CONCERTS & FESTIVALS
Be sure to listen to "Bluegrass Signal," broadcast every Saturday (6:30 - 8:00 pm Pacific) on KALW (91.7 FM in the Bay Area).
The area's most comprehensive bluegrass and old time calendar is part of every show (between 7:30 and 8 pm), and often includes musical previews and/or ticket giveaways.
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" (5 pm).
Thanks for listening!
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CONCERTS
Daily (5:30 pm): Quarantine Happy Hour Concert
June 15 (5:30 pm): Pride Couch Concert with Angie K, Amythyst Kiah, Tatiana Hargreaves, Jake Blount
June 16 (9 am): Jody Stecher & Kate Brislin online
*June 17: Matt & George & the Pleasant Valley Boys - Willowbrook Ale House, Petaluma
*June 18 (2 pm): Paul Knight & Friends - William Tell House, Tomales
*June 18 (5 pm): Felton Music Hall presents - AJ Lee & Blue Summit; The California Honeydrops - Roaring Camp Railroads, Felton
*June 18 (5 pm): Evie Ladin Band w/ Keith Terry & Erik Pearson - house concert in Portola Valley <sam@schillace.com>
*June 24: Bloomfield Bluegrass Band - Willowbrook Ale House, Petaluma
*June 25 (5:30 pm): Bloomfield Bluegrass Band - William Tell House, Tomales
*June 27 (2 pm): SPARK Social (food truck park/recreation center in Mission Bay): musical Pride celebration
- Porch Pride livestream show (3-6 pm) w/ Willi Carlisle; Maddie Witler; Chris Sexton; Hasee Ciaccio & Friends; Stephanie Anne Johnson; Rainbow Girls - on TV monitors all over the park
- 6 pm (live in park): Barbary Coast Cloggers, backed by the Knuckle Knockers (with KC Heil)
- jam circles
- free Double Rainbow ice cream
More info and contact for interested volunteers: Ted Kuster <ted@tedtedted.com>
*July 1: Ed Neff & Friends - Willowbrook Ale House, Petaluma
*July 8: Ed Neff & Friends - Willowbrook Ale House, Petaluma
*July 11 (2 pm): Eric & Suzy Thompson with Kendrick Freeman & Paul Knight - William Tell House, Tomales
*July 15: Bloomfield Bluegrass Band - Willowbrook Ale House, Petaluma
*July 17 (4 pm): Kathy Kallick Band - The Back Room (outside), Berkeley
*July 18 (2 pm): Midnight Ramblers (Cajun) - Agi Bon, Mark Marcin, Allegra Thompson, Alan Senauke, Paul Knight - William Tell House, Tomales
*July 22: Bloomfield Bluegrass Band - Willowbrook Ale House, Petaluma
*Aug. 1 (2 pm): Ginseng Moonshiners - Sean Alan, Kendrick Freeman, Johnny Ginseng, Paul Knight - William Tell House, Tomales
*Aug. 8 (2 pm): Zinger Phillips - Mark Holtzinger, David Phillips, Michael Pinkham, Paul Knight - William Tell House, Tomales
*Aug. 29 (1 pm): Bloomfield Bluegrass Band - Brewsters Beer Garden, Petaluma
FESTIVALS
Porch Pride
June 19 (3 pm): Juneteenth - A Rainbow Revival with Sunny War, Jake Blount, Yasmin Williams, Faith Nolan, Jackie & Resa, Stephanie Anne Johnson, and Lenworth Poyser; curated by Brandi Pace of Decolonizing the Music Room, highlighting the contributions of Black, queer, trans, and non-binary folks to roots music and the Pride movement.
