All You Need To Know To Go To The NCBS Jake’s Brown Barn Bluegrass Festival This Weekend

The Quesenbery Family presents
The 6th Annual
Jake’s Brown Barn Bluegrass Festival
October 7-9, 2011
The Franklin Ranch, Gilroy, CA.

Fun: Jake’s Brown Barn Bluegrass Festival is now 6 years old and has a new location that is three miles south of the original — and it is now an October festival! Small, fun, and easy, this is a good way to enjoy bluegrass music with your bluegrass friends. The festival is sponsored by the Northern California Bluegrass Society and The Music Medics and is a memorial to festival founder and local bluegrass icon Jake Quesenberry.

Camping: Festival camping begins at Friday Noon, October 7 and ends on Sunday evening, October 9. (Please do not plan to camp on either Thursday or Sunday nights.) Free dry camping is included in your ticket. Dogs on a leash are allowed in camp, but not in the audience area.

Band Schedule:

The new Brown Barn stage at the Franklin Ranch

The new Brown Barn stage at the Franklin Ranch

FRIDAY, October 7

6:00-10:00pm — Open Mike (Sign up in advance with  (Melissa Blas) mblas (at) charter (dot) net)

SATURDAY, October 8

9:00am — Highway 65
10:00 — Oak Grove
11:00 — Red Dog Ash
Noon — Pleasant Valley Boys
1:00pm — Ragged But Right
2:00 — Windy Hill
3:00 — OMGG
4:00 — South County Special
5:00 — Red Rag Andy
6:00 — The Mighty Crows Reunion
7:00 — The Tuttles With A. J. Lee
8:00 — Bean Creek
9:00 — Snap Jackson & The Knock On Wood Players

The Franklin Ranch

The Franklin Ranch

SUNDAY, October 9

9:00am — Highway 65
10:00 — Pearly Blue
11:00 — Windy Hill
Noon — Red Rag Andy
1:00pm — Ragged But Right
2:00 — Kitchen Help
3:00 — TBA
4:00 — Red Dog Ash

Tickets: There will be plenty of tickets at the gate.

Adult      Senior     Youth (13-17)
3-day  $60           50           30
2-day    50            45           25
Fri          15             10             7
Sat         35             30           17
Sun        30            25            15
Children 12 & under — FREE

Weather: Perfect! Sunny, dry, and beautiful. FRI: High 75, Low 49, SAT: High 77, Low 51, SUN: High 80, Low 51.

Directions: Gilroy is south of San Jose just south of San Martin. Take the  Masten Exit from Highway 101 and go west a short distance. Turn left (south) just past the railroad tracks on Monterey Road and go a short distance to the first left (east), Rucker Avenue. The Franklin Ranch is on the right. Map

The Franklin Ranch
170 Rucker Avenue
Gilroy, CA.

Services and Supplies: Bring chairs and (new!) an FM radio. A food vendor will be onsite throughout the festival. Gas, food stores, restaurants, and more are available a short distance north on Monterey Road in Morgan Hill, or south on Monterey Road in Gilroy.

Recording: New this year, The Music Medics will record bands and musicians for free (as time permits) in the onsite recording studio.

And remember…all of your friends will be there!

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