SAN JOSE, Calif. — Hardly Strictly Bluegrass has announced even more acts for its 2026 festival, which runs Oct. 2-4 at Golden Gate Park in San Francisco.

Alison Krauss & Union Station, Sierra Hull and Jesse Welles are among the acts included in this latest Hardly Strictly Bluegrass lineup announcement. Other newly announced Hardly Strictly Bluegrass acts are listed below.

They will join such previously announced acts as Gillian Welch & David Rawlings, Hiss Golden Messenger, My Morning Jacket, Old Crow Medicine Show and John Craigie with The Coffis Brothers at the free three-day Hardly Strictly Bluegrass festival, which routinely draws hundreds of thousands of fans and ranks as the most highly attended music festival in Northern California.

More Hardly Strictly Bluegrass acts will be announced soon.

For more information on the festival and related shows, visit hardlystrictlybluegrass.com.

Second lineup annoucement

Aaron Lee Tasjan

Darrell Scott String Band w/ Rob Ickes

Dug

Mama’s Broke

A Tribute To Joe Ely with The Flatlanders and Friends

Alison Krauss & Union Station F: Jerry Douglas

Ismay

Kam Franklin

Jesse Welles

Sierra Hull

Initial lineup

AJ Lee & Blue Summit

Gillian Welch & David Rawlings

Hiss Golden Messenger

Kathleen Edwards

My Morning Jacket

Old Crow Medicine Show

El Khat

Tyler Ballgame

William Tyler & Yasmin Williams

John Craigie W/ The Coffis Brothers

Out of the park concerts

Molly Tuttle – Bing Concert Hall Stanford – Sept. 28

AJ Lee & Blue Summit & Bandits on the Run – Sweetwater – Oct. 2

Gillian Welch & David Rawlings – The Fillmore – Oct. 2

John Craigie & Anna Moss – GAMH – Oct. 2

Tyler Ballgame – Cafe Du Nord – Oct. 2

El Khat – The Freight – Oct. 3

Old Crow Medicine Show & Ismay – Sweetwater – Oct. 3

Kathleen Edwards – The Guild – Oct. 4

Jimmie Dale Gilmore – Hopmonk (Novato) – Oct. 5

Hiss Golden Messenger – The Little Saint (Healdsburg) – Oct. 6

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