Posts Tagged ‘Hardly Strictly Bluegrass’

Hardly Strictly Bluegrass 2013 Dates Announced

Hardly Strictly Bluegrass 2013 Dates Announced

01/04/2013  |  No Comments

If there's one thing EVERYONE in San Francisco can agree on, it's that we're lucky to live in the kind of city that hosts Hardly Strictly Bluegrass every year. And everyone just got the news that the dates for next year's festival will be on October 4-6, 2013. Mark it,... more

Live Music Blog's Best of 2012: Concerts, Albums, Artists and More (Part Two)

Live Music Blog’s Best of 2012: Concerts, Albums, Artists and More (Part Two)

12/03/2012  |  No Comments

Last week, we rolled out Part One of LMB's Best of 2012 feature, highlighting this year's noteworthy albums (Tame Impala's Lonerism, Jack White's Blunderbuss and Alt-J's An Awesome Wave), artists (Alabama Shakes & Father John Misty) live moments (Phish Dick's 8/31/12, MMJ's 3-night LA "no repeats run" & Sigur Ros... more

Heady Links (Hardly Strictly, Gaga, Beats, WillCall, UM & Groupon)

Heady Links (Hardly Strictly, Gaga, Beats, WillCall, UM & Groupon)

10/10/2011  |  No Comments

When I sifted back through my thoughts and photos on this year's Hardly Strictly Bluegrass Festival, I realized that I hardly had any level of insight over and above what the real music experts (especially those steeped in Americana) would have to say about the three day mega-festival that went... more

VIDEO PREVIEW: Day Two @ Hardly Strictly Bluegrass Festival 2011

VIDEO PREVIEW: Day Two @ Hardly Strictly Bluegrass Festival 2011

10/01/2011  |  No Comments

Check out my quick video preview of some of the artists that you can see today for FREE down in Golden Gate Park as part of Hardly Strictly Bluegrass. Why am I not there and publishing this now, you ask?! There may have been a flask involved in... more

THOUGHTS: Day One @ Hardly Strictly Bluegrass Festival 2011

THOUGHTS: Day One @ Hardly Strictly Bluegrass Festival 2011

10/01/2011  |  No Comments

Yesterday was a fantastic day down in Golden Gate Park for the first official day at the 2011 Hardly Strictly Bluegrass Festival, and I got to take in a ton of music that I hadn't ever seen before while enjoying a sunny day in the park. All for FREE.... more

Hardly Strictly Bluegrass Festival 2011 Lineup

Hardly Strictly Bluegrass Festival 2011 Lineup

08/10/2011  |  No Comments

The Hardly Strictly Bluegrass festival has announced its 2011 lineup, featuring HSB mainstays like Bela Fleck, Emmylou Harris, Kris Kristofferson, and Robert Plant, alongside less bluegrass-ey artists like Bright Eyes, Broken Social Scene, Buckethead, Fitz & the Tantrums, Kurt Vile & the Violators, and MC Hammer (no, seriously; he's... more

Hardly Strictly Bluegrass: 2010 Schedule Posted

09/27/2010  |  3 Comments

The schedule for this year's Hardly Strictly Bluegrass was just posted in anticipation of this weekend's three-day free music festival in Golden Gate Park. It still blows me away that something this big can be free. I'm probably most excited about the lineup on Sunday with Umphrey's McGee,... more

Hardly Strictly Bluegrass Festival Daily Lineup

09/10/2010  |  No Comments

The daily lineups for Hardly Strictly Bluegrass were just released. The stage hour-by-hour schedule gets released the week of the festival, which matters most to any of the fans that need to hop on a train to get over to Berkeley to see Arcade Fire at the Greek Theatre.... more

Hardly Strictly Bluegrass: 2010 Lineup Announced

Hardly Strictly Bluegrass: 2010 Lineup Announced

08/10/2010  |  No Comments

While we were rushing out the door every morning this weekend to catch the three-night run of Phish at the Greek Theatre and as we look ahead to this weekend's Outside Lands music festival, there was a festival announcement for one of the best musical events I've had the pleasure... more

Relix Round-Up Hardly Strictly Bluegrass

10/08/2009  |  4 Comments

Relix has a fantastic rundown of what went down this weekend at the Hardly Strictly Bluegrass music festival in Golden Gate Park. I went down there on Saturday and caught me some Dr. Dog, then Billy Bragg, then Galactic, and finally Neko Case to finish off my day. I had... more

SFist Previews Hardly Strictly Bluegrass

10/01/2009  |  No Comments

SFist previews the Hardly Strictly Bluegrass music festival set to begin tomorrow in Golden Gate Park. The lineup includes Dr. Dog, MC Hammer, Billy Bragg, John Prine, and many more...

2009 Hardly Strictly Bluegrass Festival Lineup

2009 Hardly Strictly Bluegrass Festival Lineup

07/08/2009  |  2 Comments

Speaking of Dr. Dog and Hardly Strictly Bluegrass, I forgot to post the lineup on this when it got posted. Or was it just posted today? I didn't make it out for this at all last year, but you can believe I'll be in Golden Gate Park for... more

Tour Dates: Dr. Dog Hit Camp Bisco, Hardly Strictly Bluegrass, Etc.

Tour Dates: Dr. Dog Hit Camp Bisco, Hardly Strictly Bluegrass, Etc.

07/08/2009  |  No Comments

Somehow I ended up missing Dr. Dog at High Sierra, which sucks considering I heard their sets were amazing there. I'll get a chance to check them out when they come to Golden Gate Park for Hardly Strictly Bluegrass in October. Read on for their full fall tour... more