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Saturday (Nov. 22nd) on Bluegrass Signal -- 4:00-5:30 pm on KALW, 91.7 FM in the Bay Area -- two of the eight performances on the On Air Folk Festival, with live music in the KALW studio are from ...
4:00 - 4:45 pm: The Goat Hill Girls
Longtime mainstay of the South Bay, the band includes two original (1979) members of Sidesaddle —mandolinist Kim Elking and fiddler Lee Anne Welch — plus bass player Lisa Burns, another Sidesaddler from way back -- with guitarist/lead singer Linda Maki and banjo/dobro player Phyllis Erck. Their music combines traditional bluegrass, vintage country, old time, Irish, novelty, and original compositions.
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4:45 - 5:30 pm: The West Coast Stringband Duo
Jesse Appelman (mandolin & vocals) has played with the Sam Grisman Project, Laurie Lewis & Kathy Kallick, the Brothers Comatose, and choro players in Rio de Janeiro. Christine Wilhoyte (banjo, guitar, vocals) has also played with Laurie & Kathy, as well as the B*Craft Stringband, North Country Blue, and Green Mountain Bluegrass. Their duo promises to be both more intimate and more experimental that the full West Coast Stringband Project and other bluegrass/old time bands.
Nov. 21, 2025
Greetings -
Welcome to your more-or-less monthly newsletter listing the bluegrass and old time music events in our region -- and providing information about Bluegrass Signal, the weekly radio program on KALW (Sat., 4-5:30 pm, 91.7 FM) and syndicated via Bluegrass Country.
Thanks for sending me (via bgsignal@comcast.net) additions and corrections regarding upcoming bluegrass and old time music events. Please visit the Bluegrass Signal web site for constantly-updated event listings and radio show playlists, as well as a number of items and articles of interest to bluegrass and old time music fans.
One of two special editions of Bluegrass Signal is coming up on Dec. 13th. It's your chance to hear the U.S. debut of John Reischman & the Jaybirds' new album, The Salish Sea -- and get one for your own when you support KALW. You'll also have the chance to acquire tickets for the CD release celebration at The Freight in late February, a show which also includes a set showcasing Kathy Kallick with The Jaybirds. Scroll down to the RADIO SHOWS portion of the newsletter more more info.
But first -- tomorrow! -- it's the bi-annual On Air Folk Festival from 2-7 pm with a variety of Bay Area and visiting musicians performing live in the KALW studio during Folk Music & Beyond, Bluegrass Signal, and A Patchwork Quilt. Participants during the Bluegrass Signal portion of the festivities are listed and pictured above; they'll be joined by:
- 2 pm: Breabach (band from Scotland)
- 2:50 pm: interview with Ismay regarding her documentary film about Lucinda Williams
- 3:15 pm Peppino D’Agostino (finger-style guitarist from Italy)
- 5:30 pm: David Gans (Bay Area singer/songwriter/guitarist — and radio producer, author, historian, educator, and Deadhead Extraordinaire)
- 6 pm: Hali Hammer & Randy Berge (Bay Area singer-guitarists
- 6:30 pm: Maggie Forti (Bay Area singer/songwriter/guitarist)
I hope you can tune in -- and are otherwise able to hear and/or play some music soon -
PeterT
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CONCERTS
Nov. 21: Bay Area Special - Plough & Stars, SF
Nov. 21: Taylor Mountain Band - Art & Music Gallery, Petaluma
Nov. 21: East Bay Square Dance - caller Nina Berry with Round Top String Band - The Hillside Club, Berkeley
Nov. 22 (5:30 pm): Chad, Jasper, & Jayna Manning -Sam's Chowder House, Half Moon Bay
Nov. 23 (2 pm): Bluegrass Holiday - Armistice Brewing, Richmond
Nov. 24 (8:30 pm, ff open jam): The High Water Line - Blondie’s, 540 Valencia St., SF
Nov. 25 (5 pm): Skillet Licorice (and guests) - The Page, SF
Nov. 27: Happy Thanksgiving!
