The initial lineup for Hardly Strictly Bluegrass is over stimulating especially when you factor in that the three-day event is free. Hardly Strictly Bluegrass, held at Speedway Meadow in Golden Gate Park, known for its ability to bring in talent, has outdone themselves this year.
The Hardly Strictly Bluegrass initial lineup consist of over 90 artists with more being announced closer to the festival dates. Golden Gate Park is going to be filled with good music from Fitz & the Tantrums, Bela Fleck, Emmylou Harris, Dark Star Orchestra, The Jayhawks, Hot Buttered Rum, Dr. John & the Lower 911, Those Darlins, Blind Boys of Alabama and so many more.
Hardly Strictly Bluegrass is Friday, September 30 through Sunday, October 2.
Check out the initial lineup:
Southern Culture on the Skids
Patty Griffin
Woods
Charlie Musselwhite
Over the Rhine
The Flatlanders featuring Joe Ely
Jimmie Dale Gilmore & Butch Hancock
Hot Buttered Rum
Justin Townes Earle
John Prine
Irma Thomas
The Jayhawks
The Felice Brothers
Dark Star Orchestra
Poor Man’s Whiskey (Thursday Children's Program)
Bill Kirchen
Guy Clark & Verlon Thompson
Bob Mould
Mekons
Bill Orcutt
The Wronglers with Jimmie Dale Gilmore
Otis Clay with special guest Chick Rodgers
DeVotchKa
Fitz & the Tantrums
Ryan Bingham & the Dead Horses
Chris Isaak
The Low Anthem
The Band of Heathens
Dr. John & the Lower 911
Joe Purdy
Ricky Skaggs
Buddy Miller
The Del McCoury Band & The Preservation Hall Jazz Band
Jonathan Wilson
Blame Sally
The Belle Brigade
Laurie Lewis & the Right Hands
Broken Social Scene
Bright Eyes
Buckethead
Steve Earle and the Dukes (and Duchesses) featuring Allison Moorer
Robert Earl Keen
AllofaSudden
David Bromberg Quartet
Kris Kristofferson & Merle Haggard
Frank Fairfield
Jolie Holland
The Mother Hips
Seldom Scene
Dive Bar Dukes
Thurston Moore
Emmylou Harris
Gomez
Seamus Kennedy
M. Ward
Bela Fleck
Zakir Hussain & Edgar Meyer
The Civil Wars
Wendy Bird
MC Hammer (Thursday Children's Program)
The Swanson Family Band
Alison Brown Quartet
Conspiracy of Beards
Jason Isbell & the 400 Unit
Robert Plant & the Band of Joy
Moonalice
Kurt Vile & the Violators
The Devil Makes Three
Earl Scruggs
Kieran Kane
Kevin Welch & Fats Kaplin
Cass McCombs
Greensky Bluegrass
Abigail Washburn
Elbow
Ralph Stanley & the Clinch Mountain Boys
Nell Robinson & Jim Nunally & Their All-Star Band
Gillian Welch
A.A. Bondy
Those Darlins
Ollabelle
Simon Joyner
Jessica Lea Mayfield
South Memphis String Band
River Whyless
Robyn Hitchcock
Reckless Kelly
Dry Branch Fire Squad
Punch Brothers featuring Chris Thile
The Blind Boys of Alabama
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