Concord Conservatory Open Bluegrass Jam
2024-07-04 19:30 - 21:00, 2024-07-11 19:30 - 21:00, 2024-07-18 19:30 - 21:00 (America/New_York) | 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.

Golden Rod Bluegrass Festival
2024-07-06 09:00 - 17:00 | Golden Rod Bluegrass Festival, 625 Old Homestead Highway, Swanzey, NH, 03446, United States
The Goldenrod Bluegrass Festival-2024 will be held on Saturday July 6, 2024 from 09:00 AM to 5:00 PM, at the Goldenrod Grange Hall located at 625 Olde Homestead Highway in Swanzey New Hampshire.
Returning are Southern Rail, The Splinters and The New Englanders and for the first time in Swanzey, Mr. Bill. People of all ages will enjoy a day of traditional bluegrass including standards, originals and gospel tunes.
Inside the Goldenrod Grange Hall, patrons will find the Goldenrod Coffee Shop serving coffee and goodies, the gift shop selling clothing including tee shirts as well as mugs and other items related to the festival. Seating for the BBQ will also be available.
Tickets are 40.00 each and include: the day long music festival, Firefighter’s open fire chicken BBQ. Field Picking near the grounds and plenty of parking at any of the town’s school lots conveniently located across the street from the Grange Hall.

Bluegrass Brunch at The Bebop
2024-07-07 12:00 - 15:00 | The Bebop, 1116 Boylston St, Boston, MA, 02116, United States
Join us for some mimosa’s and breakfast while listening to your favorite bluegrass tunes! Feel free to bring your instruments and join in!
Hosted by Dan Africk.

JP Jam
2024-07-07 14:00 - 16:00 | MA
Mostly bluegrass jam at the Jamaica Pond boathouse when the weather is nice.

Old Time Jam at The Bebop
2024-07-07 19:00 - 22:00, 2024-07-14 19:00 - 22:00, 2024-07-21 19:00 - 22:00 | The Bebop, 1116 Boylston St, Boston, MA, 02116, United States
Groovy old time jam every Sunday night, 7-10 pm.

Tuftonboro Country, Bluegrass and Gospel Jam session
2024-07-09 18:30 - 21:30, 2024-07-16 18:30 - 21:30 | 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.

Grain Thief Residency
2024-07-10 19:00 - 22:00 | The Burren, 247 Elm Street, Somerville, MA, 02144, United States
Wednesday nights in The Front Room. 5 piece stringband playing everything from bluegrass to old time to cajun to plain ol’ Americana.

Bluegrass Throedown at Nick-a-Nees
2024-07-10 20:30 - 23:30 | Nick-A-Nee’s, 75 South Street, Providence, RI, 02907, United States
Bluegrass every week featuring local and touring bands from all over New England and beyond.
Wednesdays 8:30 – Cash only bar, tip the band, too!
Providence, RI’s finest dive bar.

Bluegrass Jam at The Bebop
2024-07-10 21:00 - 23:30, 2024-07-17 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.

The New Grown-Ups
2024-07-11 19:00 - 22:00 | The Porch Southern Fare and Juke Joint, 175 Rivers Edge Drive, Medford, MA, 02155, United States
The New Grown-Ups put a modern twist on American roots music, blending traditional folk, country, blues, celtic, old time, originals, and bluegrass into contemporary acoustic music.

Concord Open Bluegrass Jam
2024-07-11 19:30 - 21:00 | The Concord Conservatory of Music, 1317 Main Street, Concord, MA, 01742, United States
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

Harry Smith Frolic
2024-07-12 17:00 - 2024-07-14 17:00 | Camp Kiwanee, Camp Kiwanee Road, Hanson, MA, 02341, United States
Camping and old time jam weekend in Greenfield, MA
On the Green River at Camp Keewanee, Greenfield, Mass.
July 12-14, 2024
Friday 5pm through Sunday 5pm
(No early birds! Day Camp in session weekdays)
Suggested donation: $40/weekend or $20/day
Summer day camp facilities including:
•Unfurnished cabins to play music in (no beds)
•Bathrooms and showers
•Picnic pavilion & basketball court
•Camping and parking on flat ground
•Frolicking in the Green River
•Swimming Pool open select hours
Saturday Morning Secular River Immersions
Potluck Saturday Night
&
Midnight Reenactment Vol. 2 Harry Smith Anthology
This volume has everything: fiddle & string band tunes, cajun, gospel, blues, shape note. So study up!

Old Time Jam at The Burren
2024-07-14 18:00 - 21:00 | The Burren, 247 Elm Street, Somerville, MA, 02144, United States
Long-standing, weekly Sunday night old time jam led by Alan Kaufman and friends in the Front Room.

Bluegrass Tuesdays at Lily P's Jams
2024-07-16 17:00 - 23:30 | Lily P’s Fried Chicken & Oysters, 50 Binney St., Cambridge, MA, 02142, United States
In addition to the weekly concerts at Lily P’s there is a lot of jamming happening all over the restaurant and outside. Also:
Beginner & Intermediate Bluegrass Jams at Lily P’s
There are now three distinct jams scheduled nearly every week:
(1) The weekly Beginner-to-Intermediate Bluegrass Jam continues to meet nearly every Tuesday starting at 5:15 pm at Lily P’s (but you’ll have to email me at tonywatt@gmail.com to be sure). This is a “teacher-directed” jam where we never know what songs we’re going to play, but we’re limited to no instrumentals and no very fast nor very complex songs.
(2) The Intermediate Bluegrass Jam hosted by Kelley meets every week starting at 6:30 pm. This jam is likely suitable for those who have some experience jamming already and can play songs and tunes, recognize chord changes, and play well with others.
(3) The Int/Adv Bluegrass Jam hosted by Wayne usually starts at 7 pm. This jam typically evolves out of the Intermediate Jam and then moves out back unless the weather is nice enough to play outside.

