2006
Ralph Stanley & The Clinch Mountain Boys; Laurie Lewis & Tom Rozum; Chris Hillman & Herb Pederson; Peter Rowan; Kenny Hall; Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver; Papermill Creek Rounders; Darol Anger Trio; Dickel Brothers; Drew Emmitt of Leftover Salmon; Julay Brandenburg & The Nightbirds; The Mighty Crows; Foghorn Stringband; Squirrelly Stringband; Belle Monroe & Her Brewglass Boys; Jimbo Trout & the Fishpeople; Jeanie & Chuck's Country Roundup; Burnett Family Bluegrass; New Good Old Boys; The Whoreshoes; Earthquake Country; Three Mile Grade; David Thom Band; Grizzly Peak; Jackstraw; The Earl Brothers; Marty Varner Band; Suzy's Floozies; Homespun Rowdy; Alhambra Valley Band; Barefoot Nellies; Redwing; Matt Bauer; Old School Freight Train; Lone Mountain Sisters; Backyard Party Boys; Jewgrass Boys; Whiskey Puppy; Kleptograss; Hunger Mountain Boy; Shiftless Rounders; Cross-Eyed Rosie; Mad Cow Stringband; Rita Hosking & Cousin Jack; Dark Hollow; The Shut-Ins; The Wilder Boys; Pine Box Boys; Highway One; Smith Brothers; West of Kentucky; Mercury Dimes; Amy & Karen; The Crooked Jades; High Country; Boulder Acoustic Society; Flat Mountain Girls; Bill Evans String Summit; Circle R Boys; The Stairwell Sisters; Deadwood Revival; San Bruno Mountain Boys; Donner Mountain; The Cowlicks; Stay Tuned
PLUS: Screening of Bluegrass Journey; Appalachian Clogging Workshop with Evie Ladin; Old-Time Fiddle Workshop with Adam Tanner; Banjo Workshop with Bill Evans; Dobro Workshop with Michael Witcher; Old-Time Stringband Workshop with The Dickel Brothers; Bluegrass Jams; Kids' Show with Gayle Schmitt & the Toodala Ramblers; Old-Time Square Dance with Foghorn Stringband and caller Bill Martin.
VENUES: In San Francisco: Amnesia, Atlas Cafe, Balboa Theater, Cafe Du Nord, Connecticut Yankee, Hotel Utah, The Knockout, Makeout Room, The Music Store, Noe Valley Ministry, Plough & Stars, Swedish American Hall, 12 Galaxies, Randall Museum
In Berkeley: Epic Arts Studio, Freight & Salvage, Starry Plough
In Alameda: McGrath's Pub
2005
Ralph Stanley & The Clinch Mountain Boys; Kenny Hall & Long Haul Stringband; Rafe Stefanini; Hot Buttered Rum String Band; Laurie Lewis Bluegrass Band; Frank Lee & Adam Tanner; John Reischman & the Jaybirds; Due West; The Tallboys; Cross-Eyed Rosie; Shiftless Rounders; Flat Mountain Girls; High Country; Alhambra Valley Band; Barefoot Nellies; Foghorn Stringband; The Shut-Ins; Homespun Rowdy; Belle Monroe & Her Brewglass Boys; Panhandle Crabgrass Revival Band; Jeff Kazor & The Swerve Beats; Jeanie & Chuck's Country Roundup; Jimbo Trout & the Fishpeople; David Thom Band; Wrangletown; All Wrecked Up; Grizzly Peak; Bastard Brothers; Gerry Tenney & Lost Tribe; Mercury Dimes; Two High String Band; Jackstraw; Highway One; Squirrelly Stringband; Acme String Ensemble; Amy & Karen; Matt Bauer; Hillstomp; Lone Mountain Sisters; Dark Hollow; Donner Mountain; All Wrecked Up; Whiskey Puppy; The Stairwell Sisters; Jeff & Vida Band; Poor Man's Whiskey
PLUS: Old-Time Fiddle Worshop with Rafe Stefanini; Bluegrass Banjo Workshop with Bill Evans; Clogging Workshop with Evie Ladin; Old-Time Banjo Workshop with Frank Lee; Kids' Show with Gayle Schmitt & the Toodala Ramblers; Taco Jam; Old-Time Square Dance with Foghorn Stringband and caller Bill Martin
VENUES:
In San Francisco: The Music Store, Atlas Cafe, 12 Galaxies, Makeout Room, Amnesia, Noe Valley Ministry, Swedish American Hall, Randall Museum, Great American Music Hall
In Berkeley: Freight & Salvage, Epic Arts Studio, The Starry Plough, Ashkenaz
In Alameda: McGrath's Pub
In Oakland: Baja Taqueria
2004
