The lineup for Hardly Strictly Bluegrass 2015 is out, and it’s another killer array of artists sure to satisfy fans of a wide variety of genres. Seriously, hanging out in Golden Gate Park and seeing Charles Bradley, Neko Case, Angel Olsen, Jessica Pratt, Paul Weller, Robyn Hitchcock doing a million different things, and a special tribute to Big Star’s Third, plus locals Fantastic Negrito, Sonny and The Sunsets, The Stone Foxes, and The Brothers Comatose (among many, many other bands)? Count us in.
The free fest hits Golden Gate Park on October 2-4. Dig into the full lineup below.
Hardly Strictly Bluegrass 2015
Los Lobos
Kieran Kane & Lucas Kane, Kevin Welch & Fats Kaplin
The New Mastersounds
Nels Cline & Julian Lage
Dry Branch Fire Squad
The Brothers Comatose
Boz Scaggs
The Sadies
James McMurtry
The Blind Boys Of Alabama
Monophonics
Nick Lowe
Waco Brothers
Neko Case
Laurie Lewis & The Right Hands
The Milk Carton Kids
Madisen Ward and The Mama Bear
Steve Earle & The Dukes
Fairfield Four
Paul Weller
A Special Performance of Big Star’s Third by an All-Star Band including Jody Stephens, Mike Mills, Ken Stringfellow, Chris Stamey, Pat Sansone, Audley Freed, Ralph Carney, Brett Harris & Skylar Gudasz – with a Chamber Orchestra featuring Kronos Quartet – Conducted by Van Dyke Parks – and Special Guests including Steve Earle, Robyn Hitchcock & Chatham County Line
Robyn Hitchcock & The Sadies Playing ‘Sweetheart Of The Rodeo’ & Other Delights
Lee Ann Womack
The Sheepdogs
The Oh Hellos
Joe Jackson
Chatham County Line
The Bros. Landreth
Joe Pug
The Brothers Gibb
Robert Earl Keen Performing Songs From ‘Happy Prisoner: The Bluegrass Sessions’
Peter Rowan Band
Delbert McClinton
Heidi Clare & The Goose Tatums
JB Nimble
Asleep At The Wheel
Hot Rize with Red Knuckles & The Trailblazers
Flogging Molly
Indigo Girls
The White Buffalo
Marco & The Polos
mini-Mekons Featuring Jon Langford, Sally Timms & Rico Bell
Ralph Stanley & The Clinch Mountain Boys
Dustin Kensrue
Jamey Johnson
Nancy and The Lambchops
Saintseneca
The Mavericks
Walter Salas-Humara
Steep Canyon Rangers
Cooder – White – Skaggs
Fantastic Negrito
The Flatlanders Featuring Joe Ely, Jimmie Dale Gilmore & Butch Hancock
Jim White vs. The Packway Handle Band
Ben Miller Band
Acres Of Space
Gillian Welch
Conor Brings Friends For Friday Featuring: Johnathan Rice, Jessica Pratt, The Felice Brothers, Laura Marling, M. Ward, Conor Oberst
Doobie Decibel System
The Dustbowl Revival
Michael Franti & Spearhead
Dave Alvin & Phil Alvin with The Guilty Ones
Hot Tuna Electric
Poi Dog Pondering
DeVotchKa
Hardly Strictly Disco
Spirit Family Reunion
Punch Brothers
Mandolin Orange
The Go To Hell Man Clan
Angel Olsen
Lera Lynn
Buddy Miller’s Cavalcade Of Stars Featuring: Jim Lauderdale, Donnie Fritts & John Paul White, Tony Joe White, Larry Campbell & Teresa Williams, Scott Miller & The Commonwealth’s Ladies Auxiliary, Buddy Miller & Friends
Sister Sparrow & The Dirty Birds
Alison Brown & The Song Of The Banjo
Leftover Salmon Featuring Bill Payne of Little Feat
Gregory Alan Isakov
Pokey LaFarge
T Bone Burnett
ALO
Kevin Devine
Beth Hart
Charles Bradley & His Extraordinaires
Sonny and The Sunsets
Tim Barry
Chicano Batman
The Time Jumpers Featuring Kenny Sears, Vince Gill, Paul Franklin, Joe Spivey, Larry Franklin, Andy Reiss, Billy Thomas, Jeff Taylor & Brad Albin
Anderson East
Megan Slankard
Emmylou Harris & Rodney Crowell
The Stone Foxes
Circus Quirkus with Poor Man’s Whiskey
Robyn Hitchcock