KALW On-Air Folk Festival With Bean Creek Is Saturday November 23

The KALW On-Air Folk Festival is this Saturday, November 23.  The live in-studio music will include Northern California Bluegrass Society favorite Bean Creek (Santa Cruz) at 4:00pm and the old-time Plaid Strangers — Karen Heil (fiddle, guitar) and Maxine Gerber (banjo, guitar) at 4:45pm. Live music will run from 2:00 to 7:00pm with other folk and Celtic bands.

The festival will be hosted by JoAnn Mar, Peter Thompson, & Kevin Vance.

The San Francisco station is at 91.7FM in the North Bay and Central Bay Areas, or Online.

Bean Creek

You Can Include Bluegrass In Your 2024 Tax Planning

You can include bluegrass music in your 2024 tax planning.

The Northern California Bluegrass Society supports local bluegrass music. The Society 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. NCBS/SCBS accepts tax-advantaged donations.

The NCBS/SCBS Tax ID No. is 94-2907716.

Mail-In Donations: NCBS/SCBS, PO Box 390846, Mountain View, CA 94039-0846.

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FREE 19th Annual Holiday Hootenanny Is December 13

The Northern California Bluegrass Society welcomes the FREE 19th Annual Holiday Hootenanny on Friday, December 13 at 4:00pm.

The Stoney Mountain Ramblers and other bands will perform on two stages. The gathering will be presented by the Devil’s Canyon Brewing Company, 935 Washington Street in San Carlos. Fine beer will be served and a variety of food trucks will be there. There will be space for jamming.

Thanks to Scott Dailey for booking this fun bluegrass evening.

 

David Holodiloff Medical Fund Benefit Festival Set For Thanksgiving Weekend In Pacific Grove

Former Good Old Fashioned Bluegrass Festival & Brookdale Bluegrass Festival performer David Holodiloff has recently encountered over $20,000 in medical expenses.

The Holofest acoustic music festival will be held on Thanksgiving Weekend to benefit his medical fund. The three-day event will run Friday, November 29-Sunday, December 1, 2024. Multi-instrumentalist Holodiloff plays all kinds of music, including bluegrass, and this event will reflect his wide-ranging acoustic tastes.

Dave recently underwent an unexpected series of four surgical procedures on his knee, resulting in a debilitating staph infection, hospitalization, various medical treatments, and ongoing physical therapy. This ordeal has put an immeasurable strain on Dave’s musical career and finances.

There is no admission charge, but donations will be welcomed. The program will be held at the Pacific Grove Meetinghouse, 599 Lighthouse Avenue
Pacific Grove, CA 93950. Many bands will perform. Hours: FRIDAY & SATURDAY: 10:00am-8:00pm, SUNDAY: 10:00am-2:00pm.

Plans are underway to stream the event. Online donations are also accepted:

Venmo: @daveholodiloff 

Paypal: www.paypal.me/daveholodiloff

Go Fund Me: https://www.gofundme.com/f/holofest-donate-to-daves-healing-journey

 

 

 

 

 

One Day Reminder: Leadership Bluegrass Applications Due On November 18

One Day Reminder: The deadline for Applications for the International Bluegrass Music Association’s 2025 Leadership Bluegrass Class is November 18, 2024.

The 2025 class will be held March 10-12 in Nashville. The Northern California Bluegrass Society is a longtime organizational member of the IBMA. NCBS Members are encouraged to apply.

Leadership Bluegrass

Three-Day Reminder: Leadership Bluegrass Class Applications Due On November 18

Three-Day Reminder: The deadline for Applications for the International Bluegrass Music Association’s 2025 Leadership Bluegrass Class is November 18, 2024. The 2025 class will be held March 10-12 in Nashville.

The Northern California Bluegrass Society is a longtime organizational member of the IBMA. NCBS Members are encouraged to apply.

19th Annual FREE Holiday Hootenanny Coming Friday December 13 To San Carlos

The Northern California Bluegrass Society welcomes the FREE 19th Annual Holiday Hootenanny on Friday, December 13 at 4:00pm. The Stoney Mountain Ramblers and other bands will perform on two stages.

The gathering will be presented by the Devil’s Canyon Brewing Company, 935 Washington Street in San Carlos. 

Fine beer will be served and a variety of food trucks will be there. There will be space for jamming. Thanks to Scott Dailey for booking this fun bluegrass evening.

The Holiday Hootenanny!

El Cerrito Home Of Down Home Records, Arhoolie Foundation & Les Blank Films Needs To Buy Property

The famed home of several bluegrass-related music and film businesses since 1976 in El Cerrito may be sold unless the businesses can raise 1.2 million dollars to purchase the property.

The venue is home to the music store Down Home Records (global roots music), the Arhoolie Foundation (some of the archives from the Arhoolie Records music recording and publishing house founded by the late Chris Strachwitz), and Les Blank Films (music-related independent films founded by the late Les Blank as Flower Films).

Strachwitz purchased the building with money earned from the publishing royalties on Country Joe & the Fish’s anti-war rag “I-Feel-Like-I’m-Fixin’-to-Die.”

Harrod Blank, Les Blank’s son, who is continuing his father’s documentary film work, has the first right to purchase the building from the Strachwitz trust at market value, estimated at 2.4 million dollars, half of which still needs to be raised. A Go Fund Me campaign to bring in a portion of the needed funds is currently underway.