Good Old Fashioned Bluegrass Festival musician Nell Robinson appeared on the A Prairie Home Companion radio program in April. Now, the Bluegrass Journal features the story of that performance in its current edition.

Nell Robinson & Red Level will return to the GOF Main Stage, while Nell and her Take The Stage students will open the August 13-15 festival on the GOF First Stage.

Plenty of GOF tickets are available on this website or at the gate.

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GOF Radio Tuesday: The Sarah Bellum “That’s Not Bluegrass! Show” on KZSU-Stanford will feature Good Old Fashioned bands (including Red Level) 9:00pm-midnight Tuesday, August 3 on  90.1FM in the Mid and South Bay and online everywhere. NCBS President Michael Hall will guest on the show.

Music on the expanded First Stage at the 2010 Good Old Fashioned Bluegrass Festival will begin at 11:00am on Friday of the August 13-15 event. Four different hosts will present 45-minute open mike sessions:

11:00am — Nell Robinson (”Take The Stage” bands)

Noon — Regina Bartlett

1:00pm — Cactus Bob & Prairie Flower

2:00 – Chickwagon (women performers)

The GOF Main Stage will begin at the usual time, 3:00pm on Friday afternoon.

The Good Old Fashioned Bluegrass Festival will be featured on KPFA Radio, 94.1 FM throughout Northern California and online everywhere this Sunday, August 1 from 3:00-5:00pm.  The rising stars of OMGG will talk about their appearance on the main stage at the GOF and discuss their music and film careers. The band will also perform live on the air. “Pig In A Pen” Host Ray Edlund will give away GOF tickets to station donors and interview NCBS President Michael Hall about the August 13-15, 2010 festival.

Here on YouTube, the Obviously Minors Guys And A Girl perform “More Than A Name On The Wall” at the 2009 GOF.

The raffle is a popular feature of each Good Old Fashioned Bluegrass Festival, helping to raise money for the Northern California Bluegrass Society and providing the lucky winners with some great prizes. Among the sponsors of the raffle to be held at this year’s GOF (August 13th - 15th):

Deering Banjo has donated a Deering Goodtime banjo.

Sylvan Music has donated a Walden dreadnought guitar.

Shubb Capo has donated an assortment of capos and transposing guides.

Gryphon Stringed Instruments has donated merchandise including tuners, books, and strings.

Jack Tuttle has donated several of his instructional books.

Thin Man String Co has donated a gift certificate.

Warren Hellman has donated two pairs of “friends and family” passes to this year’s Hardly Strictly Bluegrass festival.

Jake’s Brown Barn Festival has donated 2 pairs of tickets to this year’s festival.

The California Bluegrass Association has donated 2 pairs of tickets to the Hobbs Grove Bluegrass Festival.

The Abbott Family have donated CDs and a book.

Faux Renwah, Highway One, Kitchen Help, and Mountain Drive have all donated CDs.

Kayak Connection has donated a half day double kayak rental.

Applebee’s, Cheesecake Factory, Hobee’s, and The Fish Market restaurants have donated gift certificates.

California Shakespeare Theater and Children’s Musical Theater San Jose have each donated two tickets for their upcoming season.

The Asian Art Museum of San Francisco and Happy Hollow Park and Zoo have each donated a pair of passes.

We thank all these donors for their generous support. Visit the NCBS booth at the festival to buy your tickets and get a chance at these fine prizes!