Festivals
Aug. 8-11: GOOD OLD FASHIONED BLUEGRASS FESTIVAL - San Benito County Historical Park, Tres Piños
Barwick & Siegfried; Bean Creek; Ben Greenberg; Bloomfield Bluegrass; Blue Summit; Bluegrass Element; Dark Hollow; Fog Holler; Goat Hill Girls; Grasskickers; Highway One; Kids On Stage; Muleskinner Stomp; Nell & Jim Band; North Country Blue; Red Dog Ash; Rita Hosking Duo; Rose Valley Thorns; Stoney Mountain Ramblers; The Gilly Girls; The Town Howlers; Wendy Burch Steel & Redwood; Windy Hill
NOTE: No Strawberry Fall Festival in 2019.
Aug. 30 - Sept. 1: PLUMAS HOMEGROWN AMERICANA FESTIVAL - Quincy
Peter Rowan; Wendy Burch Steel & Redwood; Wildcat Mountain Ramblers; North Country Blue; Short People; Sourdough Slim; The Newport Nightingales; Rockridge Bluegrass Band; Now & Then; Sparky & the Ancient Mariner; Zinger Phillips Band; CW Bayer & Dr. Spitmore; Lilah Washburn & The Quincy Pickers; Tony Argento (cowboy poet)
Sept. 18-22: BERKELEY OLD TIME MUSIC CONVENTION - Berkeley
Wed/Sept. 18
8 pm: welcome party - Niebyl Proctor Library, Oakland
Thur/Sept. 19
11 am: panel discussion w/ moderators Maria Sonevytsky & Ben Brinner - Hertz Hall, UC Berkeley Campus; followed by jamming with the panelists outside under the oak tree
1 pm: open jam - <afternoon-jam@berkeleyoldtimemusic.org> for location (near Ashby BART)
3:30 pm: workshops at Freight & Salvage, Berkeley
5 pm: hosted jam at the Freight
8 pm: concert at the Freight - Jerron Paxton; Thomas Maupin & Daniel Rothwell Band; Crooked Jades
Fri/Sept. 20
1 pm: open jam - <afternoon-jam@berkeleyoldtimemusic.org> for location (near Ashby BART)
5 pm: hosted jam at the Freight
5:30 pm: square dance at downtown Berkeley BART plaza; music: Echo Mountain; caller: Sue Hulsether
6 pm: workshops at Freight & Salvage, Berkeley
8 pm: concert at the Freight - Geoff Muldaur & Jim Kweskin with Suzy Thompson; Modock Rounders; Donna Ray Norton
Sat/Sept. 21
10:15 am: family concert at Berkeley Public Library Main Branch; w/ Morgan Cochneuer
11 am: Berkeley Farmers Market String Band Contest - Civic Center Park (Center St. near Milvia)
1 pm: children’s fiddle workshop w/ Elise Engleberg - Freight & Salvage, Berkeley
3 pm: workshops at Freight & Salvage, Berkeley
5 pm: callers workshop w/ Sue Hulsether - Ashkenaz, Berkeley
7:30 pm: flatfooting workshop w/ Thomas Maupin and Ruth Alpert - Ashkenaz, Berkeley
8 pm: square dance - Ashkenaz, Berkeley; music: Earl White Band, Modock Rounders, Squirrelly Stringband; callers: Sue Hulsether, Robin Fischer
8 pm: jamming in the back room at Ashkenaz, Berkeley; song circle w/ Donna Ray Norton; jam w/ Echo Mountain
Sun/Sept. 22
11 am: workshops at Freight & Salvage, Berkeley
1 pm: workshops at Freight & Salvage, Berkeley
1 pm: open jam - Ohlone Park, across from North Berkeley BART
3 pm: family square dance at Ashkenaz, Berkeley; music: Sydney Roberts & Friends; caller: Sue Hulsether; guest appearance by the BOTMC Kid's Fiddle Band
Oct. 4-6: HARDLY STRICTLY BLUEGRASS FESTIVAL - Golden Gate Park, SF
