SHOWS & INSTRUCTION
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CONCERTS
May 29: The Heifer Belles
May 30: Crying Uncle Bluegrass Band
June 5: Evie Ladin Band
June 6: Old Mule
*June 3: Ed Neff (mando) & Friends with Paul Shelasky (fid), Sue Shelasky Walters (bs), George Goodell (bjo), and Glen Waller (gtr) - Willowbrook Ale House, Petaluma
*June 10: Ed Neff (mando) & Friends with Paul Shelasky (fid), Sue Shelasky Walters (bs), George Goodell (bjo), and Glen Waller (gtr) - Willowbrook Ale House, Petaluma
June 15 (5:30 pm): Pride Couch Concert with Angie K, Amythyst Kiah, Tatiana Hargreaves, Jake Blount
*June 17: Bloomfield Bluegrass Band - Willowbrook Ale House, Petaluma
*June 18 (5 pm): Felton Music Hall Presents - AJ Lee & Blue Summit; The California Honeydrops - Roaring Camp Railroads, Felton >sold out <
*June 24: Bloomfield Bluegrass Band - Willowbrook Ale House, Petaluma
*June 25 (5:30 pm): Bloomfield Bluegrass Band - William Tell House, Tomales
*July 1: Ed Neff & Friends - Willowbrook Ale House, Petaluma
*July 8: Ed Neff & Friends - Willowbrook Ale House, Petaluma
*July 15: Bloomfield Bluegrass Band - Willowbrook Ale House, Petaluma
*July 17 (4 pm): Kathy Kallick Band - The Back Room (outside), Berkeley
*July 22: Bloomfield Bluegrass Band - Willowbrook Ale House, Petaluma
*Aug. 29 (1 pm): Bloomfield Bluegrass Band - Brewsters Beer Garden, Petaluma
*in-person, physically-distanced events
FESTIVALS
BanjerDan Mazer, What Cheer! (Cactus Bob and Prairie Flower with Pegleg Reza), Fiddlestix, Brookdale Bluegrass Band, others
June 6 (1 pm): Lavender Country Live; hosted by Jake Blount
June 12 (1 pm): Bluegrass Pride Brunch & Information Session
June 13 (1 pm): Beginner-Friendly Jam-Along with Luisa Lopez
June 19 (3 pm): Juneteenth - A Rainbow Revival with Sunny War, Jake Blount, Yasmin Williams, Faith Nolan, Jackie & Resa, Stephanie Anne Johnson, and Lenworth Poyser; curated by Brandi Pace of Decolonizing the Music Room, highlighting the contributions of Black, queer, trans, and non-binary folks to roots music and the Pride movement.
June 26-27 (3 pm): Porch Pride Festival
Sat.: Mya Byrne; Ben Garnett; Crys Matthews; BOOJUM; Po’ Ramblin’ Boys; Gangstagrass
Sun.: Willi Carlisle; Maddie Witler; Chris Sexton; Hasee Ciaccio & Friends; Stephanie Anne Johnson; Rainbow Girls
Jubilee; Who’s Feeling Young Now; Janie Rothfield; Dirty Cello; Appalachian Fiddle Folklore with Adam Booth, Dakota Karper, and Ben Townsend; Old-Time Jam with Dinah & Noah Stroe; Banjo Hangout with David Brown; many others
Mile Twelve; Becky Buller & Ned Luberecki; The Onlies; High Fidelity's Jeremy & Corrina (Stephens Brothers)
Be sure to check out the TYRO events in April and May:
Turn Your Radio ONLINE #7 with The Price Sisters; Caleb Klauder & Reeb Willms; Rob Ickes & Trey Hensley; AJ Lee & Blue Summit
Lassen County Fairgrounds, Susanville (85 miles north of Reno)
Fast Track; Keith Little Band; Central Valley Boys; Nu-Blu; High Plains Tradition; Steve Spurgin; Westwind
Community Center Park, Merrill, OR
Central Valley Boys; One Button Suit; North Country Blue; Chris Cerna & Bluegrass Republic; Pleasant Valley Boys; Mission Blue
Skamania County Fairgrounds, Stevenson, WA
Kathy Kallick Band; The Price Sisters; Central Valley Boys; Big Dickens; ...
Plumas County Fairgrounds, Quincy (90 min. NW of Reno)
Keith Little; Laurie Lewis; St. Gabriel's Celestial Brass Band
*in-person, physically-distanced events
ONLINE INSTRUCTION
Summer series of online Freight & Salvage classes begins the week of July 11; recent instructors have included Avram Siegel, Deborah Hamouris, Dix Bruce, Evie Ladin, Erik Hoffman, and Richard Brandenburg
Email these instructors to explore a variety of online teaching possibilities:
Avram Siegel <avramsiegel@comcast.net>
Bill Evans <bill@billevansbanjo.com>
Chad & Catherine Manning <chadandcath@gmail.com>
Dix Bruce <dix@musixnow.com>
Evie Ladin <evie@evieladin.com>
Jack Tuttle <jack@jacktuttle.com>
Richard Brandenburg <richardericbrandenburg@gmail.com>
Sharon Gilchrist <vaqueragilchrist@yahoo.com>
Suzy Thompson <suzy@ericandsuzy.com>
MUSIC CAMPS
Eight online workshops (you can choose 1-4) broadcast over Zoom.
