CONCERTS & FESTIVALS
Be sure to listen to Bluegrass Signal, broadcast every Saturday (4:00 - 5:30 pm Pacific) on KALW (91.7 FM in the Bay Area). There are often musical previews of some of these events! 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 and after Bluegrass Signal. The schedule:
2 pm: Folk Music & Beyond
4 pm: Bluegrass Signal
5:30 pm: A Patchwork Quilt
Thanks for listening!
-> -> -> ALL TIMES PACIFIC <- <- <-
CONCERTS and a few dances
Feb. 10 (5 pm): Skillet Licorice (and guests) - The Page, SF
Feb. 10: Wildcat Mountain Ramblers - Sam’s BBQ, San Jose
Feb. 12: Blue & Lonesome - Willowbrook Ale House, Petaluma
Feb. 12: Mollie O'Brien & Rich Moore - The Monkey House, Berkeley
Feb. 12 (9 pm): Mission Hill - The Liberties, SF; preceded by jam
Feb. 13: Dom Flemons - The Freight, Berkeley
Feb. 13: Feral Friday Square Dance - The Polish Club, SF; Band: Round Top String Band; Caller: Jordan Ruyle; preceded (at 6:45 pm) by an old time jam
Jim Kweskin (with Suzy Thompson, Matt Berlin, and Meredith Axelrod) -
- Feb. 13: Fifth Street Farms, Berkeley
- Feb. 14: Mercury Theater Petaluma
- Feb. 15: The Grange, Napa
Laurie Lewis & The Right Hands -
- Feb. 13: Sweetwater, Mill Valley; with Mollie O'Brien and Rich Moore;
preceded by hosted open bluegrass jam with Bruce Sadownick, Bruce Lacey, Joe Ridout, Mary Kussmaul, and Ted Kuster
- Feb. 14: The Side Door, Sacramento
Feb. 14 (5:30 pm): Hydra-Matic Drive Bluegrass Band - Pond Farm Brewing Company, San Rafael
Feb. 14: Sweethearts Of the Radio - Mollie O'Brien & Rich Moore plus The Coastal Scrubbers - The Dance Palace, Point Reyes; benefit for KWMR
Feb. 15 (2 pm): Bluegrass Holiday - Armistice Brewing, Richmond
Feb. 15 (2 pm): Nell & Jim with Chad Manning - Livermore Jazz Society
Feb. 15: The Far Out Johnnies - The Riptide, SF
Feb. 16 (8:45 pm): Smoky Wine Dream - Blondie’s, SF; preceded by jam
Feb. 17 (5 pm): Skillet Licorice (and guests) - The Page, SF
Feb. 17: Kitchen Dwellers - Guild Theatre, Menlo Park
Feb. 19: Bloomfield Bluegrass Band - Willowbrook Ale House, Petaluma
Feb. 19 (9 pm): Alan Bond & Skedaddle - The Liberties, SF; preceded by jam
Feb. 20: East Bay Square Dance - Hillside Club, Berkeley; Band: Round Top Stringband; Caller: TBA; preceded (at 6:45 pm) by an old time jam
Feb. 20: David Nelson with Banana & the Bunch - Hopmonk Sebastopol
Evie Ladin Band -
- Feb. 20: Fresno Folklore Society, Fresno
- Feb. 21: Otter Opry, United Methodist Church, Monterey
- Feb. 22: house concert in Santa Clara; santaclarahouseconcerts-at-yahoo-dot-com
Feb. 20-21: Hillbilly Robot: Urban Americana - Plough & Stars, SF
Feb. 20: Smoky Wine Dream + Rare Company
Feb. 21: Waiting For The Train + California Faultline
Feb. 22 (2 pm): Savannah Blu - Armistice Brewing, Richmond
Feb. 23 (8:45 pm): High Water Line - Blondie’s, SF; preceded by jam
Feb. 24 (5 pm): Skillet Licorice (and guests) - The Page, SF
Chris Thile -
- Feb. 24: Green Music Center, Rohnert Park
- Feb. 27: Zellerbach Hall, Berkeley
- Feb. 28: Performing Arts Center, San Luis Obispo
Sam Grisman Project -
- Feb. 25: Mystic Theatre, Petaluma
- Feb. 26: The Guild Theatre, Menlo Park
Feb. 25: John Reischman & the Jaybirds plus special guests Kathy Kallick & Mike Witcher - The Freight, Berkeley
Feb. 26: Bloomfield Bluegrass Band - Willowbrook Ale House, Petaluma
Feb. 26 (9 pm): The Whiskey Squirrels - The Liberties, SF; preceded by jam
Feb. 27: Alison Brown - The Freight, Berkeley
Feb. 27: Jordan Tice Band; Water Tower - HopMonk Sebastopol
John Reischman & the Jaybirds -
- Feb. 27: Occidental Center for the Arts
- Feb. 28: Fiddletown Community Center
Feb. 28 (2 pm): Bearcat Stringband - Cato's, Oakland
