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
Anya Hinkle & Billy Cardine house concerts -
- Oct. 8: Davis
- Oct. 9: Napa; mjyost51-at-comcast-dot-net
- Oct. 10 (3 pm): Auburn; info-at-aubrunhouseconcerts-dot-com
- Oct. 11 (3 pm): San Mateo; rsvp-at-foghouseconcerts-dot-com
Oct. 8: Blue & Lonesome - Willowbrook Ale House, Petaluma
Oct. 8: Leah Wollenberg & Jeremy Reinhard - The Bistro, Hayward
Oct. 9 (5:30 pm): AJ Frankel & Rowan McCallister (Maverick Bluegrass) - Sam's Chowder House, Half Moon Bay
Oct. 9: Feral Friday Square Dance - The Polish Club, SF; KC & the MooNshine Band; caller TBA; preceded (6:45 pm) by old time jam
Oct. 9: Broken Compass Bluegrass - Chico Women's Club
Oct. 9: Caltucky - Side Door, Sacramento
Oct. 10 (11 am): Mission Blue (duo) - Cline Cellars - Sonoma
Oct. 10 (11:30 am): Jasper Manning & Friends - Salesforce Park, SF
Oct. 10: Hannah Mayree - Couchdate, Oakland
Oct. 11 (2 pm): Critical Grass - Armistice Brewing, Richmond
Oct. 12: The Jimmy Touzel Bluegrass Explosion - Blondies, SF
Oct. 13 (5 pm): Skillet Licorice (and guests) - The Page, SF
Oct. 13: Wildcat Mountain Ramblers - Sam’s BBQ, San Jose
Sister Sadie -
- Oct. 14: The Freight, Berkeley
- Oct. 15: Hopmonk Sebastopol
Nathan Stanley & Constant Sorrow -
- Oct. 15: The Back Room, Berkeley
- Oct. 16: The Side Door, Sacramento
- Oct. 17: Occidental Center for the Arts; with Mission Blue
Oct. 15: Bloomfield Bluegrass Band - Willowbrook Ale House, Petaluma
Oct. 15: The High Water Line - The Deluxe, SF
Oct. 16: Bronwyn (Keith-Hynes); Charlie Torch - HopMonk Sebastopol
Oct. 16: East Bay Square Dance - Hillside Club, Berkeley; Band: Round Top Stringband; Caller: Erik Hoffman; preceded by an old time jam
Oct. 16: Bluegrass Bonanza / tba - Plough & Stars, SF
Oct. 17 (11:30 am): Hay Lonesome - Salesforce Park, SF
Oct. 17: Sam Grisman Project - Siesta Valley Bowl, Orinda
Oct. 18 (4:00 pm): "Suzy Sings Siebel" with Eric & Suzy Thompson - St. Albans Church, Albany
Oct. 20 (5 pm): Skillet Licorice (and guests) - The Page, SF
The Jerry Douglas Band -
- Oct. 20: The Guild Theatre, Menlo Park
- Oct. 21: Felton Music Hall
Hannah Mayree -
- Oct. 21: The Crepe Place, Santa Cruz
- Oct. 22: The Ivy Room, Albany
- Oct. 23: The Pearl, Walnut Grove
Oct. 22: Bloomfield Bluegrass Band - Willowbrook Ale House, Petaluma
Oct. 24 (11:30 am): Bluegrass Breeze - Salesforce Park, 425 Mission St., SF
Oct. 24: Black Banjo Reclamation Project, Nell & Jim & Kalei, Creole Belles Sampaguitas, Sabor de mi Cuba - Ashkenaz, Berkeley
Oct. 25 (2 pm): Napa $5 Folk Festival - Native Suns Of the Golden West, Napa
Dirty Cello, Laurie Lewis, Frog Face, others
Oct. 27 (5 pm): Skillet Licorice (and guests) - The Page, SF
Oct. 29: Bloomfield Bluegrass Band - Willowbrook Ale House, Petaluma
Newberry & Verch -
- Oct. 28: house concert (and workshop) in Mountain View; sv.houseconcerts-at-gmail-dot-com
- Oct. 29: The Back Room, Berkeley
- Oct. 30: Otter Opry, Monterey
AJ Lee & Blue Summit; Broken Compass -
- Oct. 30: Sierra Nevada Brewing Co., Chico
- Oct. 31: The Rio Theatre, Santa Cruz
Oct. 30: Leah Wollenberg & Jeremy Reinhard - Sláinte Irish Pub, Jack London Square, Oakland
Oct. 31 (2 pm): Bearcat Stringband - Cato's Ale House, Oakland
