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The San Diego Bluegrass Society sponsors a wide variety of bluegrass music events, including with open mics and jam sessions for San Diegans and visitors who desire to play bluegrass in a group setting, with a featured band on the 4th Tuesday. SDBS also brings bluegrass concerts by nationally recognized bands touring through our region, along with workshops and other educational activities. Check out our Events+Calendar page for details. Better yet, sign up for our email list and we'll keep you informed of special events. Best of all, join the SDBS for our monthly e-newsletter, special member discounts, and more, You'll enjoy becoming part of our family-friendly community, and knowing that your support keeps bluegrass music alive and well in San Diego. NEW 2nd Monday Pick up Bands and Jam Session at Duck Foot Brewery, Join us at Duck Foot Brewery every 2nd Monday of the month from 6:30-9 pm for open mic, jamming, and pick up bands. Next up:: Monday September 11,, 2023. For details see the flyer here: 2nd Monday Duck Foot
We are grateful to the Mainstream Bar and Grill in Poway for hosting our 2nd Tuesday events, but it's time to move on and we are excited to start a 2nd Monday event at Duck Foot Brewery. Duck Foot has great beer, will have a food truck on site, plenty of free parking, indoor performance area, and outside jamming, and will provide a sound system. Those of you who have visited our 4th Sunday Duck Foot event know what a great place this is! SOUTHWESTERN YACHT CLUB NEW 4TH MONDAY EVENT SEE EVENTS PAGE FOR DETAILS--ON HIATUS. Our 4th Monday of the month event at the Southwestern Yacht Club on Shleter Island is on indefinite hiatus. Fourth Sunday Jam Session at Duck Foot Brewery
Next up: Sunday August 27, 2023, 1-3 pm. at Duck Foot Brewing at 8920 Kenamar Dr #210, San Diego, CA 92121. Above is the outdoor event in action shown in a David Cupp photo. See the details on our events page. .Summergrass 2023 is August 18-20, 2023. To learn about Summergrass and see the post 2023 event reports visit the Summergrass website here SDBS and the Summergrass Bluegrass Festival
The San Diego Bluegrass Society (SDBS) Board, and the North County Bluegrass and Folk Club Board, voted to withdraw as nonprofit Summergrass sponsors effecting 2022 and to transition our roles and responsibilities.
We are pleased to announce that the Antique Gas and Steam Engine Museum (AGSEM) has agreed to provide non-profit sponsorship for Summergrass.
As a non-profit corporation, AGSEM, is a natural fit since they already have a long history of hosting Summergrass at their Vista location.
We look forward to the partnership!
See you at Summergrass!!
Here's a bit more background from SDBS. We love Summergrass and are proud to have been founding partners in 2002-3 and key parts of its success. SDBS Board members have served in every role at Summergrass over the years, as founders, as festival chair and vice chair, as finance chair, as talent buyers, and more. SDBS volunteers have been key parts of its success. SDBS members founded the Summergrass Kids Camp. But, we recognized it was time to transition to a nonprofit sponsor with more resources as Summergrass began to outpace our abilities as volunteer Board members to stay on top of everything. So, we are excited that AGSEM has stepped in and taken up the sponsorship mantel. AGSEM's long-term experience as the host for Summergrass since 2003 and its deep bench of resources position it well. SDBS will remain committed to Summegrass. We will be volunteering, promoting, and supporting the festival, and helping to assure its continued sucess. Thanks to all for their help and cooperation in making this transition successful.
Summergrass photos by David Cupp. Photo 1: Tribute to Dennis Capplinger on the Summergass Mainstage featuring John Moore, Sara Watkins, Zach Caplinger, Steve Spurgeon and other greats. Photo 2: The ever popular Special Consensus rocks an eveningi Summergrass show.
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History of the SDBS in Words & Pictures SDBS (originally the San Diego Bluegrass Club) has been a force for bluegrass music in San Diego since the 1960s. For a fascinating glimpse into its storied past, illustrated with lots of photos and historical images, and chock-full of interesting anecdotes and memories, download A Brief History of the San Diego Bluegrass Society (in print-friendly PDF format). Watch the IBMA presentation to Wayne
Wayne Rice honored by SDBS in 2016 for 40 years on the air with his Bluegrass Special on KSON Radio. Wayne also received the coveted IBMA Lifetime Achievement Award in 2020. Note his show has moved from KSON to Alpine Mountain County radio FM 107.9 Read the SDBS proclamation honoring Wayne. |
Upcoming events Summergrass August 17-20, 2023 We had a great Summergrass, although the Sunday activities were rained out. For all the details visit Summergrass.net. NEW! 2nd Monday of the Month at Duck Foot Brewery replacing 2nd Tuesday of every month. Next up: Monday Septeember 11, 2023. Details at left. Fourth Sunday at Duck Foot Brewery Miramar. Next up Sunday August 27, 2023 1-3 pm Bluegrass in the Del Mar Library:The Shoreline Pickers gave a great August show. Next up: October 17, 2023 5:30 pm. (see details on the events and calendar page)
