Father's Day Bluegrass Festival

The CBA Father’s Day Festival has been held every year in the beautiful foothills of the Sierras – rain or shine – since 1976.

Stage Schedule

Thursday, June 15

Main Stage
10:00 am Water Tower
11:00 am Mile Twelve
12:00 pm Jake Blount
2:55 pm Rhonda Vincent & The Rage
3:55 pm Music Camp All-Stars
4:55 pm Seth Mulder & Midnight Run
7:45 pm Jake Blount
8:50 pm Seth Mulder & Midnight Run
9:55 pm Rhonda Vincent & The Rage

Pioneer Stage
12:55 pm Clinton Davis String Band
5:50 pm Mile Twelve

Vern’s Stage
12:50 pm The Strung Nugget Gang
1:35 pm The Dry Diggins Stringband
2:20 pm Matt Michienzie Band
6:10 pm The L.A. River Boys
6:55 pm One Button Suit

Music Workshops Schedule

Thursday, June 15 Dinner Break

“Movement For Musicians: Aches N Pains, And Simple Remedies”
In part 1 of this 2 part workshop series, come hang out with a physical therapist and a personal trainer while we discuss some of the ways that playing an instrument can cause aches, pains, or discomfort. We'll provide simple exercises and movements you can do anywhere to help your body feel better when you play! This workshop will focus on the neck, shoulders, wrists, and hand. Got questions about other body parts? Come to the second workshop, office hours.
Presenter: Christine Wilhoyte - NASM-CPT and Betty Bugaj – DPT
Area D, Site: Old Maintenance Shop

“Bass Petting Zoo”
Ever want to play the bass? Gosh, they are so big! What do they eat? Don’t worry. We will have several basses for folks to try out. We will cover the bass’s role in a band, care and feeding, how to acquire a bass to play, typical cost, transportation and anything else folks want to discuss.
Presenter: Lisa Burns
Area E, Site: By Stage Right

“10 Tricks To Learning Fiddle Tunes By Ear”
This workshop will help you hone your craft by learning tunes by ear in realtime. The class is geared towards intermediate players, but the concepts are applicable to all skill levels. There will be a small amount of music theory and will help to know relative intervals in a scale (think Sound of Music).
Presenter: Michelle Yu
Area G, Site: Ponderosa Hall

For tickets https://www.tix.com/ticket-sales/cba/4889?venueidlist=15568.

All sales are final.
Tickets are non-refundable.
Festival is held rain or shine.