Hardly Strictly Bluegrass Festival's Frances Hellman talks COVID-19 pandemic musician relief fund, grant programs
SAN FRANCISCO (KGO) -- The global COVID-19 outbreak caused most Bay Area music and arts organizations to cancel in-person experiences in 2020, including San Francisco's iconic Hardly Strictly Bluegrass Festival. While the pandemic may have put a Golden Gate park tradition on hold, it has not stopped the team behind the event from working to support the local music and arts community in a financially-trying year. Frances Hellman, of Hardly Strictly Bluegrass and the Hellman Foundation, joined ABC7 on Friday to talk about community relief grants and initiatives that the festival has created to ...
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