Laurie Lewis & Friends (Brandon Godman, Sam Reider, Nina Gerber, Mark Schatz, Michelle Goerlitz, and others) -
- Nov. 28: house concert in Santa Cruz; info/res: Concerts-at-InstantHarmony-dot-com
- Nov. 29: Ashkenaz, Berkeley
- Nov. 30: Occidental Center for the Arts
Nov. 30 (1 pm): Mission Blue - California Theater, Santa Rosa
Dec. 1 (8:30 pm, ff open jam): Smoky Wine Dream - Blondie’s, 540 Valencia St., SF
Dec. 2: John Kornhauser & Dark Hollow - Sam’s BBQ, San Jose
Dec. 3: Bean Creek - Sam’s BBQ, San Jose
Dec. 5: Yasmin Williams - The Freight, Berkeley
Dec. 5: Buckeye Boys - Aqus Cafe, Petaluma
Dec. 7 (2 pm): Critical Grass - Armistice Brewing Company, Richmond
Dec. 8 (and every 2nd Monday) (8:30 pm, ff open jam): The Jimmy Touzel Bluegrass Explosion - Blondie’s, 540 Valencia St., SF
Dec. 9: Wildcat Mountain Ramblers - Sam’s BBQ, San Jose
Don Stiernberg & Jerry Wicentowski -
- Dec. 7: house concert in Alameda; nkhadder-at-yahoo-dot-com
- Dec. 8: house concert in Petaluma; marykussmaul735-at-gmail-dot-com
- Dec. 9: house concert in Vallejo; 414-418-7209
- Dec. 10: Welcome Grange, Napa; dabaron7-at-comcast-dot-net; NOTE: mandolin workshop with Don at 3 pm (add’l charge, same contact)
Tony Furtado (with Luke Price) -
- Dec. 11: The Side Door, Sacramento
- Dec. 12: Fifth Street Farms, Berkeley
- Dec. 13: Occidental Center For the Arts
Dec. 12 (4 pm): Holiday Hootenanny - Devil’s Canyon Brewing, San Carlos; host band: Stoney Mountain Ramblers
Dec. 12: Never Come Down - The Freight, Berkeley
Dec. 12: Feral Friday Square Dance - The Polish Club, SF; music: KC & the MooNshine Band; caller: Mike Lewinski; preceded by old time jam
Molly Tuttle -
- Dec. 12: Tower Theatre, Fresno
- Dec. 13: The Fillmore, SF
Sweet Sally -
- Dec. 13 (5:30 pm): Sam's Chowder House, Half Moon Bay
- Dec. 14 (4 pm): Rancho Nicasio
Dec. 13: Suzy & Eric Thompson - house concert in Mendocino; details tba
Dec. 13: Taylor Mountain Band - Main Street Bistro, Guerneville
Dec. 15 (8:30 pm, ff open jam): Burl Haggard - Blondie’s, 540 Valencia St., SF
Dec. 17: The Bayside Rounders (Jesse Appelman, Evan Ward, Mike Witcher, Mike Wilhoyte, Mark Schatz) - Otter Opry, United Methodist Church, Monterey
Dec. 18: Bloomfield Bluegrass Band - Willowbrook Ale House, Petaluma
Dec. 19: East Bay Square Dance - The Hillside Club, Berkeley; music: Round Top String Band, caller: Evie Ladin
Dec. 20: Crying Uncle Bluegrass Band & Electric Band - HopMonk Tavern, Novato
Dec. 21 (2 pm): The Rocky Wheels - Armistice Brewing, Richmond
Dec. 21: Sierra Hull with The Allman Betts Family Revival - The Fillmore, SF
Dec. 22 (8:30 pm, ff open jam): Lickety Split String Band - Blondie’s, 540 Valencia St., SF
Dec. 28 (2 pm): Alan Bond & Skedaddle - Armistice Brewing, Richmond
Dec. 30: Purple Mountain Majesty - Sam’s BBQ, San Jose
Dec. 30-31: Caltucky - Plough & Stars, SF
Dec. 31: Molly Tuttle - Guild Theatre, Menlo Park
Jan. 6: John Kornhauser & Dark Hollow - Sam’s BBQ, San Jose
Jan. 7: Bean Creek - Sam’s BBQ, San Jose
Jan. 10: Sweet Sally - The Lodge, Fairfax
Special Consensus -
- Jan. 8: Sweetwater, Mill Valley
- Jan. 9: The Side Door, Sacramento
- Jan. 10: Otter Opry, Monterey
- Jan. 11: Tower Theatre, Fresno
AJ Lee & Blue Summit -
- Jan. 23 & 24: Moe's Alley, Santa Cruz
- Jan. 25: Hopmonk Tavern, Sebastopol
- Jan. 29: Almost Famous Wine, Livermore
- Jan. 30: Harlow’s, Sacramento
Words + Music with Laurie Lewis, Nina Gerber, Don Henry, and Claudia Russell -
- Jan. 29: HopMonk Novato
- Jan. 30: The Barn, Gilroy
- Jan. 31: The Side Door, Sacramento
