A partial list of performers at the California Bluegrass Association's Father's Day Bluegrass Festivals - SOURCE: https://musicbrainz.org
Corrections and additions are most welcome!
1976
A Touch of Grass
The Caffrey Family
Good Ol' Persons
Josh Graves
Ray Park
Bill White
Vern Williams
1977
Country Ham
Done Gone
Good Ol' Persons
Lost Highway
River City Ramblers
Bill White
The Vern Williams Band
1978
A Touch of Grass
Bill White & Friends
The Caffrey Family
Country Ham
Done Gone
Lost Highway
River City Ramblers
Paul Shelasky
South Loomis Quickstep
Kate Wolf
1979
Any Old Time
Done Gone
Good Ol' Persons
High Country
South Loomis Quickstep
Bill White
1980
Done Gone
Sawtooth Mountain Boys
Ricky Skaggs
Buck White & Down Home Folks
1981
Delia Bell & Bill Grant
Cache Valley Drifters
Country Ham
Good Ol' Persons
Grant Street
High Country
Del McCoury and The Dixie Pals
Tall Timber
Bill White
The Vern Williams Band
1982
Bill Harrell and The Virginians
Blue Flame Stringband
Hurricane Ridge Runners
Lost Highway
Sawtooth Mountain Boys
The Vern Williams Band
1983
Country Ham
Good Ol' Persons
Grant Street String Band
High Country
Hot Rize
The Lewis Family
Possum Trot
1984
A Touch of Grass
Blue Flame Stringband
Grant Street String Band
The High Window Boys
The Sally Mountain Show
Sawtooth Mountain Boys
The Vern Williams Band
1985
A Touch of Grass
Byron Berline/Dan Crary/John Hickman
The Country Gentlemen
Country Ham
Good Ol' Persons
High Country
Sandy Rothman
Alan Senauke
1986
The Bluegrass Patriots
Country Ham
Jim and Jesse
Rose Maddox
The Phil Salazar Band
The Virginia Squires
Bill White
The Vern Williams Band
1987
A Touch of Grass
High Country
The Del McCoury Band
The Osborne Brothers
Possum Trot
Sawtooth Mountain Boys
Sidesaddle
Weary Hearts
Bill White
1988
Rick Abrams
The Bluegrass Patriots
California Quickstep
Front Range
Homefire
Rose Maddox
The Rice Brothers
Phil Salazar
The Virginia Squires
Vern Williams
1989
Delia Bell & Bill Grant
The Bluegrass Cardinals
Good Ol' Persons
High Country
Laurie Lewis & Grant Street
Del McCoury
Sidesaddle
Weary Hearts
1990
A Touch of Grass
The Bluegrass Patriots
California Quickstep
Country Ham
The Crowe Brothers
Jim Eanes
Raymond Fairchild
Front Range
The Lewis Family
Rose Maddox
Jimmy Martin
Piney Creek Weasels
Tenbrooks
The Done Gone Band Reunion
1991
The All Girl Boys
Appalachian Express
Charlie Waller and the Country Gentlemen
The Dillards
Bill Emerson
Good Ol' Persons
Randall Hylton
Kentucky Rose
Tom Sauber
Larry Sparks and the Lonesome Ramblers
Stoney Lonesome
U.S. Navy Band with Bill Emerson
The Whitstein Brothers
Chubby Wise
1992
97th Regimental String Band
Delia Bell & Bill Grant
The Bluegrass Patriots
Country Ham
Jim Eanes
The Gillis Brothers
IIIrd Tyme Out
The Johnson Mountain Boys
The Larry Stephenson Band
Laurie Lewis & Grant Street
Rose Maddox
The Del McCoury Band
Ric-O-Chet
The Sand Mountain Boys
Art Stamper
Carl Story
Tenbrooks
The Vern Williams Band
1993
The Andy Owens Project
The Bluegrass Thoroughbreds
The Boys From Indiana
Charlie Waller and the Country Gentlemen
Dry Branch Fire Squad
Raymond Fairchild
Foxfire
Front Range
Hazel River Band
Randall Hylton
Lynn Morris Band
Larry Perkins
Petticoat Junction
Piney Creek Weasels
The Reno Brothers
Ronnie Reno
Leroy Troy
Chubby Wise
1994
The Bluegrass Patriots
California
Country Ham
Due West
Jim and Jesse
The Johnson Mountain Boys
Kevin Williamson & Shadow Ridge
Lost & Found
Rose Maddox
The Del McCoury Band
Radio Flyer
Ric-O-Chet
Sally Van Meter Band
The Traditional Grass
1995
The All Girl Boys
Bass Mountain Boys
Blue Highway
Bob Flesher
Dry Branch Fire Squad
Bill Emerson
Foxfire
Highstrung
Laurel Canyon Ramblers
The Nashville Bluegrass Band
Petticoat Junction
Piney Creek Weasels
The Rice Brothers
The Sand Mountain Boys
Chubby Wise
1996
The Bluegrass Patriots
Continental Divide
Due West
Front Range
IIIrd Tyme Out
Chris Jones and the Night Drivers
Alison Krauss & Union Station
Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver
The Osborne Brothers
David Parmley
Ric-O-Chet
Jody Stecher & Kate Brislin
Scott Vestal
Mac Wiseman
The Witcher Brothers
1997
Alvin Breeden & the Virginia Cutups
Bluegrass Etc.