COVID-19: SDBS EVENTS UPDATE SDBS continues to monitor the evolving covid situation, including the new Omicron, B2, and other variants. Your safety, and that of our volunteers, is paramount to SDBS. So, we recommend that you wear a mask and practice social distancing at our events, encouraging you to use your own good judgment for the safety of yourself and those around you. If you haven't already, we encourage you to consider getting vaccinated and boosted. It's safe and effective. *The 3rd Monday Slow Jam The 3rd Monday Slow Jam is now meeting in person on the 3rd Monday of the month, at Our Savior's Lutheran Church at 4011 Ohio St., San Diego, CA 92104. For info email Mary Jane Cupp. For info email Mary Jane Cupp * Del Mar Library concerts - They're starting again! * Emma's Gut Bucket Band is temporarily meeting outdoors at Mission Bay Park or in the RV Rec Room. For info and directions email Mary Jane Cupp. * 4th Sunday Duck Foot Brewery Jam-Next up Sunday August 27,2023 1-3 pm 8920 Kenamar Dr #210, San Diego, CA 92121 See a full listing of upcoming events
SDBS has expanded its Board of Directors from nine to eleven, Here's a listing of your Board of Directors: John Deckard Nancy Wyatt Dale Desmuke Dwight Worden Richard Burkett Lance Gucwa Roger Taylor Mark Pullin (President) Ramona Ault Phil Levy
SDBS ANNUAL REPORT TO MEMBERS FOR 2022 The annual Members Report for 2021 is now available. Click here for a copy: SDBS Annual Report 2022. The annual reports review our activities over the year, including our events and finances. This is a public document. If you are not already a member, please consider joining us.. It's $25 for for the whole family for the year. Click here to join online with your Paypal account, credit card, or old fashioned check. You won't regret it! Your band can also join for a band membership for $35 per year. Featured Articles Essential Listening: Essential Listening Chapter 12: For the New Year Essential Listening checked in with a long-time SD Bluegrass Society member, Bob Cox who now lives in Hawaii. You might remember Bob from one of his bands or from the Thursday Night Pickers jam he and his wife Karen hosted for many years at Today’s Pizza in North County. Read Chapter 12 here. Essential Living: Chaptger 11 Love songs: February 14 being Valentine’s Day, Essential listening searched for positive bluegrass songs about love. That’s not an easy task, as we’re sure you’re all aware that a LOT of bluegrass music is about loss: lost love, lost parents, crime, murder, and more. Read Chapter 11 here Essential Listening: Chapter 10: This month Essential Listening introduces you all to two new San Diegans who have a long musical and bluegrass background: Lauren Stovall and Peter Sharpe.Read Chapter 10 here. Essential Listening Chapter 9: It’s September the month that starts with Labor Day, so we’re featuring a few songs about working or not. As Peter Rowan suggests, we hope you got off the time clock to spend time with your family. Read Chapter 9 here Essential Listening Chapter 8:In the very first Essential listening, we asked the Board members about their musical influences in bluegrass. This month, we asked the five newest SDBS Board members what they’re listening to right now and why as way of introducing the new Board to all of you. Read Chapter 8 here Essential Listening Chapter 7: The Life Roland White. Roland White was an outstanding mandolin player and singer, performing with everyone from Bill Monroe to the Kentcuky Colonels, and more. Read Chapter 7 here. Essential Listening, Chapter 6: Rodger Phillips Essential Listening Chapter 5: Chris Jones and the Nightdrivers:Chris Jones and the Night Drivers are mainstays in the bluegrass world. Chris is an excellent vocalist, guitarist, and songwriter who co-wrote the band’s latest release Riding the Chief on Mountain Home Records. His song Fork in the Road was the 2007 IBMA Song of the Year award winner..Read Chapter 5 here. Essential Listening Chapter 4: Elizabeth Loring, longtime SDBS President. One of my earliest and to this day most enduring influences in bluegrass music is the amazing Lynn Morris. In the 1990s I was trying to learn to sing in a bluegrass style, at a time when there were still only a handful of female bluegrass recording artists. Read Chapter 4 here. Essential Listening Chapter 4(a): Lisa Burns. Aoustic bassist extraordinaire in the Bay Area bands and member of The Goat Hill Girls, Sidesaddle & Co, and many more, a bass instructor both privately and at RiverTunes music camp, and a former member of the San Diego Bluegrass Society.Read Chapter 4a here. Essential Listening Chapter 3: Tyler Hall. Tyler Grant grew up in East County and went on to be the National Flatpicking Champion on guitar, and full-time musician with his band Grant Farm in Colorado. .Read Chapter 3 here. Essential Listening Chapter 2: Second half SDBS Board member favorites. When you listen you will be enjoying the recommendations of your SDBS Board members. Read chapter 2 here. Essential Listening Chapter 1: First half SDBS Board member favorites. To start, we asked the SDBS board members to suggest three songs that they feel are essential to the bluegrass genre. .Read Chapter 1 here.
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BAND MEMBERSHIPS!
SDBS IS PROUD TO SUPPORT THE BLUEGRASS BANDS THAT HAVE JOINED OUR NEW SDBS BAND MEMBERSHIP FOR $35 PER YEAR.
Gone Tomorrow: Contact Richard Burkett
The Shoreline Pickers: Contact Mary Jane Cupp
The Full Deck: Contact John Deckard
MohaviSoul: Contact Randy Hanson
Philly and the Cheesesteaks: Contact Phil Levy
The HoneyBuckets: Contact
Prairie Sky: Contact Dwight Worden
SDBS member bands will:
Be listed on our website
Be mentioned in our monthly newsltter, the Tune Up
Are eligible for SDBS gig referrals
Are eligible for an opening band slot at one of our concerts featuring top travelling bands
Once a month we will feature a member band in the Tune Up.
To join SDBS as a band member visit our "Join Us" page and fill out the band member aplication and pay the membership fee by credit card, Paypal, or check. Questions? Let usknow: