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Saturday, October 6, 2012 - All Day | Cost: FREE
Hellman Hollow | John F. Kennedy Drive and Transverse Drive, San Francisco, CA

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Hardly Strictly Bluegrass 2012 | Golden Gate Park
October 5th through the 7th marks the 2012 rendition of one of the largest (and free-est) music festivals in the country: San Francisco’s own Hardly Strictly Bluegrass.

Hardly Strictly Bluegrass 2012
Three days, six stages – over 750,000 attendees and 80+ bands
- Friday, Saturday, Sunday, October 5-7, 2012 (11a-7p)
- Hellman Hollow (formerly Speedway Meadow), Lindley & Marx meadows in Golden Gate Park, DF
- FREE

Saturday, October 6, 2012
The Chieftains, Patty Griffin, Les Claypool and more | Hardly Strictly Bluegrass 2012 | Golden Gate Park

Saturday, October 6, 2012
Hellman Hollow, Marx & Lindley Meadows

Banjo Stage

11:00am World Famous Headliners (Big Al Anderson, Shawn Camp, Pat McLaughlin, Michael Rhodes & Greg Morrow)

12:10pm Alison Brown Quartet with Stuart Duncan

1:25pm Buddy Miller

2:45pm Tribute to the Founding Fathers: Warren Hellman, Earl Scruggs and Doc Watson featuring Alison Brown, Stuart Duncan, Tim O’Brien and Bryan Sutton, with special guests Steve Earle, Emmylou Harris with Heidi Clare & Colleen Browne (from the Wronglers), Peter Rowan, Nick Lowe & more!

4:25pm The Chieftains

5:45pm Steve Earle & the Dukes (& Duchesses)

Rooster Stage

11:00am The Go to Hell Man Clan with Special Guests the Wronglers featuring Jimmie Dale Gilmore

12:00pm Lloyd Cole

1:10pm Guy Clark & Verlon Thompson

2:30pm The Lumineers

3:50pm Patty Griffin

5:30pm Robert Earl Keen

Star Stage

11:00am Roger Knox and the Pine Valley Cosmonauts

12:30pm Dirty Three

2:10pm Dave Alvin & the Guilty Ones

3:45pm Cowboy Junkies

5:45pm Chris Robinson Brotherhood

Towers of Gold Stage

11:40am Red Baraat

1:20pm Justin Townes Earle

3:00pm Les Claypool’s Duo De Twang

4:45pm The Head & the Heart

Arrow Stage

11:00am The Trishas

12:05pm Reckless Kelly

1:30pm Bill Kirchen and Texicalli

2:45pm Heartless Bastards

4:05pm Jerry Jeff Walker

5:35pm The Flatlanders feat. Joe Ely, Jimmie Dale Gilmore & Butch Hancock

Porch Stage

11:00am Joe Pug

12:10pm Sara Watkins

1:25pm Little Green Cars

2:40pm Allison Moorer

3:50pm Robyn Hitchcock

4:50pm Sierra Hull

6:05pm Seasick Steve