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Meeting House Bluegrass Festival

Smith Meetinghouse 451 Meetinghouse Rd, Gilmanton, NH

New England’s Five Best Bluegrass Bands Saturday July 20, 2024 9:00AM - 8:00 PM 451 Meetinghouse Rd. Gilmanton, NH Free Rough Camping Fri & Sat with Advance Tickets Join us at “Smith Meetinghouse” for an AMAZING DAY OF BLUEGRASS! This event is the 250th Anniversary of the establishment of the Meetinghouse. The First Congregational Society in Gilmanton is a Non-Profit 501(c)(3) organization that maintains the historic buildings on this site. The Bluegrass Festival is a fundraising event to help the annual costs of maintaining and preserving the buildings and grounds. Bring your own lawn chairs, blankets and appetite, we will have great vendors onsite! *$50 Tickets at the gate or $45 available by check or money order through June 30, 2024 Please address check to “FCSG Meetinghouse” and mail to: 544 Meeting House Road, Gilmanton, NH 03237 Please include self-addressed, stamped envelope

$50

Meeting House Bluegrass Festival

Smith Meetinghouse 451 Meetinghouse Rd, Gilmanton, NH

New England’s Five Best Bluegrass Bands Saturday July 20, 2024 9:00AM - 8:00 PM 451 Meetinghouse Rd. Gilmanton, NH Free Rough Camping Fri & Sat with Advance Tickets Join us at “Smith Meetinghouse” for an AMAZING DAY OF BLUEGRASS! This event is the 250th Anniversary of the establishment of the Meetinghouse. The First Congregational Society in Gilmanton is a Non-Profit 501(c)(3) organization that maintains the historic buildings on this site. The Bluegrass Festival is a fundraising event to help the annual costs of maintaining and preserving the buildings and grounds. Bring your own lawn chairs, blankets and appetite, we will have great vendors onsite! *$50 Tickets at the gate or $45 available by check or money order through June 30, 2024 Please address check to “FCSG Meetinghouse” and mail to: 544 Meeting House Road, Gilmanton, NH 03237 Please include self-addressed, stamped envelope

$50

Ossipee Valley Music Festival

Ossipee Valley Fairgrounds 291 S. Hiram Road, Hiram, ME

Ossipee Valley is a music festival in Maine. The festival features four stages, food trucks, craft beer, yoga, barn dances, workshops, kids activities, craft vendors and camping. It is dreamily situated on the banks of the Ossipee river, amongst tall pines and goat barns, in southern Maine, under an hour from Portland or North Conway, and 2.5 hrs NW of Boston. The festival is known for featuring ascendant acts in roots, bluegrass, americana, folk, world, and blues music, but it is about more than just the music: Ossipee Valley is a community where all are welcome. Moon dancers, flatpickers, gangs of kids on bikes, barefoot granolas and retired RV grandmas, wallflowers, instigators, listeners, players, makers and shakers unite under the fresh summer sky. Come join us. Don't forget to join us for the Ossipee Valley String Camp-a 5 day immersive educational experience that comes with a pass to the festival, for seven whole days of musical bliss.

Backbeat 4th Thursday Jam – Beverly

Backbeat Brewing 31A Park, Beverly, MA

7-9:30 pm every 4th Thursday at Backbeat Brewing in Beverly, MA. Join us the 4th Thursday of every month to listen or play! All levels welcome. Our first jam in May was a big success with over twenty players jamming in the restaurant and out on the patio. Lively bluegrass filled the air and judging by the hearty applause, everyone loved it! The Backbeat menu feature two dozen delicious beers on tap, and the kitchen cooks up tasty thin-crust pizzas (including a gluten-free option) and various appetizers. Backbeat is located at 31 Park St (just off Rantoul), directly across the street from the Beverly Depot train station. There is plenty of on-street parking. Check Facebook for updates to the schedule.

Larry and Joe

Club Passim Cambridge, MA

Larry Bellorín hails from Monagas, Venezuela and is a legend of Llanera music. Joe Troop is from North Carolina and is a GRAMMY-nominated bluegrass and oldtime musician. Larry was forced into exile and is an asylum seeker in North Carolina. Joe, after a decade in South America, got stranded back in his stomping grounds in the pandemic. Larry works construction to make ends meet. Joe’s acclaimed “latingrass” band Che Apalache was forced into hiatus, and he shifted into action working with asylum seeking migrants. Currently based in the Triangle of North Carolina, both men are versatile multi-instrumentalists and singer-songwriters on a mission to show that music has no borders. As a duo they perform a fusion of Venezuelan and Appalachian folk music on harp, banjo, cuatro, fiddle, maracas, guitar, upright bass, and whatever else they decide to throw in the van. The program they offer features a distinct blend of their musical inheritances and traditions as well as storytelling about the ways that music and social movements coalesce.

$25

Lonesome Ace Stringband

Club Passim Cambridge, MA

Masters of their trade, The Lonesome Ace Stringband bring grit, skill and abandon to Americana music, bridging old-time, bluegrass and folk traditions into a seamless hybrid of original material that is at once fresh and timeless. Instrumentation alone sets this Toronto-based trio’s sound apart: consisting simply of fiddle (John Showman), clawhammer banjo (Chris Coole), and upright bass (Max Heineman). The spine-tingling harmonies and interchanging lead vocals only bring more magic to the equation. They’ve become festival favourites at Rockygrass, Celtic Connections, Winnipeg Folk Festival, Merlefest and regularly tour the USA, UK, Germany and, of course, Canada. With more than a decade of group music-making under their belts, they’re releasing their fifth album, a feisty and mighty collection of all-original material titled ‘Try To Make It Fly’ (October 13, 2023).

$25

Recurring

Concord Open Bluegrass Jam

The Concord Conservatory of Music 1317 Main Street, Concord, MA

The Concord Open Bluegrass Jam is a weekly, community driven jam session that prides itself in being an open space for local musicians and music-lovers to socially engage and create music together. Maxfield Anderson leads the group through vocal songs and instrumental tunes from a variety of musical traditions, including bluegrass, old time, classic country and western, blues, swing, and beyond. Musicians are encouraged—never required—to bring in songs to play with the group. The Jam is open to acoustic musicians including voice, fiddle, mandolin, guitar, banjo, dobro, bass, cello, harmonica, etc. and at all levels, as well as community members who wish to listen and enjoy the beautiful sanctuary. The Jam is open to the public. A $10 suggested donation is greatly appreciated! Thank you. July 11, 18 August 1, 29

$10

The Hazel Project at MrSippy

MrSippy BBQ 184 South Main Street, Rochester, NH

Some of New England's finest bluegrass musicians pay tribute to Hazel Dickens & Alice Gerrard.

$10

Common Picking Mini Bluegrass Festival (On-the-Common)

Parish Center for the Arts 10 Lincoln St, Westford, MA

A full day of music, learning sessions, jamming and all things Bluegrass! Pack lawn chairs, blankets, picnics and your instruments (if you'd like to partake!) Listeners are also very welcome, as there will be much to hear! Sessions begin at noon, with a special guest concert to cap the event in the early evening. Join us! Presented by Parish Center for the Arts. Sat, Aug 3 12:00 PM - 7:00 PM EDT Westford Common 10 Lincoln Street Westford, MA 01886

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