June 26-27 (3 pm): Porch Pride Festival
June 19 (6 pm): CBA’s Turn Your Radio OnLine: Mile Twelve; Becky Buller & Ned Luberecki; The Onlies; High Fidelity's Jeremy & Corrina (The Stephens Brothers)
*June 25-27: Susanville Bluegrass Festival - Lassen County Fairgrounds, Susanville (90 min. NW of Reno)
Fast Track; Keith Little Band; Central Valley Boys; Nu-Blu; High Plains Tradition; Steve Spurgin; Westwind
*July 9-11: Lost River Bluegrass Festival - Community Center Park, Merrill, OR (90 min. NE of Yreka)
Central Valley Boys; One Button Suit; North Country Blue; Chris Cerna & Bluegrass Republic; Pleasant Valley Boys; Mission Blue
*July 22-25: Columbia Gorge Bluegrass Festival - Skamania County Fairgrounds, Stevenson, WA (1 hr. east of Portland)
Kathy Kallick Band; Price Sisters; Central Valley Boys; Runaway Train; Hardshell Harmony; Sunny South; Whisky Deaf; Portland Radio Ponies
*Aug. 13-15: Brookdale Bluegrass Festival - Brookdale Lodge
*Aug. 21: Bowers Mansion Bluegrass Festival - Washoe Valley, NV
*Sept. 3-5: Plumas Homegrown Americana Festival - Plumas County Fairgrounds, Quincy (90 min. NW of Reno)
Keith Little; Laurie Lewis; St. Gabriel's Celestial Brass Band
*Sept. 23-26: Berkeley Old Time Music Convention
Concerts, jamming, string band contest, workshops, more
Jake Blount; Eddie Bond & Band; Richard & Barbara Bowman (Slate Mountain Ramblers); Ivy & David Sheppard (Southern Broadcasters); The Horsenecks; Jody Stecher & Kate Brislin; Evie Ladin Band
*Sept. 28 - Oct. 2: IBMA World of Bluegrass - Raleigh, NC
mostly in-person event, with a virtual component and adjustments to meet contemporary health and safety guidelines
- Sept. 28-30: IBMA Business Conference -
includes exhibit hall; seminars and panels; keynote address; awards luncheons; networking receptions; Health Fair; Gig Fair; Agent Pitch Session; DJ Taping Session; focused content tracks for Talent Buyers, Songwriters, and Broadcasters; more
- Sept. 28-30: IBMA Bluegrass Ramble
artist showcases with Allison de Groot & Tatiana Hargreaves; Armchair Boogie; Bella White; Bowregard; East Nash Grass; Henhouse Prowlers; Liam Purcell & Cane Mill Road; Lindley Creek; MohaviSoul; Rock Hearts; Starlett & Big John; Stillhouse Junkies; The Amanda Cook Band; The Arcadian Wild; The Martin Gilmore Trio; The MilBillies; The New Acoustic Collective; The Sweet Lillies; The Wooks; Twisted Pine; others
- Oct. 1-2: IBMA Bluegrass Live - Red Hat Amphitheater
with Béla Fleck's My Bluegrass Heart (w/ Michael Cleveland, Sierra Hull, Justin Moses, Mark Schatz, and Bryan Sutton); The Del McCoury Band; Sister Sadie; Steep Canyon Rangers; Yonder Mountain String Band; Jerry Douglas, Edgar Meyer & Odessa Settles; The Po’ Ramblin’ Boys; others
*Oct. 1-3: Hardly Strictly Bluegrass Festival - San Francisco
*in-person shows with protocols
Be sure to listen to "Bluegrass Signal," broadcast every Saturday (6:30 - 8:00 pm Pacific) on KALW (91.7 FM in the Bay Area).
The area's most comprehensive bluegrass and old time calendar is part of every show (between 7:30 and 8 pm), and often includes musical previews and/or ticket giveaways.
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" (5 pm).
Thanks for listening!
-> -> -> ALL TIMES PACIFIC <- <- <-
CONCERTS
Daily (5:30 pm): Quarantine Happy Hour Concert
June 15 (5:30 pm): Pride Couch Concert with Angie K, Amythyst Kiah, Tatiana Hargreaves, Jake Blount
June 16 (9 am): Jody Stecher & Kate Brislin online
*June 17: Matt & George & the Pleasant Valley Boys - Willowbrook Ale House, Petaluma
*June 18 (2 pm): Paul Knight & Friends - William Tell House, Tomales
*June 18 (5 pm): Felton Music Hall presents - AJ Lee & Blue Summit; The California Honeydrops - Roaring Camp Railroads, Felton
*June 18 (5 pm): Evie Ladin Band w/ Keith Terry & Erik Pearson - house concert in Portola Valley <sam@schillace.com>
*June 24: Bloomfield Bluegrass Band - Willowbrook Ale House, Petaluma
*June 25 (5:30 pm): Bloomfield Bluegrass Band - William Tell House, Tomales
*June 27 (2 pm): SPARK Social (food truck park/recreation center in Mission Bay): musical Pride celebration
- Porch Pride livestream show (3-6 pm) w/ Willi Carlisle; Maddie Witler; Chris Sexton; Hasee Ciaccio & Friends; Stephanie Anne Johnson; Rainbow Girls - on TV monitors all over the park
- 6 pm (live in park): Barbary Coast Cloggers, backed by the Knuckle Knockers (with KC Heil)
- jam circles
- free Double Rainbow ice cream
More info and contact for interested volunteers: Ted Kuster <ted@tedtedted.com>
*July 1: Ed Neff & Friends - Willowbrook Ale House, Petaluma
*July 8: Ed Neff & Friends - Willowbrook Ale House, Petaluma
*July 11 (2 pm): Eric & Suzy Thompson with Kendrick Freeman & Paul Knight - William Tell House, Tomales
*July 15: Bloomfield Bluegrass Band - Willowbrook Ale House, Petaluma
*July 17 (4 pm): Kathy Kallick Band - The Back Room (outside), Berkeley
*July 18 (2 pm): Midnight Ramblers (Cajun) - Agi Bon, Mark Marcin, Allegra Thompson, Alan Senauke, Paul Knight - William Tell House, Tomales
*July 22: Bloomfield Bluegrass Band - Willowbrook Ale House, Petaluma
*Aug. 1 (2 pm): Ginseng Moonshiners - Sean Alan, Kendrick Freeman, Johnny Ginseng, Paul Knight - William Tell House, Tomales
*Aug. 8 (2 pm): Zinger Phillips - Mark Holtzinger, David Phillips, Michael Pinkham, Paul Knight - William Tell House, Tomales
*Aug. 29 (1 pm): Bloomfield Bluegrass Band - Brewsters Beer Garden, Petaluma
FESTIVALS
Porch Pride
June 19 (3 pm): Juneteenth - A Rainbow Revival with Sunny War, Jake Blount, Yasmin Williams, Faith Nolan, Jackie & Resa, Stephanie Anne Johnson, and Lenworth Poyser; curated by Brandi Pace of Decolonizing the Music Room, highlighting the contributions of Black, queer, trans, and non-binary folks to roots music and the Pride movement.
