Hardly Strictly Bluegrass is an annual free and non-commercial music festival held the first weekend of October in San Francisco’s Golden Gate Park. Conceived and subsidized by San Francisco venture capitalist Warren Hellman, the festival has been held every year since the first event in 2001.
Ticket Price: FREE
Headliners
Festival lineup
- Alison Brown Quintet
- Blackie and the Rodeo Kings
- Blue Rodeo
- Bonnie Prince Billy & The Cairo Gang featuring Dawn McCarthy
- Buckwheat Zydeco
- Buddy Miller
- Built to Spill
- Béla Fleck & Abigail Washburn
- Caitlin Rose
- Chris Isaak
- Chuck Prophet
- Chuck Prophet & The Mission Express 'Strings In The Temple'
- Cibo Matto
- Conor Oberst
- Dave Rawlings Machine
- Dawes
- Deltron 3030 with the 3030 Orchestra
- Doug Seegers
- Dwight Yoakam
- Emmylou Harris
- Holler Down The Hollow: A Hardly Strictly Salute To The Masters (Dickens, Hellman, Reed, Scruggs, Seeger, Watson & Winchester)
- Hot Rize Featuring Red Knuckles & The Trailblazers
- Hurray For the Riff Raff
- Jason Isbell
- Jerry Douglas Presents Earls of Leicester
- John Prine
- JohnnySwim
- Jon Batiste and Stay Human
- Jonathan Wilson
- Justin Townes Earle
- Lake Street Dive
- Laurie Lewis & The Right Hands
- Lucinda Williams
- Mavis Staples
- Moonalice
- Nikki Lane
- Parker Milsap
- Peter Rowan's Twang An' Groove
- Ralph Stanley & the Clinch Mountain Boys
- Red Baraat
- Robbie Fulks
- Robert Earl Keen
- Rosanne Cash
- Rose's Pawn Shop
- Ryan Adams
- Sarah Jarosz
- Sharon Van Etten
- Shawn Colvin
- Sister Sparrow & The Dirty Birds
- Social Distortion
- Social Distortion
- St. Paul & The Broken Bones
- Steve Earle & The Dukes
- Striking Matches
- Sun Kil Moon
- T Bone Burnett
- Thao & The Get Down Stay Down
- Thao & The Get Down Stay Down
- The Apache Relay
- The Aquabats!
- The Felice Brothers
- The Lone Bellow
- The Mastersons
- The McCrary Sisters
- The Time Jumpers
- The Waybacks
- Tweedy
- Waxahatchee
- X
- Yo La Tengo
Festival News and Rumors

Netflix Is a Joke Fest Featuring Dave Chappelle, John Mulaney, Larry David Debuting in Spring 2022
Eddie Fu December 6, 2021

Post Malone, Halsey, Tame Impala Headline Hangout Music Festival 2022
With additional performances from Megan Thee Stallion, Fall Out Boy, Doja Cat, and Phoebe Bridgers.
Wren Graves December 6, 2021

Arctic Monkeys, Nine Inch Nails to Headline Inaugural Primavera Sound LA
Lorde, James Blake, Stereolab, Mitski, and Clairo are among the other confirmed acts.
Alex Young December 6, 2021

The Strokes, LCD Soundsystem, Le Tigre Reunion Headline New Festival This Ain't No Picnic
Wren Graves December 3, 2021

Mad Cool Festival Completes Bonkers 2022 Lineup with Addition of Jack White
Alex Young December 2, 2021

Jack White to Headline 2022 High Water Festival
Marking White's first announced performance in support of his upcoming albums.
Alex Young November 30, 2021