The New Acoustic Collective at Bubb Park
Schedule
Sat Jun 06 2026 at 06:00 pm to 07:30 pm
UTC-07:00Location
680 Barbara Ave., Mountain View, CA, United States, California 94040 | Mountain View, CA
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The New Acoustic Collective put on a fantastic show last year, and we're looking forward to bringing them back!The band will be playing in the outdoor amphitheater at Bubb Park. This event will be BYOE (bring your own everything)! You're welcome to bring your own blanket, chairs, food, and drinks.
To support the musicians, we will be collecting a suggested cash donation of $15 per person or $30 per family. All donations will go directly to the musicians.
This event is sponsored by the Cuesta Park Neighborhood Association. We look forward to seeing you there!
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In 2017, The New Acoustic Collective was founded by Jason Keiser in the Bay Area of San Jose, CA.
The New Acoustic Collective features many of the top up and coming jazz, bluegrass, and classical musicians in the Bay Area combining a variety of strings to bring a modern and unique sound to the New Acoustic Music canon. The NAC continues to honor and innovate upon what The David Grisman Quintet and Tony Rice and The Tony Rice Unit did back in the late 60’s and 19070’s while writing all original instrumental music fusing bluegrass, jazz, latin, and world music styles.
Over the years, the NAC’s instrumentation and band size has varied from a trio, quintet, octet, and is now back to a quintet featuring Keiser (guitar), Elijah Chen (guitar), Trevor Gabriel (mandolin), Tim Lessler (fiddle), and Ryan Triolo (double bass).
Since being formed in 2017, The NAC has performed at IBMA’s World of Bluegrass in Raleigh NC as Official Showcase Artists, performed at The Grey Eagle in Asheville NC, as well as many venues in the Bay Area including Amado’s in San Francisco, The Back Room in Berkeley, the San Jose Jazz Summer Festival, San Mateo Art and Cultural festival and more.
The NAC has released 4 albums to date including “Buckwild” (2020), “Art of Acoustics” (2021) featuring special guest Wyatt Rice, “Amor en Ritmo” (2022) featuring special guests Thomas Cassell, Jim Kerwin of The David Grisman Quintet, Melissa Garay, and Mike Mullins. In August of 2025 the NAC released “Something New Acoustic: Live in Redwood City” featuring an octet of musicians performing live fusing jazz, bluegrass, latin and world music.
On July 24th 2026, The NAC will be releasing their 5th album “Double Course” on Adhyaropa Records featuring Thomas Cassell, Erik Jekabson, Jason Keiser, Elijah Chen, Gal Klein, and many others.
Appearing at Bubb Park includes Jason Keiser (guitar), Elijah Chen (guitar), Trevor Gabriel (mandolin), Tim Lessler (fiddle) and Ryan Triolo (double bass).
Press from Legends in the Industry:
“I couldn’t be more proud of how Jason and Company are carrying on the torch of New Acoustic, Dawg, and SpaceGrass music.” - Wyatt Rice
“As one of the progenitors of ’New Acoustic Music’ back in the 1970s I must say that I am overwhelmed by the evolution of the form and its continued excellence. This band ’The New Acoustic Collective’ is one of the most innovative to appear so far. These guys totally cook and their composing and arranging skills are awesome.” - Richard Greene
“These young West Coast musicians are carrying the torch high for Acoustic String Music, and I expect great things from them.” - Darol Anger
“These young cats are burning up some New Acoustic Music! Thanks guys.” - Mike Marshall
“I’m very happy to hear The New Acoustic Collective keeping the spirit of creative acoustic string band music alive.” - John Reischman
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