It all began in 2001 with love and a dream: a financier’s love of bluegrass and his vision of hosting a free concert in San Francisco’s Golden Gate Park. The first festival took place in October 2001, ...

Hardly Strictly Bluegrass has shared the initial lineup for its upcoming return to San Francisco’s iconic Golden Gate Park from Friday October 4 to Sunday October 6. Now in its 24th year, the free ...

Hardly Strictly Bluegrass has announced its first batch of artists for its 25th anniversary festival. This initial lineup for the three-day free Hardly Strictly Bluegrass, set for Oct. 3-5 at Golden ...

Dave Pehling is website managing editor for CBS Bay Area. He started his journalism career doing freelance writing about music in the late 1990s, eventually working as a web writer, editor and ...

Hardly Strictly Bluegrass (HSB) has shared the full lineup for its silver anniversary in San Francisco’s iconic Golden Gate Park from Friday, October 3 to Sunday, October 5. Now in its 25th year, the ...

Hardly Strictly Bluegrass has unveiled the second wave of its 2025 artist lineup. From Oct. 3 to Oct. 5, San Francisco’s premier roots music festival will return to Golden Gate Park for its 25th ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. New Monsoon performs at the Towers of Gold Stage at Hardly Strictly Bluegrass in San Francisco. October 1, 2023. (Lizzy Montana ...

It’s year No. 25 for Northern California’s biggest music festival — Hardly Strictly Bluegrass. So, grab your picnic blanket, invite some friends and get ready to enjoy three days, Oct. 3-5, of great ...

Summer may be winding down but it’s not all bad. After all, Hardly Strictly Bluegrass is right around the corner. The annual free music festival, which harkens back to a San Francisco culture of old, ...