The String Slingers

The Spring NCBS Boulder Creek Bluegrass and Old Timey Festival will be held at Scopazzi’s Restaurant in Boulder Creek, March 9-10, 2012.

The small, fun gathering in the Santa Cruz Mountains will be brought to you by the Northern California Bluegrass Society, Pass Studio, and Eric Burman’s Brookdalebluegrass.com.

Eric Burman and his Brookdale Bluegrass Crew welcome us to this weekend’s Winter 2011 NCBS Boulder Creek Bluegrass & Old Timey Festival. This is a fun, convenient, affordable festival to help kick off your holiday season! Here is all you need to know to go to the Friday-Saturday, December 2-3 gathering in downtown Boulder Creek!

The Festival: Music performances and jams are held in various downtown Boulder Creek venues in this small, charming mountain community, 12 miles north of Santa Cruz on Highway 9  in the Santa Cruz Mountains.

Tickets: Plenty will be available at Festival Headquarters – Scopazzi’s Restaurant. Friday –$15, Saturday — $20, Full Festival — $25. Online Tickets are also available for your convenience.

Boulder Creek, CA.

Band Schedule & Venues:

FRIDAY, December 2

Joe’s Bar

Noon-2:00am — Ongoing Jam Session.

Scopazzi’s Restaurant

6:00pm — The Golden State Review
7:00 — Hi Hat Bill
8:00 — The High Tone Sinners
9:00 — The Stoney Mountain Ramblers
10:00 — Blue Tail Flies

PASS Studios

SATURDAY, December 3

PASS Studios

Noon — TBA
1:00pm — Jean Butterfield
2:00 — Sam & Ella
3:00 —  Banjo Jim
4:00 —  Copper Kettle
5:00 — Regina Bartlett
6:00 — The Abbott Brothers
7:00 — Common Cents
8:00 — String Slingers
9:00 —  Faux Renwah
10:00 — Quack Grass

Joe's Bar

Joe’s Bar

8:30pm – Carolyn Sills with Gerard, Jay Lingo, Jimmy Norris, Jerry Bradley and Charlie Wallace.
Midnight-2:00am — Saturday Night Jam.

SUNDAY, December 3

Boulder Creek Brewing Company

6:00-9:00pm — Heathen Hill (Free show to end the weekend.)

Lodging: There are many small motels and inns in the area. (Please note that the Brookdale Inn & Spa is closed.)

Music Sale: Regular bluegrass festival vendor The Music Caravan will be holding a sale all day Saturday at the Old West Legacy store on Highway 9 near the festival music venues.

Weather: Sunny & dry. FRI: High 65, Low 36. SAT: High 67, Low 36.

Fun: Remember — all of your friends will be there!

Since 1998, Eric Burman and the Northern California Bluegrass Society have brought bluegrass to the Boulder Creek community multiple times each year. The event began as the “Brookdale Bluegrass Festival,” but the unavailability of the Brookdale Lodge has caused the festival to evolve into the current Boulder Creek Bluegras & Old Timey Festival format, with shows all around the small Santa Cruz Mountains Community.

The Stoney Mountain Ramblers at PASS Studios.

The winter 2011 gathering will take place December 2-3. Daily & weekend tickets are now available online.

One popular returning venue will be Barry Tanner’s P.A.S.S Studios in the old Boulder Creek Post Office — a fun, informal listening space for acoustic music.

The Faux Renwah

Faux Renwah will return to the stage of the NCBS Boulder Creek Bluegrass & Old Timey Festival presented by Eric Burman and his Brookdale Bluegrass friends since 1998.

The winter gathering will be held December 2-3, 2011 at various venues in downtown Boulder Creek, in the Santa Cruz Mountains 12 miles north of Santa Cruz on Highway 9.

Complete details about the festival and ticket purchase are available on the official festival website. Other BCBOT festivals are held in March and July each year.

Eric Burman has announced the schedule for the December 2-3, 2011 Boulder Creek Bluegrass & Old Timey Festival, sponsored by the Northern California Bluegrass Society.

FRIDAY, December 2

Scopazzi’s Restaurant

6:00pm — The Golden State Review
7:00 — Hi Hat Bill
8:00 — The High Tone Sinners
9:00 — The Stoney Mountain Ramblers
10:00 — Blue Tail Flies

SATURDAY, December 3

PASS Studios

Noon — TBA
1:00pm — Jean Butterfield
2:00 — Sam & Ella
3:00 —  Banjo Jim
4:00 —  Copper Kettle
5:00 — Regina Bartlett
6:00 — The Abbott Brothers
7:00 — Common Cents
8:00 — String Slingers
9:00 —  Faux Renwah
10:00 — Quack Grass

More shows and jams to be added!