Mia Orantia
Staff Writer

While thousands of people gather at this year’s Hardly Strictly Bluegrass for a weekend of free music at Golden Gate Park, the festival is also a reminder of founder Warren Hellman’s legacy. In commemorating the festival’s history in San Francisco and the man behind it all, the Contemporary Jewish Museum currently has “Hardly Strictly Warren Hellman” on exhibit.

Hardly Strictly Bluegrass started in 2001 and Hellman hoped it would be a space where “everyone could get along” for a few days. Even though he passed at the age of 77 in 2011, Hellman left an endowment for the festival to continue for the next 15 years after his death. Continue reading “Hardly Strictly Warren Hellman”: The Man Behind SF’s Bluegrass Festival →