Redwood City welcomes the Northern California bluegrass community to the FREE Bluegrass On Broadway Festival this weekend! The county seat of San Mateo County has a convenient mid-Penninsula location that is easily accessed from Highway 101 or from I-280.

Redwood City Main Library

Here are some helpful maps:

Downtown Redwood City including Tapestry Church (Saturday Concert and Awards Show, 1305 Middlefield Road) and the Redwood City Main Library (Sunday NCBS IBMM Bluegrass Film Festival, 1044 Middlefield Road).

Little India

Nearby on Main Street in downtown: Friday’s restaurant venues.

Woodside Road Area including the Woodside Road United Methodist Church (Sunday Concert, 2000 Woodside Road).

Woodside Road United Methodist Church

The Northern California Bluegrass Society’s 5th Annual Bluegrass On Broadway Festival will be held January 27-29, 2012.

Sweet Basil

The event 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.

Complete Festival Schedule

Tapestry Church

The Northern California Bluegrass Society will present the FREE Bluegrass On Broadway Festival at various venues in Redwood City Friday-Sunday, January 27-29, 2012. The fifth annual festival receives strong community support from the City of Redwood City and local businesses and organizations.

The weekend includes the Northern California Bluegrass Awards ceremony and concert all day on Saturday, January 28, and the nation’s only bluegrass documentary film festival on Sunday, January 29. Live performances and informal jams will fill the weekend. All events are free and open to the public, and are a great opportunity for Redwood City residents to explore bluegrass music.

Bluegrass is an original American music genre that originated in the uplands of the Southeastern US and is played on acoustic musical instruments — the guitar, banjo, mandolin, fiddle, Dobro guitar, and bass fiddle. There are currently over a hundred Northern California-based bands that play bluegrass music.

Additional information can be found on this website. Here is the complete schedule for festival this weekend:

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 (with special guest performers)

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), 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. Bands:  Healing Stream Gospel Bluegrass Band, Woodside Road Players.

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.

The five finalists for Best Bluegrass Band will be honored on Saturday, January 28, 2012 at the Northern California Bluegrass Awards in Redwood City. The 3:00-5:00pm Awards Show will be preceded by a concert beginning at 10:00am, all part of the Northern California Bluegrass Society’s FREE Bluegrass On Broadway Festival, set for January 27-29.

Complete Festival Schedule

The 2012 Best Bluegrass Band Finalists:

Bean Creek

OMGG

Snap Jackson & The Knock On Wood Players

The Tuttles With A. J. Lee

Windy Hill

Here is the complete schedule for the FREE 5th Annual Northern California Bluegrass Society Bluegrass On Broadway Festival in Redwood City this weekend:

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 (with special guest performers)

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)

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

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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.

The Just Picked String Band, Morgan Hill

The 5th Annual Bluegrass On Broadway Festival brings An Evening Of Bluegrass Dining to downtown Redwood City this Friday, January 27, 2012.

Reservations recommended:

Little India (Indian) – 27strings — 7:00-9:00pm, 917 Main Street, (650) 361-8737.

Sweet Basil (Thai) —  Just Picked String Band — 7:00-9:00pm, 911 Main Street, (650) 257-7594.

The Friday evening shows will kick of a weekend of FREE bluegrass in Redwood City presented by the Northern California Bluegrass Society.

Complete Festival Schedule

Principal financial support for Bluegrass On Broadway comes from the Redwood City Civic Cultural Commission, the Redwood City Public Library, One World Montessori School, Wickersham & Murphy, and the Tapestry Church.

27strings, Los Altos