The annual Hardly Strictly Bluegrass Festival was held in Golden Gate Park the weekend I composed my October 2023 Newsletter. I’m editing the page as I’m watching the live feed from Day Three. The free live music is great to see, and gives me a chance to extend my musician series with ever more photographs of people whose work I admire. I decided to go back in for part of Day Three.
So many Stages to choose from with simultaneous good music always makes it hard to even know where to be. This year, I went all three days.
Rickie Lee Jones. Horseshoe Hill performance the day before her big Banjo Stage appearance. Hardly Strictly Bluegrass Festival. Golden Gate Park, San Francisco, CA. 2023.
Trail between Stages. Hardly Strictly Bluegrass Festival. Golden Gate Park, San Francisco, CA. 2023.
Jimmy Dale Gilmore, Colin Gilmore, Kelly Willis. Hardly Strictly Bluegrass Festival. Golden Gate Park, San Francisco, CA. 2023.
John Craigie. Hardly Strictly Bluegrass Festival. Golden Gate Park, San Francisco, CA. 2023.
Bill Kirchen, Jimmy Dale Gilmore. Hardly Strictly Bluegrass Festival. Golden Gate Park, San Francisco, CA. 2023.
Doc Watson Tribute. Horseshoe Hill Stage. Hardly Strictly Bluegrass Festival. Golden Gate Park, San Francisco, CA. 2023.
In the crowd. Hardly Strictly Bluegrass Festival. Golden Gate Park, San Francisco, CA. 2023.
Rufus Wainwright. Hardly Strictly Bluegrass Festival. Golden Gate Park, San Francisco, CA. 2023.
The lawn at Banjo Stage. Hardly Strictly Bluegrass Festival. Golden Gate Park, San Francisco, CA. 2023.
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