Name: The Big Twang! — A Book Event Honoring 25 Years of Hardly Strictly Bluegrass
Start: 2025-12-14T15:00:00-08:00
Location: 1835 Ellis St, San Francisco, CA, United States, California 94115

$The Big Twang! \u2014 A Book Event Honoring 25 Years of Hardly Strictly Bluegrass$

Go to https://forms.gle/7g5mzYA93LngaQm76 to register for this free in-person program presented by Hardly Strictly Bluegrass and the Jewish Community Library, celebrating the enduring legacy of one of San Francisco’s most beloved cultural traditions. The Library is located at 1835 Ellis Street in San Francisco, with free garage parking at 1227 Pierce Street between Ellis and Eddy.
The Big Twang is a new book capturing the Hardly Strictly Bluegrass festival’s rich history through photography and stories, featuring hundreds of images from Jay Blakesburg and other distinguished photographers. It offers a vivid look into how the free festival—founded as a gift to the city by philanthropist Warren Hellman—grew into a cultural phenomenon drawing hundreds of thousands to Golden Gate Park each fall.
The event will feature a conversation with:
Tricia Hellman Gibbs, daughter of Warren Hellman
Frances Dinkelspiel, journalist and author of Towers of Gold: How One Jewish Immigrant Named Isaias Hellman Created California
Sarah Davis, Creative Director of Hardly Strictly Bluegrass
It will include a reception, live music (including songs written by Warren Hellman), and candle-lighting with Rabbi Lawrence Kushner to welcome Hanukkah.
We hope to see you there!