It's that time of year again! Fogust is over, Indian Summer almost here, and September brings with it the Hardly Strictly Bluegrass festival. We already learned via their audio hints that Cyndi Lauper and Chris Isaak will be gracing the stage this time around, and now festival organizers have released the official full lineup.
The annual music extravaganza in Golden Gate Park is like the chiller, more laid back version of Outside Lands — and that it manages to be so without making any compromises in regard to the quality of the bands makes it all the more special. Importantly, it's also totally free — though that also means it is wildly crowded from beginning to end.
The festival runs September 30 through October 2. Set times, however, have yet to be announced.
The complete lineup is huge, so take a deep dive below.
- Laurie Lewis & The Right Hands
- The Time Jumpers Featuring: Vince Gill, Kenny Sears, Ranger Doug Green and Paul Franklin
- Chris Isaak
- Eggs Over Easy
- Tim Flannery & The Lunatic Fringe
- Bob Forrest
- Buffy Sainte-Marie
- Crystal Lee
- Shannon and The Clams
- The Go To Hell Man Clan
- The Jones Family Singers
- Dave Rawlings Machine
- Dave Alvin's Tribute to Merle Haggard & California Songwriters
- Elizabeth Cook
- mekons
- Wynonna & The Big Noise
- The High Bar Gang
- C.W. Stoneking
- The John Doe Rock'n'Roll Band
- Margaret Glaspy
- The Well Known Strangers
- CAKE
- John Hammond
- The Suitcase Junket
- The Flatlanders Featuring: Joe Ely, Jimmie Dale Gilmore & Butch Hancock
- The HillBenders Present The Who's TOMMY: A Bluegrass Opry
- Steve Earle & The Dukes
- Steve Earle & Shawn Colvin
- Mavis Staples
- Jesse DeNatale
- Mary Chapin Carpenter
- Delta Rae
- Acoustic Yo La Tengo Featuring Dave Schramm, Nahko and Medicine for the People
- Caroline de Lone
- The Infamous Stringdusters
- Allah-Las
- Rabbit Wilde
- Jackson Browne
- The Mother Hips
- Geno Delafose & French Rockin' Boogie
- Jonathan Richman Featuring Tommy Larkins
- Mariachi Mestizo
- Ismay, Evolfo
- The Cactus Blossoms
- KT Tunstall
- Rebirth Brass Band
- Kane Welch Kaplin
- The Pines
- Nick Waterhouse
- Emmylou Harris
- Jessica Hernandez & The Deltas
- Jon Langford
- Moon Hooch
- Jamey Johnson
- SHEL
- Chuck Prophet & Stephanie Finch
- Los Cenzontles with Special Guests Max and Josh of Los Texmaniacs
- Jamestown Revival
- Kris Kristofferson
- Marco & The Polos
- Patty Griffin
- The Brothers Gibb
- Rosanne Cash
- Poor Man's Whiskey & Cirkus Quirkus (Friday Morning Kids' Program)
- Pimps of Joytime
- Nancy & The Lambchops
- Elephant Revival
- Allen Stone
- Dry Branch Fire Squad
- Jonny Two Bags
- Glen Hansard
- Little Village All-Stars Featuring: Wee Willie Walker, Aki Kumar, Aireene Espiritu, John Blues Boyd, w/ Special Guests Curtis Salgado & Tracy Nelson
- Tim O'Brien Band
- Jerry Douglas Band with Special Guest Maura O'Connell
- Shelly Colvin
- Heidi Clare
- The California Honeydrops
- Jah Wobble & The Invaders of the Heart
- Doobie Decibel System
- Delhi 2 Dublin
- Valerie June
- Bill Kirchen & Austin de Lone
- T Bone Burnett
- Willie Watson
- Griffin House
- Cyndi Lauper
- Hayes Carll
- Conor Brings Friends For Friday: Twin Limb, MiWi La Lupa, Anna McClellan, Hop Along, Jim James, Conor Oberst
- John Paul White
- Hardly Strictly Silent Disco w/ Motion Potion, DJ Centipede of Mophono, Davey D, Deejay Theory, King Most, Matt Haze, Ren the Vinyl Archaeologist, Steve Fabus, Zack Darling, Malarkey, Gordo Cabeza, DJ 8Ball, DJ Alarm, Tom Thump, DJ Phleck, DJ Tobiwan, Make it Funky Djs, U9lift, Chuck Jones, DJ Corinne
- Dropkick Murphys
- Robyn Hitchcock
- Xylouris White
- M. Ward
- Marty Stuart & His Fabulous Superlatives
- Hot Tuna Electric
- Boz Scaggs
- Buddy Miller's Cavalcade of Stars Featuring: Jack Ingram, Bobby Bare, Earle Griffin Harris Miller, Buddy Miller & Marc Ribot
- The SteelDrivers
Previously: Cyndi Lauper, Chris Isaak Also On Hardly Strictly Bluegrass 2016 Lineup
