As City Insider reports, the Recreation and Park Commission announced it's organizing a Warren Hellman tribute concert honoring the beloved philanthropist and Hardly Strictly Bluegrass founder who passed away last month.
Update: The concert will take place on Sunday, February 19th from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. on the Great Highway between JFK Drive and Lincoln Ave. (Ocean Beach). Get there early! A limited number of people will be allowed into the concert, but the show will also be streamed live on the Hardly Strictly website.
Here's the full line-up in order of performance:
Poor Man's Whiskey
John Doe
Kevin Welch, Kieran Kane & Fats Kaplin
Dry Branch Fire Squad
Steve Earle
Buddy Miller
The Wronglers with Jimmie Dale Gilmore
Gillian Welch
Boz Scaggs
Old Crow Medicine Show
Robert Earl Keen
Emmylou Harris with special guest The Go to Hell Man Clan.
Hellman's memorial in December drew an estimated 1,500 attendees. The Recreation and Park Commission officially branded Speedway Meadow "Hellman Hollow" just a few days before Hellman's death.