Period 1 (12 - 1:15 pm):
Jack Tuttle - Putting the "Blues" Into Bluegrass Guitar OR
Alison Brown - Banjo Licks: The Building Blocks of Solos
Period 2 (1:30 - 2:45 pm):
Alice Gerrard - The Nitty Gritty of Southern Traditional Singing OR
John Reischman - Double Stops for Bluegrass Mandolin
Period 3 (3 - 4:15 pm):
Jim Nunally - Guitar Walks, Runs, and Refining your Strums OR
Kimber Ludicker - Bluegrass Fiddle - Licks and Tricks!
Period 4 (4:30 - 5:45 pm):
Sharon Gilchrist - Backing Up a Singer on Mandolin OR
Tony Trischka - Three Techniques for Wide-Ranging Banjo Improvisation
instructors: Laurie Lewis, David Romtvedt, Bill Coulter, Michelle Djokic, Sam Reider, Edwin Huizinga, Marla Fibish, Rebecca Richman, Jaime Arze (kids), Makiah Star (the singing chef), CJ Neary (TA)
instructors: Verlene Schermer, Valerie Rose, Tristan Scroggins, Tony Marcus, Sylvia Herold, Steve Kritzer, Steve Baughman, Neal Chin, Mike Wollenberg, Marla Fibish, Jack Tuttle, Ed Johnson, Daniel Ward, Chris Grampp, Carol McComb, Caitlin Belem, Amy Friedricks
instructors: Dirk Powell, Riley Baugus, Caleb Klauder, Reeb Willms, Rainy Eyes, Caroline Oakley, Amelia Powell, Simon Leone
*in-person, physically-distanced events
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JAM SESSIONS
Rose Garden Park, Naglee & Garden Dr., San Jose (every first Sunday in the summer);
two main jams: bluegrass/county and old-time fiddle tunes
slow jam from 1-2 pm, up tempo jam from 2-4 pm;
info/link: <president@fiddlers.org>
*June 7 (6-8 pm): The Garage Jam - Out West Roadhouse, 321-2nd St., Petaluma
(every first Monday)
Wednesdays (7 pm): Andronico’s Oldtime Jam via Zoom;
info/link: <dinahbeatrice@gmail.com>
Second Fridays (June - Sept.) (4 pm): Slow Jam Fizz via Zoom sponsored by the BOTMC; info/link: <slowjamfizz@stickerville.org>
Jam leaders -
June 11: Bob Townsend & Tim Higgins
July 9: Jeanie McLerie and Ken Keppler
*physically-distanced, in-person jams
ARCHIVED CONCERTS, ETC.
The CBA's Turn Your Radio OnLINE #2 - The Kody Norris Show; The GillyGirls; The Plaid Strangers; John Reischman's mandolin mini-lesson
The CBA's Turn Your Radio OnLINE #3 - The Kathy Kallick Band; Solid Gold Stranger; Green Mountain Bluegrass; Boston Ravine; Greg Blake's guitar mini-lesson
The CBA's Turn Your Radio ONLINE #5 - Peter Rowan; Molly Tuttle; Thompsonia; The Bucking Mules; Laurie Lewis; AJ Lee & Blue Summit; Della Mae; Special Consensus; Lonesome River Band; Leroy Troy; Rose Valley Thorns; Scott Gates; host: Chuck Poling
The CBA’s Turn Your Radio ONLINE #7: The Price Sisters; Caleb Klauder & Reeb Willms; Rob Ickes & Trey Hensley; AJ Lee & Blue Summit
Porch Pride - Day 1 - Rachel Eddy; Karen Pittelman; Rachel Baiman & George Jackson; Tyler Hughes; Cameron DeWhitt; Jake Blount & The Vox Hunters; Nic Gareiss; Joe Troop; Alice Gerrard; Allison de Groot & Patrick M'Gonigle; Front Country; Molly Tuttle
Porch Pride - Day 2 - Noa Laniakea; Sam Armstrong-Zickefoose; Brandon Godman; Grace van't Hof; Tatiana Hargreaves & Reed Stutz; Justin Hiltner; Maddie Witler; Sam Gleave; Cathy Fink & Marcy Marxer; Kimber Ludiker & Avril Smith; Amythyst Kiah
Joe Weed's "Waltz Violindo” performed by 32 musicians from around the world, including Joe Weed, Marty Kendall, Martino Coppo, Calvin Vollrath, the Quale Family, Charlie McCoy, Missy Raines, Ben Surratt, Beverly Smith, Tony Williamson, Katie Weed, Larry Chung, Matt Dudman, Tony Phillips, Chip Curry, Chris Jong, ...
