Hardly Strictly Bluegrass returned to San Francisco's Golden Gate Park this weekend, celebrating its 25th year with three days of free music and familiar joy. Founded in 2001 by the late financier and ...

In an era when concert tickets can cost hundreds of dollars, there may be no greater gift to Bay Area music lovers than the annual Hardly Strictly Bluegrass free music festival in San Francisco’s ...

Hardly Strictly Bluegrass has unveiled the second wave of its 2025 artist lineup. From Oct. 3 to Oct. 5, San Francisco’s premier roots music festival will return to Golden Gate Park for its 25th ...

It all began in 2001 with love and a dream: a financier’s love of bluegrass and his vision of hosting a free concert in San Francisco’s Golden Gate Park. The first festival took place in October 2001, ...

SAN FRANCISCO (KRON) — Americana-tinged singer-songwriter Lucinda Williams and Aussie indie rocker Courtney Barnett are among the standout names among the first group of acts announced for this year’s ...

Hardly Strictly Bluegrass (HSB) has shared the full lineup for its silver anniversary in San Francisco’s iconic Golden Gate Park from Friday, October 3 to Sunday, October 5. Now in its 25th year, the ...

Hardly Strictly Bluegrass has unveiled the final lineup for its 2025 event. From Oct. 3 to Oct. 5, San Francisco’s premier roots music festival will return to Golden Gate Park for its 25th annual ...

Dave Pehling is website managing editor for CBS Bay Area. He started his journalism career doing freelance writing about music in the late 1990s, eventually working as a web writer, editor and ...