After weeks of teasers, Hardly Strictly Bluegrass released its full 2013 lineup this week, and it boasts some fresh young artists and a great many cross-generational acts.
The free weekend-long festival in Golden Gate Park will feature appearances by Nick Lowe, Conor Oberst and friends (including First Aid Kit), Gogol Bordello, Natalie Maines, Emmylou Harris and Rodney Crowell, Bettye LaVette, Allah-Las, Father John Misty, Steve Martin and Steep Canyon Rangers (featuring Edie Brickell), and Bonnie Raitt, among dozens of others.
Hardly Strictly Bluegrass takes place Oct. 4-6 in Golden Gate Park, SF.
Here’s the full roster:
Mike Farris & The Roseland Rhythm Revue
The Brothers Comatose
Mike Scott & Steve Wickham of The Waterboys
Loudon Wainwright III
The Handsome Family
Jesse Dee
The Jerry Douglas Band
Alison Brown
Sallie Ford & The Sound Outside
Justin Townes Earle
The String Cheese Incident
Sonny & The Sunsets
Buddy Miller
The Deep Dark Woods
Pieta Brown
The Flatlanders featuring Joe Ely
Jimmie Dale Gilmore & Butch Hancock
Shovels & Rope
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Gogol Bordello
Mark Lanegan
Steve Earle & The Dukes
Supermule
Natalie Maines
Evolfo Doofeht
Calexico
Robert Ellis
Chris Isaak
Conor Brings Friends For Friday Featuring: Whispertown, The Cave Singers, The Felice Brothers, The Evens, First Aid Kit, Conor Oberst
Nick Lowe
Low
The Warren Hood Band
Della Mae
Martha Wainwright
Robert Earl Keen
Holler Down the Hollow: A Hardly Strictly Salute to the Masters
Kieran Kane, Kevin Welch & Fats Kaplin
Buddy Miller & Jim Lauderdale
Ralph Stanley & The Clinch Mountain Boys
Emmylou Harris & Rodney Crowell
The Time Jumpers featuring Brad Albin, Larry Franklin, Paul Franklin, Vince Gill, “Ranger Doug” Green, Andy Reiss, Dawn Sears, Kenny Sears, Joe Spivey, Jeff Taylor & Billy Thomas
Spirit Family Reunion
Nicki Bluhm & The Gramblers
Steve Martin and Steep Canyon Rangers featuring Edie Brickell
Poor Man’s Whiskey (Friday morning middle school program)
Trampled By Turtles
G. Love & Special Sauce
Ryan Bingham
Patty Griffin
The Devil Makes Three
Kat Edmonson
Peter Rowan Bluegrass Band featuring Yungchen Lhamo
Paul Kelly
Dry Branch Fire Squad
Bonnie Raitt
Laurie Lewis & The Right Hands
Boz Scaggs
Seldom Scene
Tumbleweed Wanderers
Manchester Orchestra
Elvin Bishop
The Go To Hell Man Clan
Richard Thompson
Tift Merritt
Jon Langford & Skull Orchard acoustic / FREAKONS
Father John Misty
Billy Bragg
Bettye LaVette
Allah-Las
Tim O’Brien with Bryan Sutton & Mike Bub
Sturgill Simpson
Freakwater
Dave Alvin with Greg Leisz
Moonalice
MC Hammer (Friday morning middle school program)
The Forest Rangers with Katey Sagal
The Wood Brothers
Los Lobos Disconnected
Kate McGarrigle Tribute with Martha & Sloan Wainwright & Special Guests
Jesse DeNatale
Tim O’Brien & Darrell Scott
Joy Kills Sorrow
For more info, see www.hardlystrictlybluegrass.com.