The full lineup has been announced for the 25th-annual Hardly Strictly Bluegrass Festival, taking place at Golden Gate Park Oct. 3–5.
National treasure Lucinda Williams is a returning artist to the festival, as is Australian guitar wizard Courtney Barnett. Jazz vocal phenom Samara Joy — who routinely sells out headlining shows in the Bay Area — makes her debut, and Robert Earl Keen, who tried to retire from touring a while back, should be a fan favorite.
Two other things to look for: the String Cheese Incident’s jam-band sensibilities in a bluegrass festival setting (expect at least one Grateful Dead cover; it’s Golden Gate Park, after all), and Chuck Prophet’s new cumbia project with a band of Latin musicians from Salinas.
Here are the complete daily lineups.
Friday, Oct. 3
ALO
The Altons
Amos Lee
Anderson East
BALTHVS
Corey Harris
The Devil Makes Three
Hannah Cohen
Marc Ribot: Map of A Blue City
Margaret Glaspy
Margo Price
The Mother Hips
Nathaniel Rateliff & The Night Sweats
Nitty Gritty Dirt Band
Paper Wings
Purple Glaze
Reverend Horton Heat
Rodney Crowell
Shawn Colvin
The Singer & The Songwriter
Sinkane
The War and Treaty
Saturday, Oct. 4
Albert Lee
Austin de Lone Tribute w/ Bill Kirchen & Special Guests
Buddy Miller
Cass McCombs
Celebration of Hazel Dickens F: Della Mae, Laurie Lewis, and Alice Gerrard
Cimafunk
Courtney Barnett
Dan Tyminski Band
Hovvdy
HSB @ 25: Stories Behind the Festival
Jeff Tweedy
Jontavious Willis
Josh Ritter & the Royal City Band
Kaia Kater
Maria Muldaur
Max Gomez
Olivia Wolf
Patty Griffin
Robert Earl Keen
Rosanne Cash
Rose City Band
Rosie Flores
Sam Bush
Samara Joy
Steve Earle & The Hardly Strictly Dukes
SCUFF: Queer Line Dancing Feat. Eric Long Band
TopHouse
The Watson Twins
Yoseff Tucker & The Bow Ties
Sunday, Oct. 5
Alan Sparhawk with Trampled by Turtles
Asher Shasho Levy
Charlie Parr
Chuck Prophet and His Cumbia Shoes
Dengue Fever
Dougie Poole
Dry Branch Fire Squad
Emmylou Harris
Evolfo
The Felice Brothers
I’m With Her
Jimmie Dale Gilmore and the West Texas Exiles
John Prine: Songs & Souvenirs w/ Jason Wilber & Dave Jacques
Kelly McFarling
Lola Kirke
Lucinda Williams
Madeline Hawthorne
The Mekons
Moonalice
Nick Lowe & Los Straitjackets
Ocie Elliott
O Warren Where Art Thou: The Hellman Siblings Remember Their Parents in Song
Peter Rowan With Sam Grisman Project Playing “Old & In The Way” & More
The String Cheese Incident
Tim O’Brien
Watchhouse
William Prince
The Hardly Strictly Bluegrass Festival, completely free, runs Oct. 3–5, 2025 in Golden Gate Park.
