Eric & Barbra Burman welcome us to the first NCBS Boulder Creek Bluegrass & Old Timey Festival, which continues the NCBS Brookdale Bluegrass tradition (1999-2009). Here is all you need to know to go this weekend, March 5-7, 2010:
The Festival: Two and a half days of music in various venues in the small mountain community of Boulder Creek, 12 miles north of Santa Cruz and about a mile north of the Brookdale Lodge on Highway 9 in the Santa Cruz Mountains.
Tickets: Plenty available at Festival Headquarters – Scopazzi’s Restaurant, or online. Online tickets are $20 for Friday or Saturday, and $35 for a weekend pass. $5 more at the door. Sunday is a FREE day.
Band Schedule:
FRIDAY, March 5
6:00pm — Aprylle Gilbert & Ben Laney
7:00 — High Tone Sinners
8:00 — Page Brownton & Sidetrack
9:00 — Common Cents
10:00 - Stoney Mountain Ramblers
SATURDAY, March 6
Noon — Dam Dave & The Hot Dam Band
1:00pm — Rick Barnes’ Research & Development
2:00 — Regina Bartlett
3:00 — Heathen Hill
4:00pm — Jean Butterfield
5:00 — Blue Shoes
6:00 — Julio Inglasses Guerra
7:00 — West County Professional Tea Sippers
8:00 — Mountain Drive
9:00 — Faux Renwah’s Spur Of The Moment
10:00 — Mike McKinley & Quackgrass
Late Night — 49 Special (Ltd.) at Joe’s Bar
SUNDAY, March 7
FREE Admission — Band performances begin at 11:00am: Upcreek Drifters, 27 Strings, Rainy Escobar.
There are jams all weekend long at various venues: Rainbow’s End, Boulder Creek Brewing Co., and Jenna’sees Coffee Shop.
Lodging: At various Boulder Creek and Brookdale hotels & motels, including special festival discounts at the Brookdale Inn & Spa (Brookdale - no services other than room rental, no festival activities) and the Merrybrook Lodge (Boulder Creek).
Food: At various Boulder Creek restaurants, including festival venues.
Weather: Inside — All Weekend — Nice & Cozy! Outside — FRIDAY: 40% chance of rain, high 54, low 40. SATURDAY: 60% chance of rain, high 52, low 40. SUNDAY: Partly cloudy, high 54, low 40.
Map: Boulder Creek & the San Lorenzo Valley.
See you this weekend!