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We have recently created a website through CafePress to sell BBU and Joe Val Festival-related clothing, mugs, bags, and other specialty items online. Check it out!
Passim Folk Music and Cultureal Center in in Cambridge, MA hosts workshops in Banjo, Fiddle, Guitar, Mandolin, and other areas starting in September.
The Boston Bluegrass Union is a all-volunteer New England-based bluegrass
music association promoting and supporting bluegrass festivals,
concerts, jams and bluegrass music education throughout the Northeast.
We organize the Joe Val Bluegrass Festival in February as well as several concerts throughout the year. We also organize bluegrass
jams and picking parties and support several bluegrass music
workshops for children and adults. .Contrary to what our name suggests, we are not a labor or musicians union
- we're just a bunch of volunteers working to help keep
bluegrass music alive in America.
We also maintain the most up-to-date event calendar for bluegrass in New England, as well as collect information on bluegrass radio shows, bluegrass-oriented music shops, bluegrass instructors, and regional bluegrass bands. Check out our New England festival guide too.
Become a member, and you'll
receive ticket discounts to all of our events as well as our bi-monthly
newsletter "Bluegrass Breakdown". Annual memberships
start at only $15. We're also a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization, and gladly accept donations to help us conduct our educational activities
The Boston and New England area is one of the "hottest" bluegrass
music scenes in North America, and we invite you to come listen, learn,
and play this wonderful music.
Mondays starting mid/late July
Tony Watt Classes on Guitar, Mandolin, and Jamming
Cambridge, MA
- Int/Adv Soloing for Guitar and Mandolin
- Directed Slow Jam Class
- Intro to Lead Flatpick Guitar
- Intro to Bluegrass Mandolin
2nd and 4th Friday
Boston Front Porch
Brookline, MA
Monthly
Kids Jam
Brookline, MA
Every 4th Saturday 7pm-midnight
Stagecoach Inn
Groton, MA
Every Wednesday 7pm-10pm
Stagecoach Inn
Groton, MA
Wednesday, November 3, 2010
Hot Rize
with Red Knuckles and the Trailblazers
Lexington, MA
Saturday, December 4, 2010
Seldom Scene
Lexington, MA
February 18-20, 2011
Joe Val Bluegrass Festival
Framingham, MA