Looking Ahead To The Fun September Festivals
The weather is never better in California than in the early fall! Join your Northern California Bluegrass Society friends at all the fun September festivals.
We regret to report that the Old Time Bluegrass Festival, normally held on the second Saturday in September at Anderson Marsh State Park in Lower Lake, will take a year off. The good news is that the 7th renewal of this festival is now scheduled for September 14, 2013.
A big bluegrass crowd at Plymouth.
And…down in the Southland, the oldest bluegrass festival in California is no more. Last year, after 41 years, the Julian Bluegrass Festival changed its name to the Julian Music Festival. This year, the event has disappeared — a sad moment for the Southern California bluegrass community.
So, it looks like the CBA Father’s Day Bluegrass Festival, which will be 38 years old in 2013, is now the longest-running bluegrass gathering in the Golden State.
Also note that the King’s River Bluegrass Festival has moved from the 4th to the 5th weekend of September and the new Mammoth Bluegrass Festival has been added on Labor Day Weekend.
The details on these and the other September gatherings are below:
SEPTEMBER
August 30-September 3 — Strawberry Fall Music Festival, Camp Mather, Yosemite.
Strawberry Elegance
August 31-September 2 — Four Corners Folk Festival, Reservoir Park, Pagosa Springs, CO.
August 31-September 2 — Round Valley Bluegrass Festival, Round Valley, ID.
1-2 – Mammoth Bluegrass Festival, The Village at Mammoth Main Plaza, Mammoth Lakes.
12-16 — Berkeley Old Time Music Convention, various venues, Berkeley.
14-16 — Bluegrassin’ In The Foothills, Amador County Fairgrounds, Plymouth.
The Village At Mammouth
14-16 — American River Music Festival, Henningsen-Lotus Park, Lotus (and other venues, Coloma).
15 — Fiddler’s Jam, Fiddletown Community Center, Fiddletown.
21-23 — Millpond Music Festival, Millpond County Park, Bishop.
Kids In Bluegrass, Round Valley Bluegrass Festival
22 — EarleFest — A Celebration of Americana Music, Earle Baum Center of the Blind, Santa Rosa.
24-30 — IBMA World Of Bluegrass, Nashville Convention Center, Nashville.
28-30 — King’s River Bluegrass Festival, The Grove, Sanger.
30 – Festival Of Bluegrass Delights, Don Quixotes International Music Hall, Felton.
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Looking Ahead To October: Hardly Strictly Bluegrass (Oct. 5-7) and the NCBS Jake’s Brown Barn Bluegrass Reunion (Oct. 12-14) will get things started.
Posted Aug 23rd, 2012
by Michael Hall in
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