NCBS Is A Non-Profit 501(c)(3) Organization And Accepts Donations To Support Bluegrass Music

The Northern California Bluegrass Society is a California Not-For-Profit Corporation with Internal Revenue Code Section 501(c)(3) status that is also known as the Santa Cruz Bluegrass Society. The NCBS/SCBS Tax ID No. is 94-2907716.

Your donations support local bluegrass music. Thanks for your support!

Mail-In Donations: NCBS/SCBS, PO Box 390846, Mountain View, CA 94039-0846.

NCBS Online Donations

NCBS Accepts Donations To Support Bluegrass Music

The Northern California Bluegrass Society is a California Not-For-Profit Corporation with Internal Revenue Code Section 501(c)(3) status that is also known as the Santa Cruz Bluegrass Society. The NCBS/SCBS Tax ID No. is 94-2907716.

Your donations support local bluegrass music. Thanks for your support!

Mail-In Donations: NCBS/SCBS, PO Box 390846, Mountain View, CA 94039-0846.

NCBS Online Donations

NCBS Is A Non-Profit Organization

The Northern California Bluegrass Society is a California Not-For-Profit Corporation with Internal Revenue Code Section 501(c)(3) status that is also known as the Santa Cruz Bluegrass Society. The NCBS/SCBS Tax ID No. is 94-2907716. Your donations support local bluegrass music. Thanks for your support!

Mail-In Donations: NCBS/SCBS, PO Box 390846, Mountain View, CA 94039-0846.

NCBS Online Donations

Your Donations To NCBS Support Local Bluegrass Music

Your donations support local bluegrass music. Thanks for your support!

The Northern California Bluegrass Society is a California Not-For-Profit Corporation with Internal Revenue Code Section 501(c)(3) status that is also known as the Santa Cruz Bluegrass Society. The NCBS/SCBS Tax ID No. is 94-2907716.

Mail-In Donations: NCBS/SCBS, PO Box 390846, Mountain View, CA 94039-0846.

NCBS Online Donations

IBMA Announces The 2024 Leadership Bluegrass Class — Including Helen Lude & Karen Celia Heil

The International Bluegrass Music Association has announced the 2024 Leadership Bluegrass Class, which includes Helen Lude, a frequent attendee and performer on NCBS stages since she was very young. She grew up in San Francisco and graduated from Tulane University in 2023. She now lives and works in Nashville. Karen Celia Heil of San Francisco is also in the class. She is involved with bluegrass and old time music organizing in the Bay Area.

The Northern California Bluegrass Society is a longtime organizational member of the IBMA. The 2024 class will be held at Belmont University in Nashville, March 4-6. NCBS Members are encouraged to apply this fall for the 2025 class.

The members of the class of 2024 are:

Chelsea Burns
Central Texas Bluegrass Association
Austin, TX

Amanda Cook
Mountain Fever Records
Fancy Gap, VA

Carolyn Eyerly
DC Bluegrass Union
Vienna, VA

Sara Gougeon
Pineworks Creative / Queerfest
Nashville, TN

Karen Celia Heil
California Bluegrass Association / Berkeley Old Time Music Convention
San Francisco, CA

Mike Kaiz
Madison House
Chicago, IL

Kevin Keating
Wind Gap Bluegrass Festival
Nazareth, PA

Anna Kline
International Bluegrass Music Association
Mount Sterling, KY

Jeff Koontz
Planning Stages, Inc.
Brevard, NC

Linda Leavitt
Oregon Bluegrass Association
Sisters, OR

Tashi Litch
Eastsound, WA

Helen Lude
California Bluegrass Association
San Francisco, CA

Rob McCormac
Indiana University / Liam Purcel & Cane Mill Road / Trailhead Touring & Production
Bloomington, IN

Amanda McDowell
WXCY
Quarryville, PA

Mike Mitchell
Floyd Music School / The Mike Mitchell Band
Floyd, VA

Seth Mulder
Seth Mulder & Midnight Run
Sevierville, TN

Kody Norris
The Kody Norris Show / Mountain City Fiddlers’ Convention
Mountain City, TN

Liam Purcell
Trailhead Records
Deep Gap, NC

Ariel Rosemberg
Littleton, CO

Timothy Trudeau
Syntax Creative
Franklin, TN

Amanda Webb
NoraBelle Studio
Sevierville, TN

Lillian Werbin
Elderly Instruments
Lansing, MI

Dan Whitener
Gangstagrass / Man About a Horse
Matawan, NJ

Alissa Wolf
Stillhouse Junkies
Durango, CO

Cassie Wright
Fox Crossing Stringband
Chicago, IL

Join The People Who Have Joined The Northern California Bluegrass Society!

Join the people who have joined the bluegrass society!

Your membership in the Northern California Bluegrass Society supports bluegrass music in the San Francisco Bay Area, the Monterey Bay Area, and in all of Northern California. Join or renew your NCBS Membership on this website or by mail.

The Cottage Saloon, San Benito County Historical Park, Tres Pinos.