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.
-> -> -> ALL TIMES PACIFIC <- <- <-
CONCERTS
Sept. 23: Bloomfield Bluegrass Band - Willowbrook Ale House, Petaluma
Marty Stuart & his Fabulous Superlatives
- Sept. 23: Crest Theatre, Sacramento; Crying Uncle Bluegrass Band opens
- Sept. 25: Uptown Theatre, Napa
- Sept. 26: The Chapel, SF
- Sept. 29: Fremont Theater, San Luis Obispo; Crying Uncle Bluegrass Band opens
- Sept. 30: Sunset Center, Carmel
BOTMC concerts at the Freight & Salvage, Berkeley
- Sept. 23: Jake Blount; Jody Stecher & Kate Brislin; Slate Mountain Ramblers (Richard & Barbara Bowman, Ivy & David Sheppard)
- Sept. 24: Eddie Bond & Band; The Horsenecks; Evie Ladin Band - Freight & Salvage, Berkeley
Sept. 24 (5:30 pm): Tony Furtado - The Back Room (outdoors), Berkeley
Sept. 24: Fog Holler - Brewster's Beer Garden, Petaluma
Sept. 30: tba - Willowbrook Ale House, Petaluma
Oct. 7 (6 pm): Goat Hill Girls - Summit House, top of Hwy 17, Los Gatos
Oct. 7: Ed Neff & Friends - Willowbrook Ale House, Petaluma
Oct. 7: The Quebe Sisters - Freight & Salvage, Berkeley
Oct. 13: The High Water Line; Grasswood (Yoseff Tucker, Brandon Godman, Chad Manning, Jack Kinney, Jasper Manning, Katya Tucker) - Sweetwater, Mill Valley
Oct. 14: Ed Neff & Friends - Willowbrook Ale House, Petaluma
Oct. 14: Riders In The Sky - Freight & Salvage, Berkeley
Oct. 16: Mission Blue - Half Moon Bay Pumpkin Festival
Oct. 17 (3 pm): Mission Blue - Winters Tavern, Pacifica
Oct. 19-24: California Autoharp Gathering - St. Nicolas Ranch, Dunlap - with Jim Kweskin, Bryan Bowers, Meredith Axelrod, Danny Knicely, Allison Guinn, many others
Oct. 21: Bloomfield Bluegrass Band - Willowbrook Ale House, Petaluma
Oct. 22: Marley’s Ghost with Van Dyke Parks - Freight & Salvage, Berkeley (benefit for the Freight)
Oct. 23 (3 pm): Daisy Caire - The Back Room, Berkeley
Oct. 23: Kathy Kallick Band - Fifth Street Farms <fifthstfarms@gmail.com>
Oct. 24 (2 pm): Kathy Kallick Band - Folsom Opry <john@shaunv.com>
Oct. 28: Bloomfield Bluegrass Band - Willowbrook Ale House, Petaluma
Oct. 29: Jim Kweskin & Friends - The Back Room, Berkeley
Oct. 30: AJ Lee & Blue Summit - Felton Music Hall
Nov. 12: Sierra Hull; Dead Horses - Center for the Arts, Grass Valley
Nov. 13: Sierra Hull; Dead Horses - The Chapel, SF
Nov. 13: North Country Blue; Red Dog Ash - West Side Theatre, Newman
Nov. 14 (12:30 pm): Daisy Caire - The Back Room, Berkeley
Nov. 14: California Bluegrass Reunion with Bill Evans, Darol Anger, John Reischman, Jim Nunally, Chad Maning, and Sharon Gilchrist - Freight & Salvage, Berkeley
Nov. 19: Mission Blue - HopDogma Brewing Company, Half Moon Bay
Nov. 19: T Sisters - Starline Social Club, Oakland
Nov. 20 (3 pm): Mission Blue - Winters Tavern, Pacifica
Nov. 20: AJ Lee & Blue Summit; The Coffis Brothers - Hopmonk Tavern, Novato
Nov. 27 (9 am): Crying Uncle Bluegrass Band - Grand Lake Farmers Market
Nov. 27: Laurie Lewis & Friends - Freight & Salvage, Berkeley
Nov. 27: The New Acoustic Collective - The Back Room, Berkeley
Nov. 28 (8 am): Crying Uncle Bluegrass Band - Marin Civic Center Farmers Market
Dec. 5: Kathy Kallick Band; The High Water Line - Freight & Salvage, Berkeley
