Save big and get your camping tickets to the Spring 2018 Strawberry Music Festival before the Early Bird discount ends, at midnight on Wednesday, March 14th.  You can buy your tickets 24/7 online, call our office M-F, 9-5 at (209) 984-8630 or mail your check or money order to P.O. Box 664, Jamestown, CA 95327 on or by March 14th to take advantage of the Early Bird discount.  Check out the lineup so far  and stay tuned for many  more lineup and program announcements to come.  See you at Spring Fest 2018 in just 72 days!

3/8/2018 UPDATE:

There will be a celebration of life for Wesley Robertson on Saturday, March 17th, 2018 at The Miners Foundry in Nevada City from noon til 4ish.  A GoFundMe account has been set up to help Wesley’s family with expenses.

Wesley, we want to thank you for all the music, and for all the kind words you have spoke on Strawberry’s behalf. This festival won’t be the same without you. You’re going to be missed and we’ll do our best to keep on Rock’N’Stompin to your memory.

3/5/2018

We are so shocked to hear the sad news that longtime Camp Pig Out member, and host of KVMR’s popular Saturday afternoon show Rock’N’Stompin,  Wesley Robertson left this world suddenly, on Sunday, March 4th. Our deepest condolences go out to Wesley’s family and friends.  Thanks to Joe Craven for his beautiful post on Facebook.

Phil Salazar and the Kin Folk is a group of friends who have been recording and performing together for over thirty years. They are known, and loved, for having successfully bridged traditional and contemporary styles of music, including but surely not limited to bluegrass, swing, country, jazz, Irish, pop and rock genres. Fiddle extraordinaire and fearless leader, Phil Salazar is a teaching, touring and studio artist who has performed and recorded with Bob Weir, Kenny Loggins, Jonathan McEuen, and Kate Wolf just to name a few. With this collaboration, Phil Salazar attracts “A” list talent including Tom Corbett (mandolin/guitar), and Bill Knopf (banjo), Rick Borella (bass), Bill Flores (dobro/almost anything with strings), and Charl Ann Gastineau (fiddle). Several of these fine folks have played with Phil on many a Strawberry stage, over many years times, including a past incarnation with the Acousticats in 1995, so we’re especially happy for Phil Salazar and the Kin Folk to make their returning debut to the Main Stage at the Fall 2018 Festival.

Thanks to all who participated in our Email Announcements Member Appreciation Ticket Contest. Congratulations to the four lucky winners, who were contacted earlier today. Don’t wait for the next contest to get your Spring camping tickets at discounted prices.

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Del McCoury Band, The Travelin’ McCourys and The Motet are the first three acts to be announced for Strawberry Music Festival –Fall 2018.  Del McCoury Band is the most awarded bluegrass of all time and an absolute festival favorite.  The Travelin’ McCourys have continued and expanded on Del’s work and lifelong dedication to bluegrass music and are well loved and respected by fans of both traditional and progressive styles.  Seven-piece, The Motet has sold out shows from Park West, in Chicago to The Filmore, in San Francisco, as well as many points in between, with their signature fusion of fiery funk, simmering soul and improvisational inventiveness.  This is how the Fall Festival lineup begins and we’re very much looking forward to sharing many more additions and updates as they occur.  Get four day camping tickets to the Fall Festival now, at deeply discounted prices, during our Short Sale, on now through March 12^th.

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Todd Snider started making up songs in 1986.  He made an album in 1994 and he also started a tour the same year, that in a way, is still going.  Snider was discovered in Memphis, Tennessee by a longtime acquaintance of John Prine, which led to an opening act for the folk legend.  Since that time, he has earned a wealth of honors and accolades for his numerous original recordings. As a storyteller and a songwriter, he is well loved for his incredibly humorous wit, easily winning the hearts of his audience with a unique blend of charisma and humility.   You might say that he is an alternative, Americana, folk rock poet.  Or you could just say he is Todd Snider, a genre unto himself.  Either way, say you’ll be there for his return to Strawberry, for the first time since the Spring 1999 Festival.

Ticket prices and discount deadlines for the Fall Festival are now available to view on the Ticket Info page of our website.  Don’t miss out on our special short sale on all four day camping ticket types, starting at 9am on Thursday, March 1^st and running until midnight, on Monday, March 12^th.  You can save big on kid’s and teen’s tickets, which have been dramatically reduced to save families money.  The 4-Day Adult camping ticket will be available for a song, at only $200, for a very limited time. There are some great lineup announcements in the works, so stay tuned for all things Fall Festival, coming to a Strawberry near you.

Hannah Jane Kile is a beautiful young singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist with talent well beyond her years.  Having completed two full-length albums of original work by the age of 22, Kile is currently working on two new albums to be released early this summer.  At 18, she played as a tweener on Strawberry’s Spring 2013 Main Stage, which happened to be the last day of the last festival at Camp Mather, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3SExmb-AnRU.   Two years later she was back to kick off the Fall 2015 Festival, for the very first Strawberry performance at Westside.  She’s been working hard to develop her tremendous talent as a player, vocalist and composer and her efforts have earned her favored status as opener for national acts which include Grammy winning Patty Griffin, Ingrid Michelson and blues legend Carolyn Wonderland.  An absolute pleasure, both on and off stage, this gifted songbird is taking flight and we are so pleased to welcome her back for a landing at Strawberry Music Festival – Spring 2018.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3SExmb-AnRU