Bill Monroe's Brown County Jamboree

The peak of the summer bluegrass festival season is upon us. The next three weeks offer plenty of reasons to pack your tent or RV and head for bluegrass heaven.

Here are some festivals where Northern California Bluegrass Society Members will be there to join in the fun! See you where the music is!

JUNE

8-9 – San Francisco Free Folk Festival, Presidio Middle School, San Francisco.

8-15 – Brown County Jamboree & Bill Monroe Bean Blossom Bluegrass Festival, Bill Monroe Music Park, Bean Blossom, IN.

13-16 — CBA Father’s Day Bluegrass Festival, Nevada County Fairgrounds, Grass Valley.

14-16 — Huck Finn’s Jubilee, Cucamonga-Guasti Regional Park, Ontario (note new location).

14-16 — Live Oak Music Festival, Live Oak Camp, Santa Ynez.

15-16 – La Honda Music & Art Fair, La Honda Gardens, La Honda.

17-23 – Susanville Bluegrass Festival, Lassen County Fairgrounds, Susanville.

20-23 — Telluride Bluegrass Festival, various venues, Telluride, CO.

22 – Mount Tam Jam,  Mountain Theater, Mt. Tamalpais State Park, Mill Valley.

22-23 – Monterey Americana Festival, Monterey County Fairgrounds, Monterey.

28-30 – Kate Wolf Music Festival, Black Oak Ranch, Laytonville.

27-29 — International Bluegrass Music Museum ROMP Bluegrass Music Roots & Branches Festival, Yellow Creek Park, Owensboro, KY.

29 — Packinghouse Brew Grass Festival, Packinghouse Brewery, Riverside.

Redwood City -- The Peninsula's Home Of Bluegrass Music

The City Of Redwood City Civic Cultural Commission has awarded a grant to help fund the 2014 Northern California Bluegrass Society Bluegrass On Broadway Festival.

The 7th annual event will be held the last weekend in January and will once again be FREE to the public.

The BOB will include the Northern California Bluegrass Awards show and the NCBS International Bluegrass Music Museum Film Festival, as well as many other events. More details will be announced soon.

Deep NCBS Membership Discount

Canyon Johnson will make its first-ever appearance at the Good Old Fashioned Bluegrass Festival August 8-11, 2013.

The 20th annual gathering is a benefit for the Northern California Bluegrass Society.

The jam-friendly festival will be held at Bolado Park in Tres Pinos, 7 miles south of Hollister.

Discount Advance Tickets are available through July 15.

NCBS Members receive a deep discount on advance tickets while non-members receive a discount.

Canyon Johnson

Pete & Joan Wernick will lead a Beginning Jam Camp before next March’s second annual Brookdale Bluegrass Festival At Costanoa in Pescadero.

The NCBS-welcomed festival will be held March 7-8, while the jam camp will run March 4-6, 2014, both at the Costanoa Lodge.

More details will be announced soon.

The annual election for members of the Northern California Bluegrass Society Board Of Directors is set for Saturday, August 10, 2013, 10:00am-5:00pm at the Good Old Fashioned Bluegrass Festival, Bolado Park, Tres Pinos, and by mail. The ballot and candidate statements will be published in the July-August issue of Bluegrass By The Bay magazine.

The following have submitted candidate statements and will appear on the ballot: Bruce Bellochio, Eric Burman, Elicia Burton, Bruce Edmundson, Penny Godlis, Michael Hall, Brenda Hough, Pan Logan, and Mike Russell.