*****
March 1 (2:30 pm): Suzy & Eric Thompson; Mitch Greenhill & Mitch’s Kitchen - The Back Room, Berkeley
March 2 (8:45 pm): Twang Peaks - Blondie’s, SF; preceded by jam
March 3 (5 pm): Skillet Licorice (and guests) - The Page, SF
March 3: John Kornhauser & Dark Hollow - Sam’s BBQ, San Jose
March 4: Bean Creek - Sam’s BBQ, San Jose
Bruce Molsky -
- March 5: house concert in Santa Cruz; Concerts-at-InstantHarmony-dot-com
- March 6: Hillside Club, Berkeley
- March 7: Fiddletown Community Center
March 5: Steep Canyon Rangers - The Freight, Berkeley
March 5: Blue & Lonesome - Willowbrook Ale House, Petaluma
March 5 (9 pm): Hey Lonesome - The Liberties, SF; preceded by jam
March 6: Buckeye Boys - Aqus, Petaluma
Women of Americana (Cristina Vane & Brennen Leigh) -
- March 6: Gallo Center for the Arts, Modesto
- March 7: The Freight, Berkeley
- March 8: Montalvo Arts Center, Saratoga
March 7: Taylor Mountain - Art & Music Gallery, Petaluma
March 8 (2 pm): Bluegrass Holiday - Armistice Brewing, Richmond
March 8: The Town Howlers - Back Room, Berkeley
March 9 (8:45 pm): The Jimmy Touzel Bluegrass Explosion - Blondie’s, SF; preceded by jam
March 10 (5 pm): Skillet Licorice (and guests) - The Page, SF
March 10: Wildcat Mountain Ramblers - Sam’s BBQ, San Jose
March 12: Monroe Crossing - Otter Opry, United Methodist Church, Monterey
March 12: Blue & Lonesome - Willowbrook Ale House, Petaluma
March 12 (9 pm): Strike the Wind - The Liberties, SF; preceded by jam
Paper Wings; Hannah Mayree -
- March 12: Little Saint, Healdsburg
- March 13: The Crepe Place, Santa Cruz
- March 14: The Ivy Room, Albany
- March 15: McCabe’s, Santa Monica
Evie Ladin Band -
- March 13: house concert in Santa Cruz; Concerts-at-InstantHarmony-dot-com
- March 15: Half Moon Bay Odd Fellows
March 13: Peter Rowan - The Freight, Berkeley
March 13: Feral Friday Square Dance - The Polish Club, SF; KC & the MooNshine Band; Mike Lewinski calling; preceded (6:45 pm) by old time jam
March 15 (10 am): Jeanie & Chuck Poling - Clement St. Farmers Market, Clement at 3rd, SF
March 17 (5 pm): Skillet Licorice (and guests) - The Page, SF
March 17: Bay Area Special - Sam's BBQ, San Jose
March 19-20: Rhiannon Giddens & the Silkroad Ensemble - Zellerbach Hall, Berkeley
March 19 (9 pm): Sweet Sally - The Liberties, SF; preceded by jam
March 20: East Bay Square Dance - Hillside Club, Berkeley; Band: Round Top Stringband; Caller: Robin Fisher; preceded by an old time jam
March 21: Sweet Sally - Sam's Chowder House, Half Moon Bay
March 22 (2 pm): Grass Zeppelin - Armistice Brewing, Richmond
March 24 (5 pm): Skillet Licorice (and guests) - The Page, SF
March 26 (9 pm): Tom Bekeny Band - The Liberties, SF; preceded by jam
March 28 (2 pm): Bearcat Stringband - Cato's, Oakland
March 28: The Crooked Jades - The Side Door, Sacramento
March 29 (2 pm): The Rocky Wheels - Armistice Brewing, Richmond
March 31 (5 pm): Skillet Licorice (and guests) - The Page, SF
*****
April 3-4: AJ Lee & Blue Summit - The Chapel, SF
April 4 (1 pm): Crooked Jades; Evie Ladin Band; Meredith Edgar - BayBeats American Roots - Koret Auditorium, Main Branch of SF Public Library
April 9: Water Tower - Otter Opry, United Methodist Church, Monterey
April 10: Feral Friday Square Dance - The Polish Club, SF; KC & the MooNshine Band; Mike Lewinski calling; preceded (6:45 pm) by old time jam
April 17: East Bay Square Dance - Hillside Club, Berkeley; Band: Round Top String Band; Caller: Evie Ladin; preceded by an old time jam
April 17-18: Gillian Welch & David Rawlings (performing music from the acoustic Grateful Dead's Reckoning) - Fox Theatre, Oakland
April 19 (2 pm): Alan Bond & Skedaddle - Armistice Brewing, Richmond
April 20: The Far Out Johnnies - Blondie’s, SF
