The Scene
An annual free to the public festival, Hardly Strictly Bluegrass boasts its non-commercial roots in the heart of San Francisco’s Golden Gate Park. Challenging the assumptions of what defines American music, the festival features an eclectic lineup of country, soul, folk and more. Artists perform nonstop across six outdoor stages spanning the length of a three day spirited weekend of fun.
Festival Poster
2011 Artist Lineup
- ALISON BROWN QUARTET
- FITZ & THE TANTRUMS
- BLAME SALLY
- JOLIE HOLLAND
- ROBERT EARL KEEN
- SEAMUS KENNEDY
- THE DEL MCCOURY BAND & THE PRESERVATION HALL JAZZ BAND
- DR. JOHN & THE LOWER 911
- MEKONS
- LAURIE LEWIS & THE RIGHT HANDS
- THE MOTHER HIPS
- PUNCH BROTHERS FEATURING CHRIS THILE
- KIERAN KANE, KEVIN WELCH & FATS KAPLIN
- DIVE BAR DUKES
- A.A. BONDY
- BUCKETHEAD
- THE LOW ANTHEM
- STEVE EARLE AND THE DUKES (AND DUCHESSES) FEATURING ALLISON MOORER
- RICKY SKAGGS & KENTUCKY THUNDER
- THE DEVIL MAKES THREE
- SOUTH MEMPHIS STRING BAND
- EMMYLOU HARRIS
- RIVER WHYLESS
- BUDDY MILLER
- GUY CLARK & VERLON THOMPSON
- JOHN PRINE
- IRMA THOMAS
- DRY BRANCH FIRE SQUAD
- THE JAYHAWKS
- THOSE DARLINS
- SELDOM SCENE
- BILL ORCUTT
- THE FLATLANDERS FEATURING JOE ELY, JIMMIE DALE GILMORE & BUTCH HANCOCK
- DAVID BROMBERG QUARTET
- BROKEN SOCIAL SCENE
- JUSTIN TOWNES EARLE
- GOMEZ
- THE SWANSON FAMILY BAND
- NELL ROBINSON & JIM NUNALLY & THEIR ALL-STAR BAND
- RYAN BINGHAM & THE DEAD HORSES
- BOB MOULD
- GREENSKY BLUEGRASS
- ALLOFASUDDEN
- THE CIVIL WARS
- GILLIAN WELCH & DAVID RAWLINGS
- DARK STAR ORCHESTRA
- CASS MCCOMBS BAND
- ROBYN HITCHCOCK
- BILL KIRCHEN
- ABIGAIL WASHBURN
- THE BAND OF HEATHENS
- OTIS CLAY WITH SPECIAL GUEST CHICK RODGERS
- THE WRONGLERS WITH JIMMIE DALE GILMORE
- OVER THE RHINE
- ELBOW
- DEVOTCHKA
- JOE PURDY
- JESSICA LEA MAYFIELD
- OLLABELLE
- THURSTON MOORE
- KRIS KRISTOFFERSON & MERLE HAGGARD
- CONSPIRACY OF BEARDS
- CONOR BRINGS FRIENDS FOR FRIDAY: BRIGHT EYES
- M. WARD
- THE FELICE BROTHERS
- KURT VILE & THE VIOLATORS
- WOODS
- SIMON JOYNER & JONATHAN WILSON
- CHRIS ISAAK
- CHARLIE MUSSELWHITE
- ROBERT PLANT & THE BAND OF JOY
- HOT BUTTERED RUM
- MC HAMMER (THURSDAY CHILDREN’S PROGRAM)
- WENDY BIRD AND HER BAND OF MISCREANTS
- RALPH STANLEY & THE CLINCH MOUNTAIN BOYS
- EARL SCRUGGS
- BELA FLECK, ZAKIR HUSSAIN & EDGAR MEYER
- FRANK FAIRFIELD
- RECKLESS KELLY
- JASON ISBELL & THE 400 UNIT
- THE BLIND BOYS OF ALABAMA
- SOUTHERN CULTURE ON THE SKIDS
- PMW (THURSDAY CHILDREN’S PROGRAM)
- THE BELLE BRIGADE
- PATTY GRIFFIN
- MOONALICE
- MAXIM LUDWIG & THE SANTA FE SEVEN
