Due to continuing wet and foggy weather, the NCBS Santa Cruz Bluegrass Fair has been postponed. The new date will be Saturday, May 30th. Join us then under sunnier skies!

Tonight’s show by the Kathy Kallick Band is at Mission City Coffee Roasting Co., safe from the tender mercies of springtime storms. In other words, it’s still on, so you can still have some bluegrass on this Saturday.

As of Friday afternoon it’s raining in Santa Cruz, but we are still hoping weather will clear for the Bluegrass Fair tomorrow, May 2nd.  It’s scheduled from noon to 5 PM at the Duck Island Stage in San Lorenzo Park. Current forecasts call for a 30% chance of showers tomorrow, which is more promising than earlier forecasts. We will update the site tomorrow morning with final confirmation whether the show is on or has to be postponed. Keep your fingers crossed!

Long-time NCBS/SCBS leader Mike McKinley was present in Owensboro, KY. in 1986 when the International Bluegrass Music Association (IBMA) launched “May — Worldwide Bluegrass Music Month” to start in the spring of 1987. He made sure that the Santa Cruz Bluegrass Society got in on the fun down at the Duck Pond Stage in downtown Santa Cruz.

Over the past 23 years, the NCBS/SCBS Santa Cruz Bluegrass Fair has become the world’s longest-running celebration of Bluegrass Month.  But your Society observes this important holiday all month long with special events and gatherings as well as ongoing regular events. Come on out and join us:

MAY:

2 - Santa Cruz Bluegrass Fair, Santa Cruz

2 - Kathy Kallick Band Concert, Santa Clara

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There will be plenty of bluegrass this Saturday, May 2 in Santa Cruz and Santa Clara, presented by the Northern California Bluegrass Society.

Afternoon - Santa Cruz:

NCBS/SCBS 23rd Annual Santa Cruz Bluegrass Fair, Noon-5:00pm, Duck Pond Stage, San Lorenzo Park, next to the courthouse. FREE. The traditional springtime kickoff for the outdoor bluegrass season and all of your friends will be there! Ducks on The Millpond, Harmony Grits, Mountain Drive, Page Brownton & Sidetrack, and The Down Beets. Raffle, fun, food and drink. More information is linked in the left column.

Evening - Santa Clara:

The Kathy Kallick Band In Concert, presented by NCBS and Fiddling Cricket, Mission City Coffee Roasting Company, Santa Clara. 8:00pm. A great band in the South Bay’s top listening room. Info on this website and at www.fiddlingcricket.com.

You can easily make it to both shows.

On Saturday, May 2, the 2008 and 2009 Northern California Bluegrass Fiddle Player of the Year Annie Staninec will perform twice at Northern California Bluegrass Society events. She will be playing bluegrass with Ducks On The Millpond at the Santa Cruz Bluegrass Fair (Noon-5:00pm, Duckpond Stage, San Lorenzo Park, FREE), and then that evening with The Kathy Kallick Band (8:00pm, Mission City Coffee Roasting Company, Santa Clara).  Here, she plays gypsy jazz fiddle with Hot Club Pacific on YouTube.