Hardly Strictly Bluegrass returned to San Francisco's Golden Gate Park this weekend, celebrating its 25th year with three days of free music and familiar joy. Founded in 2001 by the late financier and ...

In an era when concert tickets can cost hundreds of dollars, there may be no greater gift to Bay Area music lovers than the annual Hardly Strictly Bluegrass free music festival in San Francisco’s ...

Hardly Strictly Bluegrass has shared the initial lineup for its upcoming return to San Francisco’s iconic Golden Gate Park from Friday October 4 to Sunday October 6. Now in its 24th year, the free ...

It all began in 2001 with love and a dream: a financier’s love of bluegrass and his vision of hosting a free concert in San Francisco’s Golden Gate Park. The first festival took place in October 2001, ...

Hardly Strictly Bluegrass has unveiled the second wave of its 2025 artist lineup. From Oct. 3 to Oct. 5, San Francisco’s premier roots music festival will return to Golden Gate Park for its 25th ...

The good folks who put on Hardly Strictly Bluegrass created an epic conundrum of good musical fortune by booking the Wood Brothers, the Infamous Stringdusters and Emmylou Harris in simultaneous, ...

Hardly Strictly Bluegrass (HSB) has shared the full lineup for its silver anniversary in San Francisco’s iconic Golden Gate Park from Friday, October 3 to Sunday, October 5. Now in its 25th year, the ...

Hardly Strictly Bluegrass has added soul-rockers Nathaniel Rateliff & the Night Sweats, indie songwriter Margaret Glaspy and Cuban funk star Cimafun to the lineup for its 25th anniversary festival.