The eclectic blend of events booked for the 13th annual San Francisco Bluegrass and Old-Time Festival (SFBOT) will raise up a bluegrass ruckus, create some old-time fun and guarantee some ass kickin' music through performances, dances and workshops. The 10-day festival runs from Feb. 10-19 and comprises more than 30 shows at numerous small clubs around the Bay Area featuring some of the most talented musicians on the Americana and Roots music scene today.
Highlights of this year’s festival includes Bay Area favorites such as
The Brothers Comatose, The Crooked Jades, Earl White String Band and the
Kathy Kallick Quartet. Also featured are out-of-town bands; Foghorn
Stringband, Cahalen Morrison & Eli West, and making their SFBOT
debut, The Deadly Gentlemen (epic folk and grasscore out of Boston!).
The Deadly Gentlemen consists of band members: Greg Liszt on banjo (from
Crooked Still), Mike Barnett (from David Grisman Quintet/toured w/Jesse
McReynolds) on fiddle, Dominick Leslie on mandolin, Stash Wyslouch on
guitar and Sam Grisman on upright bass (son of mandolinist David
Grisman).
For the first time the festival will feature a band contest which will
bring out some of the up-and-coming new Northern California Bluegrass
and Old-Time bands. There is a lot of excitement about this contest and
it is expected to be a regular addition to the festival.
In addition to shows, the festival aims to provide rich experiences for
Bay Area residents through workshops, jam sessions, kids shows,
Bluegrass and Old-Time in the Schools and the Saturday night old-time
square dance (always a sell-out with over 220 attendees)! Each year the
Festival showcases the best in rising acts from the West Coast and
beyond, with a special spotlight on the immense amount of local talent
located right here in the Bay Area.
Thanks to a generous investment from the Chris and Warren Hellman
Foundation, the festival committee continues its commitment to the
Bluegrass and Old-time in the Schools program. The program aims to
expose elementary and high school students to the worlds of bluegrass
and old-time music and continue the legacy of this important music.
Schools interested in bringing performers to their Bay Area location
should contact:sfbotf.volunteer.
Unlike any other festival in the country, the San Francisco Bluegrass
& Old-Time Festival is a grass-roots, non-profit, volunteer-run
festival dedicated to keeping the tradition of bluegrass and old-time
music alive. For more information on the festival, visit http://www.sfbluegrass.org.
Confirmed 2012 Acts
Foghorn Stringband, Jeff Kazor & Lisa Berman, Anne and Pete Sibley, Good Luck Thrift Store Outfit, The Brothers Comatose, Emily Bonn and The Vivants, Water Tower Bucket Boys, BrownChicken BrownCow StringBand, The Bee Eaters, Cahalen Morrison and Eli West, Stairwell Sisters, Water Tower Bucket Boys, Erik Clampitt, The New Five Cents, Squirrelly Stringband, Evie Ladin, The Juncos, Houston Jones, Susie Glaze and the Hilonesome Band, Family Lines, Kathy Kallick Band Quartet, Taco Jam, Anne & Pete Sibley, The Trespassers, Windy Hill, Snap Jackson & the Knock On Wood Players, Kleptograss, Knuckle Knockers, The Alhambra Valley Band , Redwing, The ONs, Misisipi Mike & the Midnight Gamblers, Mad Cow String Band, Misisipi Rider, Sweetback Sisters, James Nash and the Nomads, SUPERMULE, Belle Monroe and Her Brewglass Boys, Nell Robinson & Jim Nunally, Misner & Smith, Jeanie and Chuck Poling, The Earl Brothers, Henhouse Prowlers, Cahalen Morrison and Eli West, Gayle Schmitt and the Toodala Ramblers, Rita Hosking and Cousin Jack, Evie Ladin, The Blushin' Roulettes, Earl White Stringband, Black Crown Stringband, Jordan Ruyle, Pine Box Boys, The Jugtown Pirates, Hang
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