Oct. 12-13: SANTA BARBARA OLD TIME FIDDLERS CONVENTION - Goleta
Rafe Stefanini; Hog-Eyed Man; Jim & Jamie Fox; The Todalo Shakers; The Horsenecks
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WEST COAST FESTIVALS
Jan. (third weekend): BLYTHE BLUEGRASS FESTIVAL - Colorado River Fairgrounds, Blythe
http://www.blythebluegrass.com/
Jan. (fourth Saturday): BLUEGRASS ON BROADWAY - Redwood City
http://www.scbs.org/events/bob/
Feb. (fourth weekend): WINTERGRASS - Bellevue, WA
http://wintergrass.com/
March (first weekend): BLUEGRASS ON THE BEACH - Lake Havasu City, AZ
http://bluegrassonthebeach.com/
March/April: BROOKDALE BLUEGRASS SPRING FESTIVAL
http://www.brookdalebluegrass.com/
March (second Saturday): SONOMA COUNTY BLUEGRASS & FOLK FESTIVAL - Sebastopol Community Center
http://www.socofoso.com/
April (first Saturday): CLOVERDALE FIDDLE FESTIVAL - Citrus Fairgrounds, Cloverdale
http://www.cloverdalefiddles.com/
May (first Saturday): SANTA CRUZ BLUEGRASS FAIR - San Lorenzo Park, Santa Cruz
http://www.scbs.org/events/scbgfair/
May (second weekend): PARKFIELD BLUEGRASS FESTIVAL - V6 Ranch, Parkfield
https://parkfieldbluegrass.org/
May (third weekend): BERKELEY BLUEGRASS FESTIVAL - Freight & Salvage, Berkeley
https://www.thefreight.org/berkeley-bluegrass-festival/
May (third weekend): BLUEGRASS FROM THE FOREST - Shelton, WA
http://bluegrassfromtheforest.com/
May (Memorial Day weekend): STRAWBERRY SPRING MUSIC FESTIVAL - Nevada County Fairgrounds, Grass Valley
http://strawberrymusic.com/
June (second Saturday): SAN FRANCISCO FREE FOLK FESTIVAL - Everett Middle School, SF
http://sffolkfest.org/multisite/2018/
June (third weekend): FATHER'S DAY FESTIVAL - Nevada County Fairgrounds, Grass Valley
http://fathersdayfestival.com/
June (third weekend): LIVE OAK MUSIC FESTIVAL - Live Oak Camp, Santa Barbara
https://www.liveoakfest.org/
June (third weekend): WENATCHEE RIVER BLUEGRASS FESTIVAL
http://www.cashmerecoffeehouse.com/wrbfest.htm
June (fourth weekend): SUSANVILLE BLUEGRASS FESTIVAL - Lassen County Fairgrounds, Susanville
http://lassencountyfair.org/interim-events/bluegrass-festival
June (final weekend): KATE WOLF MUSIC FESTIVAL - Black Oak Ranch, Laytonville
http://katewolfmusicfestival.com/
July (third weekend): DARRINGTON BLUEGRASS FESTIVAL - Darrington, WA
http://www.darringtonbluegrass.com/
July (fourth weekend): GORGE GRASS - Stevenson, WA
http://new.columbiagorgebluegrass.net/
Aug. (second weekend): GOOD OLD FASHIONED BLUEGRASS FESTIVAL - San Benito County Historical Park, Tres Piños
http://www.scbs.org/events/gof/
Aug. (second weekend): BLUE WATERS BLUEGRASS FESTIVAL - Medical Lake, WA
http://www.bluewatersbluegrass.org/
Aug. (third weekend): SUMMERGRASS - Antique Gas & Steam Engine Museum, Vista
http://www.summergrass.net/
Aug./Sept. (Labor Day Weekend): STRAWBERRY FALL MUSIC FESTIVAL - Westside, Tuolumne
http://strawberrymusic.com/
Sept. (third or fourth weekend): BERKELEY OLD TIME MUSIC CONVENTION - Berkeley
http://www.berkeleyoldtimemusic.org/
Sept. 24-28: IBMA World Of Bluegrass, etc.
