Jams and Picking Parties

Acoustic Jam the 1st Thursday of the Month from 7-9pm at The Fiddle Center, PO Box 644, 300 East Main St. (Rt 9), East Brookfield, Ma. 01515. http://www.fiddlecenter.com/ The jam is open to anyone who enjoys playing acoustic music with other musicians. A variety of musicians show up regularly for the jams with fiddles,mandolins,banjos,dulcimers,bass,guitars,and dobros. Styles vary from old-time to gospel to bluegrass to classic rock. For more information call 508.867.6600 or email at [email protected].

Weekly bluegrass jam Saturdays from 2-5pm in Somerville, MA at The Burrren, 247 Elm Street, Somerville, MA 02144. Each week will feature guests, and the jam will likely be followed by The Bagboys from 5-8pm. All pickers welcome. Venue site: http://www.burren.com/More info at Http://frankdrake.org or http://www.bagboys.com

Old Time Jam, every Sunday from 6-9pm at the Skellig Pub, 240 Moody Street , Waltham Massachusetts. Info: 781 647 0679. Hosted by Alan Kaufman . FREE!!!! This in an old time music jam with a fair amount of singing too!!! So bring your fiddles, banjos, guitars, mandolins, basses, harmonicas and clogging shoes - and voices . The food is good too some come for dinner !!!!. This evening is guaranteed to be fun.

First Sunday Jam Sessions from 1-4pm - held at 56 Lincoln Ave South Hadley, MA 01075  RSVP if you plan on coming to the jam through the website:www.sweetmusicstudio.net.  We'll send you directions. The jam is all acoustic, mostly Bluegrass, Americana and Folk. Open to the public.  If you play an acoustic instrument, you are welcome and encouraged to come.  We sit around a circle and take turns calling out pieces.  It's a lot of fun in a relaxing and safe environment. Great for people who want to play in a group, but don't get a lot of opportunities to do so.

Bluegrass jam at Woodland Meeting House (formerly Maple Glen Inn), East Killingly Road, Foster, RI, 1st Sunday of every month starting at 2 p.m. Info: 401-647-3838. Directions: take route 94 to East Killingly road and go about 2 miles. The inn is on the left.

Acoustic Jam Every Monday, 7 to 9 PM, O'Conells Pub,  http://oconnellspub.net/ 700 Worcester Road (Rt. 9 Eastbound, Across from Trader Joe's) Framingham, MA 01702  http://oconnellspub.net/ FREE. Contact info: [email protected] All skill levels and acoustic instruments welcome: guitar, mandolin, fiddle,violin, banjo, dobro, bass and others. Join us at 7:00pm every Monday. This is a jam, not a performance or open mike, so leave your stage anxieties at home.This is strictly for fun! Bring your instrument (and your music if you like).This is an excellent way to meet other musicians, improve your skills and enjoy an evening playing acoustic music.

Connecticut Bluegrass Jam. Fellowship hall, Newtown United Methodist Church, 92 Church Hill Road, Newtown, CT. Every second Thursday, 7:30 to 10:30pm All levels invited Directions: Exit 10 off I-84, if traveling east from NY, turn right, if traveling west from Hartford, left turn off exit. 1/2 mile down hill, on right, park behind the Church. At the western end of route 34, ¼ mile north up Church Hill road on left. Contact: Chuck Samson (203) 270-0159 [email protected]

Second Sunday Jam Location: Quarry Ridge Golf Course and Restaurant, 9 Rose Hill Road, Portland, CT 06480. Time: 3:00PM-5:30PM Second Sunday of each month Contact: Kathy at [email protected]   Website: www.quarryridge.com

Acoustic Country/Bluegrass Jam every 3rd Thursday; excluding July and August, at the Mt. Holyoke Masonic Lodge, 15 North Main St., South Hadley, MA., 7pm.   Call or e-mail Ron Jackson, 413-532-0132 or [email protected], before making the trip.   Right next to Dave Helman's Country Corner Coffeehouse concert series in South Hadley. Directions: From I-91 take exit 16 (Rte. 202 North) 2.7 mi. across bridge to traffic circle. Take first exit. (So.Hadley Falls). Lodge is next to the brick church at the bottom of the hill. From Mass Pike take exit 5. Bear right after toll. Left on Rte. 33 North 3.7 mi. to Rte. 202 South (left) 1.5 mi. to traffic circle. Take 4th exit (So. Hadley Falls). Lodge is next to the brick church at the bottom of the hill. Come pick & strum & sing, or come just to listen!

Monthly jam in Bristol CT on the 3rd Saturday of the month . Residents of the Center listen to the pickers for the first hour or so and then they go to lunch . The next two hours we're pretty much on our own. Downstairs at the Bristol Nursing Care Center, corner of Bellevue & Sessions Street, Bristol, CT. 12:30- 3:30 PM. For Info contact - Bill Banulski 860 922-5134. Directions: From RT 84 Take Rt 72 west into Bristol -turn right onto Main St. Then Right onto Sessions St. Nursing Home is at the corner of Sessions & Bellevue - Downstairs-Rear -enter from parking Lot