Hardly Strictly Bluegrass 2018 | Golden Gate Park

Hardly Strictly Bluegrass

2018 brings San Francisco the 18th annual Hardly Strictly Bluegrass festival, one of the largest, free-est and beloved music festivals in the country. Be one of over 750,000 attendees over the three-day musical extravaganza in beautiful Golden Gate Park.

Hardly Strictly Bluegrass 2018
Three days, seven stages, over 90 artists
Friday-Sunday, Oct. 5, Oct. 6 and Oct. 7, 2018
– The meadows typically open at 10 am each day.
Hellman Hollow, Lindley & Marx meadows in Golden Gate Park
FREE

Please note that the activities and lineup for 2018 have not been completely announced yet. Please check their website for updates.

Details from 2017:

The full 2017 lineup has been released, and it’s awesome. Highlights for this year include Friday (First Aid Kit, Conor Oberst, Brandi Carlile, T Bone Burnett, Billy Bragg), Saturday (Bela Fleck, Robyn Hitchcock, Ozomatli, Henry Rollins, Patty Griffin, Gillian Welch, Steve Earle), and Sunday (Emmylou Harris, Bob Mould, Cheap Trick, Shelby Lynne & Alison Moorer, Randy Newman, Jello Biafra, Lucinda Williams, Big Freeda). Plus there’s a free silent disco on Saturday and Sunday.

Want to volunteer for Hardly Strictly Bluegrass? Here’s how

New for 2017:

• A new “Arrow Meadow” – To help assist crowd flow some of the stages have been reconfigured which has resulted in a brand new Acoustic Stage for 2017, called “La Victrola” (replacing “The Arrow Stage”) featuring spoken word and solo acoustic. This alternates performances with the intimate Bandwagon Stage which is now known collectively as “Arrow Meadow.“
• Silent Disco (Saturday and Sunday) is just southwest of the Bandwagon Stage before you get the Polo Field [view map]
• Expanded Hellman Museum – The Hellman museum will be expanded to include “Beautiful Dancer,” a tribute to Chris Hellman who passed away this year.

2017 Schedule | Download the app | View live streaming from most stages
Printable Schedules & Maps: HSB 2017 Map | HSB 2017 Schedule | HSB 2017 Bios

Friday, October 6 (Noon to 7pm)

Banjo Stage

• 12:00-12:45pm The Sam Chase & The Untraditional
• 1:15-2:05pm Drew Holcomb and The Neighbors
• 2:35-3:25pm Chuck Prophet & The Mission Express
• 3:55-4:55pm Seun Kuti & Egypt 80
• 5:30-6:45pm Brandi Carlile

Rooster Stage
Conor Brings Friends for Friday Featuring:

• 12:00-12:30pm Mega Bog
• 1:00-1:40pm Jesse Harris
• 2:10-2:50pm Big Thief
• 3:20-4:00pm The Felice Brothers
• 4:30-5:15pm First Aid Kit
• 5:45-7:00pm Conor Oberst

Banjo Stage

• 12:00-12:45pm Laurie Lewis & The Right Hands
• 1:15-2:05pm Dry Branch Fire Squad
• 2:35-3:25pm Billy Bragg
• 3:55-4:55pm The Bo-Keys featuring Don Bryant and Percy Wiggins
• 5:30-6:45pm T Bone Burnett

Bandwagon Stage

• 12:15-12:50pm Molsky’s Mountain Drifters
• 1:30-2:10pm Tracy Blackman
• 2:50-3:40pm Foy Vance
• 4:25-5:05pm Terri Hendrix with Lloyd Maines

Saturday, October 7 (11am to 7pm)

Banjo Stage

• 11:00-11:40am Béla Fleck & Abigail Washburn
• 12:10-12:55pm Tim O’Brien Band
• 1:25-2:15pm Peter Rowan Dharma Blues featuring Jack Casady
• 2:45-3:45pm Alison Brown & the Compass Bluegrass Allstars featuring Bobby Osborne
• 4:15-5:15pm Gillian Welch
• 5:45-7:00pm Steve Earle & The Dukes

Rooster Stage

• 11:00am-12:00pm The Go To Hell Man Band
• 12:30-5:30pm Buddy Miller’s Cavalcade of Stars featuring Gurf Morlix (12:30-1:15pm), Bill Anderson (1:35-2:20pm), Lillie Mae (2:40-3:20pm), Dan Penn (3:40-4:25pm), Buddy Miller with The War and Treaty (4:45-5:30pm)
• 6:00-7:00pm Dan Auerbach

Swan Stage

• 11:40am-12:20pm Poncho Sanchez
• 1:00-1:45pm Justin Townes Earle
• 2:30-3:20pm Ozomatli
• 4:10-5:00pm Patty Griffin
• 6:00-7:00pm Sturgill Simpson

Towers of Gold Stage

• 11:00-11:40am The Brothers Comatose
• 12:20-1:00pm Moonalice
• 1:45-2:30pm The Wood Brothers
• 3:20-4:10pm Jamey Johnson
• 5:00-6:00pm Robert Earl Keen