Oct.(first weekend): HARDLY STRICTLY BLUEGRASS FESTIVAL - SF
http://www.strictlybluegrass.com/
Oct. (first weekend): HUCK FINN JUBILEE - Ontario, CA
https://www.huckfinn.com/
Aug. 8-11: GOOD OLD FASHIONED BLUEGRASS FESTIVAL - San Benito County Historical Park, Tres Piños
Barwick & Siegfried; Bean Creek; Ben Greenberg; Bloomfield Bluegrass; Blue Summit; Bluegrass Element; Dark Hollow; Fog Holler; Goat Hill Girls; Grasskickers; Highway One; Kids On Stage; Muleskinner Stomp; Nell & Jim Band; North Country Blue; Red Dog Ash; Rita Hosking Duo; Rose Valley Thorns; Stoney Mountain Ramblers; The Gilly Girls; The Town Howlers; Wendy Burch Steel & Redwood; Windy Hill
NOTE: No Strawberry Fall Festival in 2019.
Aug. 30 - Sept. 1: PLUMAS HOMEGROWN AMERICANA FESTIVAL - Quincy
Peter Rowan; Wendy Burch Steel & Redwood; Wildcat Mountain Ramblers; North Country Blue; Short People; Sourdough Slim; The Newport Nightingales; Rockridge Bluegrass Band; Now & Then; Sparky & the Ancient Mariner; Zinger Phillips Band; CW Bayer & Dr. Spitmore; Lilah Washburn & The Quincy Pickers; Tony Argento (cowboy poet)
Sept. 18-22: BERKELEY OLD TIME MUSIC CONVENTION - Berkeley
Wed/Sept. 18
8 pm: welcome party - Niebyl Proctor Library, Oakland
Thur/Sept. 19
11 am: panel discussion w/ moderators Maria Sonevytsky & Ben Brinner - Hertz Hall, UC Berkeley Campus; followed by jamming with the panelists outside under the oak tree
1 pm: open jam - <afternoon-jam@berkeleyoldtimemusic.org> for location (near Ashby BART)
3:30 pm: workshops at Freight & Salvage, Berkeley
5 pm: hosted jam at the Freight
8 pm: concert at the Freight - Jerron Paxton; Thomas Maupin & Daniel Rothwell Band; Crooked Jades
Fri/Sept. 20
1 pm: open jam - <afternoon-jam@berkeleyoldtimemusic.org> for location (near Ashby BART)
5 pm: hosted jam at the Freight
5:30 pm: square dance at downtown Berkeley BART plaza; music: Echo Mountain; caller: Sue Hulsether
6 pm: workshops at Freight & Salvage, Berkeley
8 pm: concert at the Freight - Geoff Muldaur & Jim Kweskin with Suzy Thompson; Modock Rounders; Donna Ray Norton
Sat/Sept. 21
10:15 am: family concert at Berkeley Public Library Main Branch; w/ Morgan Cochneuer
11 am: Berkeley Farmers Market String Band Contest - Civic Center Park (Center St. near Milvia)
1 pm: children’s fiddle workshop w/ Elise Engleberg - Freight & Salvage, Berkeley
3 pm: workshops at Freight & Salvage, Berkeley
5 pm: callers workshop w/ Sue Hulsether - Ashkenaz, Berkeley
7:30 pm: flatfooting workshop w/ Thomas Maupin and Ruth Alpert - Ashkenaz, Berkeley
8 pm: square dance - Ashkenaz, Berkeley; music: Earl White Band, Modock Rounders, Squirrelly Stringband; callers: Sue Hulsether, Robin Fischer
8 pm: jamming in the back room at Ashkenaz, Berkeley; song circle w/ Donna Ray Norton; jam w/ Echo Mountain
Sun/Sept. 22
11 am: workshops at Freight & Salvage, Berkeley
1 pm: workshops at Freight & Salvage, Berkeley
1 pm: open jam - Ohlone Park, across from North Berkeley BART
3 pm: family square dance at Ashkenaz, Berkeley; music: Sydney Roberts & Friends; caller: Sue Hulsether; guest appearance by the BOTMC Kid's Fiddle Band
Oct. 4-6: HARDLY STRICTLY BLUEGRASS FESTIVAL - Golden Gate Park, SF