- Feb. 1: Occidental Center for the Arts
Jan. 30-31: Yonder Mountain String Band - The Freight, Berkeley
Feb. 7: Jordan Tice Band; Water Tower - Hopmonk Tavern, Sebastopol
Feb. 13: Dom Flemons - The Freight, Berkeley
Jim Kweskin with Meredith Axelrod and Suzy Thompson -
- Feb. 13: Fifth Street Farms, Berkeley
- Feb. 14: Mercury Theater Petaluma
- Feb. 15: The Grange, Napa
Feb. 21: Evie Ladin Band - Otter Opry, United Methodist Church, Monterey
Feb. 27: Chris Thile - Zellerbach Hall, Berkeley
Feb. 27: Jordan Tice Band; Water Tower - HopMonk Sebastopol
March 5: Steep Canyon Rangers - The Freight, Berkeley
March 7 (afternoon): Berkeley Old Time Music Convention Spring Situation - Berkeley Central Library
March 7: Women of Americana (Cristina Vane & Brennen Leigh) - The Freight, Berkeley
March 12: Monroe Crossing - Otter Opry, United Methodist Church, Monterey
March 13: Peter Rowan - The Freight, Berkeley
March 19-20: Rhiannon Giddens & the Silkroad Ensemble - Zellerbach Hall, Berkeley
April 3-4: AJ Lee & Blue Summit - The Chapel, SF
April 9: Water Tower - Otter Opry, United Methodist Church, Monterey
May 25: Tony Trischka’s Earl Jam - Tribute To Earl Scruggs - The Freight, Berkeley
June 5: Natalie & Brittany Haas - The Freight, Berkeley
FESTIVALS
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2026 WEST COAST FESTIVALS
Jan. 15-18: The Portland Old-Time Music Gathering
Judy Hyman, Jake Blount, …
Jan. 22-24: Winter Music Festival - Florence, OR
Authentic Unlimited, Tony Furtado Trio, Thunder and Rain, Burnette Sisters Band, Liam Purcell & Cane Mill Road, Dale Adkins & Midnight 45, Tuesday String Band; plus Linda Leavitt (Cascade Bluegrass) and Tom Nechville (Nechville Banjos) leading jams, bluegrass reminiscences, and community open mic Take the Stage
Feb. 13-15: Oly Old Time Festival - Olympia, WA
Feb. 19-22: Wintergrass - Bellevue, WA
New Dangerfield, Danny Paisley & the Southern Grass, Mr Sun, Jerron Paxton, Bruce Molsky & Brittany Haas, Missy Raines & Allegheny, John Reischman & the Jaybirds, Woody Platt & the Bluegrass Gentlemen, The Horsenecks, Vasen, Caleb Klauder & Reeb Willms Country Band, Mollie O’Brien & Rich Moore, Fog Holler, Chris Webster & Nina Gerber, …
March 6-8: Bluegrass On the Beach - Lake Havasu City, AZ
Darrin & Brooke Auldridge, Special Consensus, Cutter & Cash, Monroe Crossing, Five Mile Mountain Road, Dave Adkins, Nick Chandler & Special Delivery, ETSU Bluegrass Band, Bay Mountain Cut Ups
March 14: Sonoma County Bluegrass and Folk Festival - Sebastopol Community Cultural Center
Laurie Lewis & Nina Gerber, Monroe Crossing, Evie Ladin Band, Jesse Appleman’s West Coast Stringband Project, Five Mile Mountain Road, …
April: Berkeley Bluegrass Festival - Freight & Salvage, Berkeley
April 30 - May 2: Sierragrass Festival - Ahwahnee
host band: AJ Lee & Blue Summit
May 7-10: Parkfield Bluegrass Festival - V6 Ranch, Parkfield
May 21-25: Strawberry Spring Music Festival - Nevada County Fairgrounds, Grass Valley
June 18-21: California Bluegrass Association’s Father’s Day Bluegrass Festival - Nevada County Fairgrounds, Grass Valley
June 19-21: Wenatchee River Bluegrass Festival - Cashmere, WA
July 2-5: High Sierra Music Festival - Nevada County Fairgrounds, Grass Valley
July 17-19: Darrington Bluegrass Festival - Darrington, WA
July 23-26: Columbia Gorge Bluegrass Festival - Stevenson, WA
Aug. 6-9: Good Old Fashioned Bluegrass Festival - San Benito County Historical Park, Tres Piños
NOTE: band applications available Dec. 1st on the NCBS web site
