https://www.mercurynews.com/2022/09/22/hardly-strictly-bluegrass-12-awesome-acts-to-catch-at-2022-festival/ > Expect to see even more smiles than usual when the beloved Hardly Strictly Bluegrass makes its long awaited return to Golden Gate Park in San Francisco Sept. 30-Oct. 2. > It marks the first in-person HSB since 2019. The 2020 and 2021 events were online-only affairs due to concerns over the COVID-19 pandemic.