What we’re about
If you enjoy listening, jam play, networking with San Diego bluegrass musicians, you have landed on the right Meet Up group. Join us today. Here's who we are.
Welcome. Please join us. This Meetup platform is created to help build and expand the San Diego Bluegrass Society (a nonprofit 501(c)(3). The SDBS board members are all volunteers without salary. And SDBS membership for only $20/year (and may be tax deduction) helps the community with music and friendships. Here's a link to explore who and what is SDBS. http://www.sandiegobluegrass.org/
1. Educating all young and old about the history of bluegrass music in America. 2. Regular jam sessions and open mics on the second and fourth Tuesday of every month, with a featured band on the fourth Tuesday. 3. We bring bluegrass concerts by local and traveling bands. 4. We cooperate with other bluegrass organizations, including International Bluegrass Music Association and our sister organization in San Diego, The North County Bluegrass and Folk Club; we promote a variety of bluegrass related activities. 5. We're founders and supporters of Summergrass, a premier 3-day bluegrass festival held each August. 6. Organizers of an annual Bluegrass Day at the Fair, at the San Diego County Fair in Del Mar. 7. We conduct a music outreach program with San Diego Bluegrass Society and Emma’s Gut Bucket Band to bring bluegrass music and instruction to public and private schools, to senior centers, assisted living facilities, homeless centers and the like at no cost. 8. We bring other activities to promote bluegrass music in San Diego
Upcoming events (4+)
See all- Bluegrass Event! FUN!Duck Foot Brewing Miramar, San Diego, CA
Join us for a fun night of bluegrass music at the Duck Foot Brewing Company! 8920 Kenamar Dr #210, San Diego, CA 92121
2nd Monday of the month from 6:30-9 pm
The San Diego Bluegrass Society is excited to announce another evening of bluegrass jamming and open mic at the Duck Foot Brewing Company on 2nd Monday of the month, from 6:30 to 9 pm. Acoustic musicians and listeners alike are invited to join the event. There's jamming (lots of outdoor space and parking), so come out and practice your best licks with others - it’s always fun. Or put together a group in the parking lot and sign up for a 30 minute time slot to perform at the open mic inside*. If you have a band and haven’t played at one of our events lately, this is a great chance to help celebrate our new monthly event, support SDBS, and have your band heard. Please sign up - let’s make this a festive event. Duck Foot is kindly providing the sound system and indoor seating! Thank you Duck Foot! Come on out.
Duck Foot Brewing has arranged for a food truck for delicious eats, and of course, Duck Foot has a wonderful range of beverages that we know you’ll enjoy Duck Foot Brewing CompanyIf you’ve been to the Sunday afternoon jams at Duck Foot Brewing then you already know how to get there:
Duck Foot Brewing is at 8920 Kenamar Dr. #210, San Diego, CA 92121
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San Diego Bluegrass SocietyTHIS IS A FREE EVENT! Please come have fun.
We also hope you’ll consider joining the San Diego Bluegrass Society and help support bluegrass and old-time music in the San Diego area. Membership is only $25 a year for the entire family and brings you the SDBS email newsletter, the Tune Up so you’ll know about all the upcoming bluegrass events.After many years of meeting twice a month on Tuesday nights, we’re looking at Monday nights events for several of our future events. Stay tuned (up).
For this new fun evening and jam:
*To sign up for a band/group performance slot ahead of time please email: richard.burkett@sbcglobal.net Please note that we welcome all acoustic musicians with a bluegrass or old-time music focus (sorry,no drums, please). San Diego Bluegrass Society, Inc.San Diego Bluegrass Society is a registered non-profit 501(C)(3) organization. We are a group of unpaid volunteers dedicated to the preservation and promotion of bluegrass music in the San Diego area. - MEMBERSHIPS - NCBFC and SDBS; Summergrass 2025Antique Gas and Steam Engine Museum, Vista, CA
To our more than 1,100 San Diego Bluegrass Music Meetup members:
The San Diego Bluegrass Society (SDBS) and North County Bluegrass and Folk Club (NCBFC) have decided to close our Meetup account that brings you this page at the end of 2025.
If you’d like to continue receiving information about great bluegrass music events such as:
• Summergrass annual bluegrass music festival at the Antique Gas & Steam Engine Museum located in Vista, CA August 15-17, 2025
• South State 48 bluegrass weekend jamming & music event in Carlsbad, CA Nov. 6-9, 2025
• Monthly bluegrass jams, open mics, performances, and educational slow jams
• Festivals in the region
• Concerts
• Campouts
• and more…
We encourage you to sign up for membership in one or both organizations.
SDBS & NCBFC are both non-profit organizations that depend on YOUR membership and participation to offer all these things to you and keep you informed through their monthly e-newsletters and timely email blasts.
Each organization charges only $25 a year for an individual or family membership. However, you will two opportunities to buy an individual or family memberships in BOTH SDBS and NCBFC for only $30. BUT THIS 2-FOR-1 MEMBERSHIP OFFER CAN ONLY BE PURCHASED AT TWO UPCOMING EVENTS – SUMMERGRASS OR THE SOUTH STATE 48. Click the links above to find out more about Summergrass and South State 48. Look for the SDBS/NCBFC booth at these events to take advantage of this great offer. NOTE: The 2-for-1 membership special does NOT apply to band memberships.
We want to meet you all in person, not just virtually. So sign up now (or at one of the events) to become a member!
See you at Summergrass, South State 48, or our next event!
San Diego Bluegrass Society
North County Bluegrass and Folk Club