Dec. 7: Rodney Crowell - Freight & Salvage, Berkeley
Dec. 11: Iris DeMent - Freight & Salvage, Berkeley
Béla Fleck's My Bluegrass Heart w/ Sam Bush, Jerry Douglas, Stuart Duncan, Edgar Meyer and Bryan Sutton
- Dec. 10: Cascade Theatre, Redding
- Dec. 11: Silver Legacy Resort, Reno, NV
- Dec. 12: UC Theatre, Berkeley
- Dec. 13: Sunset Cultural Center, Carmel By The Sea
- Dec. 14: Segerstrom Center for the Arts, Costa Mesa
- Dec. 16: Balboa Theatre, San Diego
- Dec. 17: Theater at the ACE Hotel, Los Angeles
Jan. 12: Nefesh Mountain - Freight & Salvage, Berkeley
Feb. 9: Bruce Molsky & Alison deGroot - Freight & Salvage, Berkeley
March 4: Mr. Sun (feat Darol Anger) - Freight & Salvage, Berkeley
April 7: Aoife O'Donovan - Freight & Salvage, Berkeley
FESTIVALS
Sept. 23-26: Berkeley Old Time Music Convention
Sept. 23 -
12 pm: BLACK BANJO PRESENTATION w/ Tony Thomas: Gus Cannon and the Big Banjo World of 120 Years Ago - Oakland Public Conservatory (and Zoom)
1 pm: JAMMING—everyone welcome, but you must be fully vaccinated, and masks are required. For location, email: BOTMCAfternoonJam@gmail.com
3:30 pm: INSTRUCTIONAL WORKSHOPS w/ Eddie Bond (fiddle) & Jared Boyd (banjo) - Freight & Salvage, Berkeley (outdoors)
4 pm: ONLINE FAMILY CONCERT w/ Bayou Seco
5 pm: OPEN JAM w/ Jim & Amber Mueller - Freight & Salvage, Berkeley (outdoors) - please wear a mask!
8 pm: CONCERT w/ Jake Blount; Slate Mountain Ramblers; Jody Stecher & Kate Brislin - Freight & Salvage, Berkeley (and livestreamed)
Sept. 24 -
12 pm: BLACK BANJO PRESENTATION w/ Tony Thomas: Gus Cannon and the Five String Banjo In the Era of the Blues - Oakland Public Conservatory (and Zoom)
1 pm: JAMMING—everyone welcome, but you must be fully vaccinated and masks are required. For location, email: BOTMCAfternoonJam@gmail.com
3:30 pm: INSTRUCTIONAL WORKSHOPS w/ Richard Bowman (fiddle); Ivy Sheppard (banjo); David Greely (Cajun fiddle) - Freight & Salvage (outdoors)
5 pm: OPEN JAM with Harry & Cindy Liedstrand - Freight & Salvage, Berkeley (outdoors) - please wear a mask!
8 pm: CONCERT w/ Eddie Bond & Band; Horsenecks; Evie Ladin Band - Freight & Salvage, Berkeley (and livestreamed)
Sept. 25 -
11 am: STRING BAND CONTEST - Civic Center Park (MLK between Allston and Center); open jamming w/ Gabrielle Macrae and Barry Southern (the Horsenecks), starting at noon, guest set by Cajun fiddler David Greely, and more
4 pm: FLATFOOT CLOGGING WORKSHOP w/ Evie Ladin - online - info will be given after registration
7:30 pm: CAJUN DANCE LESSON w/ Evie Ladin - BrasArte, 1901 San Pablo Ave., Berkeley
8:00 pm: OLD TIME CAJUN DANCE PARTY w/ David Greely + Suzy, Eric & Allegra Thompson (Thompsonia); jamming w/ Eddie Bond and other BOTMC performers - online - info will be given after registration
Sept. 26 -
11 am: INSTRUCTIONAL WORKSHOPS w/ Jake Blount, Barry Southern (banjo); Jake Blount, Gabrielle Macrae (fiddle); Ivy Sheppard (beginning clawhammer banjo); Gabrielle Macrae (beginning fiddle) - Freight & Salvage, Berkeley (outdoors)
11 am: OPEN JAM w/ Mark Olson and Penny Critchlow; for location, email: BOTMCAfternoonJam@gmail.com - please wear a mask!
