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 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 ...

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, ...

Nostalgia is a funny thing, especially when it comes to San Francisco. The city has changed, they say — no matter when you arrived, you were just a little too late for the glory days. Few events ...

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 ...

Dave Pehling is website managing editor for CBS Bay Area. He started his journalism career doing freelance writing about music in the late 1990s, eventually working as a web writer, editor and ...

Dave Pehling is website managing editor for CBS Bay Area. He started his journalism career doing freelance writing about music in the late 1990s, eventually working as a web writer, editor and ...