Cedar Grove Bluegrass Band
Country Current
Country Ham
Fox Family
The Gibson Brothers
Skip Gorman
Lost & Found
Rose Maddox
The Del McCoury Band
Petticoat Junction
Piney Creek Weasels
Roanoke
The Sand Mountain Boys
Special Consensus
Doc Watson
1998
The Bluegrass Patriots
Bob Flesher
Dry Branch Fire Squad
The Freight Hoppers
The Grasshoppers
Laurie Lewis
Lonesome River Band
The Long & Pardue Band
Lost Highway
Lynn Morris
The Nashville Bluegrass Band
New Tradition
New Vintage
Lisa Ray
Ralph Stanley
Vince Combs & ShadeTree Bluegrass
1999
5 for the Gospel
Country Ham
The Crooked Jades
Dave Evans and River Bend
IIIrd Tyme Out
Kathy Kallick Band
Mountain Heart
The Osborne Brothers
The Sand Mountain Boys
Larry Sparks and the Lonesome Ramblers
Special Consensus
Tim Graves & Cherokee
Mac Wiseman
The Witcher Brothers
Within Tradition
2000
The Bluegrass Patriots
California
Country Current
Country Ham
J.D. Crowe and the New South
Fox Family
IIIrd Tyme Out
James King Band
Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver
Lost & Found
Lost Highway
Mountain Heart
Rarely Herd
The Reno Brothers
Sand Mountain
2001
Good Ol' Persons
The Grasshoppers
Jimmy Bowen & Santa Fe
Kathy Kallick Band
James King Band
Keith Little
Lonesome River Band
Longview
Lost Highway
Lynwood Lunsford and The Misty Valley Boys
Lynn Morris Band
Ron Spears & Within Tradition
The Seldom Scene
Vince Combs & ShadeTree Bluegrass
2002
Bluegrass Brothers
Carolina Special
Country Current
Country Ham
Dark Hollow
David Peterson & 1946
The Dowden Sisters
Dry Branch Fire Squad
The Earl Brothers
IIIrd Tyme Out
Jimmy Bowen & Santa Fe
Larry Cordle & Lonesome Standard Time
Lost Highway
The Nashville Bluegrass Band
Perfect Strangers
Pine Mountain Railroad
Sidesaddle & Co.
Rhonda Vincent and The Rage
2003
Blue Highway
The Crooked Jades
Dave Evans & Riverbend
Due West
Frank Ray & Cedar Hill
High Country
Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver
The Del McCoury Band
NewFound Road
Open Road
Pacific Crest
Reeltime Travelers
Special Consensus
Rhonda Vincent and The Rage
2004
The Bluegrass Cardinals
The Bluegrass Patriots
Cabin Fever
Carolina Road
Carolina Special
J.D. Crowe and the New South
David Parmley & Continental Divide
The Gibson Brothers
Skip Gorman
Laurie Lewis
Michelle Nixon & Drive
Mountain Heart
Pine Mountain Railroad
Dirk Powell
Rick Jamison and Copper Canyon
Ron Spears & Within Tradition
Tom Rozum
Chris Stuart & Backcountry
West Coast Ramblers
2005
Country Current
Country Ham
The Done Gone Band
Dry Branch Fire Squad
Good Ol' Persons
The Grascals
High Country
IIIrd Tyme Out
Lost Highway
Matt Kinman's Old Time Serenaders
The Del McCoury Band
Sidesaddle & Co.
Rhonda Vincent and The Rage
...
2025
Canote Brothers
Crying Uncle Bluegrass Band
Clinton Davis Band
The Gibson Brothers
Good Ol' Persons
Kathy Kallick-Laurie Lewis Band
AJ Lee & Blue Summit
Laurie Lewis & The Right Hands
Mission Blue
Rob Ickes & Trey Hensley
Junior Sisk
The Town Howlers
The Travelin’ McCourys
Windy Hill
Corrections and additions are most welcome!
