This weekend, San Francisco’s iconic free festival is returning to Golden Gate Park. Hardly Strictly Bluegrass is a free, three-day music festival that draws thousands of attendees every October. The festival focuses on bluegrass performers, although attendees can expect a wide range of music across six stages with dozens of performers.
Hardly Strictly Bluegrass Lineup
The festival features dozens of talented performers across genres, and some notable acts include Robert Plant, Gillian Welch & David Rawlings, Old Crow Medicine Show, Emmylou Harris, Mavis Staples, and many more.
Hardly Strictly Bluegrass schedule
The festival lasts for three days, starting on Friday, October 2 and running through Sunday, October 4. On Friday, the first performers will take the stage at 1 pm, and the final shows will end by 7 pm. Then, on Saturday and Sunday, the festival will get an early start at 11 am, and the last sets will end by 7 pm.
Getting to the festival
Hardly Strictly Bluegrass is located in Golden Gate Park, and no ticket is necessary to enter. The festival has four entrances, with the first located on JFK Drive and the second on 30th Ave in the Richmond. There is also an entrance at the east end of JFK Drive, off 36th and Fulton. Finally, you can enter the festival through an entrance near the Polo Field at 34th and Lincoln.
The festival will have taxi stands located on Fulton from 22nd to 24th, and ride-share app pickup zones will be located at 30th Ave between Anza and Balboa and Balboa between 30th and 31st.
We recommend taking public transit to the park, as the high volume of people attending the festival could cause traffic.
Festival map
The festival features six stages placed throughout the park. Attendees can also expect amenities like food trucks, bathrooms, and water stations situated throughout the festival grounds.
You can learn more about the festival on the Hardly Strictly Bluegrass website.