Cost:

ALL FESTIVAL EVENTS ARE FREE. No tickets are needed.

Performance Schedule:

FRIDAY, January 27

An Evening of Bluegrass Dining In Downtown Redwood City, 7:00-9:00pm, (Reservations recommended):

27strings – Little India (Indian), 917 Main Street, (650) 361-8737

Just Picked String Band – Sweet Basil (Thai) 911 Main Street, (650) 257-7594

SATURDAY, January 28

Northern California Bluegrass Awards Show & Concert

Tapestry Church Main Hall, 1305 Middlefield Road, 10:00am-5:00pm

10:00am — The Abbott Brothers

11:00 — Windy Hill

Noon — Snap Jackson & The Knock On Wood Players

1:00pm — Bean Creek

2:00 — Dark Hollow

3:00-5:00 – Northern California Bluegrass Awards

Special Guest Performers: Snap Jackson & The Knock On Wood Players, Bean Creek, The Abbott Brothers, The Central Valley Boys, Windy Hill

5:00-ish to whenever – Award Winners Jam (ALL jammers are welcome), Little India, 917 Main Street. Jam Hosts: Lisa Burns, Alex Sharps, Yoseff Tucker, Sullivan Tuttle, and Marty Varner.

SUNDAY, January 29

NCBS International Bluegrass Music Museum Film Festival

Community Room, Redwood City Main Library, 1044 Middlefield Road, Noon-5:00pm (Host: IBMM Trustee Carl Pagter):

Bill Monroe – The Father Of Bluegrass Music (Larry Nager, TN)

Fanning The Fire – Bluegrass For A New Generation (Alan Tompkins, Bluegrass Heritage Foundation, TX)

Bluegrass – A Documentary (Frank Grabowski, Mountain View High School, CA)

American Folk Dancing – A Week With Evo Bluestein (Chip Curry, Chrysalis Films, CA)

Personal Appearance by Chip Curry.

Strawberry Music Festival 30th Anniversary (Alec Oyung, CA)

I Hear What You See – The Old Time World Of Kenny Hall (Chris Simon, Sageland Media, UT)

The 2007 Legends Concert (International Bluegrass Music Museum, KY).

6:30pm — Sunday Evening Concert – Bluegrass Gospel & African-American Spirituals:

Woodside Road United Methodist Church, 2000 Woodside Road.

Healing Stream Gospel Bluegrass Band
Woodside Road Players

Directions:

Bluegrass On Broadway is held at various venues in downtown Redwood City (mid-Peninsula in the middle of the Bay Area), easily accessible from Freeways 101 and 280, via the Woodside Road exit. Downtown Redwood City is about a half-mile north of Woodside Road via Middlefield Road. All festival events (except for the Sunday Evening Closing Concert) are within easy walking distance of each other and of the Redwood City Caltrain Station.

To get to the Sunday evening concert, go about two miles west of Middlefield Road on Woodside Road. The Woodside Road United Methodist Church is on the right.

Redwood City Weather:

Perfect Indoor Weather at all venues. Outside Weather: FRI: Mostly Sunny, High 66, Low 37. SAT: Sunny, High 65, Low 38. SUN: Mostly Sunny, High 65, Low 42.

Northern California Bluegrass Awards Finalists:

There are more than five finalists in some categories due to ties. Congratulations to:

1. Bluegrass Band

Bean Creek, OMGG, Snap Jackson & The Knock On Wood Players, The Tuttles With A. J. Lee, Windy Hill

2. Male Vocalist

Luke Abbott, Snap Jackson, John Kornhauser, Billy Pitrone, Yoseff Tucker

3. Female Vocalist

Pam Brandon aka Belle Monroe, Sarah Eblen, Jennifer Kitchen, A. J. Lee, Hailey Pexton, Molly Tuttle

4. Guitar Player

Billy Pitrone, Yoseff Tucker, Molly Tuttle, Sullivan Tuttle, Marty Varner

5. Mandolin Player

Tom Bekeny, Pete Hicks, Michael Tuttle, Butch Waller, Nina Weisman

6. Banjo Player

Luke Abbott, Larry Chung, Larry Cohea, Victor Skidanenko, Molly Tuttle

7. Fiddle Player

Luke Abbott, Pete Hicks, Chad Manning, Ella Naiman, Paul Shelasky, Jack Tuttle

8. Dobro Player

Luke Abbott, Kathy Barwick, Lisa Berman, Helen Foley, Avram Frankel, Jim Mintun

9. Bass Player

Lisa Burns, Sarah Eblen, Jennifer Kitchen, Louise Mintun, Jack Tuttle

Lifetime Achievement Honorees: Steve Baker, Richard Brooks, Bruce Edmundson, Mike McKinley

The Northern California Bluegrass Society’s Bluegrass On Broadway receives principal financial support from the Redwood City Civic Cultural Commission, Redwood City Public Library, One World Montessori School, Wickersham & Murphy, and the Tapestry Church.