For more information about any of these jams, please email me at tonywatt@gmail.com

Zoe and Cloyd with Evan Murphy
2024-07-16 19:00 - 22:00 | The Burren, 247 Elm Street, Somerville, MA, 02144, United States
Zoe & Cloyd – The innovative “klezgrass” music of Zoe & Cloyd springs from the rich traditions and complementary styles of fiddler/vocalist Natalya Zoe Weinstein and multi-instrumentalist/vocalist John Cloyd Miller. Descending from a lineage of klezmer and jazz musicians, Natalya trained classically in her home state of Massachusetts before moving south in 2004. John, a twelfth generation North Carolinian and grandson of pioneering bluegrass fiddler, Jim Shumate, is a 1st place winner of the prestigious Chris Austin Songwriting Contest and the Hazel Dickens Songwriting Contest. Based in Asheville, NC, Natalya and John are also experienced educators and are both instructors in the traditional music program at Warren Wilson College.
With B.B. Bowness and Nate Sabat.
Evan Murphy opens.
$20 advance; $25 at the door.

Weekly BG Jam at MrSippy
2024-07-17 18:00 - 20:30 | MrSippy BBQ, 184 South Main Street, Rochester, NH, 03867, United States
Bluegrass and BBQ Jam in NH every Wednesday, 6-8:30 pm

Jamvember in July!
2024-07-19 - 2024-07-21 | Camp Kiwanee, Camp Kiwanee Road, Hanson, MA, 02341, United States
JamVember in July, a weekend-long bluegrass non-festival, will be held on the 19th, 20th & 21st of July
at Camp Kee-wanee in Greenfield, MA just 10 minutes from the intersection of Rt. 2 & I-91.
It starts at 6 pm on Friday and ends at 1 pm on Sunday.
https://jamvember.com/index.html for more information

3rd Friday Jam at PCA
2024-07-19 19:00 - 21:00 | 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

Aoife O’Donovan and Hawktail: All My Friends Tour
2024-07-19 20:00 - 22:00 | Groton Hill Music Center, 122 Old Ayer Road, Groton, MA, 01450, United States
Aoife O’Donovan and Hawktail join together for a night of joyous music. Hawktail opens the evening with their signature songs and cosmopolitan sound. Aoife O’Donovan will then take the stage with Hawktail as her band, performing songs from the Grammy-award winning musician’s 4th studio album All My Friends (out March 22, 2024).
O’Donovan continues to enchant audiences worldwide with her soul-stirring music and unwavering passion for storytelling through song. Deemed “a vocalist of unerring instinct” by the New York Times, she has released three critically-acclaimed and boundary-blurring solo albums including literarily crafted Age Of Apathy, which received three Grammy nominations.
Her newest album, All My Friends is based around a collection of songs Aoife O’Donovan wrote, inspired by women’s suffrage and the passage of the 19th amendment. The album is a deep dive into the reimagining of the life of Carrie Chapman Catt – one of the movement’s leaders and founder of the League of Women Voters – juxtaposed with Aoife’s own experiences as a woman and mother.
Hawktail is the acoustic instrumental trio of fiddler Brittany Haas, bassist Paul Kowert, and guitarist Jordan Tice. Though at first glance it looks like an acoustic super-picker side-project, their all-original music is cohesive and unique, distinguishing them as an ensemble with a sound built from the ground up. Flush with orchestral sweeps and sparse vigils, with strains of the American South and the North Atlantic. Together, they have fostered a reputation as a rare ensemble of composers and instrumentalists able to take the listener on a journey, without the use of words.

Little Wishbone at Mr. Sippy's BBQ
2024-07-19 20:00 - 22:00 | MrSippy BBQ, 184 South Main Street, Rochester, NH, 03867, United States
Little Wishbone is a rollicking old-time string band based in the New Hampshire & Maine seacoast. If you like Old Hat Stringband or Green Heron, you’ll love Little Wishbone! $10 cover

Meeting House Bluegrass Festival
2024-07-20 09:00 - 20:00 | Smith Meetinghouse, 451 Meetinghouse Rd, Gilmanton, NH, 32370, United States
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

Brookline Old Time Jam
2024-07-21 13:00 - 15:00 | st pauls episcopal church, 79 Cross St., Gardner, MA, 01440, United States
Held every Sunday 1-3 in either St Paul’s Church inside or along the Charles River at Herter Park.
Hosted by Andrew Tanis

We get together and play old-time music. During the warmer months we meet outdoors at Herter Park Boston, MA. Once it’s cold we meet indoors in Brookline, MA.

Join us if you play fiddle, clawhammer banjo, guitar, cello, bass, mandolin, ukulele, autoharp, pennywhistle or anything else, or join us to listen and/or dance.

Check for weekly details on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/427113585480922

Old Crow Medicine Show w Molly Tuttle
2024-07-21 19:30 - 22:30 | Roadrunner Boston, 89 Guest St, Boston, MA, 02135, United States
At Roadrunner Boston.