April 24: Hydra-Matic Drive Bluegrass Band - Kensington Circus Pub
April 25 (1 pm): Savannah Blu - Brewsters, Petaluma
April 25 (2 pm): Bearcat Stringband - Cato's, Oakland
May 2 (11 am): Savannah Blu - Marin Mart, Larkspur Landing
May 2 (11:30 am): Taylor Mountain - Berkeley Bay Festival, Shorebird Park, Berkeley Marina
May 3 (1 pm): Savannah Blu - Waterhawk Lake Club, Rohnert Park
May 8: Feral Friday Square Dance - The Polish Club, SF; KC & the MooNshine Band; Mike Lewinski calling; preceded (6:45 pm) by old time jam
March 20: East Bay Square Dance - Hillside Club, Berkeley; Band: Round Top Stringband; Caller: TBA; preceded by an old time jam
May 23 (2 pm): Taylor Mountain - Petaluma Faramer's Market, Walnut Park
May 25: Tony Trischka’s Earl Jam - Tribute To Earl Scruggs - The Freight, Berkeley
May 31 (2 pm): Alan Bond & Skedaddle - Armistice Brewing, Richmond
June 5: Natalie & Brittany Haas - The Freight, Berkeley
June 14: The Far Out Johnnies - The Lucky Horseshoe, SF
June 27: Iris Dement - The Freight, Berkeley
July 8: Chis Stapleton's All-American Road Show with special guest Molly Tuttle - Shoreline Amphitheatre, Mountain View
July 10 (3 pm): Taylor Mountain - Penngrove Pub
July 10 (5 pm): Taylor Mountain - Matanzas Creek Winer, Santa Rosa
Sweet Sally -
- July 15 (6 pm): Golden Gate Park Bandshell, SF
- July 17: Ruhstaller Farm, Dixon
- July 18 (4 pm): Park Station, Alameda
Aug. 1 (4 pm): Taylor Mountain - Fogbelt Brewing Company, Santa Rosa
Aug. 30 (1 pm): Taylor Mountain - The California, Santa Rosa
FESTIVALS
February 13-15: Oly Old Time Festival - Olympia, WA
The Alum Ridge Boys and Ashlee, Golden Shoals, Squirrel Butter, Dear Crow, Mississippi Hotdogs; callers: Charmaine Slaven, Connor Maguire
Feb. 19-22: Wintergrass - Bellevue, WA
New Dangerfield, Danny Paisley & the Southern Grass, Mr Sun, Jerron Paxton, Bruce Molsky & Brittany Haas, Missy Raines & Allegheny, John Reischman & the Jaybirds, Woody Platt & the Bluegrass Gentlemen, The Horsenecks, Vasen, Caleb Klauder & Reeb Willms Country Band, Mollie O’Brien & Rich Moore, Fog Holler, Chris Webster & Nina Gerber, …
March 6-8: Bluegrass On the Beach - Lake Havasu City, AZ
Darrin & Brooke Auldridge, Special Consensus, Cutter & Cash, Monroe Crossing, Five Mile Mountain Road, Dave Adkins, Nick Chandler & Special Delivery, ETSU Bluegrass Band, Bay Mountain Cut Ups
March 7 (1 pm): Berkeley Old Time Music Convention Spring Situation - Berkeley Central Library
CONCERTS -
1 pm: Sophia Sparks & Jayna Manning
1:45 pm: Suzy Thompson - women in the blues
2:30 pm: Leah Wollenberg & Jeremy Reinhard
3:15 pm: Zele - Kitka Community Chorus
4:00 pm: Stairwell Sisters reunion
WORKSHOPS -
1:00 pm: Resistance & Rhythm - songs of women's struggles with Duo Pizzicato & Friends
2:00 pm: Fiddle with Karen Celia Heil
3:00 pm: Katelyn Kimmons - story songs and the stories behind them
4:00 pm: Banjo with Christine Wilhoyte
JAMS
1:00 pm: Pena-Govea Band (Mexican)
2:00 pm: Teen jam
2:00 pm: Corn Likkers (old time)
3:00 pm: Leah Wollenberg (Irish)
March 14: Sonoma County Bluegrass and Folk Festival - Sebastopol Community Cultural Center
Laurie Lewis & Nina Gerber, Monroe Crossing, Evie Ladin Band, Jesse Appleman’s West Coast Stringband Project, square dance w/ music by KC Heil & Friends & Evie Ladin calling, Five Mile Mountain Road (w/ Josh Gooding), Pulso de Barro, youth performers of Manning Music, vocal harmony workshop w/ Michaela Mae and Ryan Harlin; Mexican folk music workshop w/ Pulso de Barro
April 30 - May 2: Sierragrass Festival - Ahwahnee
host band: AJ Lee & Blue Summit
