Woody Lauer’s Weekly Bluegrass Jam and Showcase is an ongoing Sunday session at The Liberties, led by guitarist and bandleader Woody Lauer. The evening centers on traditional bluegrass and country roots music, combining a rotating cast of local pickers with featured showcase sets, and offers a relaxed, neighborhood‑pub setting where listeners can settle in with...
Mitch Polzak & The Royal Deuces perform at Local Edition. Rockabilly and 60’s country music with the religious fervor of Jerry Lee Lewis and Johnny Cash and delivers a Honky Tonk ballad with the sincerity of Merle Haggard and Waylon Jennings.
Vince Charming is a Bay Area singer-songwriter appearing at the Riptide with his band. Their roots music and beyond sound draws on country, rockabilly, classic rock, folk-rock, and bluegrass, reflecting influences such as Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers, the Rolling Stones, Gram Parsons/Emmylou Harris, Johnny Cash, and Neil Young. After returning from a five-year hiatus...
The Lucky Horseshoe hosts its long-standing Bluegrass Jam every Sunday afternoon. Unlike a typical circle jam, this is a unique "performance" jam where musicians take to the stage to play into microphones for a live crowd. It’s an intermediate-to-advanced level session that brings together the best of the Bay Area’s roots and bluegrass community, turning...
Tom Coneely & Birds of Paradise bring their warm, harmony-rich Americana sound to Tupelo, blending folk, country, and rock influences into melodic, story-driven songs. Drawing on Coneely’s songwriting and the band’s tight instrumental interplay, their set moves from tender ballads to easy-rolling grooves, a natural fit for Tupelo’s relaxed North Beach vibe. It is an...
The Lucky Horseshoe hosts its long-standing Bluegrass Jam every Sunday afternoon. Unlike a typical circle jam, this is a unique "performance" jam where musicians take to the stage to play into microphones for a live crowd. It’s an intermediate-to-advanced level session that brings together the best of the Bay Area’s roots and bluegrass community, turning...
The Lucky Horseshoe hosts its long-standing Bluegrass Jam every Sunday afternoon. Unlike a typical circle jam, this is a unique "performance" jam where musicians take to the stage to play into microphones for a live crowd. It’s an intermediate-to-advanced level session that brings together the best of the Bay Area’s roots and bluegrass community, turning...
Josh Brough & the Contraband play the Riptide. Lead singer, multi-instrumentalist and co founder of Northern California jam grass band; Josh Brough explores his Folk, Americana, Country and Bluegrass music roots with heartfelt original songs about life and the human condition.
The Lucky Horseshoe hosts its long-standing Bluegrass Jam every Sunday afternoon. Unlike a typical circle jam, this is a unique "performance" jam where musicians take to the stage to play into microphones for a live crowd. It’s an intermediate-to-advanced level session that brings together the best of the Bay Area’s roots and bluegrass community, turning...
Prepare for a foot-stomping night as San Francisco’s own The Good Bad brings their explosive brand of bluegrass to Tupelo. A staple of the West Coast "Newgrass" scene since 2010, this five-piece ensemble delivers a high-velocity take on traditional string music. Known for their tight vocal harmonies and rowdy stage presence, they turn the standard...
The Harkenbacks, Appalachian-urban folk heroes from the far lands of Berkeley, play at the Riptide. Fiddle, guitar, mandolin and upright bass figure prominently in their arrangements, while occasional blasts of harmonica, tambourine and even kazoo lend an element of surprise. They clap, stomp, crow and croon, Corry-Jo's enchanting melodic tenor stitched deftly through the high...
The Lucky Horseshoe hosts its long-standing Bluegrass Jam every Sunday afternoon. Unlike a typical circle jam, this is a unique "performance" jam where musicians take to the stage to play into microphones for a live crowd. It’s an intermediate-to-advanced level session that brings together the best of the Bay Area’s roots and bluegrass community, turning...