Host & Booker Eric  Burman has announced the bands for the first-ever SUMMER Boulder Creek Bluegrass & Old Timey Festival, building on the successful March event and continuing the 1999-2009 NCBS Brookdale Bluegrass tradition.

The bands for the July 16-18, 2010 event:

Regina Bartlett, 27strings, Heathen Hill, Julio In Glasses, Still Searchin’, Faux Renwah, Geese In The Bog, Jean Butterfield, Page Brownton & Sidetrack, Research & Development, Rainy Escobar, Eric Burman Band, Blue Shoes, Dam Dave & The Hot Dam Band, plus many more bands to be announced.

For more information, see the official festival website. The charming mountain community of Boulder Creek is 11 miles north of Santa Cruz on Highway 9 and about a mile north of the festival’s longtime original venue, The Brookdale Lodge.

The recently-announced NCBS Summer Boulder Creek Bluegrass & Old Time Festival, set for July 16-18, 2010, is now booking. Details on the official festival website, with bands and individuals encouraged to apply. The event continues the NCBS Brookdale Bluegrass tradition (1999-2009) at a location 1 mile north of the original. Eric and Barbra Burman are our hosts.

Our hosts, Eric & Barbra Burman, have announced that there will be a first-ever SUMMER NCBS Boulder Creek Bluegrass & Old Time Festival the third weekend of July, 2010. Details soon on this website. The first BCBOT, which was held in March of this year, continued the 1999-2009 tradition of the NCBS Brookdale Bluegrass Festivals.

The first Boulder Creek Bluegrass & Old Timey Festival, presented by Eric & Barbra Burman and sponsored by NCBS, was held March 5-7, 2010 and continued the 1999-2009 Brookdale Bluegrass tradition. It was a big hit! Here is a Mike Hofer festival slideshow featuring photos by Ron MacLennan, as seen on YouTube. NCBS and the Burmans plan to stage another Boulder Creek festival later this year, date TBA. Stay tuned!

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!