Oct. 31: Lord of the Rings Halloween Square Dance - Ashkenaz, Berkeley; music: Denethor's Supper (Skillet Licorice & Friends); callers: Evie Ladin and Robin Fisher
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Nov. 2: Far Out Johnnies - Blondie's, SF
Nov. 3 (5 pm): Skillet Licorice (and guests) - The Page, SF
Nov. 3: John Kornhauser & Dark Hollow - Sam’s BBQ, San Jose
Dirk & Amelia Powell -
- Nov. 3: The Freight, Berkeley
- Nov. 5: house concert in Santa Cruz; Concerts-at-InstantHarmony-dot-com
Nov. 4: Bean Creek - Sam’s BBQ, San Jose
Nov. 5: Blue & Lonesome - Willowbrook Ale House, Petaluma
Nov. 6 (4 pm): AJ Frankel & Maverick Bluegrass - Winters Tavern, Pacifica
Nov. 6: The Buckeye Boys - Aqus Cafe, Petaluma
Nov. 6: My Darling Clementine - The Back Room, Berkeley
Nov. 6: Laurie Lewis & Nina Gerber - The Side Door, Sacramento
Nov. 7: Mission Blue - Rio Nido Roadhouse
Nov. 10 (5 pm): Skillet Licorice (and guests) - The Page, SF
Nov. 10: Wildcat Mountain Ramblers - Sam’s BBQ, San Jose
California Bluegrass Reunion (Bill Evans + Sharon Gilchrist, Chad Manning, Jim Nunally, Mike Witcher, and Max Schwartz) -
- Nov. 11: Otter Opry - United Methodist Church, Monterey
- Nov. 13: The Abbey, Hopmonk Sebastopol
- Nov. 14: The Freight, Berkeley
- Nov. 15: The Side Door, Sacramento
Nov. 12: Blue & Lonesome - Willowbrook Ale House, Petalum
Nov. 12: The High Water Line - The Deluxe, SF
Nov. 13: Feral Friday Square Dance - The Polish Club, SF; KC & the MooNshine Band; caller Evie Ladin; preceded (6:45 pm) by old time jam
Nov. 15: Hannah Mayree - Unitarian Universalists Church, Petaluma
Nov. 17 (5 pm): Skillet Licorice (and guests) - The Page, SF
Nov. 18: Bloomfield Bluegrass Band - Willowbrook Ale House, Petaluma
Nov. 20: Johnny Campbell Band - Plough & Stars, SF
Nov. 20: East Bay Square Dance - Hillside Club, Berkeley; Band: Big Chimney Barn Dance; Caller: Jordan Ruyle; preceded by an old time jam
Nov. 21: Two Runner - Center for the Arts, Grass Valley
Nov. 24 (5 pm): Skillet Licorice (and guests) - The Page, SF
Nov. 28 (2 pm): Bearcat Stringband - Cato's Alehouse, Oakland
Laurie Lewis & The Right Hands -
- Nov. 28: The Freight, Berkeley
- Nov. 29: Occidental Center For the Arts
Dec. 1: John Kornhauser & Dark Hollow - Sam’s BBQ, San Jose
Dec. 2: Bean Creek - Sam’s BBQ, San Jose
Dec. 4: The Buckeye Boys - Aqus Cafe, Petaluma
The Crooked Jades -
- Dec. 4: 4 Star Theater, 2200 Clement St., SF
- Dec. 5 (3 pm): Otter Opry, Monterey
Dec. 8: Wildcat Mountain Ramblers - Sam’s BBQ, San Jose
Dec. 10: The High Water Line - The Deluxe, SF
Dec. 11: Feral Friday Square Dance - The Polish Club, SF; KC & the MooNshine Band; caller Robin Fischer; preceded (6:45 pm) by old time jam
Dec. 18 (4 pm): AJ Frankel & Maverick Bluegrass - Winters Tavern, Pacifica
Dec. 18: East Bay Square Dance - Hillside Club, Berkeley; Band: Round Top Stringband; Caller: Evie Ladin; preceded by an old time jam
Dec. 19: Crying Uncle Bluegrass Band - HopMonk Tavern, Novato
Dec. 22: Molly Tuttle with Family & Friends - The Guild Theatre, Menlo Park
Dec. 26 (2 pm): Bearcat Stringband - Cato's Alehouse, Oakland
~ 2027 ~
Jan. 6: AJ Frankel & Maverick Bluegrass - Blondies, SF
Jan. 15: East Bay Square Dance - Hillside Club, Berkeley; Band: Round Top Stringband; Caller: Robin Fisher; preceded by an old time jam
Jan. 16: Peter Rowan - The Freight, Berkeley