1 pm: JAMMING IN OHLONE PARK (across from North Berkeley BART) - please wear a mask!
NOTE: You must be FULLY VACCINATED and MASKED to attend any indoor event (concerts and Black Banjo presentations), as well as the Thurs. and Fri. afternoon jams.
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: 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; Barbaro, Cedar Hill, Crandall Creek, Fair Black Rose, Hillary Klug, Hubby Jenkins, Jake Blount, Never Come Down, Special Consensus, Valerie Smith & Liberty Pike
Virtual showcases streaming performances to WOB from around the globe: Bluegrass Stuff, Hayde Bluegrass Orchestra, Hot Diggity, Lluis Gómez FlamencoGrass Quartet, Mike Sanyshyn, Radim Zenkl & Ondra Kozák, Shane Hennessy, The Fountaineers, The Often Herd, Under the Rocks
- Oct. 1-2: IBMA Bluegrass Live - Red Hat Amphitheater
Béla Fleck's My Bluegrass Heart (w/ Michael Cleveland, Sierra Hull, Justin Moses, Mark Schatz, and Bryan Sutton); The Del McCoury Band; Trey Wellington Band; Sister Sadie; Mile Twelve; Steep Canyon Rangers; Gina Furtado Project; The Po’ Ramblin’ Boys; Yonder Mountain String Band; Jerry Douglas, Edgar Meyer & Odessa Settles; others
CONFIRMED 2022 FESTIVALS
Feb. 24-27: Wintergrass - Seattle
May 26-30: Strawberry Music Festival - Nevada County Fairgrounds, Grass Valley
June 16-19: Father's Day Bluegrass Festival - Nevada County Fairgrounds, Grass Valley
California Showcase: Blue & Lonesome; Crying Uncle Bluegrass Band; North Country Blue; Skillet Licorice; Sheri Lee
Aug. 11-14: Good Old Fashioned Bluegrass Festival - San Benito County Historical Park, Tres Pinos
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
Sept. 23: Bloomfield Bluegrass Band - Willowbrook Ale House, Petaluma
Marty Stuart & his Fabulous Superlatives
- Sept. 23: Crest Theatre, Sacramento; Crying Uncle Bluegrass Band opens
- Sept. 25: Uptown Theatre, Napa
- Sept. 26: The Chapel, SF
- Sept. 29: Fremont Theater, San Luis Obispo; Crying Uncle Bluegrass Band opens
- Sept. 30: Sunset Center, Carmel
BOTMC concerts at the Freight & Salvage, Berkeley
- Sept. 23: Jake Blount; Jody Stecher & Kate Brislin; Slate Mountain Ramblers (Richard & Barbara Bowman, Ivy & David Sheppard)
- Sept. 24: Eddie Bond & Band; The Horsenecks; Evie Ladin Band - Freight & Salvage, Berkeley
Sept. 24 (5:30 pm): Tony Furtado - The Back Room (outdoors), Berkeley
Sept. 24: Fog Holler - Brewster's Beer Garden, Petaluma
Sept. 30: tba - Willowbrook Ale House, Petaluma
Oct. 7 (6 pm): Goat Hill Girls - Summit House, top of Hwy 17, Los Gatos
Oct. 7: Ed Neff & Friends - Willowbrook Ale House, Petaluma
Oct. 7: The Quebe Sisters - Freight & Salvage, Berkeley
Oct. 13: The High Water Line; Grasswood (Yoseff Tucker, Brandon Godman, Chad Manning, Jack Kinney, Jasper Manning, Katya Tucker) - Sweetwater, Mill Valley
Oct. 14: Ed Neff & Friends - Willowbrook Ale House, Petaluma
Oct. 14: Riders In The Sky - Freight & Salvage, Berkeley
Oct. 16: Mission Blue - Half Moon Bay Pumpkin Festival
Oct. 17 (3 pm): Mission Blue - Winters Tavern, Pacifica
