba; Emerging Artist: AJ Lee & Blue Summit; California Showcase Bands: Blue & Lonesome; Crying Uncle Bluegrass Band; North Country Blue; Sheri Lee; Skillet Licorice
June 17-19: Wenatchee River Bluegrass Festival - Cashmere, WA
Appalachian Roadshow; Po' Ramblin’ Boys with Laura Orshaw; Dave Adkins; Fast Track; Rusty Hinges Bluegrass
June 23-26: Kate Wolf Music Festival - Black Oak Ranch - Hwy 101, 5 miles north of Laytonville
Tim O’Brien Band (Fri/Sat); Laurie Lewis, Kathy Kallick & Nina Gerber (Sat/Sun); AJ Lee & Blue Summit (Thur/Fri); Iris Dement (Thur); Phil Salazar & The Kin Folk (F/S/S); plus Taj Mahal, Ani DiFranco, Bruce Cockburn, Darlene Love, Dave Alvin & Jimmie Dale Gilmore, Ruthie Foster, Greg Brown, Hot Tuna (acoustic), The Wood Brothers, Ranky Tanky w/ Lisa Fischer, Calexico, The Blues Broads, Leftover Salmon, Madeleine Peyroux, Cris Williamson, Tom Paxton & The Don Juans, Marcia Ball, Chris Smither, Carrie Rodriguez, Old Blind Dogs, Ruth Moody Band, Charlie Musselwhite, David Lindley, Eliza Gilkyson, Jorma Kaukonen, BeauSoleil avec Michael Doucet, Sarah Lee Guthrie, Ramblin’ Jack Elliott, Joe Craven, Hills to Hollers, Billy Prine & The Prine Time Band, Mary Gauthier, John Craigie, Poor Man’s Whiskey, Guthrie Girls, Sam Chase & the Untraditional, Mamajowali, Lucy Kaplansky, Tim Bluhm, Keith Greeninger, Rainbow Girls, Dayan Kai, The Coffis Brothers, The Two Tracks, Paul Kamm & Eleanore MacDonald, David Jacobs-Strain and Bob Beach, Alisa Fineman & Kimball Hurd, Hugh Shacklett, Mouths of Babes, Don Coffin, The Black Feathers, Bill Griffin, Tommy Prine, Alice Howe & Freebo, Jimbo Scott & Late For The Train, Berkley Hart, Mike Mullins
June 30 - July 3: High Sierra Music Festival - Quincy
Peter Rowan with Railroad Earth (performing Old & In the Way), Molly Tuttle & Golden Highway, AJ Lee & Blue Summit, Crying Uncle Bluegrass Band, Birches Bend, Watkins Family Hour, Greensky Bluegrass, Lindsay Lou, Joe Russo's Almost Dead, The California Honeydrops, many others
Aug. 11-14: Good Old Fashioned Bluegrass Festival - San Benito County Historical Park, Tres Pinos
Sept. 2-4: North Cascades Bluegrass Festival - Bellingham, Wa
The Special Consensus, Kody Norris Show, Blue Canyon Boys, Stillhouse Junkies, Rebekah Spear, Lonesome Town Painters, Runaway Train, ...
