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  • Mavis Staples performs on stage during the Hardly Strictly Bluegrass...

    Mavis Staples performs on stage during the Hardly Strictly Bluegrass music festival at Golden Gate Park in San Francisco, Calif., on Friday, Sept. 30, 2016. (Jose Fajardo/Bay Area News Group)

  • Steve Earle of Colvin & Earle performs on stage during...

    Steve Earle of Colvin & Earle performs on stage during the Hardly Strictly Bluegrass music festival at Golden Gate Park in San Francisco, Calif., on Friday, Sept. 30, 2016. (Jose Fajardo/Bay Area News Group)

  • Boz Scaggs performs on stage during the Hardly Strictly Bluegrass...

    Boz Scaggs performs on stage during the Hardly Strictly Bluegrass music festival at Golden Gate Park in San Francisco, Calif., on Friday, Sept. 30, 2016. (Jose Fajardo/Bay Area News Group)

  • Festivalgoers find a spot on a hill as they watch...

    Festivalgoers find a spot on a hill as they watch Mavis Staples perform on stage during the Hardly Strictly Bluegrass music festival at Golden Gate Park in San Francisco, Calif., on Friday, Sept. 30, 2016. (Jose Fajardo/Bay Area News Group)

  • Boz Scaggs performs on stage during the Hardly Strictly Bluegrass...

    Boz Scaggs performs on stage during the Hardly Strictly Bluegrass music festival at Golden Gate Park in San Francisco, Calif., on Friday, Sept. 30, 2016. (Jose Fajardo/Bay Area News Group)

  • T Bone Burnett performs in the Banjo Stage during day...

    T Bone Burnett performs in the Banjo Stage during day one of the Hardly Strictly Bluegrass festival at the Golden Gate Park in San Francisco, Calif., on Friday, Oct. 6, 2017. (Ray Chavez/Bay Area News Group)

  • Melisa Dudelson, left, of Los Angeles, and her 9-month-old daughter...

    Melisa Dudelson, left, of Los Angeles, and her 9-month-old daughter Elsie Dudelson, enjoy live music during day one of the Hardly Strictly Bluegrass festival at the Golden Gate Park in San Francisco, Calif., on Friday, Oct. 6, 2017. (Ray Chavez/Bay Area News Group)

  • A fan in colorful attire walks past festival goers during...

    A fan in colorful attire walks past festival goers during day one of the Hardly Strictly Bluegrass festival at the Golden Gate Park in San Francisco, Calif., on Friday, Oct. 6, 2017. (Ray Chavez/Bay Area News Group)

  • Maureen Flanagan, of Forestville, makes yoga, as her dog Cooper,...

    Maureen Flanagan, of Forestville, makes yoga, as her dog Cooper, looks on, while Billy Bragg performs at Banjo Stage during day one of Hardly Strictly Bluegrass festival at the Golden Gate Park in San Francisco, Calif., on Friday, Oct. 6, 2017. (Ray Chavez/Bay Area News Group)

  • A San Francisco police officer patrols the park during day...

    A San Francisco police officer patrols the park during day one of Hardly Strictly Bluegrass festival at the Golden Gate Park in San Francisco, Calif., on Friday, Oct. 6, 2017. (Ray Chavez/Bay Area News Group) e

  • Festival goers listen to Boz Scaggs perform on stage during...

    Festival goers listen to Boz Scaggs perform on stage during the Hardly Strictly Bluegrass music festival at Golden Gate Park in San Francisco, Calif., on Friday, Sept. 30, 2016. (Jose Fajardo/Bay Area News Group)

  • Festival goers listen to Mavis Staples perform on stage during...

    Festival goers listen to Mavis Staples perform on stage during the Hardly Strictly Bluegrass music festival at Golden Gate Park in San Francisco, Calif., on Friday, Sept. 30, 2016. (Jose Fajardo/Bay Area News Group)

  • A festival goer wears a flower hat while listening to...

    A festival goer wears a flower hat while listening to Colvin & Earle perform on stage during the Hardly Strictly Bluegrass music festival at Golden Gate Park in San Francisco, Calif., on Friday, Sept. 30, 2016. (Jose Fajardo/Bay Area News Group)

  • Festival goers walk among the audience during the Hardly Strictly...

    Festival goers walk among the audience during the Hardly Strictly Bluegrass music festival at Golden Gate Park in San Francisco, Calif., on Friday, Sept. 30, 2016. (Jose Fajardo/Bay Area News Group)

  • Tef Parada, of San Francisco, listens to Boz Scaggs while...

    Tef Parada, of San Francisco, listens to Boz Scaggs while resting on Bill, a 4-year old Bernese Mountain dog during the Hardly Strictly Bluegrass music festival at Golden Gate Park in San Francisco, Calif., on Friday, Sept. 30, 2016. (Jose Fajardo/Bay Area News Group)

  • Festival goers gather between the Banjo and Arrow stages during...

