Hardly Strictly adds a slew of names, but remarkably remains free

By Alex Young on July 31st, 2008

Last we checked on Hardly Strictly Bluegrass, the folk-friendly music festival had just finished unveiling its initial lineup. Headed by the likes of Robert Plant & Allison Krauss, Gogol Bordello, and Loudon Wainwright III, the bill alone already made the San Francisco based event, scheduled to go down between October 3 and 5 at Golden Gate Park, worthwhile. Alright, the whole thing about being free helped as well.

Amazingly however, the eighth edition of Hardly Strictly has gotten even better thanks to a new and rather vast number of additions. Among note? Emmylou Harris, Elvis Costello, and Ben Kweller certainly catch our attention as does the inclusion of MC Hammer.

Check out all the new additions, included on the new poster, below. Of course, there is no need to include ticket information because there are no tickets!