Hardly Strictly Bluegrass

Music lovers converge on Speedway Meadow in Golden Gate Park this weekend to watch performances by artists as diverse as MC Hammer(!), Emmylou Harris, Iron and Wine, and Gogol Bordello at the annual Hardly Strictly Bluegrass Festival. The schedule boasts an impressive line-up of artists. On the Banjo stage Friday was Robert Plant and Alison Krauss featuring T-Bone Burnett. Today, the festival features Three Girls & Their Buddy (Emmylou Harris, Patty Griffin, Shawn Colvin & Buddy Miller), Odetta, Nick Lowe, Steve Earle & The Bluegrass Dukes and Dave Alvin & The Guilty Women (Christy McWilson, Amy Farris, Laurie Lewis, Sarah Brown, Lisa Pankratz, Nina Gerber, Cindy Cashdollar). I couldn't make it yesterday because I went to the Sigur Ros show last night or today 'cause I'm a lazy bastard, but I'm definitely going to catch Emmylou Harris, Elvis Costello, Gogol Bordello, Bonnie "Prince" Billy, Iron and Wine, Loudon Wainwright III, and whomever else I'll have time for, tomorrow.

Schedule for Sunday, October 5, 2008:

Banjo Stage
11:20am Darrell Scott Band
12:20pm Hazel Dickens
1:45pm Ralph Stanley & The Clinch Mountain Boys
2:55pm Earl Scruggs
4:15pm Ricky Skaggs & Kentucky Thunder
5:45pm Emmylou Harris

Star Stage
11:00am Bill Kirchen
12:00pm Riders in the Sky
1pm Ben Kweller
2:30pm Elvis Costello's High Whines & Spirits
4:15pm Gogol Bordello
5:45pm Heavy Trash

Rooster Stage
11:00am Jon Langford's Skull Orchard feat. Sally Timms & the Burlington Welsh Male Chorus
11:55am Kevin Welch & Kieran Kane & Fats Kaplin
1pm Bonnie "Prince" Billy
2:20pm Greg Brown
3:25pm Iron & Wine
4:40pm Loudon Wainwright III
6:00pm Iris DeMent

Arrow Stage
11:00am Poor Man's Whiskey
12:00pm Moonalice
1:05pm Alison Brown Quartet with Joe Craven
2:10pm The Infamous Stringdusters
3:20pm The Waybacks
4:30pm Pegi Young
5:50pm Tea Leaf Green

Porch Stage
11:00am The Wronglers
12:05pm Red Wine
1:10pm Heidi Clare & AtaGallop
2:15pm Bill Evans String Summit with Megan Lynch
3:20pm The Opera Dukes
4:40pm Justin Townes Earle
5:45pm Maura O'Connell