{"id":7263,"date":"2026-08-19T23:06:06","date_gmt":"2026-08-19T23:06:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nextcitydigest.com\/?p=7263"},"modified":"2026-08-19T23:06:06","modified_gmt":"2026-08-19T23:06:06","slug":"bay-areas-largest-music-festival-keeps-adding-more-artists-to-lineup","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nextcitydigest.com\/?p=7263","title":{"rendered":"Bay Area\u2019s largest music festival keeps adding more artists to lineup"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<div>\n<p>Stop us if you\u2019ve heard this before, but Hardly Strictly Bluegrass has added even more artists to its lineup.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/nextcitydigest.com\/?p=7261\">Pac-12 football forecast: Boise State is the clear favorite, with Fresno State and Texas State (yes, Texas State) on the next tier<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Yup, it\u2019s the festival that just keeps right on giving.<\/p>\n<p>Los Lobos, Langford, Hogan &amp; Timms, Mavis Staples, Marty Stuart and His Fabulous Superlatives, Bandits On The Run, Tift Merritt, Meels, Moonalice, Anna Moss, \u00bfQiensave? and Lukas Nelson are among the new additions to the free three-day music event, which runs Oct. 2-4 at Golden Gate Park in San Francisco.<\/p>\n<p>And even more artists are expected to be added to the Hardly Strictly Bluegrass bill in the days to come.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/nextcitydigest.com\/?p=7259\">San Jose City Council stops short of endorsing plan to quadruple housing density<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The current lineup for Hardly Strictly Bluegrass \u2014 which ranks as the largest music festival in Northern California \u2014 also includes such previously-announced acts as AJ Lee &amp; Blue Summit, Gillian Welch &amp; David Rawlings, Hiss Golden Messenger, Kathleen Edwards, My Morning Jacket, Old Crow Medicine Show, El Khat, Tyler Ballgame, William Tyler &amp; Yasmin Williams, John Craigie w\/ The Coffis Brothers, Aaron Lee Tasjan, Darrell Scott String Band w\/ Rob Ickes, Dug, Mama\u2019s Broke, A Tribute to Joe Ely with The Flatlanders and Friends, Alison Krauss &amp; Union Station F: Jerry Douglas, Kam Franklin, Ismay, Jesse Welles and Sierra Hull.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/nextcitydigest.com\/?p=7257\">Popular Bay Area Asian mall adds boba tea chain, gluten-free crepes, craft ramen<\/a><\/p>\n<p>For more information, visit hardlystrictlybluegrass.com.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Los Lobos, Mavis Staples, Lukas Nelson among the latest additions to the Hardly Strictly Bluegrass festival lineup in San Francisco.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":7262,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7263","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-things-to-do"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - 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