June, Father's Day: Live Oak Music Festival A 3-day concert in the hills above Santa
Barbara. Featuring a mix of acoustic and electric roots Americana, blues, latin and touches of whatever else strikes the festival's fancy. Nanci Griffith, Dan Hicks and the Hotlicks, Poncho
Sanchez, Janiva Magness with Little Charlie and his Allstars, the Derailers and the Stairwell Sisters are among Live Oak's performenrs.
West Coast Ragtime Society, www.westcoastragtime.com , 22nd annual WEst Coast Ragtime Festival, Nov. 21,22,23, 2008, Red Lion Hotel, Sacramento CA.
Millipond Music Festival, www.inyo.org/millipond/ , September 12-14, 2008, Bishop CA
Mule Days Celebration, www.muledays.org/about/php, Memorial Day Weekend, May 19-24th, 2009, Bishop, CA
Blythe Bluegrass Festival, www.blythe bluegrass.com, 22nd annual event, January 16, 17, & 18, 2009
Horsin' Around Hoedown, Art, Crafts, www.earthconnections.org , August 31, 2008 , Anaheim, CA
Berkeley Oldtime Music Convention, www.berkeleyoldtimemusic.org , September 11-14 , 2008, various locations, Berkely, CA
Huck Finn Jubilee, www.huckfinn.com
, Father's Day weekend , Mojave Narrows Regional Park ,
Strawberry Music Festival, www.strawberrymusic.com , Fall 2008, August 28-31 , sold out
California Traditional Music Society,
www.ctmsfolkmusic.org/festival/solstice/ no updated info for 2008
Topanga Banjo-fiddle Contest and Folk Festival,
www.topangabanjofiddle.org , Sunday May 17th 2009,
Scott Valley Bluegrass Festival, www.scottvalleybluegrass.com , July 19-20, 2008, Etna, CA
The Good Old Fashioned Bluegrass Festival,
www.scbs.org/gof2008/gofo8home.htm , August 8-10, 2008 , Balado Park, South of Hollister
Summergrass San Diego,
www.summergrass.net , August 22-24 , San Diego CA
Bluegrassin' In The Foothills , www.landspromotions.com/plymouthhome.htm
Julian Bluegrass Festival, www.julianbluegrassfestival.com , September 20-21, 2008, Frank Lane Park, Julian CA
San Francisco Bluegrass & Old Time Festival, www.sfbluegrass.org
, February 1-9, 2008, various venues, San Francisco, CA
Parkfield Bluegrass Festival, www.parkfieldbluegrass.com , Thursday, May 7-10, 2009, Parkfield, CA
California Bluegrass Association, www.cbaontheweb.org/cba_news.asp
? , June 12-15, 2008, Nevada County Fairgrounds, Grass Valley, CA
Stagecoach Country Music Festival, www.stagecoach festival.com
, May 2-4, 2008, Empire Polo Field, Indio, CA
Mandolin Symposium,
www.mandolinsymposium.com, June 23-28, 2008, UC Santa Cruz, CA
Bluegrass Day, www.wegoplaces.com/attraction_133404.aspx , no published current dates, Carlsbad CA
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