June 26-27 (3 pm): Porch Pride Festival
- Sat.: Mya Byrne; Ben Garnett; Crys Matthews; BOOJUM; Po’ Ramblin’ Boys; Gangstagrass
- Sun.: Willi Carlisle; Maddie Witler; Chris Sexton; Hasee Ciaccio & Friends; Stephanie Anne Johnson; Rainbow Girls
June 19 (6 pm): CBA’s Turn Your Radio OnLine: Mile Twelve; Becky Buller & Ned Luberecki; The Onlies; High Fidelity's Jeremy & Corrina (The Stephens Brothers)
*June 25-27: Susanville Bluegrass Festival - Lassen County Fairgrounds, Susanville (90 min. NW of Reno)
Fast Track; Keith Little Band; Central Valley Boys; Nu-Blu; High Plains Tradition; Steve Spurgin; Westwind
*July 9-11: Lost River Bluegrass Festival - Community Center Park, Merrill, OR (90 min. NE of Yreka)
Central Valley Boys; One Button Suit; North Country Blue; Chris Cerna & Bluegrass Republic; Pleasant Valley Boys; Mission Blue
*July 22-25: Columbia Gorge Bluegrass Festival - Skamania County Fairgrounds, Stevenson, WA (1 hr. east of Portland)
Kathy Kallick Band; Price Sisters; Central Valley Boys; Runaway Train; Hardshell Harmony; Sunny South; Whisky Deaf; Portland Radio Ponies
*Aug. 13-15: Brookdale Bluegrass Festival - Brookdale Lodge
*Aug. 21: Bowers Mansion Bluegrass Festival - Washoe Valley, NV
*Sept. 3-5: Plumas Homegrown Americana Festival - Plumas County Fairgrounds, Quincy (90 min. NW of Reno)
Keith Little; Laurie Lewis; St. Gabriel's Celestial Brass Band
*Sept. 23-26: Berkeley Old Time Music Convention
Concerts, jamming, string band contest, workshops, more
Jake Blount; Eddie Bond & Band; Richard & Barbara Bowman (Slate Mountain Ramblers); Ivy & David Sheppard (Southern Broadcasters); The Horsenecks; Jody Stecher & Kate Brislin; Evie Ladin Band
*Sept. 28 - Oct. 2: IBMA World of Bluegrass - Raleigh, NC
mostly in-person event, with a virtual component and adjustments to meet contemporary health and safety guidelines
- Sept. 28-30: IBMA Business Conference -
includes exhibit hall; seminars and panels; keynote address; awards luncheons; networking receptions; Health Fair; Gig Fair; Agent Pitch Session; DJ Taping Session; focused content tracks for Talent Buyers, Songwriters, and Broadcasters; more
- Sept. 28-30: IBMA Bluegrass Ramble
artist showcases with Allison de Groot & Tatiana Hargreaves; Armchair Boogie; Bella White; Bowregard; East Nash Grass; Henhouse Prowlers; Liam Purcell & Cane Mill Road; Lindley Creek; MohaviSoul; Rock Hearts; Starlett & Big John; Stillhouse Junkies; The Amanda Cook Band; The Arcadian Wild; The Martin Gilmore Trio; The MilBillies; The New Acoustic Collective; The Sweet Lillies; The Wooks; Twisted Pine; others
- Oct. 1-2: IBMA Bluegrass Live - Red Hat Amphitheater
with Béla Fleck's My Bluegrass Heart (w/ Michael Cleveland, Sierra Hull, Justin Moses, Mark Schatz, and Bryan Sutton); The Del McCoury Band; Sister Sadie; Steep Canyon Rangers; Yonder Mountain String Band; Jerry Douglas, Edgar Meyer & Odessa Settles; The Po’ Ramblin’ Boys; others
*Oct. 1-3: Hardly Strictly Bluegrass Festival - San Francisco
*in-person shows with protocols
