Archived News Release from 2009

For Immediate Release

“Bluegrass on Broadway” Festival Brings Great FREE Music to Redwood City

Redwood City, CA - February 3, 2009 – From February 26 to March 1, Bluegrass music takes center stage at the Bluegrass on Broadway Festival in Downtown Redwood City. The Northern California Bluegrass Society is bringing top-notch Bluegrass entertainment to Redwood City with concerts, workshops, special programs, lectures, author’s symposium, children’s events, and even a film festival - and it's all free. Be sure to visit www.ncbs.us for more information, or call (650) 596-9332.

The Bluegrass on Broadway Festival is produced in cooperation with the Redwood City Civic Cultural Commission, the Redwood City Public Library, Redwood City Friends of the Library, and Peninsula Christian Center. Here is the 2009 schedule of great, free Bluegrass events:

• THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 19
  • 7:30 - 11 pm – The Big BOB Warm-Up Jam
    5th Quarter Pizza, 976 Woodside Road
    
    
• THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 26
  • 6:30 - 8:30 pm – Bluegrass Author Symposium with Lisa Aschmann & Roger Siminoff
    Redwood City Downtown Library, 1044 Middlefield Road:
  • 8:30 - 11 pm – Live Bluegrass with The Stoney Mountain Ramblers
    Angelica’s Bistro, 863 Main Street. (reservations recommended) 650-365-3226
  • 7:30 - 11 pm – 5th Quarter Thursday Night Jam
    976 Woodside Road
    
    
• FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 27
  • Noon – 2 pm – Brown Bag Noontime Concert with the Book ‘Em Dan-O Ramblers
    Redwood City Downtown Library, 1044 Middlefield Road
  • 4:30 – 6 pm – After School Ice Cream Concert with The Tuttle Family and A. J. Lee Young’s Ice Cream & Candy Bar Emporium, 2020 Broadway. All ages welcome!                                                                                    
  • 7 – 11 pm – A Special Friday Evening of Bluegrass Dining! Enjoy a meal and music at Little India, Bob’s Courthouse Café, or Angelica’s Bistro, then gather at Angelica’s to close out the evening.
  • 7 – 9 pm – Live Bluegrass with Hotwire, Tina Louise Barr, and John Gwinner
    Little India, 917 Main Street (650) 361-8737
  • 7 - 10 pm – Live Bluegrass with Mountain Drive
    Bob’s Courthouse Café, 2198 Broadway (650) 368-6833
  • 8 – 11 pm – Live Bluegrass with The Mighty Crows
    Angelica’s Bistro, 863 Main. (650) 365-3226
    
    
• SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 28
  • 9 – 10 am – Morning Coffee Concert with Page Brownton and Sidetrack
    Peninsula Christian Center Coffeehouse and Espresso Bar, 1305 Middlefield Road
  • 1 - 2 pm – Jamming 101 workshop on "the etiquette of jamming"
    Peninsula Christian Center Coffeehouse and Espresso Bar, 1305 Middlefield Road
    
  • 10 am – 7 pm – Bluegrass Concert & Awards Show
    Peninsula Christian Center Main Hall, 1305 Middlefield Road
    
    
• SUNDAY, MARCH 1
  • Noon – 5 pm – NCBS International Bluegrass Music Museum’s Bluegrass Master’s Film Festival
    Redwood City Downtown Library, 1044 Middlefield Road

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Contacts:
Malcolm Smith
Public Communications Manager
650-780-7305
             
Michael Hall
Bluegrass on Broadway
650-596-9332