AJ Lee & Blue Summit, The Goat Hill Girls, Brookdale Bluegrass Band, Mike Fisher & Joanne Tanner
Kathy Kallick & Friends - highlights from My Route To 66 concert at Freight & Salvage, Berkeley on 9-19-18
Watch HERE from 19:42 - 1:29:17; set list and personnel HERE
Sept. 24: Alice Gerrard & Kay Justice, Earl White Band with Victor Furtado, Slate Mountain Ramblers, The Horsenecks
Sept. 25: Eddie Bond, David Greely, Evie Ladin Band, Tony Thomas
Sept. 26: Jake Blount, Jody Stecher & Kate Brislin, Plaid Strangers, Squirrel Butter
Fireside Pride w/ AJ Lee & Blue Summit, Leyla McCalla, Mary Gauthier & Jaimee Harris, Ani DiFranco & Zoe Boekbinder, others on 12-5-20
with Alison Brown, Kathy Kallick, Rhonda Vincent, Sierra Hull, Sally Van Meter, Susie Monick, Uma Peters, Dr. Dena Jennings, Murphy Henry, Louisa Branscomb, Missy Raines, Kimber Ludiker, Rhiannon Giddens, Maddie Witler, Laurie Lewis, Melody Walker, Phoebe Hunt, Ashley Moyer, Trisha Tubbs, Anna Frick, Maria Ivey, Denise Stiff, Katrina Vanderzon Hennigar, Amy Reitnouer, Mollie Farr, Claire Armbruster
Stream #1: Darin & Brooke Aldridge; Laurie Lewis & Kathy Kallick; Crying Uncle Bluegrass Band; Greg Blake; Evie Ladin's Cavalcade of Clawhammer Banjoistas; Chad & Jasper Manning
Stream #2: Blue J’s; Water Tower; Hamilton Couty Bluegrass Band (New Zealand); Christine Wilhoyte; Lluis Gomez Trio (Spain); Long Way Home (Ireland); Jussi Syren & the Groundbreakers (Finland)
Stream #3: Della Mae w/ Clare Brown & Giri Peters; Angelica Branum; Red Wine (Italy); Banjo Hang w/ Wes Corbett, Alan Munde, Jake Blount, Catherine “BB” Bownes, Trevor Smith, Justin Hiltner, Adam Larrabee; Abigail Washburn & Bela Fleck; Molly Tuttle & Kids on Bluegrass; Bass Hang w/ Missy Raines, Mike Bub, Marshall Wilborn, Vickie Vaughn
Stream #4: Manning Music Showcase; North Country Blue (Ida, Tess & their dads); Phil Salazar; Yoseff & Katya Tucker; The Bad Bad Leslies; Danny & Ryan Paisley; Deanie Richardson & Hasee Ciaccio; Sierra Hull + Wyatt Ellis
Stream #5: Fiddle Time w/ Jason Carter, Deanie Richardson, Kimber Ludiker, Brandon Godman, Megan Lynch Chowning, Annie Staninec; Front Country; Rachel Baiman & George Jackson; Jubilee; Angel City Bluegrass Boys; Amy & Hailey; Thompsonia; The Get Down Boys
Stream #6: Ichikawa Papa (Japan); Country Gongbang (Korea); Grassy Strings (India); Duo Ro (Russia); Blue Quitache (France); Vickie Vaughn & Luke Bulla; Laura Cortese (Belgium); The Savage Hearts; Claudell Family Band
Stream #7: Joe Walsh & Grant Gordy; Lucy Khadder & Sophia Sparks; Bill Evans & Steve Smith; Jake Blount; Becky Buller
Stream #8: Who’s Feeling Young Now; Tony Kamel (Wood & Wire); All Ages Sing-Along w/ Cathy Fink & Marcy Marxer; Mei Lin Heirendt, Kyle Ledson, & Django Ruckrich; Lorraine Jordan; Mandolin Hang w/ Tristan Scroggins, Maddie Witler, & Casey Campbell; Alan Bibey Trio
- California Banjo Extravaganza with Bill Evans, Allison de Groot, Catherine Bowness, and John Bullard
- Berkeley Old Time Music Convention with Squirrel Butter, Plaid Strangers, Jody Stecher and Kate Brislin, Jake Blount, Tony Thomas, Evie Ladin Band, David Greely, Eddie Bond, The Horsenecks, Slate Mountain Ramblers, Alice Gerrard & Kay Justice, and Earl White
- Kathy Kallick’s “My Route to 66”
- Thompsonia
- Bruce Molsky
- Tony Trischka
- Miles and Teo Quale (Crying Uncle)
- Berkeley Bluegrass Festival with Laurie Lewis, Peter Rowan, Alice Gerrard, Suzy Thompson, Michael Daves, and Tatiana Hargreaves
