Hardly Strictly Bluegrass announces surprise-filled lineup

The lengthy lineup has been announced for the 2014 Hardly Strictly Bluegrass Festival, set for Oct. 3-5 at Golden Gate Park in San Francisco. It features plenty of the usual suspects -- such as Robert Earl Keen, Ralph Stanley and, of course, Emmylou Harris -- as well as a number of intriguing surprises.

Social Distortion lead singer and guitarist Mike Ness performs in concert at the
newly reopened Fox Theater in Oakland on Feb. 6, 2009. (Ray Chavez/Staff file)

Most notably, the festival will host two first-tier punk-rock legends -- Social Distortion and X. It will also feature indie-music favorites Cibo Matto and Yo La Tengo as well as hip-hop crew Deltron 3030, performing with a full orchestra.

Other top names on the bill include John Prine, Ryan Adams, Lucinda Williams, Sharon Van Etten, Dawes, Conor Oberst, Mavis Staples, Chris Isaak, Rosanne Cash and Dwight Yoakam.
Daily schedules and set times will be released at a later date. The event is free and annually draws hundreds of thousands of music fans. For more information, visit www.hardlystrictlybluegrass.com.

Here's the complete lineup:
Poor Man's Whiskey
The Aquabats!
Peter Rowan's Twang An' Groove
The Waybacks
Dry Branch Fire Squad
John Prine
Ryan Adams
Thao & The Get Down Stay Down
Dave Alvin & Phil Alvin with The Guilty Ones
Lucinda Williams
Conor Brings Friends For Friday Featuring:
Waxahatchee
The Good Life
Jonathan Wilson
Sharon Van Etten
Dawes
Conor Oberst
Bill Kirchen & Too Much Fun
Buckwheat Zydeco
Hurray For The Riff Raff
Cibo Matto
Yo La Tengo
The McCrary Sisters
Alison Brown Quintet
The Time Jumpers Featuring Vince Gill, Kenny Sears, Dawn Sears & Ranger Doug Green
Holler Down The Hollow: A Hardly Strictly Salute to the Masters (Dickens, Hellman, Reed, Scruggs, Seeger, Watson & Winchester)
Dave Rawlings Machine
Steve Earle & The Dukes
Whograss
Bad Luck Jonathan
Justin Townes Earle
Mavis Staples
Chris Isaak
Red Baraat
Deltron 3030 with The 3030 Orchestra
Built To Spill
Social Distortion
Carlene Carter
Buddy Miller's Cavalcade of Stars:
Kate York
Striking Matches
Nikki Lane
Shawn Colvin
Tony Joe White
Buddy Miller & Friends
Robert Earl Keen
Evolfo Doofeht
Blue Rodeo
Johnnyswim
St. Paul & The Broken Bones
Reckless Kelly
The Flatlanders Featuring Joe Ely, Jimmie Dale Gilmore & Butch Hancock
The Mastersons
Rose's Pawn Shop
The Felice Brothers
Parker Millsap
Jessica Hernandez & The Deltas
Chris Smither
Sister Sparrow & The Dirty Birds
Malawi Mouse Boys
Hot Rize Featuring Red Knuckles & The Trailblazers
Jerry Douglas Presents Earls of Leicester
Ralph Stanley & The Clinch Mountain Boys
Tweedy
Emmylou Harris
Robbie Fulks
The Lone Bellow
Rosanne Cash
Lake Street Dive
Bruce Cockburn
The Apache Relay
Laurie Lewis & The Right Hands
X Acoustic
Bela Fleck & Abigail Washburn
Dwight Yoakam
The Go To Hell Man Clan
Kevin Welch, Kieran Kane & Fats Kaplin
Sun Kil Moon
Chuck Prophet & The Mission Express 'Strings In The Temple'
T Bone Burnett
Jason Isbell
The Sam Chase
Nitty Gritty Dirt Band
Moonalice
Blackie and The Rodeo Kings
Lukas Nelson & Promise of The Real
Joe Russo's Almost Dead
Jesse DeNatale
Chuck Cannon
The High Bar Gang
Shelly Colvin
Caitlin Rose
Sarah Jarosz
Rising Appalachia
Willie Watson



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