Festivals
May 23-27: STRAWBERRY SPRING MUSIC FESTIVAL - Nevada County Fairgrounds, Grass Valley
Molly Tuttle; Della Mae; Crying Uncle; Che Apalache; Hawktail; Songcatching Hazel: A Tribute To Hazel Dickens (Eli West, Ismay, & Paper Wings); Peter Rowan’s Free Mexican Air Force w/ Los Texmaniacs; Dustbowl Revival; California Honeydrops; Marley's Ghost; Wood Brothers; Teskey Brothers; David Myles; We Banjo 3; Cosmic Twang; Cheryl Wheeler; Sugarcane Jane; Ron Artis II; Nathan Ignacio; Banana Slug String Band
June 8: SAN FRANCISCO FREE FOLK FESTIVAL - Everett Middle School, SF
June 13-16 (Thur-Sun): FATHER'S DAY BLUEGRASS FESTIVAL - Nevada County Fairgrounds, Grass Valley
Sister Sadie – Fri/Sat
Joe Mullins & the Radio Ramblers – Sat/Sun
Po’ Ramblin’ Boys – Fri/Sat
David Parmley & Cardinal Tradition – Sat/Sun
Lonely Heartstring Band – Thur/Fri
FY5 – Thur/Fri
Volume Five (with Adam Steffey) – Sat/Sun
Carolina Blue – Thur/Fri
Evie Ladin Band – Thur/Fri
Tommy & the Rozumatics – Sat/Sun
CALIFORNIA SHOWCASE BANDS:
The Old Pals – Thur/Fri
The Central Valley Boys – Thur/Fri
Phil Salazar and the Kinfolk – Thur/Fri
Coyote Brothers – Fri/Sat
The High Water Line – Sat/Sun
VERN’S STAGE:
Thursday:
12:50 - Fog Holler
1:35 - Stray Hollow
2:20 - One Button Suit
5:45 - Lost Radio Drift
6:30 - Mission Blue
7:15 - Matt & George & Their Pleasant Valley Boys
Friday
12:50 - Angel City Bluegrass Boys
1:35 - The Blue J’s
2:20 - Cogdill & Gates
5:45 - North Country Blue
6:30 - The Town Howlers
7:15 – Bean Creek
Saturday
12:50 - Dark Hollow
1:35 - Tom Bekeny & The Bluegrass Buddies
2:20 - Vintage Grass
5:45 – Keith Little & the Little Band with Kazauhiro Inaba
Sunday
12:50 - Jubilee
1:30 – The No Good Redwood Ramblers
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
Modock Rounders; Thomas Maupin & Daniel Rothwell; Jim Kweskin & Geoff Muldaur; Earl White Band; Crooked Jades; Squirrelly Stringband; ...
Oct. 4-6: HARDLY STRICTLY BLUEGRASS FESTIVAL - Golden Gate Park, SF
Oct. 13-14: SANTA BARBARA OLD TIME FIDDLERS CONVENTION - Goleta
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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/
May 23-27: STRAWBERRY SPRING MUSIC FESTIVAL - Nevada County Fairgrounds, Grass Valley
Molly Tuttle; Della Mae; Crying Uncle; Che Apalache; Hawktail; Songcatching Hazel: A Tribute To Hazel Dickens (Eli West, Ismay, & Paper Wings); Peter Rowan’s Free Mexican Air Force w/ Los Texmaniacs; Dustbowl Revival; California Honeydrops; Marley's Ghost; Wood Brothers; Teskey Brothers; David Myles; We Banjo 3; Cosmic Twang; Cheryl Wheeler; Sugarcane Jane; Ron Artis II; Nathan Ignacio; Banana Slug String Band
June 8: SAN FRANCISCO FREE FOLK FESTIVAL - Everett Middle School, SF
June 13-16 (Thur-Sun): FATHER'S DAY BLUEGRASS FESTIVAL - Nevada County Fairgrounds, Grass Valley
Sister Sadie – Fri/Sat
Joe Mullins & the Radio Ramblers – Sat/Sun
Po’ Ramblin’ Boys – Fri/Sat
David Parmley & Cardinal Tradition – Sat/Sun
Lonely Heartstring Band – Thur/Fri
FY5 – Thur/Fri
Volume Five (with Adam Steffey) – Sat/Sun
Carolina Blue – Thur/Fri
Evie Ladin Band – Thur/Fri
Tommy & the Rozumatics – Sat/Sun
CALIFORNIA SHOWCASE BANDS:
The Old Pals – Thur/Fri
The Central Valley Boys – Thur/Fri
Phil Salazar and the Kinfolk – Thur/Fri
Coyote Brothers – Fri/Sat
The High Water Line – Sat/Sun
VERN’S STAGE:
Thursday:
12:50 - Fog Holler
1:35 - Stray Hollow
2:20 - One Button Suit
5:45 - Lost Radio Drift
6:30 - Mission Blue
7:15 - Matt & George & Their Pleasant Valley Boys
Friday
12:50 - Angel City Bluegrass Boys
1:35 - The Blue J’s
2:20 - Cogdill & Gates
5:45 - North Country Blue
6:30 - The Town Howlers
7:15 – Bean Creek
Saturday
12:50 - Dark Hollow
1:35 - Tom Bekeny & The Bluegrass Buddies
2:20 - Vintage Grass
5:45 – Keith Little & the Little Band with Kazauhiro Inaba
Sunday
12:50 - Jubilee
1:30 – The No Good Redwood Ramblers
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
Modock Rounders; Thomas Maupin & Daniel Rothwell; Jim Kweskin & Geoff Muldaur; Earl White Band; Crooked Jades; Squirrelly Stringband; ...
Oct. 4-6: HARDLY STRICTLY BLUEGRASS FESTIVAL - Golden Gate Park, SF
Oct. 13-14: SANTA BARBARA OLD TIME FIDDLERS CONVENTION - Goleta
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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/