The 3rd Annual NCBS International Bluegrass Music Museum Film Festival will present five films on Sunday, March 14 in Redwood City, including the new Yasha Aginsky documentary “The New Lost City Ramblers In Always Been A Rambler.” The film is presented by The Arhoolie Foundation. The film festival is part of the March 11-14 NCBS Bluegrass On Broadway Festival. All festival programming, including the film festival, is FREE.

San Francisco Filmmaker Yasha Aginsky

Filmmaker Yasha Aginsky and his wife Carrie will attend the BOB screening in person to talk with the audience and answer questions about the film.

The film festival will run Noon-5:00pm at the Redwood City Main Library Community Room, 1044 Middlefield Road. This film will be shown at approximately 1:00pm.

Other March 14 Festival Films:

The Crooked Jades: Old Time Is Not A Crime,

The Waltz To Westphalia: The Journey Of An American Fiddle Classic

Wade Mainer Concert Film

Dan Crary

The final day of Bluegrass On Broadway will be devoted to the NCBS International Bluegrass Music Museum Film Festival. The FREE program will present five films, including “The Waltz To Westphalia,” a 2010 film by longtime NCBS member Joe Weed of Los Gatos, which will premier at the NCBS festival on Sunday, four days before Weed presents the documentary at a film festival in Canada. Joe will appear at the BOB to discuss the film with the audience.

The NCBS IBMM Film Festival will be held on Sunday, March 14 from Noon-5:00pm at the Redwood City Main Library Community Room, 1044 Middlefield Road. For the film festival’s third year, the library has acquired new, state of the art equipment for comfortable 125 seat viewing room.

The completely FREE NCBS Bluegrass On Broadway Festival runs March 11-14, featuring concerts, jams, films, and the Northern California Bluegrass Awards.

The Northern California Bluegrass Awards Concert will be held on Saturday, March 13, 2010 at the Tapestry Church (formerly, the Peninsula Christian Center), 1305 Middlefield Road, Redwood City. The FREE concert is part of the March 11-14 NCBS Bluegrass On Broadway Festival.

10:30am – Special Film Presentation: Yodeling Lady Lolita, by Bruce Bellagio

11:00 – Common Cents

Noon – Nell Robinson & Friends

1:00pm – Loganville Acoustic

2:00 – High Country

3:00-5:00pm – Northern California Bluegrass Awards (with additional performances).

5:15pm-ish to whenever – Award Winners Jam hosted by Bean Creek (All jammers and listeners are welcome), Little India, 917 Main Street, Redwood City. FREE.

Great bluegrass throughout California and the West beckon NCBS members over the next three weekends. Find an event you like and join in!

February 25-28 – Wintergrass Festival, Bellevue, WA. The great Northwest bluegrass event has a new home east of Seattle.

March 5-7 – NCBS  Boulder Creek Bluegrass & Old Timey Festival, Boulder Creek. Eric & Barbra Burman bring the music to the small mountain community not far from the ol’ Brookdale Lodge location.

March 5-7 – Bluegrass On The Beach, Lake Havasu, AZ. The former Parker festival has moved up the Colorado River to a nice new venue in a nice new town.

March 6 – NCBS-Sponsored RBA Concert, Dry Branch Fire Squad, Mountain View. One of our favorite touring bands hits town for a Saturday evening concert.

March 11-14 – NCBS Bluegrass On Broadway Festival, Redwood City. The 3rd Annual FREE festival has concerts, bluegrass films, jams, bluegrass dining, and the Northern California Bluegrass Awards in beautiful historic downtown Redwood City.

March 13 – CBA Sonoma County Bluegrass Festival, Sebastopol. One-day festival brings a day of bluegrass to the Wine Country.

One Week Reminder: Final round ballots for the Northern California Bluegrass Awards are due on March 4, 2010. The FREE Awards Show & Concert is set for Saturday, March 13 at the Tapestry Church Main Hall, 1305 Middlefield Road, Redwood City. The awards are part of the NCBS Bluegrass On Broadway Festival, March 11-14, 2010.