Aug. 7-9: Blue Waters Bluegrass Festival - Medical Lake, WA
Aug. 21-23: Summergrass San Diego - Antique Gas & Steam Engine Museum, Vista
Aug. 21-23: Bowers Bluegrass Festival - Washoe Valley, NV
Aug. 28-29: Plumas Homegrown Americana Festival
Aug. 28-29: North Cascades Bluegrass Festival - Deming Log Showgrounds, Bellingham, WA
Sept. 3-6: Strawberry Fall Music Festival - Nevada County Fairgrounds, Grass Valley
Sept. 17-20: Berkeley Old Time Music Convention - Berkeley
Oct. 2-4: Hardly Strictly Bluegrass Festival - Golden Gate Park, SF
Oct. 2-4: Huck Finn Jubilee - Bonelli Bluffs, San Dimas (30 miles east of Los Angeles)
JAM SESSIONS
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JAM SESSIONS
Nov. 25: Berkeley Bluegrass Barn Jam - Ashkenaz, Berkeley; 7-8 pm & 9-11 pm: open jam; 8-9 pm: house band (Sophia Sparks, Miles Quale, Ruby Davis, Judah Rosenheim, Ryan Triolo, Finn Tobias)
Dec. 8 (7:30 pm): Bluegrass & Country Jam with Richard Brandenburg - The Freight, Berkeley
Jan. 15-18: The Great 48 Jam - Bakersfield
Includes -
- John Jorgenson Bluegrass Band (JJ, Herb Pedersen, Patrick Sauber, and Mark Fain) concerts (4:30 pm & 7:30 pm) on Jan. 17th at Stars at the Fillbrandt Theatre, Bakersfield
- Wernick Method Bluegrass Jam Class with Mike and Gail Thomas at the Bakersfield Marriott; Jan. 15 (6:30-9:30 pm), Jan. 16 (1-4 pm), Jan. 17 (9 am - noon & 1:30 - 4:30 pm)
Feb. 14-15: Wernick Method Weekend Bluegrass Jam Camp with Mike and Gail Thomas - Hollister
REGULAR EVENTS
Sundays (4 pm): The Lucky Horseshoe, SF - performance jam led by house band; info: aaronzorndorf-at-californiabluegrass-dot-net
Sundays (6 pm): Tam Jam - invitational jam at Taste of Rome, 1000 Bridgeway, Sausalito
First Sundays (12 pm): Old Time Jam - Ely Stage Stop, Soda Bay Rd., Kelseyville; host/info: drcoffin-at-att-dot-net
First Sundays (1 pm): Santa Clara Valley Fiddlers Association - Hoover Middle School, Naglee & Park, San Jose
First Sundays (3 pm): North Bay Old Time Music Sessions - Church of the Oaks, Cotati; host/info: heidi-dot-chesney-at-gmail-dot-com
Second & Fourth Sundays (3 pm): Bernal Heights Old Time Jam - Progressive Grounds Cafe, Cortland and Bennington Sts., SF
Third Sundays (1 pm): old time jam hosted by Bruce Thompson & others - The Way Station, Fairfax - venue closing
Third Sundays (1 pm): SCVFA jam - South Bay/Peninsula parks (changes each month, cancelled if rain
Jan., May, Sept.: Washington Park, Sunnyvale
Feb., June, Oct.: Shoup Park, Los Altos
March, July, Nov.: Municipal Rose Garden, San Jose
April, Aug., Dec.: Mitchell Park, Palo Alto
Third Sundays (2:30 pm): Sebastopol Bluegrass Jam - Sebastopol Center For the Arts; info/host: redpencil-at-sonic-dot-net
Third Sundays (3 pm): Progressive Grounds Cafe, 400 Cortland St., SF
Fourth Sundays (noon): Marin Bluegrass Sessions - The Sweewater, Mill Valley; host/info: bruce-dot-sadownick-at-gmail-dot-com
Nov. 23 support band: Bruce Sadownivk, Karen Fichman, Jack Murphy, Jerry Barush, Gary Kaye
Fourth Sundays (1:30 pm): California State Old-Time Fiddlers District 9 bluegrass and old time jams - United Methodist Church, Castro Valley; info: steve-dot-goldfield-at-gmail.com
Fourth Sundays (3 pm): Redwood Cafe, Cotati; info: davidacarlson62-at-hotmail-dot-com
Fifth Sundays (1 pm): Sebastopol Grange Hall; info: socofoso-at-gmail-dot-com
Final Sundays (4 pm): Bluegrass jam - Drake’s Barrel House, 1933 Davis St., San Leandro; info: geoffreysargent-at-gmail-dot-com
Mondays (6:30 pm) open jam, followed (at 8:30 pm) by band performance - Blondie's, 540 Valencia St., SF; host/info: woodylauer-at-gmail-dot-com
