Boston Bluegrass Union

Tuftonboro Country, Bluegrass and Gospel Jam session
2024-10-08 18:30 - 21:30, 2024-10-15 18:30 - 21:30, 2024-10-22 18:30 - 21:30, 2024-10-29 18:30 - 21:30, 2024-11-05 18:30 - 21:30, 2024-11-12 18:30 - 21:30 (America/New_York) | The Old White Church, Center Tuftonboro, NH
The weekly Tuftonboro Country, Bluegrass & Gospel Music Jam Session continues at the historic Old White Church of Center Tuftonboro every Tuesday from 6:30 until about 9:30 pm. Fans of country, bluegrass and gospel music are invited to enjoy an evening of music. There is no admission charge, a donation is requested to help cover operational expenses. The Church is located on Route 109A, just across from the Tuftonboro General Store & Post Office. Everyone is invited to attend the jam session while enjoying cookies and a cup of coffee. For more info call Joe at 569-3861.

Bluegrass Jam at The Bebop
2024-10-09 21:00 - 23:30, 2024-10-16 21:00 - 23:30, 2024-10-23 21:00 - 23:30, 2024-10-30 21:00 - 23:30, 2024-11-06 21:00 - 23:30 | The Bebop, 1116 Boylston St, Boston, MA, 02116, United States
Bring your instrument and play some tunes with this talented bunch of bluegrass musicians! Or just come to eat and drink at The Bebop Boston.
Every Wednesday 9-midnight.

Concord Conservatory Open Bluegrass Jam
2024-10-10 19:30 - 21:00, 2024-10-17 19:30 - 21:00, 2024-10-24 19:30 - 21:00, 2024-10-31 19:30 - 21:00, 2024-11-07 19:30 - 21:00 | Concord Conservatory of Music, 1317 Main Street, Concord, MA, 01742, United States
The Open Bluegrass Jam is back!
Thursdays, 7:30 – 9:00 pm in the sanctuary
Open to bluegrass players at all levels – guitar, mandolin, banjo, fiddle, dobro, bass, singers – join Max Anderson as he calls the tunes, posts the charts, and leads the group (at a manageable speed) through the great repertoire of tunes and songs from the bluegrass tradition.
Open to musicians and those who just want to listen and observe.
Jam dates:
December 2, 9, and 16, January 6, 13, 20, and 27, February 3, 10, and 17, March 3, 10, 17, 24, and 31, April 7, 14, and 28, May 5, 12, 19, and 26
$10 suggested donation is greatly appreciated to support the program.

GuitartownCT Presents The Tray Wellington Band
2024-10-12 19:30 - 22:00 | GuitartownCT at Cafe Amici, 1640 Whitney Ave, Hamden, CT, 06517, United States
Saturday, October 12, 7:30 pm at Cafe Amici, 1640 Whitney Avenue, Hamden, CT.
Tickets $30.
Tray is a young banjo virtuoso, and a 2 time IBMA winner. His hard driving young band have their feet in traditional bluegrass, and their hearts in progressive string music.
Guitar/ Nick Weitzenfeld
Mandolin-fiddle/ Josiah Nelson
Bass/ Katelynn Bohn
Banjo/ Tray Wellington
Festival favorites, catch this rising star while you can!

Tray Wellington Band
2024-10-12 19:30 - 22:00 | GuitartownCT at Cafe Amici, 1640 Whitney Ave, Hamden, CT, 06517, United States
Based in Raleigh, NC, banjo star Tray Wellington has received a number of accolades, including two awards from IBMA — 2019 IBMA Momentum Instrumentalist of the Year and 2019 Momentum Band of the Year (with Cane Mill Road). Tray can now be found performing all over the country with Tray Wellington Band.

Old Time Jam at The Bebop
2024-10-13 19:00 - 22:00, 2024-10-20 19:00 - 22:00, 2024-10-27 19:00 - 22:00, 2024-11-03 19:00 - 22:00, 2024-11-10 19:00 - 22:00 | The Bebop, 1116 Boylston St, Boston, MA, 02116, United States
Groovy old time jam every Sunday night, 7-10 pm.

3rd Friday Jam at PCA
2024-10-18 19:00 - 22:30 | Parish Center for the Arts, 10 Lincoln St, Westford, MA, 01886, United States
Featuring, but not limited to Bluegrass music
Bring your Guitar, Banjo, Fiddle, Bass, Dobro, Harp (all types), mandolin,
bones, etc.. and come and enjoy a night of great music.
The Parish Center For The Arts (The PCA). 10 Lincoln Street Westford, MA
PCA is a BYOB facility, so feel free to bring snacks, a bottle, whatever!
Please bring whatever you need, and be sure to police up everything when we go. I ask you to leave no trash, garbage, bottles, cans, etc behind.
There are chairs and tables as needed.
This is a pass-the-hat event, with proceeds going to the PCA to offset the cost of our usage.
Welcome to players of all skill levels and audiences alike.
Free parking
Monthly on 3rd Fridays, 7-10pm

Eugene Tyler Band at Lizard Lounge
2024-10-23 20:00 - 23:30 | Lizard Lounge, 1667 Massachusetts Avenue , Cambridge, MA, 02138, United States
Eugene Tyler Band with Cannon Rogers and lighthearted live at the Lizard Lounge Oct 23rd.

