NCBS Welcomes The Pick & Gather Festival Set For Memorial Day Weekend At Riverdance Farms in Livingston

The Northern California Bluegrass Society welcomes the FREE Pick & Gather Festival at Riverdance Farms, Livingston (near Merced) on Memorial Day Weekend. The long-running festival is presented by Cindy Lashbrook, the farmer of organic Riverdance Farms.

The 2021 U-Pick weekend has grown organically into a near festival line up with music on Saturday May 29 and Sunday May 30. The event offers U-pick organic Blueberries, Cherries, Strawberries, and (new) Lavender at wholesale prices.

Admission during the day is free (donations accepted).  Campsites, in the walnut orchard, near the river access, will be available. Cost is $25 per night, and $40 for both Friday & Saturday nights. Jammers are welcome! No individual campfires are allowed. Tents and small camp trailers are preferred, but there are a few sites for RVs.

Gates are open each day 9:00am-9:00pm.

Performance Schedule:
SATURDAY, May 29
10:00am — BanjerDan Mazer
11:30 — What Cheer! (Cactus Bob and Prairie Flower with Pegleg Reza)
Mid afternoon —  Fiddlestix
Twilight dinner set to dusk — The Brookdale Bluegrass Band With Eric Burman 
SUNDAY, May 30
Brunch Music:
9:00am — Tim Lechuga — MahaShakti Music
10:30 — BanjerDan Mazer
11:30  (to mid afternoon close) — Patty Castillo-Davis and Friends
All Memorial Day Weekend (and again on June 4-6), farm and river activities will  include U-pick, hayrides, food vendors, other activities.
All visitors need to make appointments. Call or text to 209-761-0081 or email to riverdancefarms@gmail.com.
We will be following safety guidelines for this COVID 19 era.
Address: 12230 Livingston Cressey Road, Livingston, CA 95334 (the well-marked farm gate is a half-mile northeast towards Cressey).
What Cheer, the band, posed in front of What Cheer, the saloon in Columbia.