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Hardly Strictly Bluegrass Festival Lineup and Info

This weekend in San Francisco is the FREE 3 day, Hardly Strictly Bluegrass Music Festival.  This is an annual festival that is FREE to the public, the lineup is super diverse, MC Hammer (What, Holler!!), Robert Plant and Allison Krause, Robert Earl Keen, and many, many more.

So who is gonna be there today and take pictures of MC Hammer for Reno Passport?  We will be hitting Lovefest for part of the day, then hitting Hardly Strictly Bluegrass in Golden Gate Park (on sat and sun).

Fri Oct 3 (10:30am - Noon & 2:30pm - 6:45pm)
The morning (10:30 - noon) on Star stage is a special educational program for local schools (and the general public) as part of the Daniel Pearl Foundation Music Days. The afternoon (2:30pm - 6:45pm) features very special guests on the Banjo stage.

Star Stage 10:30am Ruby Jane 11:30am MC Hammer

Banjo Stage 2:30pm Sharon Little 3:35pm The Jerry Douglas Band 5:15pm Robert Plant and Alison Krauss featuring T Bone Burnett

Sat Oct 4 (10:45am - 7:15pm)

Banjo Stage 10:45am Band Joe & the Whyte Laydie 11:00am Jimmie Dale Gilmore 11:55am Laurie Lewis & Friends 12:55pm Peter Rowan Bluegrass Band 2:05pm Three Girls & Their Buddy (Emmylou Harris, Patty Griffin, Shawn Colvin & Buddy Miller) 3:25pm Hot Rize 4:40pm Odetta 6:00pm Steve Earle & The Bluegrass Dukes

Star Stage 11:00am Dry Branch Fire Squad 12:05pm Waco Brothers 1:30pm Richard Thompson 2:50pm The Desert Rose Band 4:10pm The Del McCoury Band 5:40pm Global Drum Project featuring Mickey Hart & Zakir Hussain

Rooster Stage 11:15am Carlene Carter 12:20pm Guy Clark & Verlon Thompson 1:30pm From The Jayhawks: Mark Olson & Gary Louris 2:45pm Nick Lowe 4:05pm Dave Alvin & The Guilty Women (Christy McWilson, Amy Farris, Laurie Lewis, Sarah Brown, Lisa Pankratz, Nina Gerber, Cindy Cashdollar) 5:45pm Robert Earl Keen

Arrow Stage 11:00am Tift Merritt 12:00pm Los Cenzontles featuring Santiago Jimenez 1:05pm Bad Livers 2:20pm The Gourds 3:45pm Jerry Jeff Walker 5:20pm Asleep At The Wheel

Porch Stage

• 11:00am Cyndi Harvell
• 11:50am Sons & Brothers
• 12:35pm Samantha Robichaud
• 1:40pm Mike Farris & the Roseland Rhythm Revue
• 2:40pm Marty Willson-Piper (of the church) & the Mood Maidens
• 3:40pm Joe Purdy
• 4:40pm The Roan Mountain Hilltoppers
• 5:45pm John Jorgenson Quintet

Sun Oct 5 (11am - 7pm)

Banjo Stage 11:20am Darrell Scott Band 12:20pm Hazel Dickens 1:45pm Ralph Stanley & The Clinch Mountain Boys 2:55pm Earl Scruggs 4:15pm Ricky Skaggs & Kentucky Thunder 5:45pm Emmylou Harris

Star Stage 11:00am Bill Kirchen 12:00pm Riders in the Sky 1pm Ben Kweller 2:30pm Elvis Costello’s High Whines & Spirits 4:15pm Gogol Bordello 5:45pm Heavy Trash

Rooster Stage 11:00am Jon Langford’s Skull Orchard feat. Sally Timms & the Burlington Welsh Male Chorus 11:55am Kevin Welch & Kieran Kane & Fats Kaplin 1pm Bonnie “Prince” Billy 2:20pm Greg Brown 3:25pm Iron & Wine 4:40pm Loudon Wainwright III 6:00pm Iris DeMent

Arrow Stage 11:00am Poor Man’s Whiskey 12:00pm Moonalice 1:05pm Alison Brown Quartet with Joe Craven 2:10pm The Infamous Stringdusters 3:20pm The Waybacks 4:30pm Pegi Young 5:50pm Tea Leaf Green

Porch Stage

• 11:00am The Wronglers
• 12:05pm Red Wine
• 1:10pm Heidi Clare & AtaGallop
• 2:15pm Bill Evans String Summit with Megan Lynch
• 3:20pm The Opera Dukes
• 4:40pm Justin Townes Earle
• 5:45pm Maura O’Connell

Volunteer Info

Since this is a FREE EVENT (NO TICKETS NEEDED), we do not have the manpower to answer all of your questions… here is a list of the most frequently asked questions:

For info on volunteering, email volunteer@hardlystrictlybluegrass.com.
For general questions, email questions@hardlystrictlybluegrass.com.

Please help us keep the Park clean– please pack out with you what you bring in for the festival!

Q: What are we allowed to bring?

Coolers, blankets, and short-back chairs are all allowed. Cameras are ok (no tripods or instrusive equipment please). There will also be vendors on-site selling food and non-alcoholic beverages. No alcohol will be for sale in the park, however you CAN bring your own. PLEASE respect the park and pick up and take everything with you that you bring in. There will be a sweep of the park by waste management each evening (which means no saving spaces for the following day).

Q: Dogs?

Dogs are allowed as per park rules (on leash, etc.)

Q: Hotels in area?

Please call the Chamber of Commerce, use a travel site such as Orbitz or Yahoo Travel, or contact the San Francisco Convention & Visitors Bureau for assistance. Visitors can book rooms directly on www.sfvisitor.org or request assistance from the Visitor Information Center - 415-391-2000 (tollfree at 888-782-9673 (STAY-N-SF)).

Q: Transportation?

This year the park service is NOT running their shuttle service. We advise you to take other means of transportation (carpool, bike, rollerskate, bus, etc) as there are many street closures. See the map below for a visual on what streets will be closed. Click here for SF Muni transit maps and here for a public transportation route finder.

Q: Will bike parking be available?

Yes. Bike parking is provided by SFBC. Please see the map (below) for location of Bike Parking.

Q: What time are we allowed in?

10AM entry to the meadows.

Q: Restroom facilities?

There will be port-a-potties on site.

Q: Free Water

Free water will be available at the drinking fountain near the Rock Med tent (between Banjo and Arrow stages).

Q: Recyling

Recycling will be available.

Q: Disabled accessibility?

Yes, there will be a special section reserved at each stage. Handicapped persons can be dropped off at JFK and Transverse. Shuttles (golf carts) will drop them off curbside at the stage they wish to get to. This service is a first come first serve, and can be in high demand so please exercise patience. Handicapped PARKING will also be available.

Q: Merchandise?

We will be selling T-shirts and CDs of most artists. There are merch booths at the Banjo, Arrow, Star and Rooster Stages.

Q: ATMs?

ATMs will be provided and will be marked on the 2008 map when it is available.

Q: Lost & Found

Lost and found is located at either Info booth (see map)

Q: Map?

Click here for this year’s map.