1976
A Touch of Grass
The Caffrey Family
Good Ol' Persons
Josh Graves
Ray Park
Bill White
Vern Williams
1977
Country Ham
Done Gone
Good Ol' Persons
Lost Highway
River City Ramblers
Bill White
The Vern Williams Band
1978
A Touch of Grass
Bill White & Friends
The Caffrey Family
Country Ham
Done Gone
Lost Highway
River City Ramblers
Paul Shelasky
South Loomis Quickstep
Kate Wolf
1979
Any Old Time
Done Gone
Good Ol' Persons
High Country
South Loomis Quickstep
Bill White
1980
Done Gone
Sawtooth Mountain Boys
Ricky Skaggs
Buck White & Down Home Folks
1981
Delia Bell & Bill Grant
Cache Valley Drifters
Country Ham
Good Ol' Persons
Grant Street
High Country
Del McCoury and The Dixie Pals
Tall Timber
Bill White
The Vern Williams Band
1982
Bill Harrell and The Virginians
Blue Flame Stringband
Hurricane Ridge Runners
Lost Highway
Sawtooth Mountain Boys
The Vern Williams Band
1983
Country Ham
Good Ol' Persons
Grant Street String Band
High Country
Hot Rize
The Lewis Family
Possum Trot
1984
A Touch of Grass
Blue Flame Stringband
Grant Street String Band
The High Window Boys
The Sally Mountain Show
Sawtooth Mountain Boys
The Vern Williams Band
1985
A Touch of Grass
Byron Berline/Dan Crary/John Hickman
The Country Gentlemen
Country Ham
Good Ol' Persons
High Country
Sandy Rothman
Alan Senauke
1986
The Bluegrass Patriots
Country Ham
Jim and Jesse
Rose Maddox
The Phil Salazar Band
The Virginia Squires
Bill White
The Vern Williams Band
1987
A Touch of Grass
High Country
The Del McCoury Band
The Osborne Brothers
Possum Trot
Sawtooth Mountain Boys
Sidesaddle
Weary Hearts
Bill White
1988
Rick Abrams
The Bluegrass Patriots
California Quickstep
Front Range
Homefire
Rose Maddox
The Rice Brothers
Phil Salazar
The Virginia Squires
Vern Williams
1989
Delia Bell & Bill Grant
The Bluegrass Cardinals
Good Ol' Persons
High Country
Laurie Lewis & Grant Street
Del McCoury
Sidesaddle
Weary Hearts
1990
A Touch of Grass
The Bluegrass Patriots
California Quickstep
Country Ham
The Crowe Brothers
Jim Eanes
Raymond Fairchild
Front Range
The Lewis Family
Rose Maddox
Jimmy Martin
Piney Creek Weasels
Tenbrooks
The Done Gone Band Reunion
1991
The All Girl Boys
Appalachian Express
Charlie Waller and the Country Gentlemen
The Dillards
Bill Emerson
Good Ol' Persons
Randall Hylton
Kentucky Rose
Tom Sauber
Larry Sparks and the Lonesome Ramblers
Stoney Lonesome
U.S. Navy Band with Bill Emerson
The Whitstein Brothers
Chubby Wise
1992
97th Regimental String Band
Delia Bell & Bill Grant
The Bluegrass Patriots
Country Ham
Jim Eanes
The Gillis Brothers
IIIrd Tyme Out
The Johnson Mountain Boys
The Larry Stephenson Band
Laurie Lewis & Grant Street
Rose Maddox
The Del McCoury Band
Ric-O-Chet
The Sand Mountain Boys
Art Stamper
Carl Story
Tenbrooks
The Vern Williams Band
1993
The Andy Owens Project
The Bluegrass Thoroughbreds
The Boys From Indiana
Charlie Waller and the Country Gentlemen
Dry Branch Fire Squad
Raymond Fairchild
Foxfire
Front Range
Hazel River Band
Randall Hylton
Lynn Morris Band
Larry Perkins
Petticoat Junction
Piney Creek Weasels
The Reno Brothers
Ronnie Reno
Leroy Troy
Chubby Wise
1994
The Bluegrass Patriots
California
Country Ham
Due West
Jim and Jesse
The Johnson Mountain Boys
Kevin Williamson & Shadow Ridge
Lost & Found
Rose Maddox
The Del McCoury Band
Radio Flyer
Ric-O-Chet
Sally Van Meter Band
The Traditional Grass
1995
The All Girl Boys
Bass Mountain Boys
Blue Highway
Bob Flesher
Dry Branch Fire Squad
Bill Emerson
Foxfire
Highstrung
Laurel Canyon Ramblers
The Nashville Bluegrass Band
Petticoat Junction
Piney Creek Weasels
The Rice Brothers
The Sand Mountain Boys
Chubby Wise
1996
The Bluegrass Patriots
Continental Divide
Due West
Front Range
IIIrd Tyme Out
Chris Jones and the Night Drivers
Alison Krauss & Union Station
Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver
The Osborne Brothers
David Parmley
Ric-O-Chet
Jody Stecher & Kate Brislin
Scott Vestal
Mac Wiseman
The Witcher Brothers
1997
Alvin Breeden & the Virginia Cutups
Bluegrass Etc.
