Hardly Strictly Bluegrass Festival 10 in San Francisco 10/1-10/3

If you don’t know what to do the weekend of October 1-3, stop right there, I’ve got a suggestion…Hardly Strictly Bluegrass 10 music festival in San Francisco, CA. You’re going to have to try really hard to keep yourself from booking your travel arrangements right now. The whole shindig will take place at Speedway Meadow in Golden Gate Park. ALL FOR FREE!

The list of acts is impressive and includes Yonder Mountain String Band, Umphrey’s McGee, Railroad Earth and many many more.

FRIDAY (2pm – 7pm)

Sarah Lee & Johnny, T Bone Burnett featuring Punch Brothers and special guests Karen Elson and the Secret Sisters, Patty Griffin, The Waybacks with Sarah Dugas of the Duhks, 7 Walkers featuring Bill Kreutzmann, George Porter, Jr., Papa Mali and Matt Hubbard, The Dukes of September Rhythm Revue featuring Donald Fagen, Michael McDonald & Boz Scaggs, The Ebony Hillbillies, Poor Man’s Whiskey, Ralph Stanley & the Clinch Mountain Boys, the subdudes, MC Hammer, Jerry Douglas with Omar Hakim & Viktor Krauss, Jenny and Johnny featuring Jenny Lewis and Johnathan Rice, Blue Highway

SATURDAY (11am – 7pm)

Evie Ladin, Trombone Shorty & Orleans Avenue, Carolyn Wonderland, Jerry Jeff Walker, The Flatlanders featuring Joe Ely, Jimmie Dale Gilmore & Butch Hancock, David Grisman Quintet, Carolina Chocolate Drops, Jon Langford & Skull Orchard, Holly Golightly and the Brokeoffs, Jackie Greene, Songwriter Circle with Steve Earle, Robert Earl Keen, John Doe & Justin Townes Earle, Guy Clark & Verlon Thompson, Bonnie Prince Billy & the Cairo Gang, Conor Oberst, Gillian Welch, Justin Townes Earle, Laurie Lewis and the Right Hands, David Olney with Sergio Webb, Hot Tuna Electric, Jonathan Richman featuring Tommy Larkins, The Wronglers, The Band of Heathens, Robert Earl Keen, Steve Earle and the Dukes, Fountains of Wayne, Skip Gorman, Margot Leverett and the Klezmer Mountain Boys, Dry Branch Fire Squad, The Magnolia Sisters, Exene, Kelly Willis, Kinky Friedman, Buddy Miller, Richard Thompson, Joan Baez

SUNDAY (11am – 7pm)

Kate Gaffney, The Felice Brothers, Anderson Family Bluegrass, Rosanne Cash, Railroad Earth, Sharon Jones & the Dap-Kings, Patti Smith, Indigo Girls, Martin Sexton, Mondo Cane, Earl Scruggs, Randy Newman, Emmylou Harris, MarchFourth Marching Band, Peter Himmelman, Citigrass, Elvis Costello and the Sugarcanes, Kevin Welch, Kieran Kane & Fats Kaplin, The Del McCoury Band, Lucero, Hazel Dickens, The Avett Brothers, Moonalice, Yonder Mountain String Band, Wendy Bird, Umphrey’s McGee, Shelby Lynne & Allison Moorer, Nick Lowe and his Band, Dave Alvin & the Guilty Women, Keller & the Keels, Heidi Clare & AtaGallop, Nathaniel Rateliff, Peter Rowan Bluegrass Band, Doc Watson & David Holt, James McMurtry, Basia Bulat.

For more information on this FREE Festival visit www.hardlystrictlybluegrass.com.

Lodging suggestion: Good Hotel 112 7th Street San Francisco, CA 94103 P: 415-621-7001 | F: 415-621-4069 Reservations: 415-621-7001 This hotel, owned by Joie de Vivre describes their hotel on their website: “Good Hotel, SOMA San Francisco, CA The Good Hotel is intended to be the first hotel with a conscience. Our philanthropic and positive approach is designed to inspire the “good in us all.” The Good Hotel is a hip San Francisco hotel that practices philanthropy and believes in doing good for the planet. The eco-friendly hotel décor features reclaimed and recycled construction materials. Vending machines in the lobby are stocked with wallets made from FedEx envelopes and are one example of our inventive ideas to promote a good lifestyle. We are also as fun as we are inventive. You’ll find humorous touches like “Be Good” written on walls of your room.”