Dan Tyminski Band on stage at Joe Val Bluegrass festival.

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Bluegrass and Old Time Music Events are subject to approval. Please include the basics – what, when, where, cost, url.

Event Series Old Time Almost Friday

Old Time Almost Friday

Lily P’s Fried Chicken & Oysters 50 Binney St., Cambridge, MA, United States

Every week through May at Lily P’s in Cambridge, MA. Weekly performances and jams all night at various levels, led by local players.

Sierra Hull

Groton Hill Music Center 122 Old Ayer Road, Groton, MA, United States

Sierra Hull is widely regarded to be a as a master of her instrument; A two-time Grammy Nominated artist and songwriter, recognized for both her most recent projects, 25 Trips (2020) and Weighted Mind (2016), she is also the 4x recipient of IBMA’s Mandolin Player of the Year, the first woman to ever receive this […]

$45
Event Series JP Bluegrass Jam

JP Bluegrass Jam

Long-standing Boston bluegrass and acoustic music jam. In the winter, it is hosted at Hamilton Restaurant in Brookline. In pleasant weather, find the jam at Jamaica Pond. Contact Joe Lutz.

Event Series Backbeat Brewing Bluegrass Jam

Backbeat Brewing Bluegrass Jam

Backbeat Brewing 31A Park, Beverly, MA, United States

All pickers, singers and Bluegrass fans are invited to join us on the 2nd and 4th Thursdays of every month at Backbeat Brewing in Beverly, MA.  The jam starts at 7pm and runs until at least 10 (usually ends closer to midnight!) There is plenty of on-street parking. (Meters run to 8pm in Beverly) The […]

The Heather Mumford Project at Rozzie (un)PorchFest

Distraction Brewery 2 Belgrade Ave., Roslindale, MA, United States

The Heather Mumford Project will be playing at Distraction Brewery, as part of Roslindale (Un)Porchfest on Friday, April 11 at 6:30pm. 1 night, 15 bands, 4 venues all in Rozzie Village. All proceeds go to support Roslindale PorchFest this summer. Hope to see you there! Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/heatherm_musicSoundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/mike-ekim-1/sets/the-heather-mumford-project https://roslindaleporchfest.org/unporch-fest-2025

Rock’n Grass Band at Harvest Grille

Harvest Grille 1 Princeton St., Jefferson, MA, United States

Come enjoy cocktails and fine dining at the Harvest Grille in Jefferson MA (part of the town of Holden) while being serenaded by bluegrass and classic rock crossovers on bluegrass instruments! Kim Bourgeois – vocals and harmonica Mike Bourgeois – upright bass Lou Abbondanzo – vocals and guitar Peter Fein – vocals and banjo

The Hazel Project at the Word Barn

The Word Barn 66 Newfields Road, Exeter, New Hampshire, United States

Get ready for a night of exceptional music as The Hazel Project comes to The Word Barn playing tribute to the music written and recorded by bluegrass pioneers and legendary musicians, Hazel Dickens and Alice Gerrard. With Betsy Heron (fiddle), Gretchen Bowder (banjo), Whitney Roy (guitar), and Lindsay Lassonde (bass), The Hazel Project features sweet […]

$25

Jacob Jolliff Band

Shalin Liu Performance Center 37 Main Street, Rockport, MA, United States

After wowing audiences as part of Béla Fleck’s band in 2022 and then with his band in 2023, mandolinist Jacob Jolliff returns to Rockport. A former member of two massively popular progressive bluegrass bands, Joy Kills Sorrow and the Yonder Mountain String Band, Jolliff remains one of the country’s premier contemporary mandolinists.  

$25

Boston Bluegrass Union

New England’s premiere source for bluegrass music

[email protected]
PO Box 650061
West Newton, MA 02465-0061

857-326-6440


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