Porch Stage

• 11:00-11:35am Reed Mathis & Electric Beethoven
• 12:00-12:45pm Blackfoot Gypsies
• 1:10-1:55pm The Nth Power
• 2:25-3:10pm Midnight North
• 3:40-4:25pm Rising Appalachia
• 4:55-5:40pm HSB Blues Revue featuring Sugar Ray Norcia, Annie Sampson, Steve Freund, Chris Cain, Austin deLone, Ruth Davies and Tony Braunagel
• 6:10-7:00pm Robyn Hitchcock

Bandwagon Stage

• 12:15-12:50pm Sam Outlaw
• 1:30-2:10pm Nancy & The Lambchops
• 2:50-3:40pm Tyler Childers
• 4:25-5:05pm Colter Wall

La Victrola Platform

• 11:40am-12:10pm Howard Wiley
• 12:55-1:25pm Kieran Kane & Rayna Gellert
• 2:15-2:45pm Willie Watson
• 3:45-4:15pm Natalie Cressman & Ian Faquini
• 5:05-6:05pm Henry Rollins

Hardly Strictly Silent Disco

Starting at 12:00pm, a sublime 2-channel silent disco musical affair in Arrow Meadow (near Bandwagon Stage and La Victrola Platform). More info here.

• Ren the Vinyl Archaeologist (Street Party Classics)
• Steve Fabus (From the Loft to the Garage)
• Deejay Theory (The Caribbean)
• Tom Thump (Brian Eno)
• DJ Phleck (Pumpkin Tribute)
• DJ Tobiwan (80s in Remix)
• Motion Potion (Prince)
• U9lift (Rockin the Blues)

Sunday, October 8 (11am to 7pm)

Banjo Stage

• 11:00-11:45am The Sons Of The Soul Revivers
• 12:15-1:05pm Hot Tuna Electric
• 1:35-2:25pm Dave Alvin & The Guilty Ones
• 2:55-3:45pm The Flatlanders
• 4:15-5:15pm John Prine
• 5:45-7:00pm Emmylou Harris

Rooster Stage

• 11:00-11:45am The Secret Sisters
• 12:10-12:55pm Kane Welch Kaplin
• 1:25-2:15pm Aaron Lee Tasjan
• 2:45-3:35pm Lampedusa featuring Steve Earle, Patty Griffin, Emmylou Harris, Buddy Miller, Lucinda Williams
• 4:05-5:00pm Bob Mould Band
• 5:30-6:45pm Junior Brown

Swan Stage

• 11:00-11:45am Poor Man’s Whiskey
• 12:30-1:20pm Randy Newman
• 2:10-3:00pm Lukas Nelson & Promise of the Real
• 3:55-4:50pm Courtney Barnett & Kurt Vile (and the Sea Lice)
• 5:50-7:00pm Lucinda Williams

Towers of Gold Stage

• 11:45am-12:30pm Jon Langford’s Four Lost Souls
• 1:20-2:10pm Big Freedia
• 2:55-3:55pm Ornette’s Prime Time Band Reunion featuring Jamaaladeen Tacuma, Al MacDowell, Charlie Ellerbe, Badal Roy, Denardo Coleman with Special Guests David Murray, Wallace Roney & Marc Ribot 
• 4:50-5:50pm Cheap Trick

Porch Stage

• 11:00-11:40am Jade Jackson
• 12:05-12:45pm Marco & The Polos
• 1:15-1:55pm Sisters Morales
• 2:25-3:10pm The Well Known Strangers
• 3:40-4:25pm Weyes Blood
• 4:55-5:40pm Ghost of Paul Revere
• 6:10-7:00pm Shelby Lynne & Allison Moorer

Bandwagon Stage

• 12:20-1:00pm Lila Blue
• 1:40-2:20pm The Brothers Gibb
• 3:00-3:40pm Norbert Putnam and Friends
• 4:25-5:05pm The Asawa School Of The Arts World Music + Dance Department Band

La Victrola Platform

• 11:45am-12:15pm Jello Biafra
• 1:05-1:35pm Ciaran Lavery
• 2:25-2:55pm Tyler Childers
• 3:45-4:15pm Will Durst
• 5:15-5:45pm Jello Biafra

Hardly Strictly Silent Disco

Starting at 12:00pm, a sublime 2-channel silent disco musical affair in Arrow Meadow (near Bandwagon Stage and La Victrola Platform). More info here.

• 4NR (Around the World in 80 Mashups)
• Gordo Cabeza (Outkast)
• DJ Alarm (Flute Is All You Need)
• Mophono (The JB’s Do 7″ Stax of Hi Volt Acid)
• King Most (Women in Music)
• DJ Tyme (Hardly Strictly Mashups)
• Motion Potion (History of Psychedelic Rock in Remix)

“This is the great gift of Warren Hellman, the one and only, to not only the City of San Francisco, but the world of music.” ~SF Chronicle

“Things You Must Do In The Bay Area Before You Die: Hardly Strictly Bluegrass” ~SF Gate