This year's festival is June 12-15, 2008!
Welcome
Welcome to the new source of information for the California Bluegrass Association's Father's Day Festival!

This is the 33rd year the CBA has put this festival on at the Nevada County Fairgrounds in Grass Valley. Each year features the top acts in bluegrass from California and across the country. And you can stay all week to attend the CBA's Music Camp.

Enjoy the site and come join us in Grass Valley June 12th - 15th. (more)

  • Get your festival T-shirt today!
  • MEGA Workshops Announced
  • Complete Workshop Schedule
  • Vern's Schedule Announced
  • Download a full schedule!


  • 2008 Lineup

    Blue Highway
    Doyle Lawson and Quicksilver
    Bradley Walker
    Grasstowne
    Dan Tyminski Band
    The Wilders
    BladeRunners
    Crooked Still
    Goldwing Express
    Chris Jones and Ivan Rosenberg
    Blue & Lonesome
    All Star Music Camp Instructors Band
    The Doerfel Family
    Kids on Bluegrass
    Sidesaddle & Co.
    Belle Monroe & Her Brewglass Boys
    Diana Donnelly & The Yes Ma'ams
    Mount Diablo String Band
    Natural Drift
    Megan Lynch, Tristan and Tashina Clarridge
    Keith Little & Jim Nunally
    Hamilton County Bluegrass Band
    Angelica Grim and High Action
    Bill Evans & Megan Lynch
    RoseBud Blue
    The Del Williams Band
    49 Special
    The Alhambra Valley Band
    Kitchen Help
    The Notorious Shank Brothers
    The Grass Less Traveled
    Jeanie & Chuck Poling
    The Dalton Mountain Gang

    Check out a full schedule for the weekend as well as the MEGA Workshops!

    The California Bluegrass Association (CBA) is a California Non-Profit Corporation which was founded in 1975 in the San Francisco Bay Area. The CBA is dedicated to the furtherance of Bluegrass, Old-Time, and Gospel Music in California.


    Del and Ronnie McCoury pour out their souls at Father's Day
    Del and Ronnie McCoury at Grass Valley '05


    -- A California Bluegrass Association Festival --