San Francisco is on a hot streak of free concerts this summer, but Hardly Strictly Bluegrass was always ahead of the curve. The annual festival has brought admission-free live music to Golden Gate Park every October for the past 24 years, and it just announced the first phase of the lineup for this year’s event, Oct. 4–6.
Hardly Strictly Drops the Initial Lineup of Its Free Festival in Golden Gate Park
Bobby Rush performs after accepting the award for Traditional Blues Album at the 66th Grammy Awards Premiere Ceremony held at the Peacock Theater in Los Angeles, CA, Sunday, Feb. 4, 2024. (Robert Gauthier/Los Angeles Times via Getty Images)
The intergenerational lineup of roots musicians ranges from millennials to nonagenarians. Expect foot-stomping Americana from Greensky Bluegrass; power pop band Big Star celebrating the 50th anniversary of their influential album Radio City; original bluesman and 2024 Grammy winner Bobby Rush; harmonizing folk singer and multi-instrumentalist Alice Gerrard; folk bands The Wood Brothers and Fruition; English singer-songwriter Robyn Hitchcock; introspective lyricist Haley Heynderickx; folk-meets-art pop singer The Bones of J.R. Jones; and Glen Hansard, who’s currently on a sold-out tour with Pearl Jam.
Hardly Strictly will announce even more artists in the coming weeks.
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