Nov. 24: The High Water Line
Dec. 1: Smoky Wine Dream
Dec. 8: The Jimmy Touzel Bluegrass Explosion
Dec. 15: Burl Haggard
Dec. 22: Lickety Split String Band
Monday (7 pm): South Bay (Mostly) Old Time Jam - Unitarian Universalist Church, 505 E. Charleston Rd., Palo Alto
First Monday (6 pm): The Garage Jam - Out West Roadhouse, 321-2nd St., Petaluma; host/info: tedkuster-at-californiabluegrass-dot-net
Second & Fourth Mondays (6:30 pm): Sonoma Community Center, Sonoma; info: tedkuster-at-californiabluegrass-dot-net
Tuesdays (6:30 pm): Point Jam - invitational jam at Hotel Mac, 50 Washington Ave., Point Richmond
Nov. 25: Bruce Sadownick, Erik Yates, Mike Subman, Jesse Appelman, Mark Ignatius
Dec. 2: Bruce Sadownick, Jerry Barush, Bruce Lacey, Jim Burke,
Dec. 9: Tom Lucas, Dan Norton, Jim Duber, Brian Judd, Judy Forrest
Tuesdays (6:30 pm): Morgan Hill Grange
Tuesdays (7 pm): Hotel Utah, SF; host/info: woodylauer-at-gmail-dot-com
Tuesdays (7 pm): Old time jam
- odd Tues: Plough & Stars, SF; host/info: dinahbeatrice-at-gmail-dot-com
- even Tues: Zoom jam; email steve-dot-goldfield-at-gmail.com for the Zoom link and additional info
First Tuesday (7 pm): Occidental Jam - Occidental Center for the Arts
Second & Fourth Tuesdays (7 pm): Dublin Heritage Center Park (usually in the Old Schoolhouse), Dublin; bob-dot-gisler-at-icloud-dot-com
Third Tuesday (6 pm): old time tune jam with Tony Phillips - 5th floor, Berkeley Public Library Central Branch; co-sponsored by BOTMC
Fourth Tuesdays (6:30 pm): Baygrass Collective Bluegrass Jam - Cato's Ale House, 3891 Piedmont Ave., Oakland; host/info: cheney-dot-munson-at-gmail-dot-com
Wednesdays (6:00 pm): East Bay Bluegrassers Jam - Rockin' Robbie's Music Store, 2nd Fl, 11231 San Pablo Ave, El Cerrito; host/info: eastbaybluegrassers-at-gmail-dot-com
Wednesdays (6:00 pm): Hop Jam - invitational jam at Hop Dogma Brewing Co., 270 Capistrano Rd., Half Moon Bay
Nov. 26: Jim Mintun, Louise Mintun, Ed Cirimele, Aaron Zorndorf, Tom Lucas
Dec. 3: traditional Irish music
Dec. 10: Jim Mintun, Louise Mintun, Ed Cirimele, Avram Frankel
First & Third Wednesdays (6 pm): Grape Jam - invitational jam at Redwood Cafe, 8240 Old Redwood Hwy, Cotati
Dec. 10: Michael Stadler, Ted Kuster, Tom Sours, Mary Kussmaul, Layne Bowen
Dec. 17: Joe Osborn, Ted Kuster, Helen Garrett, Mary Kussmaul, Zach Norman
3rd Wednesdays: old time jam - Winters Tavern, Pacifica
Thursdays (5:00 pm): open jam, followed (at 6:30 pm) by band performance - Blondie's, 540 Valencia St., SF; host/info: woodylauer-at-gmail-dot-com
Thursdays (7 pm): Java Jam - invitational jam at Los Gatos Coffee Roasting Company, 101 W Main St., LG
Thursdays (7 pm): United Methodist Church, Monterey
First & Third Thursdays (7 pm): Marin Lutheran Church, 649 Meadowsweet Ave., Corte Madera; host/info: loew-at-comcast-dot-net
Second and Fourth Thursdays (6:00 pm): Old time music jam - Atlas Cafe, 3049 20th St. (at Alabama), SF; host/info: dzimej-at-gmail-dot-com
Fifth Thursdays (7 pm): Sonoma County Bluegrass Sessions: open jam with host band - Willowbrook Ale House, Petaluma; host/info: tedkuster-at-californiabluegrass-dot-net
Saturdays (5:30 pm): Taco Jam - invitational jam at Baja Taqueria, 4070 Piedmont Ave., Oakland
Nov. 22: Stephanie Prausnitz, Jordan Klein, Dave Gooding, TJ Carskedon, Rowan McCallister
Nov. 29: Ray Bierl, Zach Roth, Oivier Zyngier, Nate Alavi, Larry Chung
Dec. 6: Bob Johnson, Jerry Barush, Bethany Sorkey, Brian Judd, Ray Bierl
