Joining Big Star — which will perform its revered third album “Sister Lovers” with a number of guest artists and accompaniment from Kronos Quartet; Neko Case, T Bone Burnett, Joe Jackson and Steve Earle are among the acts set to appear at this year’s Hardly Strictly Bluegrass festival, set for Oct. 2-4 at Golden Gate Park in San Francisco. Of course the festival is FREE.
Other acts on the mammoth bill include — Gillian Welch, Hot Tuna, Milk Carton Kids, The Mavericks ALO and Robyn Hitchcock. Check below for the full lineup. Full information can be seen at the festival’s website.
Hardly Strictly Bluegrass 2015 Lineup
Big Star’s Third
Joe Jackson
Doobie Decibel System
The Go To Hell Man Clan
Jamey Johnson
Marco & The Polos
ALO
The Mavericks
Michael Franti & Spearhead
Buddy Miller’s Cavalcade Of Stars Featuring: Jim Lauderdale
Donnie Fritts & John Paul White
Tony Joe White
Larry Campbell & Teresa Williams
Scott Miller & The Commonwealth’s Ladies Auxiliary
Buddy Miller & Friends Fairfield Four
The Brothers Gibb
mini-Mekons Featuring Jon Langford
Sally Timms & Rico Bell
Emmylou Harris & Rodney Crowell
Punch Brothers
Fantastic Negrito
Saintseneca
Charles Bradley & His Extraordinaires
Steep Canyon Rangers
Ben Miller Band
Hot Tuna Electric
Alison Brown & The Song Of The Banjo
Hot Rize with Red Knuckles & The Trailblazers
Jim White vs. The Packway Handle Band
The Oh Hellos
Lera Lynn Kevin Devine
The Milk Carton Kids
Sister Sparrow & The Dirty Birds
Robert Earl Keen Performing Songs From ‘Happy Prisoner: The Bluegrass Sessions’
Cooder – White – Skaggs
Leftover Salmon Featuring Bill Payne of Little Feat
Joe Pug
Dave Alvin & Phil Alvin with The Guilty Ones
Robyn Hitchcock & The Sadies Playing ‘Sweetheart Of The Rodeo’ & Other Delights
The Blind Boys Of Alabama
Chatham County Line
Los Lobos
The Sheepdogs
Boz Scaggs
Nick Lowe
Mandolin Orange
The Sadies
Angel Olsen
Heidi Clare & The Goose Tatums
The White Buffalo
Nels Cline & Julian Lage
Pokey LaFarge
Beth Hart
Monophonics
DeVotchKa
Waco Brothers
Hardly Strictly Disco
Flogging Molly
Indigo Girls
James McMurtry
Robyn Hitchcock
The Brothers Comatose
Anderson East
Megan Slankard
Kieran Kane & Lucas Kane
Kevin Welch & Fats Kaplin
JB Nimble
Delbert McClinton
The Stone Foxes
The Bros.
Landreth
Peter Rowan Band
Asleep At The Wheel
Dry Branch Fire Squad
The New Mastersounds
Ralph Stanley & The Clinch Mountain Boys
Gregory Alan Isakov
Lee Ann Womack
Laurie Lewis & The Right Hands
Tim Barry Nancy and The Lambchops
Sonny and The Sunsets
The Time Jumpers Featuring Kenny Sears
Vince Gill Paul Franklin
Joe Spivey
Larry Franklin
Andy Reiss
Billy Thomas
Jeff Taylor & Brad Albin
Poi Dog Pondering
The Flatlanders Featuring Joe Ely
Jimmie Dale Gilmore & Butch Hancock
Acres Of Space
Spirit Family Reunion
Steve Earle & The Dukes
Gillian Welch
T Bone Burnett
The Dustbowl Revival
Neko Case
Conor Brings Friends For Friday Featuring: Johnathan Rice
Jessica Pratt
The Felice Brothers
Laura Marling
M. Ward
Conor Oberst
Circus Quirkus with Poor Man’s Whiskey
Chicano Batman
Paul Weller
Walter Salas-Humara
Madisen Ward and The Mama Bear
Dustin Kensrue
