The July issue of Bluegrass By The Bay is now available for download in the Members Area. If you’re not an NCBS member, join us to get the newsletter each month, either online or by mail!

Feedback on the BBB is always welcome. You can contact the editors by (email) bluegrassbythebay (at) gmail (dot) com or using the online contact form.

The winners of the Northern California Bluegrass Awards are selected by vote of the members of the Northern California Bluegrass Society each year. The nomination and voting process will begin at the NCBS Good Old Fashioned Bluegrass Festival, August 7-9. The awards ceremony will be a part of the 2010 NCBS Bluegrass On Broadway Festival.

Join the NCBS now to be a part of the process! Look under “Membership” in the left column.

Candidate Statements for the NCBS Board of Directors election are due one week from today, June 15, 2009. E-mail to (BBB Editors) bluegrassbythebay (at) gmail (dot) com. Statements will appear in the July issue of Bluegrass By The Bay magazine.

Each paid member of the Northern California Bluegrass Society receives a free want ad each month in Bluegrass By The Bay magazine. The ad is a good way to advertise lessons, instruments, jams, band CDs, band member openings, and other items of interest to fellow Society members. To place your ad, e-mail it to BBB Editors  (Stewart & Jessica Evans) bluegrassbythebay (at) gmail (dot) com.

Join the Northern California Bluegrass Society today to enjoy valuable membership benefits and to support area bluegrass music.  The most immediate benefit for members at this time of year is that (at least) the full cost of an NCBS membership will be recovered with the purchase of an advance ticket to the August 7-9 Good Old Fashioned Bluegrass Festival — the best discount deal in bluegrass.

NCBS Membership Prices

Individual — $20 per year

Family (everyone living under one roof) — $25 per year

Lifetime Member – $500

Lifetime Couple — $750

Good Old Fashioned Bluegrass Festival

Advance Ticket Prices (Adults to July 25):

Member — $45

Non-Member — $65

(Member Seniors and Families save even more.)

You can join the Society by clicking in the left column of this website, or on paper at the NCBS Booth at a festival or concert, or by mailing in the form found in each issue of Bluegrass By The Bay magazine.