Upcoming Bluegrass Related Events

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Wide Open Spaces with Jesse Hanson

UnCommon Coffeehouse 24 Vernon Street, Framingham

Wide Open Spaces with Jesse Hanson Friday, November 1 8:00 PM UnCommon Coffeehouse 24 Vernon St., Framingham, MA http://www.uncommoncoffeehouse.org/ $12 In Advance, $15.00 At the Door, $10.00 Seniors (+65) and Students (-21) "For more info" Visit our Website http://www.uncommoncoffeehouse.org/images/map.jpg Wide Open Spaces with Jesse Hanson Wide Open Spaces featuring Marie Rocheleau-Demers, Peter Anick, Matt Carlen, Chris Dombrowski, and Glenn Nelson follows in the tradition of groups like Claire Lynch and the Punch Brothers, who use bluegrass instrumentation to play a wide range of music. Their brand of “bluegrass without borders” will take you to Caribbean islands, California gold country, Celtic ceilidhs and the Kentucky hills. Also multi-instrumentalist Jesse Hanson. http://jessehanson.me/

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Firebox Bluegrass Music Series

Firebox Restaurant 539 Broad Street, Hartford, CT

The Firebox Restaurant, a great venue at 539 Broad St., Hartford, Ct., hosts a Sunday evening bluegrass series with music starting at 5:00 PM. The Hartford area has been without regular bluegrass venues for too long, and together with local businesses and area farm markets, the Firebox Restaurant is proud to sponsor not only fresh local foods, but nowfine local bluegrass! Local brewery specials are the best! Your hosts for this venue are long time singing partners Nick Novia & Joe DeLillo, anchoring BigApple'achia and TrueGrass, two veteran traditional bluegrass bands. This will be a combination of both bands plus! The duo is excited about their plans which include inviting musicians that travel through the area, and it is our intention to make the Firebox "the" place to stop for bluegrass! Stop in, or contact us if you would like to play here! http://www.fireboxrestaurant.com/ http://www.myspace.com/bigappleachia http://truegrass.net/ [email protected]

Sunday Night Firebox Bluegrass Series-Grass Routes

Firebox Restaurant 539 Broad Street, Hartford, CT

Grass Routes "Connecticut's favorite bluegrass band!" Sunday, November 3, 2013,  5:00 PM The Firebox Restaurant "The friendliest room in bluegrass!" 539 Broad St Hartford, CT 06106 www.fireboxrestaurant.com for info call 203-650-3492 Check out this great article on the Bluegrass Series by Dick Bowden in BluegrassToday's webzine! http://tinyurl.com/76264bu Hello *|UPPER:FNAME|* Don't forget to check our Facebook page and sign on!! http://www.facebook.com/home.php?#!/group.php?gid=122691277758554&ref=ts Grass Routes Check the website! http://www.grassroutesbluegrass.com/Site_1/Home.html ...and as always, as many Appalachian Pals as we can find...will also be    there to help out during the middle break!    You? No cover, tips encouraged...powerfully! Can't make it this week, wow...look who's coming 2013 Nov 10-Cornfed Dogs ‘n Cats-CT/MA Nov 17-NO BLUEGRASS Nov 24-Amy Gallatin-CT Dec 01-Hot Mustard-VT/NH Dec 08-Too Blue-CT/NY Dec 15-New England Bluegrass Band-NE Dec 22-BigApple’achia-NYC/CT 2014 Jan 05-Driftwood-NY Jan 12-Southeast Expressway-MA Jan 19-Michelle Canning and Rough Edges-MA Jan 26-Cricket Tell the Weather-CT Feb 02-The Lonely Heartstrings Band-MA Feb 23-Chasing Blue-MA The  Firebox wins "Best Restaurant in Hartford!" http://www.ct.com/entertainment/best-of-ct/2012/hartford/local-favorites-hartford/wtxx-best-of-hartford-2012-local-favorites-hartford-best-restaurant-20120412,0,5779118.story Take it from me...the Firebox is great!  The menu, full of fresh and local items, is amazing! Nick Novz BigApple'achia Music Cornfed Dogs https://www.facebook.com/CornfedDogs TrueGrassCT Appalachian Pals The Best In Bluegrass and Mountain MusicCoordinate your bluegrass event? Information/Booking/MC/Event planning nnovia  "AT" gmail.com  