Cedar Grove Bluegrass Band
Country Current
Country Ham
Fox Family
The Gibson Brothers
Skip Gorman
Lost & Found
Rose Maddox
The Del McCoury Band
Petticoat Junction
Piney Creek Weasels
Roanoke
The Sand Mountain Boys
Special Consensus
Doc Watson
1998
The Bluegrass Patriots
Bob Flesher
Dry Branch Fire Squad
The Freight Hoppers
The Grasshoppers
Laurie Lewis
Lonesome River Band
The Long & Pardue Band
Lost Highway
Lynn Morris
The Nashville Bluegrass Band
New Tradition
New Vintage
Lisa Ray
Ralph Stanley
Vince Combs & ShadeTree Bluegrass
1999
5 for the Gospel
Country Ham
The Crooked Jades
Dave Evans and River Bend
IIIrd Tyme Out
Kathy Kallick Band
Mountain Heart
The Osborne Brothers
The Sand Mountain Boys
Larry Sparks and the Lonesome Ramblers
Special Consensus
Tim Graves & Cherokee
Mac Wiseman
The Witcher Brothers
Within Tradition
2000
The Bluegrass Patriots
California
Country Current
Country Ham
J.D. Crowe and the New South
Fox Family
IIIrd Tyme Out
James King Band
Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver
Lost & Found
Lost Highway
Mountain Heart
Rarely Herd
The Reno Brothers
Sand Mountain
2001
Good Ol' Persons
The Grasshoppers
Jimmy Bowen & Santa Fe
Kathy Kallick Band
James King Band
Keith Little
Lonesome River Band
Longview
Lost Highway
Lynwood Lunsford and The Misty Valley Boys
Lynn Morris Band
Ron Spears & Within Tradition
The Seldom Scene
Vince Combs & ShadeTree Bluegrass
2002
Bluegrass Brothers
Carolina Special
Country Current
Country Ham
Dark Hollow
David Peterson & 1946
The Dowden Sisters
Dry Branch Fire Squad
The Earl Brothers
IIIrd Tyme Out
Jimmy Bowen & Santa Fe
Larry Cordle & Lonesome Standard Time
Lost Highway
The Nashville Bluegrass Band
Perfect Strangers
Pine Mountain Railroad
Sidesaddle & Co.
Rhonda Vincent and The Rage
2003
Blue Highway
The Crooked Jades
Dave Evans & Riverbend
Due West
Frank Ray & Cedar Hill
High Country
Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver
The Del McCoury Band
NewFound Road
Open Road
Pacific Crest
Reeltime Travelers
Special Consensus
Rhonda Vincent and The Rage
2004
The Bluegrass Cardinals
The Bluegrass Patriots
Cabin Fever
Carolina Road
Carolina Special
J.D. Crowe and the New South
David Parmley & Continental Divide
The Gibson Brothers
Skip Gorman
Laurie Lewis
Michelle Nixon & Drive
Mountain Heart
Pine Mountain Railroad
Dirk Powell
Rick Jamison and Copper Canyon
Ron Spears & Within Tradition
Tom Rozum
Chris Stuart & Backcountry
West Coast Ramblers
2005
Country Current
Country Ham
The Done Gone Band
Dry Branch Fire Squad
Good Ol' Persons
The Grascals
High Country
IIIrd Tyme Out
Lost Highway
Matt Kinman's Old Time Serenaders
The Del McCoury Band
Sidesaddle & Co.
Rhonda Vincent and The Rage
...
2025
Canote Brothers
Crying Uncle Bluegrass Band
Clinton Davis Band
The Gibson Brothers
Good Ol' Persons
Kathy Kallick-Laurie Lewis Band
AJ Lee & Blue Summit
Laurie Lewis & The Right Hands
Mission Blue
Rob Ickes & Trey Hensley
Junior Sisk
The Town Howlers
The Travelin’ McCourys
Windy Hill