Words + Music: Laurie Lewis, Don Henry, Nina Gerber, Claudia Russell, and Bruce Kaplan -
- Jan. 28: Hopmonk Novato
- Jan. 29: The Barn, Gilroy
- Jan. 30: The Side Door, Sacramento
- Jan. 31: Occidental Center For the Arts
Jan. 30: Jesse Appleman's West Coast Stringband Project - Otter Opry, Monterey
Feb. 9: Rhiannon Giddens - Fillmore, SF
Feb. 12 (3 pm): Lonesome Ace Stringband duo (John Showman & Chris Coole) - Otter Opry, Monterey
April 10: Nathan Stanley & Constant Sorrow - Otter Opry, Monterey
April 24: Unfaithful Servants - Otter Opry, Monterey
Tanasi -
- May 26: Strings, Oakland
- May 27: Otter Opry, Monterey
2027 FESTIVALS
Jan. 13-17: Portland Old Time Music Gathering - Portland, OR
artist-in-residence Rayna Gellert; Buffalo Kin
Feb. 18-21: Wintergrass - Bellevue, WA
Bee Eaters • Cactus Blossoms • Caleb & Reeb & Cali Cutups • Dale Adkins & Jim Faddis • Dean Johnson • Della Mae • East Nash Grass • Eli West • Faux Paws • Fog Holler • Gráinne Hunt & Jules Stewart • Jenner Fox Band • Jerry Douglas Band • JigJam • John Hartford Fiddle Tune Project • Locarno • Melissa Carper & Theo Lawrence • Michael Daves & Jacob Jolliff • Never Come Down • Pharis & Jason Romero • Pine Leaf Boys • Rachel Sumner & Traveling Light • Rebecca Frazier • Showman & Coole • Sierra Hull • Trischka/Daves/Molsky • True North • Unfaithful Servants
March 5-7: Bluegrass On the Beach - Lake Havasu City, AZ
Jason Carter Band, Po’ Ramblin’ Boys, Crying Uncle Bluegrass Band, Kody Norris Show, Tennessee Bluegrass Band, Little Roy & Lizzie Show, Newfound Road, ...
March 13: Sonoma County Bluegrass & Folk Festival - Sebastopol Community Center
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
Anya Hinkle & Billy Cardine house concerts -
- Oct. 8: Davis
- Oct. 9: Napa; mjyost51-at-comcast-dot-net
- Oct. 10 (3 pm): Auburn; info-at-aubrunhouseconcerts-dot-com
- Oct. 11 (3 pm): San Mateo; rsvp-at-foghouseconcerts-dot-com
Oct. 8: Blue & Lonesome - Willowbrook Ale House, Petaluma
Oct. 8: Leah Wollenberg & Jeremy Reinhard - The Bistro, Hayward
Oct. 9 (5:30 pm): AJ Frankel & Rowan McCallister (Maverick Bluegrass) - Sam's Chowder House, Half Moon Bay
Oct. 9: Feral Friday Square Dance - The Polish Club, SF; KC & the MooNshine Band; caller TBA; preceded (6:45 pm) by old time jam
Oct. 9: Broken Compass Bluegrass - Chico Women's Club
Oct. 9: Caltucky - Side Door, Sacramento
Oct. 10 (11 am): Mission Blue (duo) - Cline Cellars - Sonoma
Oct. 10 (11:30 am): Jasper Manning & Friends - Salesforce Park, SF
Oct. 10: Hannah Mayree - Couchdate, Oakland
Oct. 11 (2 pm): Critical Grass - Armistice Brewing, Richmond
Oct. 12: The Jimmy Touzel Bluegrass Explosion - Blondies, SF
Oct. 13 (5 pm): Skillet Licorice (and guests) - The Page, SF
Oct. 13: Wildcat Mountain Ramblers - Sam’s BBQ, San Jose
Sister Sadie -
- Oct. 14: The Freight, Berkeley
- Oct. 15: Hopmonk Sebastopol
Nathan Stanley & Constant Sorrow -
- Oct. 15: The Back Room, Berkeley
- Oct. 16: The Side Door, Sacramento
- Oct. 17: Occidental Center for the Arts; with Mission Blue
Oct. 15: Bloomfield Bluegrass Band - Willowbrook Ale House, Petaluma
Oct. 15: The High Water Line - The Deluxe, SF
Oct. 16: Bronwyn (Keith-Hynes); Charlie Torch - HopMonk Sebastopol
Oct. 16: East Bay Square Dance - Hillside Club, Berkeley; Band: Round Top Stringband; Caller: Erik Hoffman; preceded by an old time jam
