Eric & Barbra Burman’s Brookdale Bluegrass tradition (1999-2009) becomes the Boulder Creek Bluegrass & Old Time Festival March 5-7, 2010, sponsored by the Northern California Bluegrass Society. It’s out of the Lodge and into the streets of downtown Boulder Creek!

Eric & Barbra Burman will bring music to the streets of Boulder Creek March 5-7, 2010 with the NCBS Boulder Creek Bluegrass & Old Timey Festival, continuing the Brookdale Bluegrass tradition less than two miles away from the original 1999-2009 Brookdale Lodge location. The festival will take place at various venues in the historic downtown district. Complete details are now available on the festival website. The event will feature many performances and jamming opportunities over three fun-filled days.

The Brookdale Bluegrass Festivals, presented  by Eric & Barbra Burman, and sponsored by the Northern California Bluegrass Society at the Brookdale Lodge between 1999 and 2009, lives on as the Boulder Creek Bluegrass & Old Timey Festival, March 5-7, 2010 in downtown Boulder Creek (about two miles from the original location).

The line-up has just been announced:  Harmony Grits, Faux Renwah’s Spur Of The Moment, Stoney Mountain Ramblers, Laura Lind & The Tea Sippers, Mountain Drive, Page Brownton’s Sidetrack, Common Cents, Julio In Glasses, High Tone Sinners, Research & Development, Heathen Hill, Dam Dave & The Hot Damn Band, Regina Bartlett, Ben Laney & Apryl Gilbert, and Bobby Carr.

Eric & Barbra Burman’s Brookdale Bluegrass and the Northern California Bluegrass Society will continue the Brookdale Bluegrass Festival tradition with a March 5-7, 2010 event in downtown Boulder Creek. The Boulder Creek Bluegrass & Old-Timey Festival will take place at various venues and will be headquartered at Scopazzi’s. Many well-known area bluegrass and old time musicians will perform. Details soon on this website!

The Brookdale Bluegrass Festivals (1999-2009) were originally held in December and March each winter at the Brookdale Lodge in the town of Brookdale. The new location is about two miles north on Highway 9.

The Winter 2009 Brookdale Festival – held this weekend in exile from its namesake  venue, organized at the last minute, and facing steeply-falling evening temperatures — turned out to be a very special bluegrass gathering after all. Eric and Barbra Burman invited the local bluegrass community up to their Bonny Doon ranch to enjoy performances in the elegant Music Room of their new barn, gather around a roaring outdoor fire, and warm the hearts of their friends with jams all day long and into the night. The memory of our late friend Yodeling Lady Lolita (who always loved a good time!) was well-served with historic videos of her singing, and with songs sung and glasses raised in her honor. Will the “Brookdale” festival survive beyond this 18th renewal? We certainly hope it does. It is too much fun to lose!