Caleb & Reeb & the Cali Cut Ups, Trey Wellington, Never Come Down, Jesse Appelman’s West Coast String Band Project, Windy Hill, Lottie Doddies, Late For the Train, Sentimental Gentlemen, Charlie Torch, Olllam, Vetiver, Skyway Man, Kelly McFarling, Wolf Jett, Evoflo, Trespassers
May 2-3: Berkeley Bluegrass Festival - Freight & Salvage, Berkeley
May 2: Jason Carter Band, Chris Jones & the Night Drivers, Laurie Lewis & the Right Hands, (Lobby) Critical Grass
May 3: Tatiana Hargreaves Band with Michael Daves, Caleb & Reeb & the Cali Cutups, Tony Furtado Trio, (Lobby) Bay Area Special
May 7-10: Parkfield Bluegrass Festival - V6 Ranch, Parkfield
Foghorn Stringband, Hayde Bluegrass Orchestra, Vickie Vaughn Band, Damn Tall Buildings, Shelby Means, Dave Stamey, Water Tower, SLO Country Stumblers, Critical Grass, Kings River Boys, Amber Cross
May 21-25: Strawberry Spring Music Festival - Nevada County Fairgrounds, Grass Valley
Della Mae, Mr Sun, Larry & Joe, Caltucky, Deep Thicket Dwellers, Las Cafeteras, Keith Greeninger & Nina Gerber, Duo Quartet, Sugarcane Jane, The Puffball Collective, …
June 18-21: California Bluegrass Association’s Father’s Day Bluegrass Festival - Nevada County Fairgrounds, Grass Valley
Main Stage: The Bluegrass Cardinals, The Po’ Ramblin’ Boys, The Price Sisters, Sam Grisman Project, Bronwyn Keith-Hynes, Missy Raines & Allegheny, Hard Drive, Caleb & Reeb & the Cali Cutups, Bruce Molsky & Darol Anger, California Bluegrass Reunion, Broken Compass Bluegrass;
California Showcase: Sweet Sally, Jimmy Touzel Bluegrass Explosion, Critical Grass, Bay Area Special, Deep Thicket Dwellers; Vern's Stage bands to be announced.
June 19-21: Wenatchee River Bluegrass Festival - Cashmere, WA
Appalachian Roadshow, Southern Legacy, Rick Faris Band, Vickie Vaughn, Westbound Sky
June 19-21: Cowichan Valley Bluegrass Festival - Laketown Ranch Music Park, 30 km west of Duncan, BC (on Vancouver Island)
The Alum Ridge Boys and Ashlee, Showman & Coole, Big Richard, The Eli West Quartet, The Barrel Boys, Shari Ulrich with The Unfaithful Servants, The Western Thistles, ...
June 26-28: Ten Mile Creek Revival (continuing the legacy of the Kate Wolf Music Festival) - Black Oak Ranch, Laytonville
Iris DeMent Trio, Dom Flemons & The Traveling Wildfires, AJ Lee & Blue Summit, The Brothers Comatose, Paul Thorn, Las Cafeteras, Dustbowl Revival, Jerry & Dawg Revisited (Joe Craven, Jim Kerwin, Stu Allen, Andrew Collins), T Sisters, Late For The Train, ...
July 2-5: High Sierra Music Festival - Nevada County Fairgrounds, Grass Valley
July 17-19: Darrington Bluegrass Festival - Darrington, WA
July 23-26: Columbia Gorge Bluegrass Festival - Stevenson, WA
Bronwyn Keith-Hynes, Never Come Down, Oly Mountain Boys, Whiskey Deaf, ...
Aug. 6-9: Good Old Fashioned Bluegrass Festival - San Benito County Historical Park, Tres Piños
Aug. 7-9: Blue Waters Bluegrass Festival - Medical Lake, WA
Aug. 21-23: Summergrass San Diego - Antique Gas & Steam Engine Museum, Vista
Aug. 21-23: Bowers Bluegrass Festival - Washoe Valley, NV
Aug. 29-30: Plumas Homegrown Americana Festival
Sept. 3-6: Strawberry Fall Music Festival - Nevada County Fairgrounds, Grass Valley
Sept.: Berkeley Old Time Music Convention - Berkeley
Oct. 2-4: Hardly Strictly Bluegrass Festival - Golden Gate Park, SF
Oct. 2-4: Huck Finn Jubilee - Bonelli Bluffs RV & Camping Resort, San Dimas (30 miles east of Los Angeles)
Be sure to listen to Bluegrass Signal, broadcast every Saturday (4:00 - 5:30 pm Pacific) on KALW (91.7 FM in the Bay Area). There are often musical previews of some of these events! 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 and after Bluegrass Signal. The schedule:
2 pm: Folk Music & Beyond
4 pm: Bluegrass Signal
5:30 pm: A Patchwork Quilt
Thanks for listening!