Oct. 19-24: California Autoharp Gathering - St. Nicolas Ranch, Dunlap - with Jim Kweskin, Bryan Bowers, Meredith Axelrod, Danny Knicely, Allison Guinn, many others
Oct. 21: Bloomfield Bluegrass Band - Willowbrook Ale House, Petaluma
Oct. 22: Marley’s Ghost with Van Dyke Parks - Freight & Salvage, Berkeley (benefit for the Freight)
Oct. 23 (3 pm): Daisy Caire - The Back Room, Berkeley
Oct. 23: Kathy Kallick Band - Fifth Street Farms <fifthstfarms@gmail.com>
Oct. 24 (2 pm): Kathy Kallick Band - Folsom Opry <john@shaunv.com>
Oct. 28: Bloomfield Bluegrass Band - Willowbrook Ale House, Petaluma
Oct. 29: Jim Kweskin & Friends - The Back Room, Berkeley
Oct. 30: AJ Lee & Blue Summit - Felton Music Hall
Nov. 12: Sierra Hull; Dead Horses - Center for the Arts, Grass Valley
Nov. 13: Sierra Hull; Dead Horses - The Chapel, SF
Nov. 13: North Country Blue; Red Dog Ash - West Side Theatre, Newman
Nov. 14 (12:30 pm): Daisy Caire - The Back Room, Berkeley
Nov. 14: California Bluegrass Reunion with Bill Evans, Darol Anger, John Reischman, Jim Nunally, Chad Maning, and Sharon Gilchrist - Freight & Salvage, Berkeley
Nov. 19: Mission Blue - HopDogma Brewing Company, Half Moon Bay
Nov. 19: T Sisters - Starline Social Club, Oakland
Nov. 20 (3 pm): Mission Blue - Winters Tavern, Pacifica
Nov. 20: AJ Lee & Blue Summit; The Coffis Brothers - Hopmonk Tavern, Novato
Nov. 27 (9 am): Crying Uncle Bluegrass Band - Grand Lake Farmers Market
Nov. 27: Laurie Lewis & Friends - Freight & Salvage, Berkeley
Nov. 27: The New Acoustic Collective - The Back Room, Berkeley
Nov. 28 (8 am): Crying Uncle Bluegrass Band - Marin Civic Center Farmers Market
Dec. 5: Kathy Kallick Band; The High Water Line - Freight & Salvage, Berkeley
Dec. 7: Rodney Crowell - Freight & Salvage, Berkeley
Dec. 11: Iris DeMent - Freight & Salvage, Berkeley
Béla Fleck's My Bluegrass Heart w/ Sam Bush, Jerry Douglas, Stuart Duncan, Edgar Meyer and Bryan Sutton
- Dec. 10: Cascade Theatre, Redding
- Dec. 11: Silver Legacy Resort, Reno, NV
- Dec. 12: UC Theatre, Berkeley
- Dec. 13: Sunset Cultural Center, Carmel By The Sea
- Dec. 14: Segerstrom Center for the Arts, Costa Mesa
- Dec. 16: Balboa Theatre, San Diego
- Dec. 17: Theater at the ACE Hotel, Los Angeles
Jan. 12: Nefesh Mountain - Freight & Salvage, Berkeley
Feb. 9: Bruce Molsky & Alison deGroot - Freight & Salvage, Berkeley
March 4: Mr. Sun (feat Darol Anger) - Freight & Salvage, Berkeley
April 7: Aoife O'Donovan - Freight & Salvage, Berkeley
FESTIVALS
Sept. 23-26: Berkeley Old Time Music Convention
Sept. 23 -
12 pm: BLACK BANJO PRESENTATION w/ Tony Thomas: Gus Cannon and the Big Banjo World of 120 Years Ago - Oakland Public Conservatory (and Zoom)
1 pm: JAMMING—everyone welcome, but you must be fully vaccinated, and masks are required. For location, email: BOTMCAfternoonJam@gmail.com
3:30 pm: INSTRUCTIONAL WORKSHOPS w/ Eddie Bond (fiddle) & Jared Boyd (banjo) - Freight & Salvage, Berkeley (outdoors)
4 pm: ONLINE FAMILY CONCERT w/ Bayou Seco
5 pm: OPEN JAM w/ Jim & Amber Mueller - Freight & Salvage, Berkeley (outdoors) - please wear a mask!
