Hardly Strictly Bluegrass Announces First Wave Of 2018 Artists

The long-running Hardly Strictly Bluegrass festival has announced its first wave of artists for 2018. Taking place October 5th through 7th in San Francisco’s Golden Gate Park, the free music festival hosts over 100 bluegrass and folk acts, both veteran and up and coming. The festival has confirmed 20 artists appearing at this year’s incarnation.

Hinted through two previous medlies posted on Hardly Strictly Bluegrass’s Android and iOS apps, the festival has confirmed the following acts for 2018: The Greyboy Allstars, Emmylou Harris, Jeff Tweedy, Rodney Crowell, I’m With Her, Ani Difranco, Andrea Gibson, Roky Erickson, Aki Kumar, Robyn Hitchcock: Electrospective, Tim O’Brien, Gregory Alan Isakov, Howlin’ Rain, Courtney Marie Andrews, Darlingside,  Gomez, JD Mcpherson, Evolfo, Aaron Lee Tasjan, and Four Year Bender.

Today, Hardly Strictly Bluegrass will share a third medley through their Android and iOS apps, and fans are encouraged to share their guesses for the next wave of artists announced on the festival’s Facebook.

Here we go! The first 10 acts announced for #HSB18 are… The Greyboy Allstars Aaron Lee Tasjan Four Year Bender Jeff Tweedy (of Wilco) Howlin Rain Courtney Marie Andrews Gregory Alan Isakov Darlingside Andrea Gibson Roky Erickson

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Here we go! The next ten acts confirmed for #HSB18 are… Aki Kumar @aki_kumar Rodney Crowell @rodneyjcrowell I’m With Her @imwithherband Gomez @gomeztheband Emmylou Harris JD McPherson @jdmcphersonpix Robyn Hitchcock: Electrospective @robynhitchcockofficial Ani DiFranco @anidifranco Evolfo @evolfo Tim O’Brien @timobrienmusic

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