45 Hardly Strictly Bluegrass 2016 Acts Revealed

San Francisco’s Golden Gate Park will again host the Hardly Strictly Bluegrass music festival on September 30 – October 2. Organizers of the free event have been announcing acts set to play HSB ’16 by sharing medleys featuring at least 10 of the acts. So far four medleys have been unveiled as have the artists included in each.

This year’s lineup includes many acts familiar to our readers such as The Infamous Stringdusters, The California Honeydrops, Mavis Staples, The Mother Hips, Jim James, Nahko & Medicine For The People, Doobie Decibel System and Tim Flannery & Lunatic Fringe. By the time the final lineup is revealed, it will include over 100 acts.

Stay tuned for additional HSB ’16 artist announcements.

Hardly Strictly Bluegrass 2016 Lineup (As Of 8/31)

• The Infamous Stringdusters
• CAKE
• The California Honeydrops
• Mary Chapin Carpenter
• Mavis Staples
• Bobby Bare
• Elephant Revival
• Buddy Miller & Marc Ribot
• The Mother Hips
• Rosanne Cash
• Margaret Glaspy
• The SteelDrivers
• Delta Rae
• Jonny Two Bags
• Jim James
• C.W. Stoneking
• Chris Isaak
• The High Bar Gang
• Twin Limb
• Nahko & Medicine For The People
• Ismay
• Cyndi Lauper
• Delhi 2 Dublin
• The Jones Family Singers
• Eggs Over Easy
• Robyn Hitchcock
• Wynonna & The Big Noise
• Wee Willie Walker
• Mariachi Mestizo
• Jack Ingram
• John Blues Boyd
• Griffin House
• Allah-Las
• Dropkick Murphys
• Emmylou Harris
• Jerry Douglas Band w/ special guest Maura O’Connell
• Tim Flannery & Lunatic Fringe
• John Hammond
• Glen Hansard
• Evolfo
• John Langford
• Doobie Decibel System
• KT Tunstall
• Bob Forrest
• The Time Jumpers