Mark Your Calendar — Key NCBS Summer Events

May 15 –  Carol Denney and the Aromas Vocal Yocals (Bill HunterChris McDougal, and Richard Smith), part of the NCBS-sponsored concert series.  Dinner is at 4:30pm and concert at 6:00pm at the Aromas Community Grange Hall, Bardue Street at Rose Avenue, Aromas, CA. Tickets: $8 advance/$10 door. Bill Hunter (831) 254-2444.

June 13 – Chick Corea Freedom Band with Kenny Garrett, Christian McBride, Roy Haynes / Béla Fleck, Zakir Hussain and Edgar Meyer in an NCBS-sponsored concert. The Mountain Winery, Saratoga. Tickets.

June 22-23 – Steve Martin & The Steep Canyon RangersThe Mountain Winery in two NCBS-sponsored concerts. Saratoga. Tickets: Tuesday showWednesday show.

UPDATE: Beginning June 1, NCBS members can purchase discounted tickets to the above  Freedom Band and Steve Martin Mountain Winery shows.  Details in the June issue of Bluegrass By The Bay magazine.

August 13-15 — NCBS presents the 17th Annual Good Old Fashioned Bluegrass Festival, Bolado Park, Tres Pinos (7 miles south of Hollister). Advance tickets are on sale now on this website.

August 28 — NCBS, Abbott Family, & Johnson Family present the 10th annual FREE Johnson Farm Pickin’ Party, Johnson Farm, Two Bar Road, near Boulder Creek, 1:00-7:00pm.

September 10-12 — NCBS-sponsored 5th Annual Jake’s Brown Barn Bluegrass Festival, San Martin-Ludwig Ranch, San Martin (near Gilroy).

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