Molly Tuttle, a senior at Palo Alto High School, will open a Laurie Lewis concert on February 20. The bluegrass music program will benefit the Juana Briones Elementary School PTA. This event is sponsored by the Northern California Bluegrass Society. The concert is set for the Lucie Stern Community Theatre, 1305 Middlefield Road, Palo Alto. Advance tickets are available at Gryphon Stringed Instruments or online. Here on YouTube is a short, interesting film about Molly and her music.
Laurie Lewis, Tom Rozum & The California Bluegrass All Stars will appear in an NCBS-sponsored concert on Saturday evening, February 20, at the Lucie Stern Center in Palo Alto. The show will benefit the Juana Briones Elementary School PTA and will supply essential funding for books and supplies during difficult times. Here on YouTube, Laurie sings her 1980s hit “Val’s Cabin” in an informal performance in Tilden Park, Berkeley.
This is a busy bluegrass time of year in Northern California. The Northern California Bluegrass Society has three important festivals coming up in the next few weeks. But there are many other big events of interest to our members in the area — and beyond. Get out and enjoy some music and fun!
Susie Glaze & The Hilonesome Band (Los Angeles) will headline a Saturday, February 13 women’s bluegrass concert at McGrath’s Pub in Alameda. The show is part of the 11th Annual NCBS San Francisco Bluegrass & Old Time Festival, February 12-21 at venues throughout San Francisco and the North and East Bay areas. The Alhambra Valley Band (Martinez) and The Barefoot Nellies (San Francisco) round out the bill. Here is a short interview with Tennessee native Susie Glaze featuring her music from YouTube.
The 3rd Annual Northern California Bluegrass Society Bluegrass On Broadway Festival will be held March 11-14, 2010 in historic downtown Redwood City. The entire festival is FREE and plenty of FUN!
Thursday: Opening Jam. Friday: Bluegrass Dining In Redwood City Restaurants. Saturday: BOB Film Festival Opening Film. Northern California Bluegrass Awards Concert. Northern California Bluegrass Awards. Award Winners Jam (all are welcome). Evening Bluegrass Bistro Show. Sunday: IBMM Bluegrass Film Festival. More to come.
NCBS Bluegrass On Broadway receives principal financial support from the Redwood City Civic Cultural Commission, the Redwood City Public Library, the Redwood City Friends Of The Library, and Tapestry Church (formerly, the Peninsula Christian Center), plus other area businesses and individuals.
Laurie Lewis, Tom Rozum & The California Bluegrass All Stars will perform in a benefit concert for the Juana Briones Elementary School PTA (Palo Alto) at the elegant Lucie Stern Center in Palo Alto on Saturday, February 20. Jack and Molly Tuttle will open the show.
The program is sponsored by the Northern California Bluegrass Society.
The evening will introduce the new Laurie Lewis CD “Blossoms.“ The California All-Stars are fiddler Chad Manning (of David Grisman’s Bluegrass Experience), banjoist Patrick Sauber, bassist Andrew Conklin, and as special guest vocalists, Oakland’s T Sisters: Erika, Chloe, and Rachel Tietjen.
All profits from the concert and concessions will benefit the Juana Briones Elementary School PTA, which funds materials for many of the school’s library, art, science, and enrichment programs.
The 8:00pm concert (doors open 7:30pm) will be held at the Lucie Stern Community Theatre, 1305 Middlefield Road, Palo Alto. Tickets: $21.50 advance, $24.50 at the door; available at Gryphon Stringed Instruments, 211 Lambert Ave, Palo Alto. (650) 493-2131, or online.
The Northern California Bluegrass Society will present one Nashville Bluegrass Band show and sponsor another this month. The band will appear in Mountain View at an NCBS-sponsored Redwood Bluegrass Associatesconcert on Saturday, February 13, and in Berkeley as part of the NCBS San Francisco Bluegrass & Old Time Festival in a concert at the Freight & Salvage on Sunday, February 14. Here on YouTube, the band performs a classic version of “The Train Carrying Jimmie Rodgers Home.”
