Northern California Bluegrass Society members have two items on their checklists this week: (1) Pack for the CBA Father’s Day Festival at Grass Valley next weekend, and (2) Find some fun, close-to-home warm-up bluegrass for the weekend (and week). Please join us  – there is a feast of live music near you! Here is some of the  pre-Grass Valley line-up:

FRIDAY

Infamous Stringdusters, Family Hogwash, Moe’s Alley, Santa Cruz.
Frank Solivan & Dirty Kitchen, McGrath’s Pub, Alameda.
49 Special, Down Beets, The Crepe Place, Santa Cruz.
Loganville Acoustic, Little India, Redwood City.
String Slingers, Parish Publick House, Santa Cruz.

SATURDAY-SUNDAY

San Francisco Free Folk Festival, Presidio Middle School,  San Francisco. Lots of our kind of music this year. Here are the bluegrass highlights:

Saturday: Absynth Quintet, Wronglers, Blushin Roulettes, Lighthouse String Band, Riz Orkestra, Mugg Muggles, Dennis Campagna, Quake City Jug Band, Laura & Darin Smith, Jugtown Pirates, Left Coast Special, Ragtime Skedaddlers, West County Professional Tea Sippers Old-time String Band.

Sunday: Poor Man’s Whiskey, Blvd Park, Under the Radar, Ray Bierl, Thick Soup, The Shed House Jamboree, Oyster Stew Band.

La Honda Fair, La Honda Gardens, La Honda, FREE. Music both Saturday & Sunday with some near-bluegrass on the bill, with more music to follow in the evening on the patio at the adjacent Sullivan’s Restaurant.

SATURDAY

Harmony Grits, General Store, San Gregorio.
Houston Jones, Castoro Cellars, Templeton.
Austin Lounge Lizards, Kuumbwa Jazz Center, Santa Cruz.
Diana Donnelly and the Yes Ma’ams, Black Crown String Band, West Side Theatre, Newman.
Bruce Molsky, Sutter Creek Theatre, Sutter Creek.
Keystone Station, Murphy’s Irish Pub, Sonoma.
Old Pals, McGrath’s Pub, Alameda.
Mountain Drive, Poet and Patriot, Santa Cruz.
Gayle Lynn and the Hired Hands, The Men of La Mancha, Luther Monday’s Magic Hammer, Plough & Stars, San Francisco.

SUNDAY

Jimbo Trout & the Fish People, Sand Dollar Restaurant, Stinson Beach.
NCBS Presents Chick Corea plus Bela Fleck, The Mountain Winery, Saratoga.
Austin Lounge Lizards, Freight and Salvage, Berkeley.

MONDAY

Courthouse Ramblers, Phil’s Fish Market, Moss Landing.

TUESDAY

Cabin Fever, Sam’s BBQ, San Jose.

WEDNESDAY

Sidesaddle & Co., Sam’s BBQ, San Jose.
Whiskey Brothers, Albatross Pub, Berkeley.

Details about these and other shows are in the NCBS Web Calendar, top right column on this website.

Posted Jun 10th, 2010 by Michael Hall in Events |