8 pm: CONCERT w/ Jake Blount; Slate Mountain Ramblers; Jody Stecher & Kate Brislin - Freight & Salvage, Berkeley (and livestreamed)
Sept. 24 -
12 pm: BLACK BANJO PRESENTATION w/ Tony Thomas: Gus Cannon and the Five String Banjo In the Era of the Blues - Oakland Public Conservatory (and Zoom)
1 pm: JAMMING—everyone welcome, but you must be fully vaccinated and masks are required. For location, email: BOTMCAfternoonJam@gmail.com
3:30 pm: INSTRUCTIONAL WORKSHOPS w/ Richard Bowman (fiddle); Ivy Sheppard (banjo); David Greely (Cajun fiddle) - Freight & Salvage (outdoors)
5 pm: OPEN JAM with Harry & Cindy Liedstrand - Freight & Salvage, Berkeley (outdoors) - please wear a mask!
8 pm: CONCERT w/ Eddie Bond & Band; Horsenecks; Evie Ladin Band - Freight & Salvage, Berkeley (and livestreamed)
Sept. 25 -
11 am: STRING BAND CONTEST - Civic Center Park (MLK between Allston and Center); open jamming w/ Gabrielle Macrae and Barry Southern (the Horsenecks), starting at noon, guest set by Cajun fiddler David Greely, and more
4 pm: FLATFOOT CLOGGING WORKSHOP w/ Evie Ladin - online - info will be given after registration
7:30 pm: CAJUN DANCE LESSON w/ Evie Ladin - BrasArte, 1901 San Pablo Ave., Berkeley
8:00 pm: OLD TIME CAJUN DANCE PARTY w/ David Greely + Suzy, Eric & Allegra Thompson (Thompsonia); jamming w/ Eddie Bond and other BOTMC performers - online - info will be given after registration
Sept. 26 -
11 am: INSTRUCTIONAL WORKSHOPS w/ Jake Blount, Barry Southern (banjo); Jake Blount, Gabrielle Macrae (fiddle); Ivy Sheppard (beginning clawhammer banjo); Gabrielle Macrae (beginning fiddle) - Freight & Salvage, Berkeley (outdoors)
11 am: OPEN JAM w/ Mark Olson and Penny Critchlow; for location, email: BOTMCAfternoonJam@gmail.com - please wear a mask!
1 pm: JAMMING IN OHLONE PARK (across from North Berkeley BART) - please wear a mask!
NOTE: You must be FULLY VACCINATED and MASKED to attend any indoor event (concerts and Black Banjo presentations), as well as the Thurs. and Fri. afternoon jams.
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: 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; Barbaro, Cedar Hill, Crandall Creek, Fair Black Rose, Hillary Klug, Hubby Jenkins, Jake Blount, Never Come Down, Special Consensus, Valerie Smith & Liberty Pike
Virtual showcases streaming performances to WOB from around the globe: Bluegrass Stuff, Hayde Bluegrass Orchestra, Hot Diggity, Lluis Gómez FlamencoGrass Quartet, Mike Sanyshyn, Radim Zenkl & Ondra Kozák, Shane Hennessy, The Fountaineers, The Often Herd, Under the Rocks
- Oct. 1-2: IBMA Bluegrass Live - Red Hat Amphitheater
Béla Fleck's My Bluegrass Heart (w/ Michael Cleveland, Sierra Hull, Justin Moses, Mark Schatz, and Bryan Sutton); The Del McCoury Band; Trey Wellington Band; Sister Sadie; Mile Twelve; Steep Canyon Rangers; Gina Furtado Project; The Po’ Ramblin’ Boys; Yonder Mountain String Band; Jerry Douglas, Edgar Meyer & Odessa Settles; others
CONFIRMED 2022 FESTIVALS
Feb. 24-27: Wintergrass - Seattle
May 26-30: Strawberry Music Festival - Nevada County Fairgrounds, Grass Valley
June 16-19: Father's Day Bluegrass Festival - Nevada County Fairgrounds, Grass Valley
California Showcase: Blue & Lonesome; Crying Uncle Bluegrass Band; North Country Blue; Skillet Licorice; Sheri Lee
Aug. 11-14: Good Old Fashioned Bluegrass Festival - San Benito County Historical Park, Tres Pinos
