The Hardly Strickly Bluegrass Festival returned after the two-year COVID break and back in Golden Gate. The free festival attracts a ton of people. I usually go on Friday when the crowd was smaller as it attracts about 500,000 for the weekend. The music was amazing:
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| Sam Bush |
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| Allison Russell |
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| Jake Blunt |
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| Drive By Truckers |
But it is the people who make Hardly Strickly an amazing time:
We owe a great thanks to billionaire Warren Hellman who started the festival in 2001. When he passed away in 2011, he left the an endowment to keep the festival free and going:
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| Hellman's banjo and stage jacket |
Hardly Strickly is always a fun time:
Looks like a fun time!
ReplyDeleteLooks like good fun, there's some unique people there by the look of it.
ReplyDeleteThis looks like it must have been a fabulous event -- I'm a huge fan of acoustic music.
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Oh, fantastic! I've heard of this bluegrass festival. I can imagine the music was great!
ReplyDeleteWhat a wonderful music legacy Mr. Hellman left behind. Thank you for sharing this festival with us at #weekendcoffeeshare.
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