Eric & Barbra Burman welcome us to the first-ever SUMMER EDITION of the 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, July 16-18, 2010:
The Festival: Music in various walkable venues in the small, friendly 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 $16 for Friday or Saturday ($4 more at the door), and $30 for a weekend pass. Sunday is a FREE day.
Band Schedule:
Friday, July 16
Scopazzi’s Main Stage:
5:30pm — Regina Bartlett
6:30 — High Tone Sinners
7:30 — 27strings
8:30 — Heathen Hill
9:30 — Julio Inglasses
10:30 — Still Searchin’
Late Night Stage (Barry Tanner’s):
11:30pm — Faux Renwah’s Hide the Whiskey
Saturday, July 17
Scopazzi’s Main Stage:
Noon — Barry Greene
1:00pm — Old Soles
2:00 — Geese in the Bog
3:00 — Jean Butterfield
4:00 — Page Brownton & Sidetrack
5:00 — Dam Dave’s Hot Dam Band
6:00 — Research & Development
7:00 — Rainy Escobar
8:00 — Eric Burman and the Brookdale Bluegrass Jam Band
9:00 — Blue Shoes
10:00 — Faux Renwah
Joe’s Bar Stage:
11:00pm — Blue Shoes & Faux Renwah’s Hide The Whiskey
Boulder Creek Brewing Company Stage:
5:00pm — 27strings
7:00 — Research & Development
SUNDAY, July 18
FREE Admission:
Scopazzi’s Main Stage:
Noon — Lynn Trost
1:00pm– David Elson
2:00 — Nipple Creek
3:00 — Page Brownton & Sidetrack
Lodging: At various Boulder Creek and Brookdale hotels & motels.
Food: At various Boulder Creek restaurants, including festival venues.
Weather: Inside — All Weekend — Just Perfect! Outside — Sunny & pleasant all weekend. FRIDAY: high 86, low 57. SATURDAY: high 86, low 56. SUNDAY: high 81, low 52.
Map: Boulder Creek & the San Lorenzo Valley.
See you this weekend!