Second Saturdays (11 am): Lucas Valley Old Time Jam - Rotary Village Community Center, San Rafael; everevolving-at-earthlink-dot-net
Second Saturdays (12 pm): Bluegrass Train Jam - Santa Clara Depot, 1005 Railroad Ave, SC; host/info: kennedymk-at-comcast-dot-net
Second Saturdays (4 pm): Baygrass Collective Bluegrass Jam - Starry Plough, 3101 Shattuck Ave., Berkeley
Third Saturdays (1 pm): Americana slow jam - Liberties Bar, 998 Guerrero St., SF; deirdre-dot-cassandra-dot-music-at-gmail-dot-com
NOTE: happening outside (weather permitting)
Third Saturdays (4 pm): The Shred Sesh (old time jam) - Starry Plough, Berkeley
Dec. 20: Evie Ladin
INSTRUCTION
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ONLINE INSTRUCTION
First Saturday (10 am): Black Banjo Reclamation Project Online Study Group
Next session of Fiddles at Four w/ Suzy Thompson on Zoom begins on Nov. 24th; series: "Tunes from Alabama"
IN-PERSON INSTRUCTION
Third Sunday (7 pm): Old Time Tunes With Words w/ Rowan McCallister & Robin Fisher - Manning Music, Berkeley; advance registration required: bearcatstringband-at-gmail-dot-com
Next session of in-person Freight & Salvage classes includes:
Wed. (1/7-2/11) at 7 pm: Fiddle Tunes for Mountain Dulcimer with DJ Hamouris
Thursdays (1/8 - 2/12):
- 5:30 pm: Easy Fiddle Tunes II: Appalachian, French-Canadian, Northern, Irish, Scottish, English with Erik Hoffman
- 7 pm: Grounding your Flat Picking for Folk, Country, and Bluegrass with Richard Brandenburg
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8:30 pm: How to Jam - Demystified! with Richard Brandenburg
Bay Area instructors include:
- Richard Brandenburg
- Evie Ladin
- Carol McComb
- Avram Siegel
- Eric Thompson
- Suzy Thompson
- Jack Tuttle
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Manning Music - Instructors: Chad Manning, Catherine Manning, Robin Fischer, Rowan McCallister, Leah Wollenberg, Yoseff Tucker, Arvram Siegel, Jasper Manning, Mike Witcher, Jesse Appelman, and Morgan Balfour
CBA music teacher directory
2026 MUSIC CAMPS
March 13-15: Mandolin World Retreat - Benicia
Instructors: Mike Marshall, Caterina Lichtenberg, John Reischman
April 23-26: Walker Creek Music Camp (between Marshall & Petaluma)
May 6-10: Julian Family Fiddle Camp - Whispering Winds Camp, Julian
Instructors: Nat Copeland, John Mailander, Luke Price (fiddle), plus Tyler Grant (guitar), Carolyn Kendrick (songwriting), Rachael Price (vocals), John Reischman (mandolin), Vickie Vaughn (bass), Nina Weisman (band, jamming), Tray Wellington (banjo)
NOTE: special rate available until 12/4; use code CYBER25
June 14-17: CBA Music Camp - Nevada County Fairgrounds, Grass Valley
June 18-21: CBA Youth Academy - Nevada County Fairgrounds, Grass Valley
June 21-28: Big Sur Fiddle Camp
June 22-27: Voice Works - Port Townsend, WA
June 28 - July 5: Festival of American Fiddle Tunes - Port Townsend, WA
July (2 sessions): California Coast Music Camp - Monterey County, ~ 1.5 hr. so of San Jose
July 5-10 and July 12-17: NimbleFingers - Sorrento, British Columbia
July: West Marin Fiddle Camp - Bolinas, CA
July 26 - Aug.22: Puget Sound Guitar Workshop - Port Orchard, WA
Session 1 (July 25-31)
Session 2 (Aug. 1-7)
Session 3 (Aug. 8-14)
Session 4 (Aug. 15-21)
Sept. 10-13: American Banjo Camp - Port Orchard, WA
Oct. 23-26: Walker Creek Music Camp (between Marshall & Petaluma)
RADIO SHOWS
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Bluegrass Signal is broadcast on Saturdays, 4:00 - 5:30 pm (Pacific) on KALW (91.7 FM in Bay Area). It is then archived for one week HERE.