Tips, strongly encouraged

Eight Mile River Band at Quarry Ridge

Quarry Ridge Golf Course and Restaurant 9 Rose Hill Road,, Portland, CT

Nov 3  Eight Mile River Band @ Quarry Ridge, 9A Rose Hill Road. Portland, Ct, 6:00 – 8:30 PM 860 859-1548

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Bluegrass Sit-in

Taps Tavern 158 Main Street # 1, Poultney, VT

BLUEGRASS SIT-IN with John Gillette & Sarah Mittlefehldt and The Poultney Bluegrass Society EVERY TUESDAY starting at 8pm @ Taps Tavern 158 Main St # 1, Poultney, VT 05764 http://www.tapstavern.com/3401.html http://www.facebook.com/TapsTavern FREE! (802) 287-4064

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Triboro Bluegrass Gospel Jam

Plainville Baptist Church 62 South Street, Plainville, MA

Bluegrass every  1st & 3rd Thursday of every month from 6:00 to 9:00pm in the basement of the Plainville Baptist Church,   62 South st. (Rt 1A) Plainville, Ma. (apx 1/2 mile south of Plainville center).  Contact info :  Chuck Vedeto at  508-222-5110

Spring Hill Rounders

Sally O'Brian's Pub Somerville Ave., Somerville, MA

Live at Sally O'Brian's Union Sq., Somerville, MA 7:30 PM no cover.

Free

Cold Chocolate

John Harvards Cambridge, MA

930pm - Cold Chocolate in Cambridge, MA Nov 7, 2013 Thursday 9:30 PM John Harvard's Brewery Cambridge, MA, US   http://www.coldchocolatemusic.com

Fiddle Hell Massachusetts

Colonial Inn 48 Monument Square, Concord, MA

Fiddle Hell is an informal gathering of fiddlers to meet, jam, learn, and have fun. It will be November 8-10, 2013. at the Colonial Inn in Concord, Massachusetts. We'll also be using the nearby Concord Scout House for the Saturday night concert and dance, and for a few workshops. There will be more than 100 scheduled workshops and jams in 2013. The 2013 schedule is now posted at http://www.reinerfamilyband.com/  Costs are modest - see the website. Our 2013 Workshop and Jam Leaders will include an incredible range of wonderful fiddlers and accompanists, covering Bluegrass, Cajun, Cape Breton, French Canadian, Gypsy, Irish, Klezmer, New England, Oldtime Southern, Scottish, Swedish, Swing, Texas, and Western Swing styles. They are Alan Kaufman, Andy Reiner, Barbara McOwen, Bob Alessio, Clayton March, Dave Reiner, David Kaynor, Ed Pearlman, Ellen Carlson, George Fowler, John Chambers, Julie Metcalf, Laurie Hart, Lena Jonsson, Mark Simos, Matt Glaser, Matt McConeghy, Paul Harty, Pete Anick, Serena Eades, Stacy Phillips, Terri Lukacko, and Tom Morley. Dave's website has the common tune list, jamming guidelines, and 2013 fee schedule (soon). The invention of the late, great fiddler Dale Hopkins, Fiddle Hell occurs periodically in fun locations worldwide. Prior Fiddle Hells have occurred in the US, the UK, the Netherlands, and Germany. Fiddle Hell Massachusetts is by far the largest. Last year (2012), we had 180+ musicians, mostly fiddlers, at the eighth Massachusetts Fiddle Hell, including fiddlers from 14 states and 3 foreign countries! This amazing gathering starts at noon on Friday and goes until 6PM on Sunday. Lots of different fiddle styles will be represented at Fiddle Hell, by fiddlers with a variety of experience, which makes it all the more interesting. Please understand that Fiddle Hell is not for … Read More »

Toast and Jam at St. Andrews Church, Marblehead

St Andrews Church 135 Lafayette St, Marblehead, MA

Cape Cod based original bluegrass quartet Toast and Jam performs at St Andrews Church Hall, in Marblehead, Saturday November 9, 7pm www.toastandjammusic.com

$10