Caltucky & Friends | 6th Annual Father's Day Fest Afterparty Jam
Sun, Jun 21
|Wild Eye Pub
Purveyors of country bluegrass soul pushing towards progressive picking and jamming with immersive instrumental improv, classic covers and original tunes. They'll be joined by friends and fest performers, from buskers to headliners and everyone in between.
Time & Location
Jun 21, 2026, 6:30 PM
Wild Eye Pub, 535 Mill St, Grass Valley, CA 95945, USA
About the event
Caltucky: A progressive bluegrass band from Northern California blending tradition, improvisation, and grit. With fiery banjo, soulful fiddle, and fearless harmonies, their sound sits somewhere between the mountains and the cosmos. High-energy, heartfelt, and impossible to stand still to!
Born in the foothills of Northern California, Caltucky is a progressive bluegrass band forging a sound as wild and genuine as the landscapes they come from. Merging the technical precision of traditional string music with the improvisational freedom of jam and Americana, Caltucky brings a modern spark to mountain-born roots.
The quartet — Marty Varner (guitar/mandolin, vocals), Kyle Kunert (banjo, vocals), Elijah McCullough (fiddle), and Tyler Miles (bass) — has become a rising force on the West Coast circuit, known for their kinetic live shows and boundary-stretching arrangements. Their sets weave blistering instrumentals, harmony-rich originals, and reimagined covers that shift from foot-stomping breakdowns to trancey groove explorations without ever losing the…