Hardly Strictly Bluegrass: 2012 Lineup Revealed

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.

The 2012 lineup has just been released – here’s our highlights: Patty Griffin, Les Claypool, Cowboy Junkies, Emmylou Harris, Chuck Prophet, Chris Robinson Brotherhood, Elvis Costello, Dwight Yoakam, Lloyd Cole, Patti Smith, Steve Earle, Vince Gill, Nick Lowe and more…  The full lineup

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
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CONFIRMED FOR 2012:
Day-specific schedules and set times to be announced closer to the festival date. 

Alison Brown Quartet with Stuart Duncan
Allison Moorer
ALO
Amanda Shaw & the Cute Guys
Bill Kirchen and Texicalli
Boz Scaggs: Tribute to Doug Sahm
Buddy Miller
Chris Carrabba
Chris Robinson Brotherhood
Chuck Mead & His Grassy Knoll Boys
Chuck Ragan
Conor Brings Friends for Friday featuring: Simon Felice, Chuck Prophet & the Mission Express, Beachwood Sparks, Ben Kweller, Jenny Lewis, Conor Oberst
Cowboy Junkies
Dave Alvin & the Guilty Ones
Dirty Three
Dry Branch Fire Squad
Dwight Yoakam
Elvis Costello Solo
Emmylou Harris
Giant Giant Sand
Glen Hansard
Guy Clark & Verlon Thompson
Heartless Bastards
Jerry Jeff Walker
Jesse Winchester
Jim Lauderdale
Joe Pug
John Reilly and Friends (featuring Becky Stark & Tom Brosseau)
Jon Langford & His Sadies
Jonny Two Bags & Salvation Town
Justin Townes Earle
Keller Williams, Steve Kimock & Kyle Hollingsworth featuring Bernie Worrell, Wally Ingram & Andy Hess
Kieran Kane, Kevin Welch & Fats Kaplin
Laurie Lewis & the Right Hands
Les Claypool Duo De Twang
Little Green Cars
Lloyd Cole
Lucero
Luther Dickinson & the Wandering
Moonalice
Nick Lowe
O’Brien Party of 7
Patterson Hood & the Downtown Rumblers
Patti Smith and her band
Patty Griffin
Peter Rowan
Pickwick
Poor Man’s Whiskey
Preservation Hall Jazz Band
Ralph Stanley & the Clinch Mountain Boys
Reckless Kelly
Red Baraat
Reignwolf
Robert Earl Keen
Robyn Hitchcock
Roger Knox & the Pine Valley Cosmonauts
Rubblebucket
Sara Watkins
Seasick Steve
Sierra Hull
Son Volt
Steve Earle & the Dukes (and Duchesses)
The Barr Brothers
The Chieftains
The Civil Wars
The Del McCoury Band
The Flatlanders featuring Joe Ely, Jimmie Dale Gilmore & Butch Hancock
The Go to Hell Man Clan with Special Guests the Wronglers featuring Jimmie Dale Gilmore
The Heart & the Heart
The Jerry Douglas Band
The Knitters
The Lumineers
The Milk Carton Kids
The New Orleans Bingo! Show
The Soul Rebels
The Time Jumpers (Vince Gill, Dennis Crouch, Paul Franklin, Larry Franklin, Andre Reiss, Dawn Sears, Kenneth Sears, Joe Spivey, Jeff Taylor & Billy Thomas)
The Trishas
The White Buffalo
Tiny Television
Todd Snider
Tribute to the Founding Fathers: Warren Hellman, Earl Scruggs and Doc Watson
Walter Salas-Humara
World Famous Headliners

Photo credit: San Francisco Sentinel