-> -> -> ALL TIMES PACIFIC <- <- <-
CONCERTS and a few dances
Feb. 10 (5 pm): Skillet Licorice (and guests) - The Page, SF
Feb. 10: Wildcat Mountain Ramblers - Sam’s BBQ, San Jose
Feb. 12: Blue & Lonesome - Willowbrook Ale House, Petaluma
Feb. 12: Mollie O'Brien & Rich Moore - The Monkey House, Berkeley
Feb. 12 (9 pm): Mission Hill - The Liberties, SF; preceded by jam
Feb. 13: Dom Flemons - The Freight, Berkeley
Feb. 13: Feral Friday Square Dance - The Polish Club, SF; Band: Round Top String Band; Caller: Jordan Ruyle; preceded (at 6:45 pm) by an old time jam
Jim Kweskin (with Suzy Thompson, Matt Berlin, and Meredith Axelrod) -
- Feb. 13: Fifth Street Farms, Berkeley
- Feb. 14: Mercury Theater Petaluma
- Feb. 15: The Grange, Napa
Laurie Lewis & The Right Hands -
- Feb. 13: Sweetwater, Mill Valley; with Mollie O'Brien and Rich Moore;
preceded by hosted open bluegrass jam with Bruce Sadownick, Bruce Lacey, Joe Ridout, Mary Kussmaul, and Ted Kuster
- Feb. 14: The Side Door, Sacramento
Feb. 14 (5:30 pm): Hydra-Matic Drive Bluegrass Band - Pond Farm Brewing Company, San Rafael
Feb. 14: Sweethearts Of the Radio - Mollie O'Brien & Rich Moore plus The Coastal Scrubbers - The Dance Palace, Point Reyes; benefit for KWMR
Feb. 15 (2 pm): Bluegrass Holiday - Armistice Brewing, Richmond
Feb. 15 (2 pm): Nell & Jim with Chad Manning - Livermore Jazz Society
Feb. 15: The Far Out Johnnies - The Riptide, SF
Feb. 16 (8:45 pm): Smoky Wine Dream - Blondie’s, SF; preceded by jam
Feb. 17 (5 pm): Skillet Licorice (and guests) - The Page, SF
Feb. 17: Kitchen Dwellers - Guild Theatre, Menlo Park
Feb. 19: Bloomfield Bluegrass Band - Willowbrook Ale House, Petaluma
Feb. 19 (9 pm): Alan Bond & Skedaddle - The Liberties, SF; preceded by jam
Feb. 20: East Bay Square Dance - Hillside Club, Berkeley; Band: Round Top Stringband; Caller: TBA; preceded (at 6:45 pm) by an old time jam
Feb. 20: David Nelson with Banana & the Bunch - Hopmonk Sebastopol
Evie Ladin Band -
- Feb. 20: Fresno Folklore Society, Fresno
- Feb. 21: Otter Opry, United Methodist Church, Monterey
- Feb. 22: house concert in Santa Clara; santaclarahouseconcerts-at-yahoo-dot-com
Feb. 20-21: Hillbilly Robot: Urban Americana - Plough & Stars, SF
Feb. 20: Smoky Wine Dream + Rare Company
Feb. 21: Waiting For The Train + California Faultline
Feb. 22 (2 pm): Savannah Blu - Armistice Brewing, Richmond
Feb. 23 (8:45 pm): High Water Line - Blondie’s, SF; preceded by jam
Feb. 24 (5 pm): Skillet Licorice (and guests) - The Page, SF
Chris Thile -
- Feb. 24: Green Music Center, Rohnert Park
- Feb. 27: Zellerbach Hall, Berkeley
- Feb. 28: Performing Arts Center, San Luis Obispo
Sam Grisman Project -
- Feb. 25: Mystic Theatre, Petaluma
- Feb. 26: The Guild Theatre, Menlo Park
Feb. 25: John Reischman & the Jaybirds plus special guests Kathy Kallick & Mike Witcher - The Freight, Berkeley
Feb. 26: Bloomfield Bluegrass Band - Willowbrook Ale House, Petaluma
Feb. 26 (9 pm): The Whiskey Squirrels - The Liberties, SF; preceded by jam
Feb. 27: Alison Brown - The Freight, Berkeley
Feb. 27: Jordan Tice Band; Water Tower - HopMonk Sebastopol
John Reischman & the Jaybirds -
- Feb. 27: Occidental Center for the Arts
- Feb. 28: Fiddletown Community Center
Feb. 28 (2 pm): Bearcat Stringband - Cato's, Oakland
*****
March 1 (2:30 pm): Suzy & Eric Thompson; Mitch Greenhill & Mitch’s Kitchen - The Back Room, Berkeley
March 2 (8:45 pm): Twang Peaks - Blondie’s, SF; preceded by jam
March 3 (5 pm): Skillet Licorice (and guests) - The Page, SF
