Welcome to Calico Bluegrass Festival 2024
Bluegrass Festival Schedule
Bluegrass Schedule of Events
ONE DAY ONLY!
Saturday, May 11, 2024
Starting at 9 a.m. to 7 p.m.
Every year, Calico Ghost Town brings together the sounds of Americana, Blues and folk-rock together while offering games and activities for the entire family to enjoy.
Schedule subject to change.
Live Performances by:
ROSE'S PAWN SHOP
This arsenal sounding band is from L.A., has traveled all over the world, and is excited to bring their folk-rock and bluegrass sounds to Calico Bluegrass Festival.
Performance Time: 4:30 p.m. on the Main Street stage.
THE STORYTELLERS
One of the fastest rising bluegrass groups in Southern California, whose repertoire represents a unique blend of roots-rock, Americana, country-blues, folk and jamgrass music.
Performance Times: 1 p.m. & 2:30 p.m. on the Main Street stage.
LILIES OF THE WEST
Since 1980 the Lilies of the West, an all-woman, old-time string band has been entertaining enthusiastic listeners with their lively renditions of American traditional, Celtic and Bluegrass music.
The Lilies combine their talents to bring the music of our land to life with their spirited instrumentals featuring the banjo, fiddle, hammered dulcimer, guitar, penny whistle and stand-up bass. Their harmony singing gives new vitality to old songs and can be heard on their digitally-recorded CD’s entitled “Seeds of Tradition” and “Silver Jubilee.” A compilation of the CD’s is available on CD Baby.
Performance Times: 3:30 p.m. & 5:45 p.m. at the Calico House Restaurant Porch.
HOLY CROW JAZZ BAND
Holy Crow Jazz Band is a Los Angeles based ensemble that specializes in American traditional jazz.
Performance Times: 10 a.m. & 11:30 a.m. at the Main Street Stage.
THE AMAZING TONE BENDERS
The Amazing Tone Benders is a four-piece band performing in Southern California, who play crowd-pleasing favorites that appeal to all ages.
Performance Times: 12 p.m. & 1:30 p.m. on the Livery Stage.
ERIC GORSUCH
Singer, songwriter, guitar picker of Bluegrass, open-range Western-flavored country music.
Performing Times: 12 p.m., 1 p.m. & 2 p.m. at the Beer Garden Patio (adjacent to Lil’s Saloon).
ColeSlaw Band
A local Inland Empire favorite, ColeSlaw has awesome acoustic sounds and plays an eclectic mix of songs.
Performance Times: 11:30 a.m. & 12:30 p.m. on the Leatherworks porch.
The Blue Henry's Band
The Blue Henrys were formed in 2003 by guitarist-vocalist, Henry Merenda. Known for putting their own spin on Chicago-style blues, they’ve been a fixture on the High Desert blues scene, performing at numerous festivals including the New Blues Festival in both Long Beach and Adelanto. The long list of greats The Blue Henrys have shared the stage with include Rod Piazza And The Mighty Fliers; Junior Watson, Rick Holmstrom, Philip Sayce, Canned Heat, Taj Mahal, and countless others.
Performance Times: 2:30 p.m., 3:30 p.m. & 4:30 p.m. in the beer garden patio adjacent to Lil’s Saloon.
THE BILLHILLYZ
Local Calico Ghost Town band that always gets the crowd going.
Performance Times: 1:30 p.m., 2:30 p.m. & 4 p.m. at Leatherworks Shop store front.
GAMES & CONTESTS
Strike up some competition by entering in one of our games or contests. There is something for the entire family to enjoy.
Games include:
- Face Painting
- All day (Outside Park Office)
- Bluegrass Arts & Crafts
- All day (Boot & Saddle)
- Egg Toss (Livery Stage, top of town)
- 9:45 a.m.
- Angry Buzzards
- 1 p.m. (Boot & Saddle)
- Tic Tac Toe
- 2 p.m. (Boot & Saddle)
- Horseshoe Toss
- 3:30 p.m. (Outside Park Office)
- Nickels in the Haystack
- 4:15 p.m. (Nest to Lil’s Saloon)
- Pin the Tail on the Donkey
- 5:30 p.m. (Boot & Saddle)
Check the schedule for times & locations.
GUNFIGHTER SHOWS
Join us in some real ol’ gunfightin’ shows reminiscent from the wild, wild West. The Calico Mountain Volunteer Gunfighters will be staging shows throughout the day.
In front of Lil’s Saloon
- 10:45 a.m.
- 2:45 p.m.
- 5:30 p.m.
COOK'S RACING PIGS
See the lightning-fast Pigs race around the track for their reward of Ice Cream and Cookies. Pick the winning color and you win a Blue Ribbon. Additional prizes awarded at each show. You won’t want to miss this cute performance.
Hogs & Dogs Race Times: 11 a.m., 12:30 p.m. & 3 p.m.
BON FAMILY & ALL-STAR CLOGGERS
The Bon Family Cloggers perform a high-energy, fast-paced variety showThis group of seven brothers and sisters, along with their other performing teams, are surefire crowd pleasers that will get everyone clapping their hands and stomping their feet!
Performance Times: 9 a.m., 10 a.m. & 11 a.m. at the Livery Stage.
VICTORIAN MUSE THEATRE
Join Odessa Red as she and other perform an original Victorian screen play: The Language of Flowers, Fans and Flirtation.
Performance Times: 10 a.m., 1 p.m. & 4 p.m. at the Calico Town Hall.
CLASSROOM SESSIONS
Step back in time for Classrooms Sessions to see what school was like in the 1800s in a small mining town. From teaching subjects to schoolhouse do’s and don’ts, the miner’s children gathered in a one-room school house.
Performance Times: 12 p.m., 2 p.m. & 4 p.m. at the Calico School House.
Calico Ghost Town Regional Park
36600 Ghost Town Road
Yermo, CA 92398
760.254.1123
Admission Prices
Adults (12 & over): $15
Youth (ages 4-11): $10
Ages 3 and under: Free admission
Bluegrass Camping
Four (4) tickets are included with camping reservations.
Visit www.sbcountyparks.com to make a reservation.
Event Contact
Heather Hill, Regional Parks Recreation Coordinator
email: heather.hill@parks.sbcounty.gov
phone: 909.387.2410