Nov. 22: On Air Folk Festival
Live performances of music in the KALW studio from 2-7 pm; The Goat Hill Girls
and The West Coast Stringband Duo (Jesse Appelman & Christine Wilhoyt) perform during the Bluegrass Signal portion of the festivities (4:00 - 5:30 pm).
Nov. 29: Festival Fun
Recordings made (in 2024 and 2025) by The Bluegrass Standard at Sierragrass and DelFest, featuring the music of AJ Lee & Blue Summit, The Bow Ties, Viv & Riley, Sweet Sally, Hannah Mayree, the Del McCoury Band, Larry Sparks & The Lonesome Ramblers, Sister Sadie, The Travelin’ McCourys, East Nash Grass, and others.
Dec. 6: Where Is Your Little Cabin Home?
A few cabin songs for the time of year when visiting the old home place becomes common.
Dec. 13: Holiday Membership Campaign
Featuring music from The Salish Sea, the brand-new John Reischman & the Jaybirds album. This year, the band is celebrating its 25th anniversary -- with only one personnel change. This is their first release with guitarist/vocalist Patrick Sauber as a full-time member, joining John (mandolin), Trisha Gagnon (bass), Nick Hornbuckle (banjo), and Greg Spatz (fiddle). Tracks:
- 1. Banks Of Jordan (trad - learned from Cooke Duet)
- 2. You’re My Honey (Trisha)
- 3. Creekwood Drive (Nick)
- 4. The Old Churchyard (trad)
- 5. The Salish Sea (John)
- 6. It Looks Like It’s Never Gonna Rain (Mark Graham)
- 7. Train On the Island (trad)
- 8. The Reunion (Greg)
- 9. Walk With Me (Trisha)
- 10. Elkhorn Ridge (trad)
- 11. The Crow & Gate (John)
The album will be available for your donations to KALW HERE -- along with tickets for the concert celebrating its release at The Freight in February. That show will also include a set featuring Kathy Kallick & her songs (some written with John), accompanied by The Jaybirds and dobro wizard Mike Witcher.
Dec. 20: ’Tis the Season
Songs and tunes to accompany your wrapping.
Dec. 27: Memorial Celebrations & Remembrances
Honoring the musicians we’ve lost in the last year or so.
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Bluegrass Signal is also broadcast four times each week on Bluegrass Country.
The initial broadcast of Bluegrass Signal is on Monday at 11 pm (Eastern time). The show is then rebroadcast on Wednesdays (midnight), Fridays (6 pm), and Sundays (midnight). The times given are EASTERN and the program is available HERE.
Bluegrass Country has an ARCHIVE PLAYER, so you can pick the date and (Eastern) time of broadcast to hear Bluegrass Signal -- or any of the other 33 shows on Bluegrass Country -- at your convenience!
NOTE: Pacific Time broadcasts of Bluegrass Signal on Bluegrass Country:
Mon. (8 pm), Tues. (9 pm), Fri. (3 pm), and Sat. (9 pm).
Nov. 24 - Dec. 20: Across the Tracks
A cavalcade of new releases
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Bluegrass Signal PLAYLISTS
Please visit the Bluegrass Signal web site for the the August, September, and October playlists -- and all the others!
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