Kenny Hall & His Old-Time Band; The Road Oilers; Del McCoury; Open Road; Little Joe; Peter Rowan; Papermill Creek Rounders; Rattlesnake Creek String Band; Hot Buttered Rum Stringband; Squirrelly Stringband; Jimbo Trout & The Fishpeople; Strungover!; Danny Barnes; Foghorn Stringband; The Earl Brothers; Thompson String Ticklers; West Coast Ramblers; Old Jitters; The Crooked Jades; Uncle Earl; Another Day; Lonesome River Band; High on the Hog; Jerry Harmon; Amy & Karen's Old-Timey Duo; Dark Hollow; Stairwell Sisters; Bob Carlin; Donner Mountain; Poor Man's Whiskey; Jackstraw; Panhandle Crabgrass Revival Band; Homespun Rowdy; Bean Creek; Acme String Band; Wrangletown; Cabin Fever; Jeanie & Chuck's Country Roundup; Belle Monroe & Her Brewglass Boys
PLUS: Kids' Show with Gayle Schmitt & the Toodala Ramblers; Old-Time Square Dance with Earl White Band and caller Erik Hoffman
VENUES:
In San Francisco: Makeout Room, Noe Valley Ministry, The Music Store, Cafe Du Nord, Plough & Stars, Atlas Cafe, 12 Galaxies, Great American Music Hall, Verdi Club
2003
Peter Rowan Bluegrass Band; Darol Anger's American Fiddle Ensemble; Laurie Lewis & Her Bluegrass Pals; Alan Senauke & Friends; Bluegrass Intentions; The Earl White Band; The Ho'Down Quartet; James Leva & Memory Theatre; Jimbo Trout & The Fishpeople; The Reeltime Travelers; Alhambra Valley Band; Jeanie & Chuck's Country Roundup; Hot Buttered Rum Stringband; Belle Monroe & Her Brewglass Boys; Megan Lynch & Larry Chung; Tom, Brad & Alice; Atlas Jam House Band; The Crooked Jades; The Sibling Brothers; Donner Mountain; The Circle R Boys; Keystone Station; Dark Hollow; The Stairwell Sisters; Trout's Jug Thumpers; The Avocado Brothers; True Blue; The Waybacks; Jackstraw; Strungover!; Cabin Fever; Homespun Rowdy; West of Kentucky; High Country; The Flat Mountain Girls; How You Duo Trio Quartet; Dry Branch Fire Squad; The Macrae Brothers; All Wrecked Up; The Old #7; The Roadoilers, Modern Hicks; Philboyd Studge; The Earl Brothers
PLUS: Old-Time Square Dance with Foghorn Stringband and caller Bill Martin; Screening of Bonnie & Clyde; Screening of Bluegrass Roots; Screening of Earl Scruggs: His Family & Friends; Kids' Show with Gayle Schmitt & the Toodala Ramblers; Bluegrass Jam
VENUES:
In San Francisco: Golden Gate Lutheran Church, Hotel Utah, The Music Store, Red Vic Movie House, Yerba Buena Center for the Arts Screening Room, Bottom of the Hill, Atlas Cafe, Noe Valley Ministry, Swedish American Hall, Randall Museum
In Berkeley: Freight & Salvage
In Mill Valley: Sweetwater
In Alameda: McGrath's Pub
2002
The Del McCoury Band; Laurie Lewis; Darol Anger's American Fiddle Ensemble; The Kathy Kallick Band; Frank Wakefield; Open Road; Todd Sickafoose; The Waybacks; Jackstraw; The David Thom Band; The Crooked Jades; True Blue; Wild Blue; The Earl White Band; The Laurel Canyon Ramblers; The Mammals; The Macrae Brothers; Jimbo Trout & The Fishpeople; The Dickel Brothers; High Country; Hot Buttered Rum Stringband; Hawthorne & Foss; Eric & Suzy Thompson; Jeanie & Chuck's Country Roundup; The Warblers; The Whiskey Brothers; Keystone Station; Strungover!; All Wrecked Up; Dark Hollow; West of Kentucky; The Waller Brothers; Von Trout Family Singers; Belle Monroe & Her Brewglass Boys; The Stairwell Sisters; The Roadoilers; Alhambra Valley Band; Bump City Bluegrass Band
PLUS: Screening of High Lonesome: The Story of Bluegrass Music and Down From the Mountain, O Brother, Where Art Thou?; Old-Time Square Dance with Foghorn Leghorn and The Barnburners with caller Bill Martin; Bluegrass Banjo Workshop with Bill Evans; Old-Time Fiddle Workshop with Rayna Gellert; Old-Time Clawhammer Banjo Workshop with Heath Curdtz; Clogging Workshop with Evie Ladin; Old-Time Jam; Bluegrass Jam
VENUES:
In San Francisco: Red Vic Movie House, Plough & Stars, Progressive Sounds, Hotel Utah, Slim's, Swedish American Hall, Atlas Cafe, Last Day Saloon, Great American Music Hall, Noe Valley Ministry
In Berkeley: Freight & Salvage, Fine Arts Cinema
