Berkeley Bluegrass Festival at Freight & Salvage May 20th – May22nd

Berkeley Bluegrass Festival:

Freight & Salvage Coffeehouse
2020 Addison St, Berkeley
Friday, May 20th – Sunday, May 22nd, 2016

This May, the Freight & Salvage celebrates the incredible talent in our own backyard with the first Berkeley Bluegrass Festival. Northern California has been a bluegrass stronghold since the 1960s and we’re proud to continue our support of legendary local artists and up-and-coming musicians. In collaboration with Grammy-award winner Laurie Lewis and the California Bluegrass Association, we’re bringing together leaders of the genre, up-and-coming artists, and music fans for three days of concerts, panel discussions, jams, free workshops, and good old-fashioned merriment to kick off the summer music festival season. We hope you’ll join us!

Friday May 20 (doors at 7pm, show at 8pm)
Laurie Lewis & the Right Hands
Vern Williams Band Alumni
Dix Bruce & Jim Nunally
The Blue J’s (on the Gallery Stage)

Saturday May 21
Daytime Workshops – FREE, doors open at 12:30
Songwriting with Kathy Kallick 1:00 – 2:30
Bluegrass Guitar with Jim Nunally 1:00 – 2:30
Harmony Singing with Keith Little 2:30 – 4:00
Bluegrass Mandolin with Sharon Gilchrist 2:30 – 4:00

Saturday Night Concert (doors at 6pm, show at 7pm)
Steep Ravine
High Country
Manning Music Students
Blue Summit (on the Gallery Stage)

Sunday May 22
Daytime Workshops & Panel Discussion – FREE
Bay Area Bluegrass History: panel discussion and songs in the round
With Laurie Lewis, Kathy Kallick, Mayne Smith (doors at 12:30pm, show at 1pm)

Bluegrass Jam 2:30 – 4:00
Bluegrass Banjo with Avram Siegel 2:30 – 4:00
Bluegrass Fiddle with Chad Manning 2:30 – 4:00
Bluegrass Dobro with Mike Witcher 2:30 – 4:00
Bluegrass Bass with Max Schwartz 2:30 – 4:00

Sunday Night Concert (doors at 6pm, show at 7pm)
John Jorgenson Bluegrass Band with Herb Pedersen
Max Schwartz & Pals
Rita Hosking Trio
Go To Hell Man Clan (on the Gallery Stage)