Hardly Strictly Bluegrass 2011 | Saturday

On Saturday, some classic acts return and some musical acts that put the “hardly” into “Hardly Strictly Bluegrass” make Saturday a memorable lineup.

Saturday Highlights: A classic HSB trifecta in a row of Earl Scruggs (2:45p / Banjo), Gillian Welch (4:15p / Banjo) andSteve Earle (5:45p / Banjo); a special performance by two legends with two guitars, Kris Kristofferson & Merle Haggard(2:20p / Star); New Orleans-style blues of Hugh Laurie (yes, from ABC’s “House”) (1:20p / Tower of Gold); Canadian indie superstars, Broken Social Scene (3:25p / Tower of Gold) and we can’t take our eyes off of literally-named Buckethead, formerly of Guns ‘N’ Roses who wears a KFC bucket on his head (5:30p / Towers of Gold).

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Six stages of music, hundreds of bands and performers and over 750,000 are expected over the three days make this a festival nearly impossible to choose what’s best to see.

Hardly Strictly Bluegrass 2011
Three days, six stages – over 750,000 attendees and 350 musicians
- Friday, Saturday, Sunday, Sept. 30 – Oct. 2nd (11a-7p)
- Speedway, Lindley & Marx meadows in Golden Gate Park, San Francisco, CA
- FREE
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Saturday, October 1, 2011

Banjo Stage

• 11:00am Greensky Bluegrass
• 12:00pm Alison Brown
• 1:15pm Otis Clay with special guest Chick Rodgers
• 2:45pm Earl Scruggs
• 4:15pm Gillian Welch*
• 5:45pm Steve Earle & the Dukes (& Duchesses) featuring Allison Moorer*

Star Stage

• 11:00am Cass McCombs Band
• 12:30pm Jason Isbell & the 400 Unit
• 2:20pm Kris Kristofferson & Merle Haggard*
• 4:30pm Irma Thomas

Arrow Stage

• 11:00am Sarah Elizabeth Campbell
• 12:15pm The Band of Heathens
• 1:35pm Ruthie Foster
• 2:55pm Ryan Bingham & The Dead Horses
• 4:25pm Reckless Kelly
• 5:45pm The Flatlanders feat. Joe Ely, Jimmie Dale Gilmore & Butch Hancock

Rooster Stage

• 11:00am The Wronglers with Jimmie Dale Gilmore*
• 12:25pm Robyn Hitchcock
• 1:35pm Guy Clark & Verlon Thompson
• 2:50pm Patty Griffin*
• 4:15pm Punch Brothers
• 5:45pm Robert Earl Keen

Towers Of Gold Stage

• 11:40am Ricky Skaggs & Kentucky Thunder
• 1:20pm Hugh Laurie
• 3:25pm Broken Social Scene*
• 5:30pm Buckethead

Porch Stage

• 11:00am River Whyless
• 12:10pm AlofaSudden
• 1:25pm Seamus Kennedy
• 2:25pm Wendy Bird
• 3:40pm A.A. Bondy
• 4:50pm The Belle Brigade
• 6:05pm Nell Robinson & Jim Nunally and Their All-Star Band

 

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Cost: FREE
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