A Three-Day Date With No Manifest
Hardly Strictly Bluegrass 2026 runs Friday October 2 to Sunday October 4 in Golden Gate Park, San Francisco. The festival takes no ticket and charges no admission.
No ticket means no manifest. The FAQ, the schedule page and the map carry no attendance figure and no capacity figure.
The Rate Line The Date Sits In
Engine puts San Francisco at $165 a night across 3.1 million public rate observations from May 2024 to April 2026. The figures are par rates, the cheapest public price at the time of each search, observed 10 to 180 days before check-in.
October averages $176, seven percent above the city average, and the three festival dates sit in October. September averages $192 and March $197, the two peaks of the year. December averages $129. The city ranks 18th of 50 markets at 11 percent above the $148 median.
Thirty-five percent separates the cheapest month from the priciest in the monthly table.
The Programme Behind The Dates
The 2026 schedule page lists 71 sets across six stages: 17 on Friday, 28 on Saturday and 26 on Sunday. The Rooster Stage is dark on Friday, so Friday runs five stages and the weekend runs six.
Entrances open at 11 a.m. Friday and 9 a.m. Saturday and Sunday. Performances end at 7 p.m. daily, with Friday running 1 p.m. to 7 p.m. and the weekend running 11 a.m. to 7 p.m.
What The Organiser Publishes On Rooms
The FAQ carries no room block. It names no host property and publishes no rate.
Visitors who want a room get a referral to the Chamber of Commerce, a travel site or the San Francisco Convention & Visitors Bureau. The listing points to www.sfvisitor.org and to the Visitor Information Center on 415-391-2000, toll free 888-782-9673.
The Booking Record A Desk Holds
The published record gives three dates, a daily 7 p.m. curtain and an October rate line. It gives no block, no host property and no rate.
A reservations desk working these dates sets its own booking window and its own price basis from the October line. That is a planning read of the published record.