All You Need To Know To Go To This Weekend's Good Old Fashioned Bluegrass Festival!
Michael Hall
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7/12/07
GOF Special Edition:
All You Need To Know To Go To The
14th Annual NCBS Good Old Fashioned Bluegrass Festival
July 13-15, 2007 -- Bolado Park, Hollister, CA.
- Fun at the Festival!
- Tickets
- Camping
- Band Schedule
- Great Weather
- Directions
- No Pets
- Bring Your FM Radio
- Bring Your Computer With Wi-Fi
- See You This Weekend!
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--- Fun At The Good Old Fashioned Bluegrass Festival ---
The Northern California Bluegrass Society's Good Old Fashioned
Bluegrass Festival is small, close-in, down home, relaxed and fun!
The Friday-Sunday gathering this weekend features 24 great
California bluegrass bands on the main stage and 20 more bands
on the famed GOF 'tweener stage, an open mike opportunity that
alternates with the main stage.
The GOF offers 100% flushy restrooms, hot showers, free Wi-Fi high
speed internet service, shade in the audience area, a low-power FM
broadcast of the stage to the camp, excellent sound by Paul Knight,
shaded tent camping, plenty of convenient, close-in RV camping with
many hook-ups, children's activities, a raffle, the NCBS election,
food
and craft vendors, nominations for the Northern California Bluegrass
Awards, and easy handicapped access.
Bolado Park is set in a beautiful rural valley with sharply-defined
hills above. The 14th GOF is a benefit for the hundreds of events
and services the NCBS supplies each year to the bluegrass
community of the San Francisco Bay and Monterey Bay Areas.
--- Tickets ---
There will be plenty of tickets at the gate. Cash or checks may be
used
to buy your tickets at the gate.
Gate Prices (no change from last year):
3-Day Adult $70
2-Day 50
1-Day Sat. 37
1-Day Fri or Sun 27
Youths (Ages 13-17) 50% discount
Seniors (65 & above) $3 per day discount
Children (12 & under) FREE
--- Camping ---
Camping is free with all multi-day tickets. RVs with hook-ups pay $20
per night.
--- Thursday Night Camping ---
Ticket buyers can come to the festival on Thursday AFTERNOON (ONLY)
by
paying an extra $10 for Thursday night camping. Please help by
staying
out of the way of our hardworking set-up crew. Note that NCBS access
to
the fairgorunds begins at Noon on Thursday
--- Band Schedule ---
Good Old Fashioned Bluegrass Festival Schedule
July 13-15, Bolado Park, Hollister
Friday, July 13th
3:00 Page Brownton & Friends
4:00 Harmon's Peak
5:00 Jeanie & Chuck's Country Roundup
6:00 Courthouse Ramblers
7:00 Circle R Boys
8:00 Alhambra Valley Band
9:00 MacRae Brothers Tribute to Jake Quesenberry
Saturday, July 14th
10:00 Four Finger String Band
11:00 Barefoot Nellies
12:00 Rogue River
1:00 (Workshop Break)
2:00 Grizzly Peak
3:00 Wronglers
4:00 JEDD
5:00 (Workshop Break)
6:00 3 Mile Grade
7:00 Mossy Creek
8:00 Mighty Crows
9:00 Houston Jones
Sunday, July 15th
9:00 Smiley Mountain Band
10:00 Windy Ridge (Gospel +)
11:00 Pacific Ocean Bluegrass Band
12:00 Carolina Special
12:45 (Lunch Break)
1:15 Regina Bartlett Presents
Kids on Stage
2:15 Stoney Mountain Ramblers
3:15 Fog Valley Drifters
4:15 Harmony Grits
(Special Guest Yodeling Lady Lolita)
--- Weather Forecast ---
Hollister, California --
Sunny and Pleasant All Weekend!
Friday: High 84, Low 53
Saturday: High 82, Low 53
Sunday: High 81, Low 52
--- Directions ---
>From The Bay Area:
South on Highway 101 to just past Gilroy.
Exit right, then left over bridge on Highway 25 and go
southeast towards Hollister.
(Follow signs to Pinnacles National Park.)
Go through Hollister, then continue south on 25.
>From The Central Valley:
Exit I-5 at Highway 152 (Pacheco Pass) and go west
towards Gilroy.
Turn left on Highway 156 just past Casa de Fruta and go
south towards Hollister.
Go through Hollister, then continue south on Highway 25.
>From The Central Coast:
Take either Highway 101 (or Highway 1 to Highway 129 to 101)
north & east towards San Juan Batista.
Turn on Highway 156 near San Juan Batista and go east towards
Hollister.
Go through Hollister, then continue south on Highway 25.
FROM HOLLISTER:
Drive south on Highway 25, following signs to the Pinnacles and
Bolado Park
Bolado Park, The San Benito County Fairgrounds, is 7 miles south of
Hollister on Highway 25 (and 2 miles south of the town of Tres
Pinos).
Enter the festival at Gate 1.
Gas stations, food stores, etc. are plentiful in Hollister and
limited
in Tres Pinos. The closest ATMs are in Hollister.
--- NO Pets ---
NO DOGS ALLOWED. --- NO PETS ALLOWED.
--- Bring Your FM Radio ---
KBUD radio will provide a low-power broadcast of the stage to the
camp. Bring a standard FM radio to enjoy this service.
--- Bring Your Wi-Fi Equiped Computer ---
NCBS will provide free wireless internet access. Bring along your
computer with an internal Wi-Fi card or an external adapter.
--- SEE YOU THIS WEEKEND! ---
All of your friends will be there! We look forward to seeing you.
Stop by and say hi!...mh
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Michael Hall hal...@gmail.com Discover Bluegrass!