Hardly Strictly Bluegrass 2013

[StarsAreBurning]

October 4th 5th & 6th, 2013.
http://www.hardlystrictlybluegrass.com/2013/

One of the best FREE festivals in California. World class, diverse line up every year. An amazing festival founded by Warren Hellman, it was his gift to the city, and i believe it is bankrolled until 2015. This is the 13th year of this great festival, which takes place in beautiful Golden Gate Park in S.F. Many late night shows from headlining artists take place at clubs & venues across the city.

To give you an idea of the festival, you can still stream performances from the Arrow stage in 2012:
http://www.hardlystrictlybluegrass.c...ream-fri.shtml
http://www.hardlystrictlybluegrass.c...ream-sat.shtml
http://www.hardlystrictlybluegrass.c...ream-sun.shtml

I would definitely take city transit if possible, parking is a nightmare & very hit or miss. I usually park down by the Safeway at Fulton & La Playa, take the #5 Bus up to the 30th or 25th st. entrances.

Chairs, blankets, coolers, backpacks are all allowed, get there early to get a spot on whatever stage you think you'll spend the most time at. There are 5 stages and there are many food vendors & port-o-johns.

They do not serve alcohol, but there are many savvy people that sell out of their coolers, but if the cops see you blatantly vending they will give you a warning first & then write you a ticket. People sell their paintings, & wares pretty easily, it is very relaxed. Just bring your own booze & you're set.

They have been releasing the line up the past couple of years by putting together medleys of tracks from artists on the line up. They posted the first medley of 2013 on Monday.

*I will update all CONFIRMED artists on the lists below*

FRIDAY OCT 4 (10:30am - 7pm)

Conor Brings Friends For Friday Featuring: Jake Bellows, The Cave Singers, The Felice Brothers, The Evens, First Aid Kit, Conor Oberst, Freakwater, Low, Seldom Scene, Manchester Orchestra, Calexico, Father John Misty, Jesse DeNatale, MC Hammer (Friday morning middle school program), Peter Rowan Bluegrass Band featuring Yungchen Lhamo, Jesse Dee, Poor Man's Whiskey (Friday morning middle school program), Bonnie Raitt


SATURDAY OCT 5 (11am - 7pm)

Mike Scott & Steve Wickham of The Waterboys, Kat Edmonson, The Handsome Family, Bettye LaVette, The Go To Hell Man Clan, Dave Alvin with Greg Leisz, Natalie Maines, Sonny & The Sunsets, Paul Kelly, Los Lobos Disconnected, Sallie Ford & The Sound Outside, Mark Lanegan, The Forest Rangers with Katey Sagal, Alison Brown, Boz Scaggs, Elvin Bishop, Loudon Wainwright III, Tim O'Brien with Bryan Sutton & Mike Bub, Buddy Miller & Jim Lauderdale, Steve Earle & The Dukes, Nick Lowe, Joy Kills Sorrow, The Flatlanders featuring Joe Ely, Jimmie Dale Gilmore & Butch Hancock, Spirit Family Reunion, Supermule, Jon Langford & Skull Orchard acoustic / FREAKONS, Patty Griffin, Martha Wainwright, Sturgill Simpson, G. Love & Special Sauce, Robert Earl Keen, The Jerry Douglas Band, LP, Holler Down the Hollow: A Hardly Strictly Salute to the Masters


SUNDAY OCT 6 (11am - 7pm)

The Brothers Comatose, Steve Martin and Steep Canyon Rangers featuring Edie Brickell, The Wood Brothers, Pieta Brown, Mike Farris & The Roseland Rhythm Revue, Justin Townes Earle, The Time Jumpers featuring Brad Albin, Larry Franklin, Paul Franklin, Vince Gill, "Ranger Doug" Green, Andy Reiss, Dawn Sears, Kenny Sears, Joe Spivey, Jeff Taylor & Billy Thomas, Tim O'Brien & Darrell Scott, Trampled By Turtles, Nicki Bluhm & The Gramblers, Chris Isaak, Tift Merritt, Tumbleweed Wanderers, Shovels & Rope, Billy Bragg, Evolfo Doofeht, Ryan Bingham, Kate McGarrigle Tribute with Martha & Sloan Wainwright & Special Guests, The Deep Dark Woods, Richard Thompson, Buddy Miller, Dry Branch Fire Squad, Allah-Las, The Warren Hood Band, Laurie Lewis & The Right Hands, Robert Ellis, Moonalice, Emmylou Harris & Rodney Crowell, The Devil Makes Three, Kevin Welch, Kieran Kane & Fats Kaplin, Della Mae, Ralph Stanley & The Clinch Mountain Boys, Gogol Bordello, The String Cheese Incident

[greghead]

First round of announcements is so solid. Stoked for Bonnie Raitt & Nicki Bluhm.

[welgo800]

i love Hardly Strictly!!! i met lucy here for the first time so i have fond memories of this place. the best part is it's free and there is no security check!!! can you believe that you are allowed to walk in with a bottle of wine or a cooler full of beers and booze!? mind blowing....ya i'll be there this year

[getbetter]

I dont know anyone but fuck i want to go

[guedita]

I was totally a Dixie Chicks fangirl and saw them many times....so I'm happy to see Natalie Maines, though I haven't been following her solo career.

