Hardly Strictly Bluegrass Festival, the free bluegrass-themed festival held annually in San Francisco’s Golden Gate Park from October 3-5, has revealed its full lineup today. The list of performers includes some L4LM favorites, like Joe Russo’s Almost Dead, Sister Sparrow & The Dirty Birds, Yo La Tengo, Ryan Adams, Tweedy, Mavis Staples, and so many more.
 
Some interesting entities in the HSB lineup include Deltron 3030 with The 3030 Orchestra, Jerry Douglas Presents Earls of Leicester, and Conor (Oberst) Brings Friends For Friday Featuring: Waxahatchee, The Good Life, Jonathan Wilson, Sharon Van Etten, Dawes and Conor Oberst.
 
This has the makings of an incredibly fun festival, and at the wallet-friendly price of absolutely free, there’s really no reason not to attend. Check out this medley of HSB performers below to get you in the bluegrass spirit:
 
 
The Full Hardly Strictly Bluegrass 2014 Lineup:
 
The Lone Bellow, Emmylou Harris, Social Distortion, Shelly Colvin, Rising Appalachia, Rosanne Cash, Tweedy, The Flatlanders Featuring Joe Ely, Jimmie Dale Gilmore & Butch Hancock, Bad Luck Jonathan, Peter Rowan’s Twang An’ Groove, John Prine, Buckwheat Zydeco, Rose’s Pawn Shop, Blue Rodeo, The McCrary Sisters, Malawi Mouse Boys, Cibo Matto, The Sam Chase, The Felice Brothers, Dwight Yoakam, Blackie and The Rodeo Kings, Carlene Carter, The Aquabats! (Friday morning middle school program), Reckless Kelly, Robbie Fulks, Steve Earle & The Dukes, St. Paul & The Broken Bones, The Go To Hell Man Clan, Bill Kirchen & Too Much Fun, Ralph Stanley & The Clinch Mountain Boys, Parker Millsap, Chuck Cannon, Lake Street Dive, Bruce Cockburn, Johnnyswim, Deltron 3030 with The 3030 Orchestra, Ryan Adams, Hot Rize Featuring Red Knuckles & The Trailblazers, Built To Spill, The Waybacks, X Acoustic, Whograss, Kevin Welch, Kieran Kane & Fats Kaplin, Evolfo Doofeht, The Apache Relay, Jessica Hernandez & The Deltas, Sun Kil Moon, Yo La Tengo, Lukas Nelson & Promise of The Real, The Mastersons, Conor Brings Friends For Friday Featuring: Waxahatchee, The Good Life, Jonathan Wilson, Sharon Van Etten, Dawes, Conor Oberst, Red Baraat, Sarah Jarosz, Justin Townes Earle, Holler Down The Hollow: A Hardly Strictly Salute To the Masters (Dickens, Hellman, Reed, Scruggs, Seeger, Watson & Winchester), Mavis Staples, Poor Man’s Whiskey (Friday morning middle school program), Chris Isaak, Buddy Miller’s Cavalcade of Stars: Kate York, Striking Matches, Nikki Lane, Shawn Colvin, Tony Joe White, Buddy Miller & Friends, Hurray For The Riff Raff, Jerry Douglas Presents Earls of Leicester, Dave Rawlings Machine, Lucinda Williams, Willie Watson, Béla Fleck & Abigail Washburn, The High Bar Gang, The Time Jumpers Featuring Vince Gill, Kenny Sears, Dawn Sears and Ranger Doug Green, Robert Earl Keen, Nitty Gritty Dirt Band, Laurie Lewis & The Right Hands, Jason Isbell, Chuck Prophet & The Mission Express ‘Strings In The Temple’, Joe Russo’s Almost Dead, Jesse DeNatale, Chris Smither, Alison Brown Quintet, Thao & The Get Down Stay Down, T Bone Burnett, Caitlin Rose, Sister Sparrow & The Dirty Birds, Moonalice, Dry Branch Fire Squad, Dave Alvin & Phil Alvin with The Guilty Ones.
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