Members of the Northern California Bluegrass Society will be out in force to celebrate Memorial Day Weekend with bluegrass festivals and concerts — and we hope you will join us! More details are on the NCBS Calendar (right column on this website).

MAY 23-29, 2012:

WEDNESDAY

Johnny Campbell & The Bluegrass Drifters, Damdave & The Hot Dam Band, Don Quixote’s International Music Hall, Felton.

Noam Pikelny & Friends, Freight & Salvage, Berkeley.

Loganville, Sam’s BBQ,  San Jose.

WEDNESDAY-MONDAY

SWBA Super Jam, Glen Helen Regional Park, San Bernardino.

THURSDAY

Blue & Lonesome, Willowbrook Ale House, Petaluma.

Jeanie & Chuck’s Country Round-Up, Atlas Cafe, San Francisco.

Bangers & Grass (Bill Evans, Jim Nunally, Chad Manning, Tom Bekeny & Steve Pottier), Kensington Circus Pub, Kensington.

Del Rey & Suzy Thompson, Johnny Nicholas & Hell Bent, Cindy Cashdollar, Freight & Salvage, Berkeley.

Jayme Kelly Curtis & Topher Gayle, The Blend, Beso Night Club, San Jose.

THURSDAY-MONDAY

Strawberry Spring Music Festival, Camp Mather, Yosemite.

FRIDAY

Alison Krauss & Union Station, The Mountain Winery, Saratoga.

Melody Walker & Jacob Groopman, Misner & Smith, Armando’s, Martinez.

Noam Pikelny & Friends, Center For The Arts, Grass Valley.

The Pine Needles, Plough & Stars, San Francisco.

Morgan Canyon Band, Bluegrass in the Park, Veterans’s Memorial Square, Clovis.

Kathy Kallick Band, The Spice Monkey Cafe, Oakland,

Nell Robinson & Jim Nunally & The Soldier Stories Band, Occidental Center For The Arts, Occidental.

FRIDAY-MONDAY

Hicks-Dabney Bluegrass Campout, Bolado Park, Tres Pinos.

Natural Drift, Sacramento Music Festival, Old Sacramento State Historic Park, Sacramento.

SATURDAY

Bluetail Flies, Silver Spurs, The Crepe Place, Santa Cruz.

Beargrass Creek, Mission Pizza, Fremont.

Savannah Blue, Plough & Stars, San Francisco.

Banner Mountain Boys, Greenhorn Ranch, Quincy.

Johnny Campbell & The Bluegrass Drifters, Joe’s Bar, Boulder Creek.

SUNDAY

Blue & Lonesome, Sand Dollar Restaurant, Stinson Beach (Noon).

Nedra Russ & Juilo Inglasses, Volcano Union Inn, Volcano.

Jay Howlett, San Gregorio General Store, San Gregorio.

Houston Jones, Maria Muldar, Rancho Nicasio, Nicasio.

MONDAY — MEMORIAL DAY

Frank Wakefield, Sam’s BBQ, San Jose.

Robert Earl Keen, Sherry Austin & Henhouse, The Rio Theater, Santa Cruz.

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

Taco Jam (Paul Shelasky, Larry Cohea, Amy Stenberg, Matt Dudman, Jenny Lynn Williams), Baja Taqueria, Oakland.

Peter Rowan, Nina Gerber, Mike Witcher, Paul Knight, Lagunitas Brewing Company, Petaluma.

The Earl Brothers, Amnesia, San Francisco.

TUESDAY

Leftover Crow, Sam’s BBQ, San Jose.

Posted May 22nd, 2012 by Michael Hall in Events |