The Good Old Fashioned Bluegrass Festival will be held Thursday-Sunday August 7-10 at the San Benito County Historical Park in Tres Pinos. The 31st festival is a benefit for the Northern California Bluegrass Society.
Seth Mulder & Midnight Run To Appear On KKUP Monday Night Bluegrass
Seth Mulder & Midnight Run (Gatlinburg, TN) will perform live in studio on KKUP Monday Night Bluegrass on May 12, 2025. The show will run 6:00-9:00pm.
The band will play at 7:30pm. The program host is NCBS Vice President Mike Russell and the live music emcee is NCBS President Michael Hall. Lars Bourne will engineer.
The station is at 91.5FM in the South Bay & Monterey Bay Areas and online at <www.kkup.org>. Tune In and Turn On!
Join The Kids On Stage At The 2025 Good Old Fashioned Bluegrass Festival!
Join us at the San Benito County Historical Park in Tres Pinos for the free Kids On Stage program. Daily youth jams, practice, and instructional sessions will culminate in a Sunday morning Main Stage performance!
Players, singers, and dancers are welcome!
All kids under 13 are in free to the festival. Pre-registered 13-19 year-olds also receive free admission to the festival. Register at: <www.ncbs.us>
The program will be conducted by Joy Louise, Betsy Riger, and Amy Warren. The festival is presented by the Northern California Bluegrass Society. Contact: amywarr3n@gmail.com.
Join The NCBS And Be Ready For Festival Season!
Are you ready for the upcoming bluegrass festival season? Your Membership in the Northern California Bluegrass Society supports local bluegrass music in the San Francisco Bay Area, the Monterey Bay Area, and in all of Northern California.
Two California Bluegrass Festivals Of Interest Coming This Weekend
Northern California Bluegrass Fans have two festivals of interest coming up this Mother’s Day Weekend.
May 8-11 — Parkfield Bluegrass Festival, various venues, Parkfield. Presented by the Bluegrass Music Society Of The Central Coast. The NCBS Information Booth will be there!
May 9-10 — SierraGrass Festival, Sierra Meadows Resort, Ahwahnee. Presented by AJ Lee & Blue Summit and Sierra Meadows Resort. NCBS will have an informal team at the new event to answer any questions you may have.
Volunteers Are Needed For The Good Old Fashioned Bluegrass Festival
Volunteers are needed for the August 7-10, 2025 Good Old Fashioned Bluegrass Festival! Details are with the Volunteer Form on this website. Join your Northern California Bluegrass Society friends as we put on the best festival of the year!
The NCBS Gathering, held in honor of NCBS members and volunteers, will be held July 12 at the Live Oak Grange Hall in Santa Cruz. Join us!
Support Bluegrass Music With A Donation To NCBS
The Northern California Bluegrass Society accepts donations to support area bluegrass and is a California Not-For-Profit Corporation with Internal Revenue Code Section 501(c)(3) status that is also known as the Santa Cruz Bluegrass Society. The NCBS/SCBS Tax ID No. is 94-2907716.
Mail-In Donations: NCBS/SCBS, PO Box 390846, Mountain View, CA 94039-0846.
Good Old Fashioned Bluegrass Festival To Benefit Northern California Bluegrass Society
The Good Old Fashioned Bluegrass Festival will be held Thursday-Sunday August 7-10 at the San Benito County Historical Park in Tres Pinos.
The 31st festival is a benefit for the Northern California Bluegrass Society.
Main Stage Performance Schedule
Your NCBS Membership Supports Northern California Bluegrass Music
Your Membership in the Northern California Bluegrass Society supports local bluegrass music in the San Francisco Bay Area, the Monterey Bay Area, and in all of Northern California.
This Weekend: The Berkeley Bluegrass Festival Comes To The Freight & Salvage
This Weekend: The Northern California Bluegrass Society welcomes the 9th Annual Berkeley Bluegrass Festival at the Freight & Salvage Coffeehouse in Berkeley, Friday, May 2 — Sunday, May 4.
There will be workshops during the day throughout the weekend, with concerts each evening beginning at 6:00pm.
FRIDAY, May 2
John Jorgenson Bluegrass Band, Tray Wellington, Fog Holler, &
Jesse Appelman’s West Coast Stringband Project.
SATURDAY, May 3
Mr. Sun, Dom Flemons’ “Shultz’s Dream”, Salty Sally & The Town Howlers.
SUNDAY, May 4
Della Mae, Po’ Ramblin’ Boys, Laurie Lewis and the Right Hands &
Bean Creek.
