• 7/5/08 (Sat.) -- SANTA BARBARA, The Salt Martians will be at the Cold Spring Tavern from 2 - 5 PM, followed by the Excellent Tradesmen. No cover!

• 7/11/08 (Fri.) -- SANTA MARIA, an Evening With The Grascals. A special benefit for the St. Louis de Montfort Church & School building fund. SLDMC Parish Hall, 5075 Harp Road (corner of Clark Ave & Harp Rd). 6:00 PM Dinner Show $35 which includes a Santa Maria Style BBQ TriTip dinner and show (family style dinner prepared and served by members of the Knights of Columbus Chapter 11137 at SLDMC). TriTip cooked on site over an oak wood fire pit. It doesnt get any better than that.

Followed by an 8:30 PM Evening Concert $20.

These two great shows are presented by the Knights of Columbus and the Bluegrass Music Society of the Central Coast.

For advance tickets or more information call Joe Quealy at (805) 937-5895 or Email joequealy@aol.com or you may call the church rectory at (805) 937-4555.

• 7/12/08 (Fri.) -- SANTA BARBARA, Peter Feldmann & Friends 2:30 P.M. Admission is free. Cal Orchid Nursery, 1251 Orchid Drive, Noleta, CA (between SB and Goleta)

• 7/16/08 (Wed.) -- PASO ROBLES. at Monteleone's Rock (newly opened at 1331-A Vendels Circle, behind the Firestone Brewery), renown fiddler Megan Lynch and banjoist Bill Evans will pair up to showcase their exquisite bluegrass talents. Show starts at 8:30 PM, cover charge is $10 --truly a bargain! For more info, call (805) 238-0109.

• 7/29/08 (Tues.) -- GOLETA, The Salt Martians will be at Stow House, 304 N. Los Carneros Road, from 5:30 - 7:30 PM. Free! Bring your picnic blanket or lawn chairs and join them for a summer evening of bluegrass!

• 8/8/08 -- 8/10/08 (Fri. thru Sun.) -- HOLLISTER, the Good Old Fashioned Bluegrass Festival presented by the Northern California Bluegrass Society will be held at Bolado Park near Tres Pinos and features all California bands, and plenty of jamming. See for details.

• 8/22/08 thru 8/24/08 (Fri.- Sun.) -- VISTA, at the 40-acre Antique Gas & Steam Engine Museum, 2040 N. Santa Fe Ave., the San Diego Bluegrass Society and North County Bluegrass & Folk Club present their annual Summergrass Festival. A dozen terrific bands will appear on stage, to include nationally acclaimed groups like The Infamous Stringdusters, Don Rigsby & Midnight Call, Bluegrass Etc.,Chris Stuart & Backcountry, Sawmill Road, and Burnett Family Bluegrass. For tickets and more info, call (858) 679-4854, or see www.summergrass.net.

• 9/9/08 (Tues.) -- SANTA BARBARA, at the Soho Restaurant & Music Club, 1221 State St. #205, IIIrd Tyme Out featuring Russell Moore. The Chris Cairns Band will be opening.www.sohosb.com, or by calling (805) 962-7776.

• Meanwhile, several regular local gigs & jams continue:

• Regular Gigs:

• SANTA BARBARA: Weekly Thursday gig with the Salt Martians, 5:30 - 7:30 PM (during Happy Hour) at the Tupelo Junction Cafe, 1218 State St...full bar and no cover! Call (805) 899-3900 for dinner reservations.

• NIPOMO: First Sunday of every month, the Wild River Ramblers will perform at the finest local micro-brewery, Santa Maria Brewing Co., 112 Cuyama Ln., Nipomo. That's 2:00 to 4:00 P.M. SMBC sits just a block west off Hwy 101, at the Hwy 166 exit to Bakersfield. Call 349-2090 for more info.

• SANTA BARBARA: First Thursday of each month from 7:30 PM to 10 PM, the Chris Cairns Bluegrass Hootenanny at the Mainstage at Jensen's Music, TEL. 805-687-4027. In addition to Chris himself, the Hoot features a steady stream of talented guest musicians. Admission is $10, more details available at www.chriscairnsband.com.

• Jam Sessions:

• LOMPOC: 2nd and 4th Wednesday evening jams, 7:00 - 9:00 PM at Southside Coffee Co., 105 So. "H" St. -- for more info call Bill at (805) 736-8241

• ARROYO GRANDE: 3rd Sunday evening jams, 5:30 - 8:30 PM at the SLO Down Pub, at the northwest corner of Brisco and Grand Ave in Arroyo Grande. For help finding the venue, email Mark at: mslo4@aol.com. Note that "slow-jammers" are welcome. For more info, e-mail Roger at siminoff@siminoff.net.

• SANTA BARBARA: Monthly jam at Tucker's Grove County Park, 2nd Sunday, starting at 12 noon until whenever....The park is accessed by taking Turnpike exit east (toward mountains) off of Hwy 101; entering park where Turnpike meets Cathedral Oaks; and continuing to the right until reaching Kiwanis Meadow (some nine speed bumps from park entrance). For more info, e-mail Alan Alexsander at Constatty@aol.com.

• VENTURA: 2nd and 4th Thursday evening jams, 6:00 - 9:30 PM at Zoey's, 451 E. Main St. -- but NOTE: one-time change for January, when 2nd Thursday jam will be held on 3rd Thursday. For more info e-mail Gene at generubinaudio@earthlink.net.

• On the Radio:

• Don't forget to tune in on Thursday nights from 8-10 PM to KCBX 90.1 FM and listen to Glenn Horn's "BASICALLY BLUEGRASS" program! KCBX streams live on the web, so if you have friends in Arizona or Colorado, tell them to tune in on their computer at http://www.kcbx.org and click on "Listen Live" to get hooked up.

• NOTE: While we make every effort to insure the accuracy of information for events mentioned above, we suggest that you contact the host venue in advance to confirm key information, especially if you must travel very far to attend.

• To submit an item to the BMSCC Calendar, send an e-mail to: bluegrassmscc@aol.com.