JANUARY
BLYTHE: Blythe Bluegrass Festival Launches the year with great music in the desert at Colorado River Fairgrounds, blythebluegrass.com
BAKERSFIELD: The Great 48 Jam January 5-8, 2022 Past venue: Marriott Convention Center, 801 Truxtun Ave., Bakersfield CA cbaweb.org/Events/Great48
REDWOOD CITY Bluegrass on Broadway scbs.org/events/bob/
FEBRUARY - MARCH
BROOKDALE: Brookdale Bluegrass Festival Spring Fling March 24-26, 2023 at Brookdale Lodge. Location, 11570 Highway 9, Brookdale, CA. Line up: Brookdale Bluegrass Band, Wildcat Mountain Ramblers, Stoney Mountain Ramblers, BanjerDan's DangerBand. Free admission, brookdalebluegrass.com
BROOKDALE: Brookdale Bluegrass Festival August 13-15, 2021 (2022 to be announced) Brookdale Bluegrass welcomes Northern California Bluegrass Society to this event 7 miles south of Hollister in Los Pinos. scbs.org
APRIL
LODI: California State Old Time Fiddle Association Fiddle Contest at Lodi Grape Festival Grounds 413 E Lockeford St, Lodi, CA State Fiddle & Picking Championships
MAY
BERKELEY: Berkeley Bluegrass Festival at Freight & Salvage $, thefreight.org
CLOVERDALE The Cloverdale Fiddle Festival returns in 2023. Previously held at Cloverdale Citrus Fair, cloverdalefiddles.com
PARKFIELD: Parkfield Bluegrass Festival May 11-14, 2023 Parkfield Cafe & Community Center - Parkfield, CA
parkfieldbluegrass.org
Line up: Missy Raines & Allegheny; John Reischman & the Jaybirds; The
John Hartford Fiddle Tune Project; Eli West Trio; Annie Staninec with
Whiskey Deaf; Phil Salazar and the Kin Folk; Marin County Breakdown; SLO
County Stumblers; Amber Cross; Gerry Higbies "Kids on Stage"
YERMO: Calico Mother's Day Bluegrass Festival May 13, 2023 at Calico Ghost Town, $15, sbcounty.gov
AGOURA HILLS: Topanga Fiddle, Banjo Contest and Folk Festival May
21, 2023 (third Sunday in May), 9 a.m. contests, and featured performances start
at 12 p.m. Noon. Throughout the day: Step Dance Contests & Workshops,
Instrument Petting Zoo, Fiddle & Friends Children's Workshop. Location: Paramount Ranch, 2903 Cornell Road Agoura Hills, CA
91301 $44.56, topangabanjofiddle.org
Lineup: Abby Posner |
The Brothers Comatose | Maria Chingona | Hot Buttered Rum |
Martha Spencer |
Dirty Laundry |
The Lowest Pair |
Water Tower |
Roses Pawn Shop |
MC: Dennis Witcher |
Victoria Bailey |
Gilbert Louie Ray |
Legends of Topanga with Fred Sokolow, Zach Sokolow, Dennis Witcher, Gabe Witcher,
Tom Sauber, Patrick Sauber, Phil Salazar, Brantley Kearns, Tom Corbett, Bill
Knopf, and Mike Mahaney |
Dance at the Railroad Station with Hillary Klug & The Hollow Trees | Old Jitters |
Smoke Holler | Ikes Creek |
Echo Mountain |
Matt Axton |
The Cody Sisters |
Rosy Nolan
GRASS VALLEY: Strawberry Music Festival May 25-29, 2023 at Nevada County Fairgrounds, Grass Valley, CA. Camping and music festival in the Sierra Nevada foothills. strawberrymusic.com
JUNE
CLOVIS: Clovis Bluegrass in the Park Clovis Veteran's Memorial District confirmed two sessions, May 12-July 21, 2023 and then September 1-22, 2023 Clovis Veterans Memorial Park 901 Fifth St. Clovis, CA Free, facebook.com/ profile.php? id=100057522374894
GRASS VALLEY: Father's Day Bluegrass Festival June 15-18, 2023 on Father's Day Weekend. fathersdayfestival.com
SUSANVILLE: Bluegrass Festival No event in 2023, rescheduled to 2024
susanvillebluegrassfestival.com
REDWOOD CITY: Pub in the Park
LAKE SELMAC: Siskiyou Folk & Bluegrass Festival June 24,
2023, 11 a.m.-6 p.m.