March 3: John Kornhauser & Dark Hollow - Sam’s BBQ, San Jose
March 4: Bean Creek - Sam’s BBQ, San Jose
Bruce Molsky -
- March 5: house concert in Santa Cruz; Concerts-at-InstantHarmony-dot-com
- March 6: Hillside Club, Berkeley
- March 7: Fiddletown Community Center
March 5: Steep Canyon Rangers - The Freight, Berkeley
March 5: Blue & Lonesome - Willowbrook Ale House, Petaluma
March 5 (9 pm): Hey Lonesome - The Liberties, SF; preceded by jam
March 6: Buckeye Boys - Aqus, Petaluma
Women of Americana (Cristina Vane & Brennen Leigh) -
- March 6: Gallo Center for the Arts, Modesto
- March 7: The Freight, Berkeley
- March 8: Montalvo Arts Center, Saratoga
March 7: Taylor Mountain - Art & Music Gallery, Petaluma
March 8 (2 pm): Bluegrass Holiday - Armistice Brewing, Richmond
March 8: The Town Howlers - Back Room, Berkeley
March 9 (8:45 pm): The Jimmy Touzel Bluegrass Explosion - Blondie’s, SF; preceded by jam
March 10 (5 pm): Skillet Licorice (and guests) - The Page, SF
March 10: Wildcat Mountain Ramblers - Sam’s BBQ, San Jose
March 12: Monroe Crossing - Otter Opry, United Methodist Church, Monterey
March 12: Blue & Lonesome - Willowbrook Ale House, Petaluma
March 12 (9 pm): Strike the Wind - The Liberties, SF; preceded by jam
Paper Wings; Hannah Mayree -
- March 12: Little Saint, Healdsburg
- March 13: The Crepe Place, Santa Cruz
- March 14: The Ivy Room, Albany
- March 15: McCabe’s, Santa Monica
Evie Ladin Band -
- March 13: house concert in Santa Cruz; Concerts-at-InstantHarmony-dot-com
- March 15: Half Moon Bay Odd Fellows
March 13: Peter Rowan - The Freight, Berkeley
March 13: Feral Friday Square Dance - The Polish Club, SF; KC & the MooNshine Band; Mike Lewinski calling; preceded (6:45 pm) by old time jam
March 15 (10 am): Jeanie & Chuck Poling - Clement St. Farmers Market, Clement at 3rd, SF
March 17 (5 pm): Skillet Licorice (and guests) - The Page, SF
March 17: Bay Area Special - Sam's BBQ, San Jose
March 19-20: Rhiannon Giddens & the Silkroad Ensemble - Zellerbach Hall, Berkeley
March 19 (9 pm): Sweet Sally - The Liberties, SF; preceded by jam
March 20: East Bay Square Dance - Hillside Club, Berkeley; Band: Round Top Stringband; Caller: Robin Fisher; preceded by an old time jam
March 21: Sweet Sally - Sam's Chowder House, Half Moon Bay
March 22 (2 pm): Grass Zeppelin - Armistice Brewing, Richmond
March 24 (5 pm): Skillet Licorice (and guests) - The Page, SF
March 26 (9 pm): Tom Bekeny Band - The Liberties, SF; preceded by jam
March 28 (2 pm): Bearcat Stringband - Cato's, Oakland
March 28: The Crooked Jades - The Side Door, Sacramento
March 29 (2 pm): The Rocky Wheels - Armistice Brewing, Richmond
March 31 (5 pm): Skillet Licorice (and guests) - The Page, SF
*****
April 3-4: AJ Lee & Blue Summit - The Chapel, SF
April 4 (1 pm): Crooked Jades; Evie Ladin Band; Meredith Edgar - BayBeats American Roots - Koret Auditorium, Main Branch of SF Public Library
April 9: Water Tower - Otter Opry, United Methodist Church, Monterey
April 10: Feral Friday Square Dance - The Polish Club, SF; KC & the MooNshine Band; Mike Lewinski calling; preceded (6:45 pm) by old time jam
April 17: East Bay Square Dance - Hillside Club, Berkeley; Band: Round Top String Band; Caller: Evie Ladin; preceded by an old time jam
April 17-18: Gillian Welch & David Rawlings (performing music from the acoustic Grateful Dead's Reckoning) - Fox Theatre, Oakland
April 19 (2 pm): Alan Bond & Skedaddle - Armistice Brewing, Richmond
April 20: The Far Out Johnnies - Blondie’s, SF