[greghead]

Her dad is really plugged into the Austin music scene, producing albums & mentoring people & whatnot, and my dad goes over to his house for house concerts every so often. He says that Natalie Maines' current stuff is good & worth checking out. I'm sure it will be pretty crowded for her.

[TomAz]

Yeah I'd rather see Lloyd Maines than Natalie. That guy is one hell of a dobro/mandolin/steel player.

Also, I'd rather eat glass than be within earshot of Bonnie Raitt.

[guedita]

Yeah, her album wasn't horribly impressive.

[greghead]

Nor have they been for quite a while. I like hearing her play.

[santasutt]

Also, I'd rather eat glass than be within earshot of Bonnie Raitt.

I'd love to hear the backstory of this hate relationship.

Airport lounge snub?

Musically, she's beyond earning her rank, Tom.

[dorkfish]

Round two:

Chris Isaak
Mark Lanegan
The Devil Makes Three
Boz Scaggs
Father John Misty
Calexico
Whispertown
Richard Thompson
The Waterboys
First Aid Kit

[getbetter]

Yes, I am sold now!!!!

[greghead]

I'd love to hear the backstory of this hate relationship.

Airport lounge snub?

Musically, she's beyond earning her rank, Tom.

He's just salty people pay more attention to Bonnie Raitt than they do Lucinda Williams.


Round three is up, this is what I was able to clearly recognize:

Robert Earl Keen
the Time Jumpers (who were great last year)
Conor Oberst

[Vasoline Groove]

Some people had figured out more of the Round 3 artists on Facebook, but now I can't find it.

Edited to say that must have been a previous year's medley. Surfing on FB on my phone must have brought up an old thread. Sorry guys, was looking forward to seeing some of those people

[guedita]

YES....Dark Star Orchestra free show crowds are the best.

[TomAz]

Robert Earl Keen shows are always a hoot.

[TomAz]

I'd love to hear the backstory of this hate relationship.

Airport lounge snub?

Musically, she's beyond earning her rank, Tom.

I just find her a tiresome bore. Slick mainstream pap.

[StarsAreBurning]

round 3 possibilities - Joy Kills Sorrow, Sturgill Simpson, Conor Oberst, Allah-las, Freakwater, Robert Earle Keen, Handsome Family, Time Jumpers, Paul Kelly, Low

[greghead]

Robert Earl Keen shows are always a hoot.

This.

And Butch's Facebook page has the Flatlanders playing on Saturday again. And we missed Gillian & Dave last year, so they're likely. Same with John Doe.

[greghead]

YES....Dark Star Orchestra free show crowds are the best.

Hahahaha. Yes. That was seriously some of the most fun I've ever had in the park. I still remember Sebastian looking like a lost, frightened puppy in that sea of unwashed humanity while we all lost our minds.

[TomAz]

And Butch's Facebook page has the Flatlanders playing on Saturday again. And we missed Gillian & Dave last year, so they're likely. Same with John Doe.

Man. That's some seriously good stuff right there.

[mikey1313666]

This is the best free festival in the world. Getting to see Elvis Costello, The Civil Wars, Les Claypool, The Lumineers and Conor Oberst last year was too great. this year is shaping up to be even better

[greghead]

Man. That's some seriously good stuff right there.

Yeah man. Prior to attending this fest I hadn't been familiar with any of John Doe's work outside of X, but that guy is so great. Every year the lineup is stacked to the point of being overwhelming.

[StarsAreBurning]

This is the best free festival in the world. Getting to see Elvis Costello, The Civil Wars, Les Claypool, The Lumineers and Conor Oberst last year was too great. this year is shaping up to be even better

http://www.lesclaypool.com/tour/

big gap in the dates, likely that we'll get the duo de twang again this year

[greghead]

I think they played last year, but I missed them and would very much appreciate another chance to see them play. And he's local, too, so it's really quite possible.

And judging by the show they're doing together at the Fillmore that weekend, it looks as if Oberst will be bringing the Felice Brothers back with him. They were pretty solid in 2010.

[greghead]

4th lineup medley is out.

Seldom Scene
Shovels & Rope
Emmylou Harris & Rodney Crowell
Steve Earle
Buddy Miller & Jim Lauderdale
Jesse DeNatale
Martha Wainwright
Robert Ellis
Jerry Douglas
Warren Hood Band.

Really excited about Warren Hood. He's a young guy who grew up a fiddle prodigy playing across central Texas with Walter Hiatt and a bunch of other great songwriters whose names are escaping me now. He can really really play.

[guedita]

I love Martha Wainwright.

[TomAz]

I love Buddy Miller.

[flaminggodlikecreature]

loved this festival!
Saw Elvis Costello there a fear years ago back to back with gogol bordello
It was pretty interesting

[TomAz]

That's Buddy Miller in the back sharing the mic with Jimmy Dale Gilmore and Steve Earle.