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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!

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CONCERTS

Tony Furtado (with Luke Price) -
- Dec. 11: The Side Door, Sacramento
- Dec. 12: Fifth Street Farms, Berkeley
- Dec. 13: Occidental Center For the Arts

​Dec. 11: Blue & Lonesome - Willowbrook Ale House, Petaluma
Dec. 12 (4 pm): Holiday Hootenanny - Devil’s Canyon Brewing, San Carlos; host band: Stoney Mountain Ramblers
Dec. 12: Never Come Down - The Freight, Berkeley
Dec. 12: Feral Friday Square Dance - The Polish Club, SF; music: Nashville Ne'er Do Wells (Emily Mann/fiddle, Maxine Gerber/banjo, Karen Celia Heil/guitar, Allegra Thompson/bass); caller: Mike Lewinski; preceded by old time jam

Molly Tuttle -
- Dec. 12: Tower Theatre, Fresno
- Dec. 13: The Fillmore, SF

Sweet Sally -
- Dec. 13 (5:30 pm): Sam's Chowder House, Half Moon Bay
- Dec. 14 (4 pm): Rancho Nicasio

Dec. 13:  Suzy & Eric Thompson - house concert in Mendocino; details tba
​Dec. 13: Taylor Mountain Band - Main Street Bistro, Guerneville
Dec. 15 (8:30 pm, ff open jam): Burl Haggard - Blondie’s, 540 Valencia St., SF
Dec. 16: Sidesaddle & Co. with guest Jim Monton - Sam's BBQ, San Jose
Dec. 17: The Bayside Rounders (Jesse Appelman, Evan Ward, Mike Witcher, Mike Wilhoyte, Mark Schatz) - Otter Opry, United Methodist Church, Monterey
Dec. 18: Bloomfield Bluegrass Band - Willowbrook Ale House, Petaluma
Dec. 19: East Bay Square Dance - The Hillside Club, Berkeley; music: Round Top String Band, caller: Evie Ladin
Dec. 20: Crying Uncle Bluegrass Band & Electric Band - HopMonk Tavern, Novato
Dec. 20: John Barleycorn - The Riptide, SF
​Dec. 21 (2 pm): The Rocky Wheels - Armistice Brewing, Richmond
Dec. 21: Sierra Hull with The Allman Betts Family Revival - The Fillmore, SF​
Dec. 22 (8:30 pm, ff open jam): Lickety Split String Band - Blondie’s, 540 Valencia St., SF
Dec. 28 (2 pm): Alan Bond & Skedaddle - Armistice Brewing, Richmond
​Dec. 30: Purple Mountain Majesty - Sam’s BBQ, San Jose
Dec. 30-31: Caltucky - Plough & Stars, SF
Dec. 31: Molly Tuttle - Guild Theatre, Menlo Park
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Jan. 6: John Kornhauser & Dark Hollow - Sam’s BBQ, San Jose
Jan. 7: Bean Creek - Sam’s BBQ, San Jose
Jan. 8: Blue & Lonesome - Willowbrook Ale House, Petaluma
Jan. 10: Sweet Sally - The Lodge, Fairfax​

​Special Consensus -
- Jan. 8: Sweetwater, Mill Valley
- Jan. 9: The Side Door, Sacramento
- Jan. 10: Otter Opry, Monterey
- Jan. 11: Tower Theatre, Fresno

AJ Lee & Blue Summit - 
- Jan. 23 & 24: Moe's Alley, Santa Cruz
- Jan. 25: Hopmonk Tavern, Sebastopol
- Jan. 29: Almost Famous Wine, Livermore
- Jan. 30: Harlow’s, Sacramento

Words + Music with Laurie Lewis, Nina Gerber, Don Henry, and Claudia Russell -
- Jan. 29: HopMonk Novato
- Jan. 30: The Barn, Gilroy
- Jan. 31: The Side Door, Sacramento
- Feb. 1: Occidental Center for the Arts

​Jan. 30-31: Yonder Mountain String Band - The Freight, Berkeley
Feb. 7: Jordan Tice Band; Water Tower - Hopmonk Tavern, Sebastopol
Feb. 13: Dom Flemons - The Freight, Berkeley

Jim Kweskin with Meredith Axelrod and Suzy Thompson -
- Feb. 13: Fifth Street Farms, Berkeley
- Feb. 14: Mercury Theater Petaluma
- Feb. 15: The Grange, Napa
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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. 27: Chris Thile - Zellerbach Hall, Berkeley​
Feb. 27: Jordan Tice Band; Water Tower - HopMonk Sebastopol
March 5: Steep Canyon Rangers - The Freight, Berkeley
March 7: Women of Americana (Cristina Vane & Brennen Leigh) - The Freight, Berkeley
March 12: Monroe Crossing - Otter Opry, United Methodist Church, Monterey
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
March 13: Peter Rowan - The Freight, Berkeley
March 19-20: Rhiannon Giddens & the Silkroad Ensemble - Zellerbach Hall, Berkeley
April 3-4: AJ Lee & Blue Summit - The Chapel, SF
​April 9: Water Tower - Otter Opry, United Methodist Church, Monterey
May 25: Tony Trischka’s Earl Jam - Tribute To Earl Scruggs - The Freight, Berkeley
June 5: Natalie & Brittany Haas - The Freight, Berkeley


FESTIVALS

Jan. 15-18: The Portland Old-Time Music Gathering
Judy Hyman, Jake Blount, …

Jan. 22-24: Winter Music Festival - Florence, OR
Authentic Unlimited, Tony Furtado Trio, Thunder and Rain, Burnette Sisters Band, Liam Purcell & Cane Mill Road, Dale Adkins & Midnight 45, Tuesday String Band; plus Linda Leavitt (Cascade Bluegrass) and Tom Nechville (Nechville Banjos) leading jams, bluegrass reminiscences, and community open mic Take the Stage

February 13-15: Oly Old Time Festival - Olympia, WA
The Alum Ridge Boys and Ashlee, Golden Shoals, Squirrel Butter, Dear Crow, Mississippi Hotdogs

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
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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, Five Mile Mountain Road, …

April: Berkeley Bluegrass Festival - Freight & Salvage, Berkeley

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 7-10: Parkfield Bluegrass Festival - V6 Ranch, Parkfield 

May 21-25: Strawberry Spring Music Festival - Nevada County Fairgrounds, Grass Valley

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, Bronwyn Keith-Hynes, Missy Raines & Allegheny, Hard Drive, Caleb & Reeb & the Cali Cutups, Bruce Molsky & Darol Anger, California Bluegrass Reunion, Broken Compass Bluegrass; Vern's Stage and California Showcase Bands to be announced.

June 19-21: Wenatchee River Bluegrass Festival - Cashmere, WA

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

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

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

Aug. 29-30: North Cascades Bluegrass Festival - Deming Log Showgrounds, Bellingham, WA

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)

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