Oct. 16: Bluegrass Bonanza / tba - Plough & Stars, SF
Oct. 17 (11:30 am): Hay Lonesome - Salesforce Park, SF
Oct. 17: Sam Grisman Project - Siesta Valley Bowl, Orinda
Oct. 18 (4:00 pm): "Suzy Sings Siebel" with Eric & Suzy Thompson - St. Albans Church, Albany
Oct. 20 (5 pm): Skillet Licorice (and guests) - The Page, SF
The Jerry Douglas Band -
- Oct. 20: The Guild Theatre, Menlo Park
- Oct. 21: Felton Music Hall
Hannah Mayree -
- Oct. 21: The Crepe Place, Santa Cruz
- Oct. 22: The Ivy Room, Albany
- Oct. 23: The Pearl, Walnut Grove
Oct. 22: Bloomfield Bluegrass Band - Willowbrook Ale House, Petaluma
Oct. 24 (11:30 am): Bluegrass Breeze - Salesforce Park, 425 Mission St., SF
Oct. 24: Black Banjo Reclamation Project, Nell & Jim & Kalei, Creole Belles Sampaguitas, Sabor de mi Cuba - Ashkenaz, Berkeley
Oct. 25 (2 pm): Napa $5 Folk Festival - Native Suns Of the Golden West, Napa
Dirty Cello, Laurie Lewis, Frog Face, others
Oct. 27 (5 pm): Skillet Licorice (and guests) - The Page, SF
Oct. 29: Bloomfield Bluegrass Band - Willowbrook Ale House, Petaluma
Newberry & Verch -
- Oct. 28: house concert (and workshop) in Mountain View; sv.houseconcerts-at-gmail-dot-com
- Oct. 29: The Back Room, Berkeley
- Oct. 30: Otter Opry, Monterey
AJ Lee & Blue Summit; Broken Compass -
- Oct. 30: Sierra Nevada Brewing Co., Chico
- Oct. 31: The Rio Theatre, Santa Cruz
Oct. 30: Leah Wollenberg & Jeremy Reinhard - Sláinte Irish Pub, Jack London Square, Oakland
Oct. 31 (2 pm): Bearcat Stringband - Cato's Ale House, Oakland
Oct. 31: Lord of the Rings Halloween Square Dance - Ashkenaz, Berkeley; music: Denethor's Supper (Skillet Licorice & Friends); callers: Evie Ladin and Robin Fisher
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Nov. 2: Far Out Johnnies - Blondie's, SF
Nov. 3 (5 pm): Skillet Licorice (and guests) - The Page, SF
Nov. 3: John Kornhauser & Dark Hollow - Sam’s BBQ, San Jose
Dirk & Amelia Powell -
- Nov. 3: The Freight, Berkeley
- Nov. 5: house concert in Santa Cruz; Concerts-at-InstantHarmony-dot-com
Nov. 4: Bean Creek - Sam’s BBQ, San Jose
Nov. 5: Blue & Lonesome - Willowbrook Ale House, Petaluma
Nov. 6 (4 pm): AJ Frankel & Maverick Bluegrass - Winters Tavern, Pacifica
Nov. 6: The Buckeye Boys - Aqus Cafe, Petaluma
Nov. 6: My Darling Clementine - The Back Room, Berkeley
Nov. 6: Laurie Lewis & Nina Gerber - The Side Door, Sacramento
Nov. 7: Mission Blue - Rio Nido Roadhouse
Nov. 10 (5 pm): Skillet Licorice (and guests) - The Page, SF
Nov. 10: Wildcat Mountain Ramblers - Sam’s BBQ, San Jose
California Bluegrass Reunion (Bill Evans + Sharon Gilchrist, Chad Manning, Jim Nunally, Mike Witcher, and Max Schwartz) -
- Nov. 11: Otter Opry - United Methodist Church, Monterey
- Nov. 13: The Abbey, Hopmonk Sebastopol
- Nov. 14: The Freight, Berkeley
- Nov. 15: The Side Door, Sacramento
Nov. 12: Blue & Lonesome - Willowbrook Ale House, Petalum
Nov. 12: The High Water Line - The Deluxe, SF
Nov. 13: Feral Friday Square Dance - The Polish Club, SF; KC & the MooNshine Band; caller Evie Ladin; preceded (6:45 pm) by old time jam
Nov. 15: Hannah Mayree - Unitarian Universalists Church, Petaluma
Nov. 17 (5 pm): Skillet Licorice (and guests) - The Page, SF
Nov. 18: Bloomfield Bluegrass Band - Willowbrook Ale House, Petaluma