    Festival goers gather between the Banjo and Arrow stages during the Hardly Strictly Bluegrass music festival at Golden Gate Park in San Francisco, Calif., on Friday, Sept. 30, 2016. (Jose Fajardo/Bay Area News Group)

  • Boz Scaggs performs on stage during the Hardly Strictly Bluegrass...

    Boz Scaggs performs on stage during the Hardly Strictly Bluegrass music festival at Golden Gate Park in San Francisco, Calif., on Friday, Sept. 30, 2016. (Jose Fajardo/Bay Area News Group)

  • Rock and Hall of Famer Mavis Staples, seen performing at...

    Rock and Hall of Famer Mavis Staples, seen performing at the Hardly Strictly Bluegrass festival in 2014, will return to the event this year, organizers have announced. (Anda Chu/Bay Area News Group)

  • Mavis Staples performs on stage during the Hardly Strictly Bluegrass...

    Mavis Staples performs on stage during the Hardly Strictly Bluegrass music festival at Golden Gate Park in San Francisco, Calif., on Friday, Sept. 30, 2016. (Jose Fajardo/Bay Area News Group)

  • Mavis Staples performs on stage during the Hardly Strictly Bluegrass...

    Mavis Staples performs on stage during the Hardly Strictly Bluegrass music festival at Golden Gate Park in San Francisco, Calif., on Friday, Sept. 30, 2016. (Jose Fajardo/Bay Area News Group)

  • From Steve Martin to Natalie Maines, and Gogol Bordello to...

    From Steve Martin to Natalie Maines, and Gogol Bordello to Bettye LaVette, there are plenty of acts that you need to catch at the 13th annual Hardly Strictly Bluegrass festival. (Ray Chavez/Bay Area News Group Archives)

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Hardly Strictly Bluegrass just announced an epic, star-studded lineup for 2018

Alison Krauss, Graham Nash, Ani DiFranco, Mavis Staples, Ween, Jeff Tweedy and Nick Lowe are among some 80 acts set to perform at the San Francisco festival, which runs Oct. 5-7 at Hellman Hollow, Marx  and Lindley Meadows in Golden Gate Park in San Francisco.

In all, some 80 acts are scheduled across six stages during the three-day event.

And, yes, admission is free.

For more information, visit www.hardlystrictlybluegrass.com.

Here’s the lineup:

Aaron Lee Tasjan, Aki Kumar, Alison Krauss, Ana Tijoux, Andrea Gibson, Ani DiFranco, Bo & Lebo with Friends, Booker T. Jones Stax Revue, Buddy Miller’s Cavalcade of Stars featuring The Cave Singers, Tracy Nelson, Molly Tuttle, The War and Treaty, Buddy Miller, Courtney Marie Andrews, Dale Watson, Darlingside, Dave Alvin & Jimmie Dale Gilmore with The Guilty Ones.

David Bromberg Quintet, David Luning, Deer Tick, Del McCoury Band, Don Was & Friends, Dry Branch Fire Squad, Eilen Jewell, Emmylou Harris & The Red Dirt Boys, Evolfo, Four Year Bender, Glorietta, Gomez, Graham Nash, Gregory Alan Isakov, Hip Spanic Allstars, Howlin Rain, Hurray For The Riff Raff, I’m With Her, JD McPherson, Jeff Tweedy, Jon Langford and the Sturdy Nelsons, Justin Townes Earle, Kacy & Clayton, Kevin & Dustin Welch, Kieran Kane & Rayna Gellert, Langhorne Slim, Laurie Lewis & The Right Hands.

Live From Here with Chris Thile, Liz Brasher, Los Lobos, Marco and The Polos, Matador! Soul Sounds, Mavis Staples, Moonalice, Nancy & The Lambchops, Nick Lowe’s Quality Rock & Roll Revue with Los Straitjackets, Patty Griffin, Peter Rowan, Prairie Prince Presents “Tommy,” Raise Your Voice, Robert Finley, Robyn Hitchcock: Electrospective, Rodney Crowell, Roky Erickson, Sammy Brue, Sera Cahoone, Songcatching Hazel feat. Eli West, Ismay & Paper Wings, Steve Earle & The Dukes, Steve Forbert, The Brothers Gibb, The Dead South.

The Family Crest, The Flatlanders, The Go To Hell Man Band, The Greyboy Allstars, The Letterboxers feat. SF Middle Schoolers, The Lone Bellow, The Mastersons, The Wailin’ Jennys, Tim Barry, Tim O’Brien, Trampled by Turtles, Vetiver, Ween