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Robert Plant, Emmylou Harris and Kurt Vile Round Out Hardly Strictly Lineup

The organizers of Hardly Strictly Bluegrass have released more of the 2019 lineup, which includes rock legend turned country rocker Robert Plant, and former War on Drugs guitarist Kurt Vile with his band The Violators.

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Tanya Tucker, Daniel Norgren and More Added To Hardly Strictly Bluegrass 2019 Lineup

The latest round of teasers for this year's lineup includes Mdou Moctar, Buddy Miller, Black Joe Lewis & the Honeybears, and Nikki Lane.

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Steve Earle, Iron & Wine, and Calexico All Part of Teaser Lineup For Hardly Strictly Bluegrass 2019

As is tradition, organizers of this year's Hardly Strictly Bluegrass festival have begun teasing out the lineup with a mystery medley, and so we now know who a few of the performers will be, including Bettye LaVette and The Meat Puppets.

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Hardly Strictly Performers Offer Solace In Dark Times, While Blue Angels Crash The Concert Overhead

Lucinda!!! #hardlystrictlybluegrass #lucindawilliams A post shared by Adán Falcón (@grossibestioni) on Oct 8, 2017 at 7:19pm PDT This past weekend's Hardly Strictly Bluegrass, the free music festival in Golden Gate

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Vegas Shooting And Busy Week Means No Vacation Time For SFPD Officers

It's a worrisome combination: Sunday night's mass shooting in Las Vegas, in which at least 59 people were killed and over 500 injured, comes at the same time as

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Trifecta Of Fleet Week, Open World, Hardly Strictly Promises To Make SF Traffic Even More Of A Nightmare This Week

A trio of events across the city will bring well over a million people to SF this week, making area traffic — a mess even on the best days — even worse than usual. Good

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Here's The Hour-By-Hour Schedule For Hardly Strictly Bluegrass 2017

We're a week away from Hardly Strictly Bluegrass 2017, and the full schedule has now been released, so you can begin your planning ahead. We had the lineup already a couple

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Hardly Strictly Bluegrass 2017 Lineup Features Cheap Trick, Big Freedia, Conor Oberst, & Many More

Following some teasers, we now have the full lineup for Hardly Strictly Bluegrass 2017, and it features a bunch of festival regulars as well as some surprises. In the former column we have

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Hardly Strictly Bluegrass Teases Out First Bit Of 2017 Lineup Including Secret Sisters, Jon Langford

Excited to announce that our very first medley has just been posted at https://t.co/imKS7Hkjgg! Take a listen - can you guess them all? pic.twitter.com/dnuiX6XwQQ — Hardly Strictly (@HSBFest) August

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A Quick And Not-So-Strict Guide To Hardly Strictly Bluegrass, Kicking Off At Noon

Hardly Strictly Bluegrass, the annual celebration of roots music and a lot of other stuff in Golden Gate Park, is happening now, with the first acts taking the stage at noon and as

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Bring On The Tourists: Hardly Strictly, Fleet Week, And Dreamforce To Kick Off October

A confluence of events all hitting San Francisco the first week of October means that things are about to get more crowded than usual. Hardly Strictly starts Friday and lasts through the weekend,

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Hardly Strictly Bluegrass Isn't Actually Endowed Forever — Or Technically At All

Because of his own passion for bluegrass music, billionaire philanthropist Warren Hellman frequently referred to the free SF music festival he founded and started funding 15 years ago as "the world'

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Complete Hardly Strictly Bluegrass 2016 Lineup Includes Patty Griffin, Kris Kristofferson, Mavis Staples And More

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

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Cyndi Lauper, Chris Isaak Also On Hardly Strictly Bluegrass 2016 Lineup

The Hardly Strictly Bluegrass Festival gang is at it again, teasing a whole batch of new additions to the musical lineup for their 2016 festival (September 30 - October 2). After an initial lineup

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Cake, Roseanne Cash, Mavis Staples Confirmed On Hardly Strictly Bluegrass 2016 Teaser Lineup

Our Outside Lands hangover still hasn’t even cleared up, but we’re already stoked for the next massive musical festival in Golden Gate Park. That, of course, is the Hardly Strictly Bluegrass

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23-Year-Old Killed At Hardly Strictly Bluegrass Was Tied Up, On Meth

An autopsy revealed this week that Canadian backpacker Audrey Carey, killed in Golden Gate Park at the beginning of last year's Hardly Strictly Bluegrass Festival, had marijuana and methamphetamine in her

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19 Photos That Prove Hardly Strictly Bluegrass Is A Dog Festival

Hardly Strictly Bluegrass is definitely about music, and oh what a broad range there always is. And it's surely about community, too the shows are free and freewheeling, and lots of

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Not-So-Strict Rules For Hardly Strictly Bluegrass

Hardly Strictly Bluegrass, the festival so crowded they had to make it free. Yes, it's happening right now, as that friend of yours who had the day off has been emphasizing

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Here's The Complete Hardly Strictly Bluegrass 2015 Lineup

The lineup for the 15th annual free (and freewheeling) Hardly Strictly Bluegrass festival is, true to its name, fairly genre-bending. On October 2nd, 3rd, and 4th, the following artists are taking over

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Elderly NIMBY And Her Cats Enraged By Hardly Strictly Bluegrass

Angry old people can be so funny sometimes. Please enjoy this letter from an enraged older woman, writing on behalf of herself, her husband, her three cats, and her "85-year old

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Your Weekend Itinerary: Hardly Strictly Bluegrass, An Eating Guide

photo credit: fling93 Happy weekend, you beautiful Bay Area! What’s that, do I seem like I’m in a particularly good mood? Maybe it’s because October — a.k.a. summer — is

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Why Not Call In Sick Today?

We pose the question above not because we believe that you are anything but inessential at your place of work, or because we think that you do not need the money. After all,

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Hardly Strictly Bluegrass Starts Tomorrow, And Here's What You Should See

Friday marks the start of the 14th annual Hardly Strictly Bluegrass festival, the beloved, home-grown, roots-music-and-everything-else fest generously underwritten in perpetuity by late SF billionaire Warren Hellman. Things

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Here's The Lineup For Hardly Strictly Bluegrass 2014

After weeks of teaser medleys on the Hardly Strictly site, in which they revealed this year's artists ten at a time, the full lineup for everyone's favorite free music

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Your Guide To Hardly Strictly Bluegrass 2013

Friday marks the kickoff of the 13th annual Hardly Strictly Bluegrass festival, generously underwritten in perpetuity by the late Warren Hellman. Things kick off in Hellman Hollow in Golden Gate Park with a