Lineup:
Hazel Dickens, The Chieftains, The Wronglers,
Mavis Staples, Neko Case, Lyle Lovett and
His Large Band, Old Crow Medicine Show, Doc
Watson, Marianne Faithfull, Okkervil River,
Dr. Dog, Steve Martin with the Steep Canyon
Rangers, Billy Bragg, Allen Toussaint, World
Party, Old 97's, The Del McCoury Band, Booker
T. & the DBTs, Earl Scruggs, Gillian Welch,
Little Feat, Aimee Mann, Richie Havens, John
Prine
Look forward
to another awesome lineup this year when the free 2009 Hardly
Strictly Bluegrass concerts return again to Golden Gate Park for
a hoedown of epic proportions.
Along with
Fleet
Week, Hardly Strictly Bluegrass is one of the most anticipated
Fall events in San
Francisco featuring the best strummin', pickin' and fiddle
playin' on the planet.
But is HSB
festival just bluegrass? As the name implies not hardly
with live performances by some of the most popular traveling
country, folk, and rock 'n roll acts in the USA.
This October,
look for headline acts like Lyle Lovett, Steve Martin with the
Steep Canyon Rangers, The Chieftains, Marianne Faithful, Earl
Scruggs, Richie Havens and dozens of other stars & bands arriving
to play to thousands of visitors who pack the park on the City
by the Bay.
When :
Hardly Strictly Bluegrass 2009 is scheduled for Friday, Saturday
and Sunday October 2, 3 & 4, 2009.
Look for
the festivities to kick off on Friday morning with continuous
performances playing from 11AM - 7PM throughout the rest of the
weekend.
Where :
Join the crowds along John F. Kennedy Drive and into Golden
Gate Park with signs pointing the way to the various concert stages
in Speedway Meadow, Marx Meadow and Lindley Meadow.
Ticket
Information: No tickets needed. It's all free!
More
about Hardly Strictly Bluegrass around the Web:
Robert
Plant & Alison Krauss with T-Bone Burnett,
Hardly Strictly Bluegrass 2008