Oct. 12-13: SANTA BARBARA OLD TIME FIDDLERS CONVENTION - Goleta
Rafe Stefanini; Hog-Eyed Man; Jim & Jamie Fox; The Todalo Shakers; The Horsenecks
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WEST COAST FESTIVALS
Jan. (third weekend): BLYTHE BLUEGRASS FESTIVAL - Colorado River Fairgrounds, Blythe
http://www.blythebluegrass.com/
Jan. (fourth Saturday): BLUEGRASS ON BROADWAY - Redwood City
http://www.scbs.org/events/bob/
Feb. (fourth weekend): WINTERGRASS - Bellevue, WA
http://wintergrass.com/
March (first weekend): BLUEGRASS ON THE BEACH - Lake Havasu City, AZ
http://bluegrassonthebeach.com/
March/April: BROOKDALE BLUEGRASS SPRING FESTIVAL
http://www.brookdalebluegrass.com/
March (second Saturday): SONOMA COUNTY BLUEGRASS & FOLK FESTIVAL - Sebastopol Community Center
http://www.socofoso.com/
April (first Saturday): CLOVERDALE FIDDLE FESTIVAL - Citrus Fairgrounds, Cloverdale
http://www.cloverdalefiddles.com/
May (first Saturday): SANTA CRUZ BLUEGRASS FAIR - San Lorenzo Park, Santa Cruz
http://www.scbs.org/events/scbgfair/
May (second weekend): PARKFIELD BLUEGRASS FESTIVAL - V6 Ranch, Parkfield
https://parkfieldbluegrass.org/
May (third weekend): BERKELEY BLUEGRASS FESTIVAL - Freight & Salvage, Berkeley
https://www.thefreight.org/berkeley-bluegrass-festival/
May (third weekend): BLUEGRASS FROM THE FOREST - Shelton, WA
http://bluegrassfromtheforest.com/
May (Memorial Day weekend): STRAWBERRY SPRING MUSIC FESTIVAL - Nevada County Fairgrounds, Grass Valley
http://strawberrymusic.com/
June (second Saturday): SAN FRANCISCO FREE FOLK FESTIVAL - Everett Middle School, SF
http://sffolkfest.org/multisite/2018/
June (third weekend): FATHER'S DAY FESTIVAL - Nevada County Fairgrounds, Grass Valley
http://fathersdayfestival.com/
June (third weekend): LIVE OAK MUSIC FESTIVAL - Live Oak Camp, Santa Barbara
https://www.liveoakfest.org/
June (third weekend): WENATCHEE RIVER BLUEGRASS FESTIVAL
http://www.cashmerecoffeehouse.com/wrbfest.htm
June (fourth weekend): SUSANVILLE BLUEGRASS FESTIVAL - Lassen County Fairgrounds, Susanville
http://lassencountyfair.org/interim-events/bluegrass-festival
June (final weekend): KATE WOLF MUSIC FESTIVAL - Black Oak Ranch, Laytonville
http://katewolfmusicfestival.com/
July (third weekend): DARRINGTON BLUEGRASS FESTIVAL - Darrington, WA
http://www.darringtonbluegrass.com/
July (fourth weekend): GORGE GRASS - Stevenson, WA
http://new.columbiagorgebluegrass.net/
Aug. (second weekend): GOOD OLD FASHIONED BLUEGRASS FESTIVAL - San Benito County Historical Park, Tres Piños
http://www.scbs.org/events/gof/
Aug. (second weekend): BLUE WATERS BLUEGRASS FESTIVAL - Medical Lake, WA
http://www.bluewatersbluegrass.org/
Aug. (third weekend): SUMMERGRASS - Antique Gas & Steam Engine Museum, Vista
http://www.summergrass.net/
Aug./Sept. (Labor Day Weekend): STRAWBERRY FALL MUSIC FESTIVAL - Westside, Tuolumne
http://strawberrymusic.com/
Sept. (third or fourth weekend): BERKELEY OLD TIME MUSIC CONVENTION - Berkeley
http://www.berkeleyoldtimemusic.org/
Sept. 24-28: IBMA World Of Bluegrass, etc.
Oct.(first weekend): HARDLY STRICTLY BLUEGRASS FESTIVAL - SF
http://www.strictlybluegrass.com/
Oct. (first weekend): HUCK FINN JUBILEE - Ontario, CA
https://www.huckfinn.com/