Emmylou Harris performs at Hardly Strictly Bluegrass at Golden Gate Park in San Francisco on Oct. 6, 2019. Photos: Martin Lacey. SAN FRANCISCO — Everything one could ask for from a music festival in Golden Gate Park was on display Sunday, as the 19th annual incarnation of Hardly Strictly…

Robert Plant and the Sensational Space Shifters perform at Hardly Strictly Bluegrass at Golden Gate Park in San Francisco on Oct. 5, 2019. Photos: Steve Carlson. SAN FRANCISCO — Tens of thousands crammed into the meadow in front of Hardly Strictly Bluegrass’ Towers of Gold Stage to see the…

Concertgoers at Hardly Strictly Bluegrass at Golden Gate Park in San Francisco on Oct. 4, 2019. Photos: Paige K. Parsons. SAN FRANCISCO — The first weekend of October in San Francisco is synonymous with Hardly Strictly Bluegrass. The free music festival in Golden Gate Park has for 18 years…

Adia Victoria performs at Bottom of the Hill in San Francisco during Noise Pop on Feb. 25, 2017. Photo: Paige K. Parsons. The producers of the Bay Area’s largest free music festival, Hardly Strictly Bluegrass, have announced the final acts to perform, as well as several noteworthy security measures…

Margo Price performs at Golden Gate Park during Outside Lands on Aug. 10, 2018. Price was announced as one of the initial performers at Hardly Strictly Bluegrass in 2019. Photo: Joaquin Cabello. Updated Aug. 15, 2019: The fourth round of lineup announcements for the Hardly Strictly Bluegrass festival in…

Cheap Trick. Photos: Chloe Catajan and Paige K. Parsons SAN FRANCISCO — The Hardly Strictly Bluegrass festival brought out the “golden” in Golden Gate Park last weekend. Following a sullen week marked by the massacre at a Las Vegas country music festival and the death of rock icon Tom Petty,…