Dana Point Tall Ships Festival | September 9-10 |
| Ocean Institute, Dana Point, CA . Foggy Dew, Halau Hula Lani Ola, Pint & Dale, Bill Dempsey & Connie Allen, Gary Seiler & more. Demonstrations, crafts, food, ship tours. INFO (949) 496-2274, www.tallshipsfestival.com | |
Berkeley Old-Time Music Convention | September 14-17. |
| Freight & Salvage, Berkeley Farmers Market, Ashkenaz, Berkeley Rep Thrust Stage & more. Squaredance, concerts, workshops, old time cabaret, clogging workshop, jamming at all times, & a stringband contest. New Lost City Ramblers, Hank Bradley & Jody Stecher, Ginny Hawker, The Mercury Dimes, Adam Rose & the Original Sinners, Stairwell Sisters, The Squirelly Stringband, and more. INFO www.berkeleyoldtimemusic.org. | |
Millpond Music Festival | September 15-17 |
| Millpond County Park, Bishop, CA. Traditional and contemporary music in intimate festival surroundings. Camping. Brian Joseph, David Lindley, Mark Atkinson Trio, Laura Love, Grupo Fantasma, Gibson Brothers, Kusun Ensemble, and more. INFO (760) 873-8014, (800) 874-0669, www.inyo.org/millpond | |
Julian Bluegrass Festival | September 16-17 |
| Frank Lane Park, Julian, CA. Workshops: Guitar, Fiddle, Mandolin, Banjo, Vocals. Connie Allen & Bill Dempsey, 7th Day Buskers, Susie Glaze & the Hilonesome Band & more. INFO (760) 763-3937, www.julianbluegrassfestival.com | |
San Francisco Blues Festival | September 22-24 |
| Great Meadow, Fort Mason, SF. Blues documentary films at Roxie Film Center at New College, Free kickoff concert on Friday. Little Richard; Ruth Brown; Louisiana Voice of the Wetlands Allstars; Irma Thomas, & more. INFO (415) 979-5588, www.sfblues.com. | |
10th Annual Cajun/Zydeco Festival | September 23 |
| Ardenwood Historic Farm, Fremont CA. 10:00-7:00. Traditional Cajun & Zydeco music & dancing. Mark St. Mary & His Blues & Zydeco Band, Les Amis Creole, Queen Ida and her Zydeco Band, Nathan & the Zydeco Cha Chas, Andre Theirry & Zydeco Magic. Food, vendors, dance lessons. INFO (510) 544-2513, www.ebparks.org/events/zydeco_06.htm | |
7th Annual SF World Music Festival |
September 24-October 7 |
| Venues around San Francisco. Concerts, workshops, lectures, films and more. Voices of Kurdistan featuring Aynur, Ali Akbar Moradi, Mico Mendes, Hussein Zahawy, Kourosh Moradi, Rojan, Ulas Ozdemir; Tabla Raza with Alice Fong Yu Percussion Troupe; Art of Cantonese Opera lectures/workshops/recital. INFO www.sfworldmusicfestival.org | |
KVMR Celtic Festival |
September 30 - October 1 |
| Nevada County Fairgrounds, Grass Valley, CA. Performances, jams, Scottish Games, living history, kids' area. Dougie MacLean, Alasdair Fraser Band, Shooglenifty, The Cottars, Molly's Revenge and more. INFO www.kvmr.org/celticfestival | |
Hardly Strictly Bluegrass | October 6-8 |
| Speedway Meadows, Golden Gate Park, SF, CA. FREE! Earl Scruggs, Iris DeMent, Del McCoury Band, Ramblin' Jack Elliot, Gillian Welch, Laurie Lewis & the Right Hands, Richard Thompson & many, many more. INFO www.strictlybluegrass.com | |
Loch Lomond Highland Games | October 7 |
| Highlands Park, Ben Lomond, CA. 10:00-6:00. Celtic Music, games, clans & societies, reenactment. Banshee in the Kitchen, Tempest, Cele De, Celtic Blacklyst, Dobhran & more. INFO (831) 457-6716, www.lochlomondceltic.org/games.htm | |
9th Annual Train Song Festival | October 7 |
| Old Poway Park, Poway, CA. 10:00 a.m.-4:00 p.m. Music inspired by the history and culture surrounding railroads. Train-related vendors & displays, train robberies, arts & crafts, and kids' entertainment. Railroad movie under the stars. Ride the 1907 Baldwin No. 3 Steam Engine. INFO (858) 668-4576, www.powaymidlandrr.org/songfest.htm | |
Central Valley Blues Festival | October 7-8 |
| Courthouse Park, Merced, CA. Big Jack Johnson & the Oilers, Toni Lynn Washington, Junior Watson, Vasti Jackson, Lil' Dave Thompson, & more. INFO (209) 383-4958, www.centralvalleybluesfestival.com | |
BACDS Fall Weekend | October 13-15 |
| Monte Toyon Camp, Aptos, CA. Family-friendly, eclectic mix of dance, music, and singing workshops. Contras, & Swing, English Country Dance, Appalachian Clogging and more. INFO (650) 365-2913, www.bacds.org/camps/fallwk2006 | |
30th Country Roads Weekend | October 20-22 |
| Mount Madonna County Park, between Gilroy and Watsonville, CA. Camping fee $15 and program fee $5 for adults, kids free. Relaxed play-music-together-sing and-perform-around-the-campfire weekend. INFO Anna Green (408) 379-4090, www.sfbay.net/swmusic | |
Wild Jammin' Women Music Camp | October 20-22 |
| Camp de Benneville Pines, Angelus Oaks, CA. Song circles, rounds singing, workshops, camping, and more. Every woman, no matter their ability or training has a place at this camp. INFO Masa (858) 270-7922, www.wildjamminwomen.com | |
WoMaMu Vocal Empowerment Weekend | October 22-24 |
| Santa Sabina Retreat Center, San Rafael, CA. Voice lessons with Judy Fjell, Theater Improv workshops, chants, rounds, vocal harmony, spontaneous jamming and singing. INFO Lynne (541) 245-9540, www.womamu.org | |
West Coast Ragtime Festival | November 17-19 |
| Red Lion Hotel, Sacramento, CA. 6 venues for listening & dancing to every kind of ragtime & ragtime related music. Jamming, dance instruction, seminars, open piano, piano lessons, Ragtime Collectors Exchange. INFO (916) 457-3324, www.westcoastragtime.com/05wcrf-home.htm | |