In 2008 chavak saw 148 performances during 5 concerts with 92 bands at 3 venues in 2 locations.

Date Concert Venue Location
Oct 05, 2008
Hardly Strictly Bluegrass
"Hardly Strictly Bluegrass" / Iris Dement / Greg Brown / Red Wine / Loudon Wainwright III / The Infamous Stringdusters / Darrell Scott / Riders In the Sky / Ricky Skaggs / Justin Townes Earle / Maura O'connell / Iron & Wine / Tea Leaf Green / Ben Kweller / Heavy Trash / The Opera Dukes / Ralph Stanley & The Clinch Mountain Boys / Bill Kirchen / Poor Man's Whiskey / Pegi Young / The Wronglers / Emmylou Harris / The Waybacks / Moonalice / Gogol Bordello / Kevin Welch / Kieran Kane / Fats Kaplin / Jon Langford / Heidi Clare & AtaGallop / Bonnie "Prince" Billy / Alison Brown / Bill Evans String Summit / Hazel Dickens / Earl Scruggs Show all bands
  Setlists
Speedway Meadow @Golden Gate Park San Francisco, California, United States
Oct 04, 2008
Hardly Strictly Bluegrass
"Hardly Strictly Bluegrass" / the Gourds / John Jorgenson Quintet / Del McCoury Band / Laurie Lewis / Carlene Carter / Mike Farris / Robert Earl Keen / Odetta / Dave Alvin & The Guilty Men / Joe Purdy / Marty Willson-Piper / Bad Livers / Jerry Jeff Walker / Guy Clark / Asleep At the Wheel / Sons And Brothers / Roan Mountain Hilltoppers / Nick Lowe / Hot Rize / Cyndi Harvell / Los Cenzontles / Tift Merritt / Richard Thompson / Desert Rose Band / The Waco Brothers / Peter Rowan / Jimmie Dale Gilmore / Steve Earle / Global Drum Project / Dry Branch Fire Squad / Samantha Robichaud / Patty Griffin / Mark Olson & Gary Louris Show all bands
  Setlists
Speedway Meadow @Golden Gate Park San Francisco, California, United States
Oct 03, 2008 –
Oct 05, 2008
Hardly Strictly Bluegrass 2008
Iron & Wine / Elvis Costello / MC Hammer / Gogol Bordello / Steve Earle / Ben Kweller / Emmylou Harris / Bonnie "Prince" Billy / Joe Purdy / Nick Lowe / Justin Townes Earle / Robert Earl Keen / Loudon Wainwright III / Richard Thompson / Tea Leaf Green / Jerry Jeff Walker / Asleep At the Wheel / Iris Dement / Tift Merritt / Dave Alvin / Greg Brown / Odetta / Del McCoury Band / Mike Farris / Earl Scruggs / Tony Rice / Mickey Hart / Heavy Trash / Carlene Carter / Jimmie Dale Gilmore / Waco Brothers / Riders In the Sky / Bad Livers / Maura O'connell / Ricky Skaggs and Kentucky Thunder / Mark Olson & Gary Louris / Hot Rize / Moonalice / Hazel Dickens / The Desert Rose Band / Ralph Stanley And The Clinch Mountain Boys / Bill Kirchen / Jon Langford / Sharon Little / Laurie Lewis / Dry Branch Fire Squad / The Waybacks / Kieran Kane, Kevin Welch And Fats Kaplin / Poor Man's Whiskey / Ruby Jane / John Jorgenson Quintet / Pegi Young / Red Wine / Guy Clark With Verlon Thompson / Los Cenzontles / Alison Brown Quartet / The Wronglers / Cyndi Harvell / Peter Rowan And The Nashville Bluegrass Band / Jerry Douglas Band / Sons And Brothers / Samantha Robichaud / Roan Mountain Hilltoppers / Darrell Scott Band / Global Drum Project / Marty Willson-piper With the Mood Maidens / The Infamous Stringdusters / the Gourds / Robert Plant / Alison Krauss Show all bands
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Golden Gate Park San Francisco, California, United States
Oct 03, 2008
Hardly Strictly Bluegrass
"Hardly Strictly Bluegrass" / Robert Plant & Alison Krauss / Jerry Douglas / Sharon Little / Ruby Jane / T-Bone Burnett / MC Hammer
Speedway Meadow @Golden Gate Park San Francisco, California, United States
Aug 26, 2008
Amos Lee / Patty Griffin The Mountain Winery Saratoga, California, United States