Details For This Weekend’s Good Old Fashioned Bluegrass Festival

TheĀ 32nd Annual Good Old Fashioned Bluegrass FestivalĀ — a benefit for the Northern California Bluegrass Society — will be held August 6-9 at the San Benito County Historical Park, 8300 Airline HighwayĀ inĀ Tres Pinos (7 miles south of Hollister).

This event is fun and friendly! It will be the last regular weekend camping bluegrass festival to be held in Northern California this year due to event cancellations in Quincy, Plymouth and Grass Valley. Don’t miss out on your final opportunity for 2026 festival fun! Enjoy!

Our host is theĀ San Benito County Historical SocietyĀ and the festival is presented by theĀ Northern California Bluegrass Society. There will be plenty of tickets at the gate.

Main Stage & Dance Hall Stage Schedule

First Stage Schedule

Thursday Evening Lantern Stage Performance

Camping

Gates Open At NOON On Thursday

Plenty Of Tickets At The Gate And Online

It’s Good Old Fashioned Bluegrass Festival Time!

TheĀ 32nd Annual Good Old Fashioned Bluegrass Festival will be held August 6-9 at the San Benito County Historical Park, 8300 Airline HighwayĀ inĀ Tres PinosĀ (7 miles south of Hollister). Our host is theĀ San Benito County Historical SocietyĀ and the festival is presented by theĀ Northern California Bluegrass Society.

Main Stage & Dance Hall Stage Schedule

First Stage Schedule

Thursday Evening Lantern Stage Performance

Camping

Gates Open At NOON On Thursday

Plenty Of Tickets At The Gate And Online

The Cottage Saloon, San Benito County Historical Park, Tres Pinos.

Next Weekend’s Good Old Fashioned Bluegrass Festival Is Last Camping Festival For 2026

Don’t Miss Your Last 2026 Chance For Festival Fun!

It is hard to believe, but due to the cancellation of other events, the late summer and fall festival schedule has become very limited.

The Good Old Fashioned Bluegrass Festival next weekend will be the last weekend camping bluegrass festival for 2026 in Northern California.

And…all of your friends will be there! You should be there, too!

32nd Annual Good Old Fashioned Bluegrass Festival

August 6-9, 2026

San Benito County Historical Park, Tres Pinos

There will be plenty of tickets at the gate. The fun festival is a benefit for the Northern California Bluegrass Society.

GOF Tickets May Be Purchased Online Or At The Gate And You Can Drink The Water

There will be plenty of tickets available at the gate for the August 6-9, 2026 Good Old Fashioned Bluegrass Festival, the 32nd annual benefit for the Northern California Bluegrass Society. As a convenience, tickets may also be purchased on this website.

Free Camping is included with all multi-day tickets. Gates Open at Noon on Thursday, August 6. There is NO EARLY ENTRY.

Good News: The water at the San Benito County Historical Park has been certified as “potable.”

32nd Annual Good Old Fashioned Bluegrass Festival Set For The San Benito County Historical Park

The 32nd Annual Good Old Fashioned Bluegrass Festival will be held at the lovely San Benito County Historical Park, 8300 Airline Highway in Tres Pinos (7 miles south of Hollister). Our host is the San Benito County Historical Society and the festival is presented by the Northern California Bluegrass Society.

August 6-9, 2026 — Be there!

San Benito County Historical Park

One Week Reminder: NCBS Election Mailed Ballots DueĀ Tuesday, August 4

One Week Reminder: The MembersĀ of theĀ Northern California Bluegrass SocietyĀ will elect the nine-memberĀ 2026-2027 Board Of DirectorsĀ onĀ Saturday, August 8, 2026, 10:00am-5:00pmĀ at theĀ Good Old Fashioned Bluegrass Festival at theĀ San Benito County Historical ParkĀ inĀ Tres Pinos and by mail.

Mailed ballots must be RECEIVED by Tuesday, August 4, 2026.