Hardly Strictly Bluegrass Festival comes to San Francisco

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Friday, October 3, 2014
The Hardly Strictly Bluegrass Festival takes place on October 3-5 at Golden Gate Park in San Francisco.
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SAN FRANCISCO (KGO) -- The three-day Hardly Strictly Bluegrass Festival is coming to Golden Gate Park this weekend. The festival is free to the public, featuring over 100 artists on seven stages.

Like the festival name suggests, there are a variety of artists performing and they don't strictly play bluegrass music.

Here is a quick preview of some of the acts performing over the weekend:

Friday:

Thao & The Get Down Stay Down - Star Stage @ 1:30 p.m.

Saturday:

Steve Earle & The Dukes - Banjo Stage @ 5:45 p.m.

Sunday:

Rising Appalachia - Porch Stage @ 6:20 p.m.

Check out the full schedule of artists performing over the weekend.

Friday

Banjo Stage (Hellman Hollow)

12:00 p.m. Peter Rowan's Twang an' Groove

1:15 p.m. The Waybacks

2:40 p.m. John Prine

4:15 p.m. Dry Branch Fire Squad

5:45 p.m. Ryan Adams

Arrow Stage (Hellman Hollow)

Noon Bill Kirchen and Too Much Fun

1:15 p.m. Buckwheat Zydeco

2:35 p.m. Hurray for the Riff Raff

4:15 p.m. Cibo Matto with Nels Cline

5:45 p.m. Yo La Tengo

Rooster Stage (Marx Meadow)

12:00 p.m. Waxahatchee

1 p.m. The Good Life

2:10 p.m. Jonathan Wilson

3:20 p.m. Sharon Van Etten

4:30 p.m. Dawes

5:45 p.m. Conor Oberst

Star Stage (Lindley Meadow)

10:30 a.m. PMW

11 a.m. The Aquabats!

1:30 p.m. Thao and the Get Down Stay Down

2:10 p.m. Dave Alvin and Phil Alvin with the Guilty Ones

4:30 p.m. Lucinda Williams

Saturday

Porch Stage (JFK Drive at Transverse Drive)

11 a.m. The Mastersons

12:10 p.m. Rose's Pawn Shop

1:25 p.m. The Felice Brothers

2:40 p.m. Parker Millsap

3:50 p.m. Jessica Hernandez and the Deltas

4:50 p.m. Chris Smither

6:05 p.m. Sister Sparrow and the Dirty Birds

Banjo Stage

11 a.m. McCrary Sisters

12:10 p.m. Alison Brown Quintet

1:25 p.m. The Time Jumpers

2:45 p.m. Holler Down the Hollow - A Hardly Strictly Salute to the Masters

4:25 p.m. Dave Rawlings Machine

5:45 p.m. Steve Earle and the Dukes

Arrow Stage

11 a.m. Evolfo

12:05 p.m. Blue Rodeo

1:15 p.m. Johnnyswim

2:30 p.m. St. Paul and the Broken Bones

3:50 p.m. Jon Batiste and Stay Human

4:55 p.m. Reckless Kelly

6:15 p.m. The Flatlanders featuring Joe Ely, Jimmie Dale Gilmore and Butch Hancock

Rooster Stage

11 a.m. Carlene Carter

Noon Buddy Miller's Cavalcade of Stars, featuring Tony Joe White, Shawn Colvin, Nikki Lane, Striking Matches and Kate York

5:30 p.m. Robert Earl Keen

Star Stage

11 a.m. Whograss

12:30 p.m. Bad Luck Jonathan

2:10 p.m. Justin Townes Earle

3:55 p.m. Mavis Staples

5:45 p.m. Chris Isaak

Towers of Gold Stage (Lindley Meadow)

11:40 a.m. Red Baraat

1:20 p.m. Deltron 3030 with the 3030 Orchestra

3:05 p.m. Built to Spill

4:45 p.m. Social Distortion

Sunday

Porch Stage

11 a.m. Jesse DeNatale

12:10 p.m. Chuck Cannon

1:25 p.m. The High Bar Gang

2:40 p.m. Shelly Colvin

3:55 p.m. Caitlin Rose

5:10 p.m. Sarah Jarosz

6:20 p.m. Rising Appalachia

Banjo Stage

11 a.m. Malawi Mouse Boys

12:05 p.m. Hot Rize

1:25 p.m. Jerry Douglass Presents Ears of Leicester

2:45 p.m. Ralph Stanley and the Clinch Mountain Boys

4:05 p.m. Tweedy

5:45 p.m. Emmylou Harris

Arrow Stage

11 a.m. The Sam Chase

12:05 p.m. Nitty Gritty Dirt Band

1:25 p.m. Moonalice

2:45 p.m. Blackie and the Rodeo Kings

4:10 p.m. Lukas Newlson and Promise of the Real

5:45 p.m. Joe Russo's Almost Dead

Rooster Stage

11 a.m. The Go to Hell Man Clan

12:10 p.m. Kevin Welch, Kieran Kane and Fats Kaplin

1:25 p.m. Sun Kil Moon

2:45 p.m. Chuck Prophet and the Mission Express

4 p.m. T Bone Burnett

5:30 p.m. Jason Isbell

Star Stage

11:45 a.m. Robbie Fulks

1:15 p.m. The Lone Bellow

2:50 p.m. Rosanne Cash

4:30 p.m. Lake Street Dive

6:10 p.m. Bruce Cockburn

Towers of Gold Stage

11 a.m. The Apache Relay

12:30 p.m. Laurie Lewis and the Right Hands

2 p.m. Bonnie "Prince" Billy and the Cairo Gang

3:40 p.m. Bela Fleck and Abigail Washburn

5:20 p.m. Dwight Yoakam