April 24: Hydra-Matic Drive Bluegrass Band - Kensington Circus Pub
April 25 (1 pm): Savannah Blu - Brewsters, Petaluma
April 25 (2 pm): Bearcat Stringband - Cato's, Oakland
May 2 (11 am): Savannah Blu - Marin Mart, Larkspur Landing
May 2 (11:30 am): Taylor Mountain - Berkeley Bay Festival, Shorebird Park, Berkeley Marina
May 3 (1 pm): Savannah Blu - Waterhawk Lake Club, Rohnert Park
May 8: Feral Friday Square Dance - The Polish Club, SF; KC & the MooNshine Band; Mike Lewinski calling; preceded (6:45 pm) by old time jam
March 20: East Bay Square Dance - Hillside Club, Berkeley; Band: Round Top Stringband; Caller: TBA; preceded by an old time jam
May 23 (2 pm): Taylor Mountain - Petaluma Faramer's Market, Walnut Park
May 25: Tony Trischka’s Earl Jam - Tribute To Earl Scruggs - The Freight, Berkeley
May 31 (2 pm): Alan Bond & Skedaddle - Armistice Brewing, Richmond
June 5: Natalie & Brittany Haas - The Freight, Berkeley
June 14: The Far Out Johnnies - The Lucky Horseshoe, SF
June 27: Iris Dement - The Freight, Berkeley
July 8: Chis Stapleton's All-American Road Show with special guest Molly Tuttle - Shoreline Amphitheatre, Mountain View
July 10 (3 pm): Taylor Mountain - Penngrove Pub
July 10 (5 pm): Taylor Mountain - Matanzas Creek Winer, Santa Rosa
Sweet Sally -
- July 15 (6 pm): Golden Gate Park Bandshell, SF
- July 17: Ruhstaller Farm, Dixon
- July 18 (4 pm): Park Station, Alameda
Aug. 1 (4 pm): Taylor Mountain - Fogbelt Brewing Company, Santa Rosa
Aug. 30 (1 pm): Taylor Mountain - The California, Santa Rosa
FESTIVALS
February 13-15: Oly Old Time Festival - Olympia, WA
The Alum Ridge Boys and Ashlee, Golden Shoals, Squirrel Butter, Dear Crow, Mississippi Hotdogs; callers: Charmaine Slaven, Connor Maguire
Feb. 19-22: Wintergrass - Bellevue, WA
New Dangerfield, Danny Paisley & the Southern Grass, Mr Sun, Jerron Paxton, Bruce Molsky & Brittany Haas, Missy Raines & Allegheny, John Reischman & the Jaybirds, Woody Platt & the Bluegrass Gentlemen, The Horsenecks, Vasen, Caleb Klauder & Reeb Willms Country Band, Mollie O’Brien & Rich Moore, Fog Holler, Chris Webster & Nina Gerber, …
March 6-8: Bluegrass On the Beach - Lake Havasu City, AZ
Darrin & Brooke Auldridge, Special Consensus, Cutter & Cash, Monroe Crossing, Five Mile Mountain Road, Dave Adkins, Nick Chandler & Special Delivery, ETSU Bluegrass Band, Bay Mountain Cut Ups
March 7 (1 pm): Berkeley Old Time Music Convention Spring Situation - Berkeley Central Library
CONCERTS -
1 pm: Sophia Sparks & Jayna Manning
1:45 pm: Suzy Thompson - women in the blues
2:30 pm: Leah Wollenberg & Jeremy Reinhard
3:15 pm: Zele - Kitka Community Chorus
4:00 pm: Stairwell Sisters reunion
WORKSHOPS -
1:00 pm: Resistance & Rhythm - songs of women's struggles with Duo Pizzicato & Friends
2:00 pm: Fiddle with Karen Celia Heil
3:00 pm: Katelyn Kimmons - story songs and the stories behind them
4:00 pm: Banjo with Christine Wilhoyte
JAMS
1:00 pm: Pena-Govea Band (Mexican)
2:00 pm: Teen jam
2:00 pm: Corn Likkers (old time)
3:00 pm: Leah Wollenberg (Irish)
March 14: Sonoma County Bluegrass and Folk Festival - Sebastopol Community Cultural Center
Laurie Lewis & Nina Gerber, Monroe Crossing, Evie Ladin Band, Jesse Appleman’s West Coast Stringband Project, square dance w/ music by KC Heil & Friends & Evie Ladin calling, Five Mile Mountain Road (w/ Josh Gooding), Pulso de Barro, youth performers of Manning Music, vocal harmony workshop w/ Michaela Mae and Ryan Harlin; Mexican folk music workshop w/ Pulso de Barro
