Proof Of Vaccination for the Covid 19 Virus will be needed in order to attend Northern California Bluegrass Society events in 2022.
This requirement will also be in effect for all or almost all bluegrass events in Northern California next year.
The required vaccines are FREE and WIDELY AVAILABLE.
The Northern California Bluegrass Society welcomes the 15th Annual Holiday Hootenanny at the Devil’s Canyon Brewing Company in San Carlos on Friday, December 10, 2021 beginning at 5:00pm.
The FREE event is organized by Scott Dailey. More information will be announced soon.
After (sigh) many months of Coronavirus-limited activity, the Northern California Bluegrass Society is planning a full schedule of live music events for 2022.
The widespread availability of Coronavirus Vaccines will make in-person bluegrass music gatherings safe and fun once again. Now is the time for all bluegrass fans to get their vaccine status updated, so everyone will be ready to go for the upcoming bluegrass season.
We can’t wait — see you soon!
The holiday shopping season is coming. If you shop on Amazon using the link below, the AmazonSmile program will donate to the Northern California Bluegrass Society/Santa Cruz Bluegrass Society and support local bluegrass music without cost to you.
Here is the link: smile.amazon.com/ch/94-2907716 (“Santa Cruz Bluegrass Society”).
Here is more information: NCBS AmazonSmile Information.
The Northern California Bluegrass Society/Santa Cruz Bluegrass Society is an official Internal Revenue Code Section 501(c)(3) organization that accepts tax-deductible contributions. Here is some useful tax planning information for 2021 only if you are interested in supporting NCBS/SCBS with tax-advantaged contributions:
For the tax year ending on December 31, 2021 (only), it is possible to deduct cash gifts up to $300 for an individual or $600 for a married couple filing jointly, even if the taxpayers do not itemize deductions — that is, the 90% of taxpayers who take the standard deduction. Gifts must be made by check, credit card or debit card to a qualified 501(c)(3) charity. Volunteers who have unreimbursed out-of-pocket expenses will also qualify for this deduction.
Also, cash gifts to public charities usually have deduction limits of 60% of a donor’s adjusted gross income, but in 2021 (only) the limit has been temporarily raised to 100% of AGI. In addition, donors who contribute more than the limit may carry the balance of the deduction forward for up to five years after the year of the gift. To take advantage of these tax provisions, your contribution must be made before December 31, 2021.
This fall is the time for bluegrass fans to get their Covid Vaccine Status in order to be ready for festivals and other events as live bluegrass music returns in full force during 2022. Vaccine Requirements are fast becoming the policy at most bluegrass events and will be universal by next season.
Due to the spread of the highly-contagious Delta Variant of the Covid 19 Virus, bluegrass fans are increasingly unwilling to attend bluegrass events where unvaccinated persons are also permitted to attend. On a forward-going basis, proof of vaccine status will likely be required. Covid 19 Vaccines and boosters are now FREE and WIDELY AVAILABLE. These shots have already saved the lives of many people across the US and around the world.
Proof of vaccination will be needed for NCBS events in 2022.
The Brookdale Lodge on Highway 9 in Brookdale, the original home of the Brookdale Bluegrass Festival, will be recognized as a historic site by the members of the E Clampus Vitus fraternal organization on November 13, 2021 at 1:00pm.
The Lodge was opened in 1890 and much expanded as a lodging, restaurant, and music location (among other legal and illegal enterprises) over the next century.
It hosted the first NCBS/SCBS-welcomed and Eric & Barbara Burman-presented Brookdale festival in 1998 and hosted multiple bluegrass events during the early 2000s, before closing for a painful extended bout with business difficulties and much-needed renovations that lasted over a decade. For many years, it was the every-Tuesday evening location of the late DamDave Gillett-organized “Odd Instrument Bluegrass Jam” with no guitars allowed. A Professional Bluegrass Band Workshop was organized by Barbra Burman and taught by Dr. Banjo Pete Wernick and Nurse Joan Wernick at the lodge.
Saturday’s ceremony will include NCBS Vice-President and ECV officer Mike Russell and GOF Festival Director Bruce Bellochio, a neighbor of the historic Lodge and a key organizer of the Brookdale festival. NCBS President Michael Hall will also attend. The ceremony is free and open to the public. A permanent plaque will be placed on the building.
We hear rumors that the 23-year-old Brookdale Bluegrass Festival may eventually return to the venue, once renovations are finally completed. In the meantime, bluegrass and other bands play regularly outside the Lodge’s bar.
The NCBS National Bluegrass Stolen & Missing Instrument Page is on this website. This service is for both theft victims and used instrument buyers.
It provides a central reporting location for the recovery of stolen or lost bluegrass instruments. Musicians should immediately SELF POST information about stolen instruments. Instrument buyers should CHECK the page prior to purchase of any used instrument.
The FREE page is searchable and links can be added to connect additional information about the instrument.
Proof Of Vaccination for the Covid 19 Virus will be needed in order to attend Northern California Bluegrass Society events in 2022. This requirement will also be in effect for all or most bluegrass events in Northern California next year. Vaccines are FREE and WIDELY AVAILABLE.
The Northern California Bluegrass Society Board Of Directors has elected the following officers:
President — Michael Hall
Vice-President — Mike Russell
Treasurer — Bruce Edmundson
The board deferred the election of the office of Secretary to a later date. Jesse Fichman will continue to serve for now.
