Festivals
April 7 (noon): BOTMC SPRING SITUATION - Freight & Salvage, Berkeley
concerts:
Easy Winners; Jubilee; Free Little Birds; New Vintage Revelers; Fazal Ahmadyar Ensemble (Afghan music)
workshops:
Get Sad to Get Glad; an Old Time Cry Off w/ Katelyn Kimmons (Undone in Sorrow)
Fiddle workshop w/ Thomas Angell
Banjo workshop w/ Jordan Ruyle
Mandolin workshop w/ Nick Robinson & Zac Salem
Intro to Oldtime Jams w/ Robin Fischer & Rowan McCallister (Bearcat Duo)
Cajun jam w/ Agi Ban & Mark Marcin
From Ireland to Appalachia & beyond - listening session w/ David Brown
Afghan music & dance w/ Fazal Ahmadyar Ensemble
Cello workshop w/ Aerie Walker (Jubilee)
Mexican fiddle music & songs w/ La Familia Peña-Govea
Songs of Protest w/ Free Little Birds
April 19-21: BROOKDALE BLUEGRASS SPRING FESTIVAL - San Benito County Historical Park, Tres Pinos (indoor show)
Peter Towan; Blue Summit; Town Howlers; Stoney Mountain Ramblers; Wildcat Mountain Ramblers; Toby Gray & His Harlan County Covey; Banjer Dan; Laura Lind; Tina Louise Barr
May 9-12: PARKFIELD BLUEGRASS FESTIVAL - V6 Ranch, Parkfield
Special Consensus; Slocan Ramblers; Cache Valley Drifters; North Country Blue; ...
May 16-19: BERKELEY BLUEGRASS FESTIVAL - Freight & Salvage, Berkeley
- May 16: tba
- May 17: Blue Summit; Front Country; Hot Buttered Rum; High Water Line (Gallery Stage)
- May 18: Earls Of Leicester; Kathy Kallick Band (also: afternoon family show); North Country Blue (Gallery Stage)
- May 19: Laurie Lewis & the Right Hands with Jerry Douglas; Amy Scher & Hailey Pexton; tba (Gallery Stage)
- plus workshops, jams, and a sing-along with High Country on May 19 (1 pm)
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 13-16, 2019: FATHER'S DAY BLUEGRASS FESTIVAL - Nevada County Fairgrounds, Grass Valley
Sister Sadie; Joe Mullins & the Radio Ramblers; Po’ Ramblin’ Boys; Cardinal Tradition (w/ David Parmley & Randy Graham); Lonely Heartstring Band; FY5; Volume Five (w/ Adam Steffey); Evie Ladin Band; Carolina Blue; Tommy & the Rozumatics
California Showcase Bands: The Central Valley Boys; Phil Salazar and the Kinfolk; Coyote Brothers; High Water Line; Old Pals
Vern's Stage: Cogdill & Gates; Dark Hollow; Fog Holler; Jubilee; Lost Radio Drift; Matt & George & Their Pleasant Valley Boys; Mission Blue; North Country Blue; One Button Suit; Stray Hollow; Angel City Bluegrass Boys; The Blue J’s; No Good Redwood Ramblers; The Town Howlers; Tom Bekeny & The Bluegrass Buddies; Vintage Grass
Aug. 8-11: GOOD OLD FASHIONED BLUEGRASS FESTIVAL - San Benito County Historical Park, Tres Piños
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; ...
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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/
April 7 (noon): BOTMC SPRING SITUATION - Freight & Salvage, Berkeley
concerts:
Easy Winners; Jubilee; Free Little Birds; New Vintage Revelers; Fazal Ahmadyar Ensemble (Afghan music)
workshops:
Get Sad to Get Glad; an Old Time Cry Off w/ Katelyn Kimmons (Undone in Sorrow)
Fiddle workshop w/ Thomas Angell
Banjo workshop w/ Jordan Ruyle
Mandolin workshop w/ Nick Robinson & Zac Salem
Intro to Oldtime Jams w/ Robin Fischer & Rowan McCallister (Bearcat Duo)
Cajun jam w/ Agi Ban & Mark Marcin
From Ireland to Appalachia & beyond - listening session w/ David Brown
Afghan music & dance w/ Fazal Ahmadyar Ensemble
Cello workshop w/ Aerie Walker (Jubilee)
Mexican fiddle music & songs w/ La Familia Peña-Govea
Songs of Protest w/ Free Little Birds
April 19-21: BROOKDALE BLUEGRASS SPRING FESTIVAL - San Benito County Historical Park, Tres Pinos (indoor show)
Peter Towan; Blue Summit; Town Howlers; Stoney Mountain Ramblers; Wildcat Mountain Ramblers; Toby Gray & His Harlan County Covey; Banjer Dan; Laura Lind; Tina Louise Barr
May 9-12: PARKFIELD BLUEGRASS FESTIVAL - V6 Ranch, Parkfield
Special Consensus; Slocan Ramblers; Cache Valley Drifters; North Country Blue; ...
May 16-19: BERKELEY BLUEGRASS FESTIVAL - Freight & Salvage, Berkeley
- May 16: tba
- May 17: Blue Summit; Front Country; Hot Buttered Rum; High Water Line (Gallery Stage)
- May 18: Earls Of Leicester; Kathy Kallick Band (also: afternoon family show); North Country Blue (Gallery Stage)
- May 19: Laurie Lewis & the Right Hands with Jerry Douglas; Amy Scher & Hailey Pexton; tba (Gallery Stage)
- plus workshops, jams, and a sing-along with High Country on May 19 (1 pm)
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 13-16, 2019: FATHER'S DAY BLUEGRASS FESTIVAL - Nevada County Fairgrounds, Grass Valley
Sister Sadie; Joe Mullins & the Radio Ramblers; Po’ Ramblin’ Boys; Cardinal Tradition (w/ David Parmley & Randy Graham); Lonely Heartstring Band; FY5; Volume Five (w/ Adam Steffey); Evie Ladin Band; Carolina Blue; Tommy & the Rozumatics
California Showcase Bands: The Central Valley Boys; Phil Salazar and the Kinfolk; Coyote Brothers; High Water Line; Old Pals
Vern's Stage: Cogdill & Gates; Dark Hollow; Fog Holler; Jubilee; Lost Radio Drift; Matt & George & Their Pleasant Valley Boys; Mission Blue; North Country Blue; One Button Suit; Stray Hollow; Angel City Bluegrass Boys; The Blue J’s; No Good Redwood Ramblers; The Town Howlers; Tom Bekeny & The Bluegrass Buddies; Vintage Grass
Aug. 8-11: GOOD OLD FASHIONED BLUEGRASS FESTIVAL - San Benito County Historical Park, Tres Piños
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; ...
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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/