Illinois Valley Chamber of Commerce production at Lake Selmac, Selma, Oregon siskiyoubluegrassfestival.com
| facebook.com/siskiyoubluegrassfestival
Lineup: Hot Copper Kettle, SongBird Trio, Jodie Jean Marsten
JULY
QUINCY: High Sierra Music Festival June 29-July 2, 2023. $, 30-up, highsierramusic.com
AUGUST
FELTON: Saw Festival at Roaring Camp Railroads
TRES PINOS - HOLLISTER Good Old Fashioned Bluegrass Festival August
10-13, 2023 in Bolado
Park, 8300 Airline Highway, Tres Pinos, CA
$32-130, scbs.org/events/gof/ Event is produced by Northern California
Bluegrass Society and hosted by San Benito County Historical Society.
Line up: Bean Creek, Birches Bend, The Courthouse Ramblers, Dark Hollow
Bluegrass Band, Erick Burman & Brookdale Bluegrass Band, Festival Speed
Bluegrass, Jubilee, Lonesome Still, Lucas Lawson and the Unturned Stone, Marin
County Breakdowns, Mission Blue, Red Dog Ash, Sunny Side of the Mountain, The
Goat Hill Girls, The Post Folk Revivalists, The Stoney Mountain Ramblers, The
Storytellers, Trouble Town, West 45, Who's Feeling Young Now
PETALUMA: Rivertown Revival
bloomfieldbluegrassband.com
SUTTER CREEK: Ragtime Festival August 12-14, 2022. (not exactly bluegrass, but it's good stuff.) suttercreek.org
VISTA San Diego Summergrass Bluegrass Festival August 18-20,
2023.
$20-85, camping available for a fee, summergrass.net
Antique Gas & Steam Engine Museum, 2040 N. Santa Fe Ave., Vista, CA
Purchase Tickets Ticket Info
Event includes:
Kids Camp | Raffles | Music & Craft Vendors | Lots of Jamming
Dry, Camping | Tasty Food | Music Workshops | Easy Jam for Beginners.
Line up: John Moore and Friends, Stuart Duncan, Ron Block, Rick Faris, Steve
Spurgin, Dan Paisley and Southern Grass, High Fidelity, Breaking Grass,
MojaviSoul • Ol’ Train, Sheri Lee & Blue Heart, Chris Cerna & Bluegrass
Republic, Drought Tolerant, Hot October, Philly and the Cheesesteaks,
Sweet Tidings Gospel Jam
SUTTER CREEK: Jug Band Festival suttercreek.org
SEPTEMBER
TUOLUMNE:
Strawberry Music Festival
no fall festival in 2023
17807 Tuolumne Road, Tuolumne, CA. Camping and music festival in the Sierra Nevada foothills. strawberrymusic.com
BISHOP: Millpond Music Festival September 15-17, 2023
Annual Millpond Music Festival
serves an eclectic
collection of music, inyo.org
BERKELEY Old Time Music Convention (locations throughout the city) berkeleyoldtimemusic.org
Square dances, concerts, workshops, string band contest, stuff for kids, lots of
jamming & more
OCTOBER
SAN FRANCISCO: Hardly Strictly Bluegrass September 29-October 1, 2023 in Golden
Gate Park
hardlystrictlybluegrass.com. Hardly Strictly Bluegrass in San Francisco's Golden Gate Park is FREE. Though the talent at this event should give it #1 rank, the title says it all--there's some bluegrass, yes, but not hardly, strictly bluegrass at the October event.
GOLETA: Santa Barbara Old Time Fiddlers Fest and Convention October 7, 2023 at Stow House. fiddlersfestival.org
GOLETA: Santa Barbara Old-Time Fiddlers' Convention & Festival
October 2023 tba
Often held at: Rancho La Patera & Stow House 304 North Los Carneros Rd., Goleta, CA 93117 fiddlersfestival.org
SAN DIMAS: Huck Finn Jubilee October 2023 tba
huckfinn.com
NOVEMBER - DECEMBER
Events are not guaranteed. It is your responsibility to confirm before going.