Nov. 20: Johnny Campbell Band - Plough & Stars, SF
Nov. 20: East Bay Square Dance - Hillside Club, Berkeley; Band: Big Chimney Barn Dance; Caller: Jordan Ruyle; preceded by an old time jam
Nov. 21: Two Runner - Center for the Arts, Grass Valley
Nov. 24 (5 pm): Skillet Licorice (and guests) - The Page, SF
Nov. 28 (2 pm): Bearcat Stringband - Cato's Alehouse, Oakland
Laurie Lewis & The Right Hands -
- Nov. 28: The Freight, Berkeley
- Nov. 29: Occidental Center For the Arts
Dec. 1: John Kornhauser & Dark Hollow - Sam’s BBQ, San Jose
Dec. 2: Bean Creek - Sam’s BBQ, San Jose
Dec. 4: The Buckeye Boys - Aqus Cafe, Petaluma
The Crooked Jades -
- Dec. 4: 4 Star Theater, 2200 Clement St., SF
- Dec. 5 (3 pm): Otter Opry, Monterey
Dec. 8: Wildcat Mountain Ramblers - Sam’s BBQ, San Jose
Dec. 10: The High Water Line - The Deluxe, SF
Dec. 11: Feral Friday Square Dance - The Polish Club, SF; KC & the MooNshine Band; caller Robin Fischer; preceded (6:45 pm) by old time jam
Dec. 18 (4 pm): AJ Frankel & Maverick Bluegrass - Winters Tavern, Pacifica
Dec. 18: East Bay Square Dance - Hillside Club, Berkeley; Band: Round Top Stringband; Caller: Evie Ladin; preceded by an old time jam
Dec. 19: Crying Uncle Bluegrass Band - HopMonk Tavern, Novato
Dec. 22: Molly Tuttle with Family & Friends - The Guild Theatre, Menlo Park
Dec. 26 (2 pm): Bearcat Stringband - Cato's Alehouse, Oakland
~ 2027 ~
Jan. 6: AJ Frankel & Maverick Bluegrass - Blondies, SF
Jan. 15: East Bay Square Dance - Hillside Club, Berkeley; Band: Round Top Stringband; Caller: Robin Fisher; preceded by an old time jam
Jan. 16: Peter Rowan - The Freight, Berkeley
Words + Music: Laurie Lewis, Don Henry, Nina Gerber, Claudia Russell, and Bruce Kaplan -
- Jan. 28: Hopmonk Novato
- Jan. 29: The Barn, Gilroy
- Jan. 30: The Side Door, Sacramento
- Jan. 31: Occidental Center For the Arts
Jan. 30: Jesse Appleman's West Coast Stringband Project - Otter Opry, Monterey
Feb. 9: Rhiannon Giddens - Fillmore, SF
Feb. 12 (3 pm): Lonesome Ace Stringband duo (John Showman & Chris Coole) - Otter Opry, Monterey
April 10: Nathan Stanley & Constant Sorrow - Otter Opry, Monterey
April 24: Unfaithful Servants - Otter Opry, Monterey
Tanasi -
- May 26: Strings, Oakland
- May 27: Otter Opry, Monterey
2027 FESTIVALS
Jan. 13-17: Portland Old Time Music Gathering - Portland, OR
artist-in-residence Rayna Gellert; Buffalo Kin
Feb. 18-21: Wintergrass - Bellevue, WA
Bee Eaters • Cactus Blossoms • Caleb & Reeb & Cali Cutups • Dale Adkins & Jim Faddis • Dean Johnson • Della Mae • East Nash Grass • Eli West • Faux Paws • Fog Holler • Gráinne Hunt & Jules Stewart • Jenner Fox Band • Jerry Douglas Band • JigJam • John Hartford Fiddle Tune Project • Locarno • Melissa Carper & Theo Lawrence • Michael Daves & Jacob Jolliff • Never Come Down • Pharis & Jason Romero • Pine Leaf Boys • Rachel Sumner & Traveling Light • Rebecca Frazier • Showman & Coole • Sierra Hull • Trischka/Daves/Molsky • True North • Unfaithful Servants
March 5-7: Bluegrass On the Beach - Lake Havasu City, AZ
Jason Carter Band, Po’ Ramblin’ Boys, Crying Uncle Bluegrass Band, Kody Norris Show, Tennessee Bluegrass Band, Little Roy & Lizzie Show, Newfound Road, ...
March 13: Sonoma County Bluegrass & Folk Festival - Sebastopol Community Center