AUGUST

28 — Johnson Farm Pickin’ Party, Boulder Creek.

SEPTEMBER

10-12 — Jake’s Brown Barn Bluegrass Festival, San Martin.

20 — Last day to nominate Bands and Musicians for 2011 Northern California Bluegrass Awards.

25 — Pickin’ On Pinot — Bluegrass In The Vineyard, Goldeneye Winery, Philo (sponsored by NCBS).

27-October 3 — IBMA World Of Bluegrass, Nashville.

OCTOBER

9 — NCBS Volunteer Party.

23 — RBA The Tuttles With A. J. Lee Concert, Mountain View.

25 — Last day to submit independent documentary films for 2011 Bluegrass On Broadway Film Festival.

NOVEMBER

6 – RBA Blue Highway Concert, Mountain View.

DECEMBER

3-5 — Brookdale Bluegrass Festival, Brookdale & Boulder Creek.

4 — RBA Frankie Nagle & Primary Colors Concert, Mountain View.

31 — Band applications due for 2011 Good Old Fashioned Bluegrass Festival.

The 10th Annual John Farm Pickin’ Party will be held this Saturday, August 28 at the historic Johnson Farm in Boulder Creek. This should be a perfect afternoon of bluegrass jamming!

The FREE gathering is presented by the Johnson Family, the Abbott Family, and the Northern California Bluegrass Society.

Time: Noon-7:00pm. Location: 16385 Two Bar Road, 1 mile north of Boulder Creek on Highway 9. The Johnson Farm is 1 3/4 miles up Two Bar Road on the left. Bring (all optional): Friends, instruments, food & drink.

Tradition: Luke & Kyle Abbott always kick off the first jam in the tiny playhouse “barn,” seen and heard around the world on YouTube.

The 18th Annual Northern California Bluegrass Society Good Old Fashioned Bluegrass Festival will be held August 12-14, 2011 at Bolado Park in Tres Pinos.

The NCBS Brookdale Bluegrass Festival, hosted by Eric & Barbra Burman will be held in both Brookdale and Boulder Creek, December 3-5, 2010. More details soon.

Brookdale & Boulder Creek In December!

Volunteers Roger Siminoff & Rich Evans dig deep for a winning raffle ticket.

NCBS Volunteer Party invitations will soon be sent to all Northern California Bluegrass Society volunteers (and bands) who have helped with any NCBS project over the past year.

The party will be held at an undisclosed location on Saturday, October 9, 2010. Your hard volunteer work and support is not only deeply appreciated, it is the stuff that makes bluegrass music happen around here!

Volunteer signmaker Mike Hofer on solar power.

Now we want you to relax and have some fun. Look for your treasured invitation to arrive and join us in October. You will be glad you did — and so will we!

Update: GOF Volunteers who signed up at the gate should contact (Penny Godlis) pennyg44 (at) gte (dot) net with your contact info.