2001
Ralph Stanley & The Clinch Mountain Boys; Peter Rowan Bluegrass Band; Rayna Gellert & Frank Lee; The Macrae Brothers; Keystone Crossing; The Circle R Boys; The Crooked Jades; John Reischman & The Jaybirds; Jackstraw; The Bluegrass Intentions; High Country; Sidesaddle & Co.; Earl White's Dance Band; The Stairwell Sisters; Stringbean; Jimbo Trout & The Fish People; Belle Monroe & Her Brewglass Boys; The Avocado Brothers; Tony Trischka; Radim Zenki; Harmony Grits; The Waybacks; The David Thom Band; All Wrecked Up; Earthquake Country; Bill Foss & Martha Hawthorne; The Whiskey Brothers; a reunion of The Any Old Time String Band; The Kathy Kallick Band; Dark Hollow; The Laurel Canyon Ramblers w/ David Grisman
PLUS: Screening of The Ralph Stanley Story and Strangers and Kin: A History of the Hillbilly Image with Morgan Sexton: Banjo Player From Bull Creek; Clogging Workshop with Evie Ladin; Bluegrass & Old-Time Jam
VENUES:
In San Francisco: Noe Valley Ministry, Dylan's Pub, Makeout Room, Hotel Utah, Last Day Saloon, Atlas Cafe, Plough & Stars, Artists' Television Access
In Berkeley: Ashkenaz, Fine Arts Cinema,
Freight & Salvage
In Mill Valley: Sweet Water
2000
All Wrecked Up; The Blue Flame String Band (Reunion); The Crooked Jades; Dark Hollow Bluegrass Band; The David Thom Band; Dix Bruce & Jim Nunally; High Country; Hoof Hearted; The Kathy Kallick Band; Keystone Crossing; The Knott Brothers (now The Circle R Boys); The MacRae Brothers; stringbean; The Waybacks
VENUES:
In San Francisco: Noe Valley Ministry,
Radio Valencia, The Atlas Cafe,
Last Day Saloon
In Mill Valley: Sweetwater
In Kensington: Kensington Circus Pub
YEAR-ROUND BAY AREA BLUEGRASS AND OLD-TIME MUSIC
Amnesia - 853 Valencia St. (at 19th St.), SF. Every Monday is bluegrass night, and occasionally other nights too. 21 and over. ww.amnesiathebar.com
Atlas Café - Alabama at 20th St., SF. Bluegrass and old-time performances every Thursday from 8-10pm. All ages. www.atlascafe.net
Café International - 508 Haight St. (at Fillmore St.), SF. Every second Saturday is Hootenanny night, often featuring bluegrass and old-time performances. All ages. www.sfhootenanny.homestead.com
Epic Arts Studio - 1923 Ashby Ave., Berkeley. Acoustic music most nights. Every first Sunday is the Twang Café, which features bluegrass, old-time, and Americana. All ages. www.epicarts.org
Freight and Salvage - 1111 Addison St., Berkeley. Live performances almost every night of the week, often bluegrass and old-time. All ages. www.freightandsalvage.org
McGrath's Pub - 1539 Lincoln Ave., Alameda. Live music every Friday and Saturday night, often bluegrass and old-time. 21 and over. www.mcgrathspub.com
Plough & Stars - 116 Clement St., SF. Live, mostly acoustic, shows most nights, often bluegrass. 21 and over. www.theploughandstars.com
Riptide - Taraval at 47th Ave., SF. Live music every Saturday and Sunday, often bluegrass and old-time shows. 21 and over. www.riptidesf.com
JAMS
Amnesia - Bluegrass jam every third Monday 6:30-8:30pm.
Atlas Café - Bluegrass and old-time jam every fourth Thursday 8-10pm.
Epic Arts Studio - Old-time jam every other Tuesday.
Plough & Stars - Bluegrass country jam every first Wednesday starting at 8:30pm.
McGrath's Pub - Bluegrass jam every Monday starting at 7:30pm.
Baja Taqueria - 4070 Piedmont Ave., Oakland. Invitational bluegrass jam every Monday 8-10pm. www.tacojam.com
Progressive Grounds Café - 400 Cortland Ave., SF. Old-time jam every second and fourth Sunday 3-6pm.
RADIO
"Bluegrass Signal" with Peter Thompson. Saturdays 6:30-8pm on KALW 91.7FM
"America's Back Forty" with Mary Tilson. Sundays 1-3pm on KPFA 94.1FM
"Panhandle Country" with Tom Diamant and "Pig in a Pen" with Ray Edlund. Alternating every Sunday 3-5pm on KPFA 94.1FM
"Cuzin' Al's Bluegrass Show." Sundays 6-9pm on KPIG 107.5FM