Event is 21+
$15/$18 door
Doors at 7
Indie-bluegrass trio Eugene Tyler Band is, at their core, a road band, who’ve spent years cutting their teeth on the bluegrass festival circuit and clubs across the northeast. Their newest record, Low It Goes, captures the free-wheeling intensity of those live shows and showcases the cathartic, irreverent songwriting that has won them fans all over the country. As songwriter Eugene Gardner says, “You learn a lot about yourself as a band when you’re playing 3 hours a night, and it’s forced us to step up our game in a way that I’m really proud of.” Sharing stages with bands like Billy Strings, the Kitchen Dwellers, Driftwood, and the Mountain Grass Unit, ETB has carved out a unique voice in the bluegrass scene, with cutting, often humorous songs, and a fast & loose approach that calls back to influences like the Clash and Drive-By Truckers.

Dinner Concert at Seashore Trolley Museum
2024-10-26 16:30 - 19:30 | Seashore Trolley Museum, 195 Log Cabin Rd, ME, Kennebunkport, ME, United States
Celebrate the cool fall days with a delicious catered dinner at the historic Seashore Trolley Museum. Take a trolley ride before dinner! Dinner runs 4:30-5:30. Southern Rail’s concert runs 5:30-7:30

Southern Rail at Seashore Trolley Museum
2024-10-26 16:30 - 19:30 | Seashore Trolley Museum, 195 Log Cabin Rd, ME, Kennebunkport, ME, United States
Southern Rail will fill South Boston Carhouse at Seashore Trolley Museum with an exuberant blend of upbeat bluegrass and riveting vocals on Saturday, October 26. This event promises to be a full house, featuring lush harmonies, irrepressible good humor, and sparkling banjo, guitar, mandolin and bass, all with antique trolleys in the background. Come early to browse the wonderful exhibits and to take an evening trolley ride! Those who would like to also join us for dinner, you’re in for a treat! Seashore Fan Favorite For The Love of Food & Drink will be providing dinner in between the trolley ride and the concert as an option to our event guests.
4:30PM: Evening trolley ride departs from the museum’s Visitors Center.
5PM: Dinner by For The Love of Food & Drink is served inside the museum’s Exhibit Room, inside the Visitors Center. If the weather is right, enjoy dinner just outside the Exhibit Room on the trolley boarding platform.
5:30PM-7:30PM: Southern Rail performs inside the museum’s South Boston Carhouse, a short walk or trolley ride from the Visitors Center. Parking is available next to South Boston Carhouse for those with mobility challenges. There will be a 15-minute intermission with a trolley shuttle available to bring guests to restrooms in the Visitors Center.
Ticket options include the following:
Trolley Ride, Dinner & Southern Rail Concert (4:30PM)
Adults: $40
Youth Under 12: $25
Children Under 3: Free
Just the Southern Rail Concert (5:30PM)
Adults: $20
Youth Under 12: $10
Children Under 3: Free

Bluegrass Music Through the Years with The Splinters
2024-11-02 19:00 - 21:30 | Follen Church, 755 Massachusetts Ave, Lexington, MA, 02420, United States
The program surveys bluegrass music from its roots in early country and fiddle/banjo music
to more progressive acoustic music with the same instrumentation. The Splinters cover old time fiddle tunes and The Carter Family to Bill Monroe, Flatt and Scruggs, The Stanley Brothers, and other traditional bands, landing in more progressive groups such as David Grisman, Bela Fleck, and modern ‘old time’ like John Hartford and Andrew Marlin. Participants will learn about these different styles of music and what makes them unique, but part of the same fabric. We will also discuss the role of each instrument in the group and how that creates the whole sound you experience. There will be plenty of music involved.

The Splinters, a bluegrass and old-time string band from Massachusetts, deliver a relentless groove to accompany their tight 3-part harmonies. Tom Pritchard (fiddle) brings the heat to his fiddle playing. J Johnson (mandolin) adds a jazzy flair to his breaks. Chris Reckling (guitar, banjo) picks solid rhythm and punchy leads on top of Garrett Wallace’s grooving bass fiddle. A Splinters set veers from straight ahead bluegrass to traditional fiddle tunes and back, with the occasional detour into a modern song. They released their first album as a quartet, “Grey Owl”. Their second album, “In the Pale Moonlight“, was released in August, 2023. Both are available on all major streaming platforms and on Bandcamp.

Blackstone River Theater presents Southern Rail
2024-11-09 19:00 - 21:00 | Blackstone River Theater, 549 Broad St., Cumberland, RI, United States
Bluegrass is back at the Blackstone River Theater with fan favorites: Southern Rail on Saturday, Nov. 6th at 7:00 pm. Celebrating over forty years of performing, Southern Rail’s bluegrass is high-octane exuberant fun, with lush harmonies, irrepressible humor and sparkling banjo, mandolin, and guitar.