April 30 - May 2: Sierragrass Festival - Ahwahnee
host band: AJ Lee & Blue Summit
Caleb & Reeb & the Cali Cut Ups, Trey Wellington, Never Come Down, Jesse Appelman’s West Coast String Band Project, Windy Hill, Lottie Doddies, Late For the Train, Sentimental Gentlemen, Charlie Torch, Olllam, Vetiver, Skyway Man, Kelly McFarling, Wolf Jett, Evoflo, Trespassers
May 2-3: Berkeley Bluegrass Festival - Freight & Salvage, Berkeley
May 2: Jason Carter Band, Chris Jones & the Night Drivers, Laurie Lewis & the Right Hands, (Lobby) Critical Grass
May 3: Tatiana Hargreaves Band with Michael Daves, Caleb & Reeb & the Cali Cutups, Tony Furtado Trio, (Lobby) Bay Area Special
May 7-10: Parkfield Bluegrass Festival - V6 Ranch, Parkfield
Foghorn Stringband, Hayde Bluegrass Orchestra, Vickie Vaughn Band, Damn Tall Buildings, Shelby Means, Dave Stamey, Water Tower, SLO Country Stumblers, Critical Grass, Kings River Boys, Amber Cross
May 21-25: Strawberry Spring Music Festival - Nevada County Fairgrounds, Grass Valley
Della Mae, Mr Sun, Larry & Joe, Caltucky, Deep Thicket Dwellers, Las Cafeteras, Keith Greeninger & Nina Gerber, Duo Quartet, Sugarcane Jane, The Puffball Collective, …
June 18-21: California Bluegrass Association’s Father’s Day Bluegrass Festival - Nevada County Fairgrounds, Grass Valley
Main Stage: The Bluegrass Cardinals, The Po’ Ramblin’ Boys, The Price Sisters, Sam Grisman Project, Bronwyn Keith-Hynes, Missy Raines & Allegheny, Hard Drive, Caleb & Reeb & the Cali Cutups, Bruce Molsky & Darol Anger, California Bluegrass Reunion, Broken Compass Bluegrass;
California Showcase: Sweet Sally, Jimmy Touzel Bluegrass Explosion, Critical Grass, Bay Area Special, Deep Thicket Dwellers; Vern's Stage bands to be announced.
June 19-21: Wenatchee River Bluegrass Festival - Cashmere, WA
Appalachian Roadshow, Southern Legacy, Rick Faris Band, Vickie Vaughn, Westbound Sky
June 19-21: Cowichan Valley Bluegrass Festival - Laketown Ranch Music Park, 30 km west of Duncan, BC (on Vancouver Island)
The Alum Ridge Boys and Ashlee, Showman & Coole, Big Richard, The Eli West Quartet, The Barrel Boys, Shari Ulrich with The Unfaithful Servants, The Western Thistles, ...
June 26-28: Ten Mile Creek Revival (continuing the legacy of the Kate Wolf Music Festival) - Black Oak Ranch, Laytonville
Iris DeMent Trio, Dom Flemons & The Traveling Wildfires, AJ Lee & Blue Summit, The Brothers Comatose, Paul Thorn, Las Cafeteras, Dustbowl Revival, Jerry & Dawg Revisited (Joe Craven, Jim Kerwin, Stu Allen, Andrew Collins), T Sisters, Late For The Train, ...
July 2-5: High Sierra Music Festival - Nevada County Fairgrounds, Grass Valley
July 17-19: Darrington Bluegrass Festival - Darrington, WA
July 23-26: Columbia Gorge Bluegrass Festival - Stevenson, WA
Bronwyn Keith-Hynes, Never Come Down, Oly Mountain Boys, Whiskey Deaf, ...
Aug. 6-9: Good Old Fashioned Bluegrass Festival - San Benito County Historical Park, Tres Piños
Aug. 7-9: Blue Waters Bluegrass Festival - Medical Lake, WA
Aug. 21-23: Summergrass San Diego - Antique Gas & Steam Engine Museum, Vista
Aug. 21-23: Bowers Bluegrass Festival - Washoe Valley, NV
Aug. 29-30: Plumas Homegrown Americana Festival
Sept. 3-6: Strawberry Fall Music Festival - Nevada County Fairgrounds, Grass Valley
Sept.: Berkeley Old Time Music Convention - Berkeley
Oct. 2-4: Hardly Strictly Bluegrass Festival - Golden Gate Park, SF
Oct. 2-4: Huck Finn Jubilee - Bonelli Bluffs RV & Camping Resort, San Dimas (30 miles east of Los Angeles)