Guide Note

Hardly Strictly Bluegrass is a free annual Bluegrass and Roots music festival held in San Francisco that was created and funded by Billionaire investment banker Warren Hellman. This year's event is being held on October 3rd-5th, 2008. The first festival originally only invited bluegrass musicians. By 2003 artists from other genres were invited and the "Hardly" was added to reflect the expanded scope.

Fast Facts

1. Tickets: Free
2. Dates: October, Annually
3. Location: San Francisco's Golden Gate Park
4. Organizers: Warren Hellman
5. Inaugural Year: 2001

Robert Plant & Alison Krauss, Loudon Wainwright III, Gogol Bordello, Hazel Dickens, Bonnie Prince Billie, Asleep at the Wheel, Mike Farris & The Roseland Rythm Revue, The Del McCoury Band, Bad Livers, Robert Earl Keen, Iris Dement, Jerry Jeff Walker, The Desert Rose Band, Earl Scruggs, Greg Brown