hardly strictly bluegrass 8 (http://www.hardlystrictlybluegrass/) took place in oct of last year and is the 8th installment of this amazing FREE festival in golden gate park that is paid for by warren hellman as a gift to the city (and, as he likes to say, his own selfish desire to see great music) and produced by the amazing folks at slims/gamh and sheri/ryan @ mercenary productions.