My good girl’s gone, and I’m left here to weep and moan.

I can’t go to the San Francisco Bluegrass and Old-Time Festival! This annual gathering of the best of the West looks like too much fun: it offers dances, concerts, workshops, and jams, with pickers and sangers that are keeping the grand old rural hillbilly tradition alive.

It’s already underway, so let’s join the action in progress. Photographer Mike Melnyk is on the scene, and posting his candid photos from the festival almost daily to his website. Here’s a taste. Read ’em and weep.

Thanks Mike!