The good folks at Hardly Strictly Bluegrass have unleashed the most bonkers lineup of any music festival this fall… I stare at the poster, and something I missed the first time jumps out at me. Like, how is Patti Smith just hiding on that poster? Oh, because it’s alphabetical. Oh, and the whole thing is free, and the best way to kick off Rocktober and the event runs October 4th – 5th in Golden Gate Park- using a lot of the same space Outside Lands uses.
Highlights include my all-time favorite band, Sleater-Kinney, Cat Power doing her Bob Dylan show, punk poet John Cooper Clarke, Aoife O’Donovan & The SF Girls Choir, SP favorite Zella Day’s new band Chaparelle, and legends like Mavis Staples, Emmylou Harris, Steve Earle, Dave Alvin, Robyn Hitchcock, Bobby Rush, Ramblin’ Jack Elliott, and so many more that I’m sure I’m missing someone that you will be mad at me for overlooking.
Anyways! All the details are here. Daily lineups are below. And you can enjoy classic HSBs at HSB.TV!
HARDLY STRICTLY BLUEGRASS 24
Golden Gate Park, San Francisco, CA
October 4-6, 2024
Friday, October 4:
Cat Power Sings Dylan ’66
Charlie Overbey
Devendra Banhart
Glen Hansard
Ibibio Sound Machine
Jessica Pratt
Lindsay Lou
Matt the Electrician
Molly Tuttle & Golden Highway
Sean McConnell
Sgt. Splendor
Sleater-Kinney
Songs from a Gravel Road: Kelly Willis, Chuck Prophet, Ismay & Steve Earle
The Milk Carton Kids
Viv & Riley
Wonder Women of Country
Saturday, October 5:
Alison Brown
Buddy Miller’s Cavalcade of Stars: The Red Dirt Boys, Jobi Riccio, Teddy Thompson, Dom, Flemons, Carlene Carter, & Buddy Miller
Cunningham Bird
Dave Alvin
Jimmie Dale Gilmore & The Guilty Ones
Dry Branch Fire Squad
Fruition
Greensky Bluegrass
Haley Heynderickx
Jackie Greene & Anders Osborne
John Cooper Clarke
Jon Langford & The Far Forlorn
Laurie Lewis & The Right Hands
Levitation Room
Marco and The Polos
Mavis Staples
Moonalice
Nigel Wearne & The Spectres
Oakland Rising F. Melodious & Friends
Rev. Peyton’s Big Damn Band
Robyn Hitchcock
Sam Reider and The Human Hands
Steve Earle F: Molly Tuttle & Golden Highway
Willi Carlisle
Sunday, October 6:
Abby Posner
AJ Lee & Blue Summit
Alice Gerrard
Alisa Amador
Aoife O’Donovan w/Hawktail & The San Francisco Girls Chorus
Bobby Rush
Brandy Clark
Big Star Quintet’s “Radio City” 50th Anniversary
Cedric Burnside
Chaparalle
DakhaBrakha
Combo Tezeta
Emmylou Harris
James Hunter
Jon Muq
Patti Smith
Tony Trischka’s Earl Jam
Miko Marks
Raining Chansaws
Rambler Jack Elliott
Songwriter Circle F: Peter Case, Carsie Blanton, Teddy Thompson & Melissa Carper
The Bones of J.R. Jones
The Infamous Stringdusters
The Wood Brothers
Ustad Noor Bakhsh
Wreckless Strangers
Yo La Tengo
