Podunk Bluegrass Festival
Kid's Bluegrass Academy

Now open for Registration!
Please register your young musicians as soon as possible.

** CTBMA Open Jam

First Tuesday of each month

The session starts at 6:30 p.m..
We run two sessions - a regular jam, and the CTBMA "Not So Fast" jam for players who prefer a slower pace.  If you're not already on our mailing list, send us an email asking to be placed on it so that you can be notified of cancellations or rescheduling.

Crozier-Williams
Student Center
at Connecticut College
Route 32
New London, CT

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** Podunk-Yankee Bluegrass Jam
First, Third & Fifth Wednesday of each month
7:00 - 10:00pm

860-282-8241 (M - F)
podunkbluegrass.net

** WHUS/Bluegrass Cafe Jam
3rd Tuesday of each month
6:30 to 10:00pm

The French Club
116 Club Road
Windham, CT

860-455-9400

Stonewall Tavern Open Mic
Every Tuesday
Hosted by: The Blaney Brothers
9:00pm

Bluegrass is played very often, but not exclusively.

** Bristol Nursing Care Center
3rd Saturday of each month
12:30pm - 3:30pm

** Acoustic Cafe
Open Mic Night
Last Thursday of each month
$3.00 admission for all attendees.
Sign up for mic time at 6:30pm, starts at 7:00pm. 
There is a house band.

** Private Residence: In the garage of Dick Guggenheim
2nd & 4th Tuesday
7:00pm

Norwich, CT

860-889-3109

Meet Me On Main Cafe

Monthly Jam
Sign up at 6:30pm / Music from 7-9pm
Donation $3.00

Proceeds to benefit Song-a-Day Music Fund
and the Podunk Bluegrass Festival "KidsKamp".

1265 Main St., Rte. 31
Coventry, CT

...across from
Bidwell Tavern

Song-A-Day Music Center
860-742-6878

Cafe: 860-742-5835

Old-timey jam for novice fiddlers

Tuesdays in the Willimantic area
7:00pm - 8:30pm

The Quiet Corner Fiddlers, an informal group of novice fiddlers, holds "Not So Quiet Fiddle Sessions for Novice Fiddlers" at member's homes. The group takes turns picking traditional tunes.

Chuck at 860-423-4543

or Email:
chkmrgn@juno.com
(use Quiet Corner Fiddlers as the subject line)

quietcornerjam.html

The Buttonwood Tree
Acoustic Open Mic
1st Thursday of each month
Donations accepted
7:00pm
6:30 sign up

860-347-4957

buttonwood.org

Contra Jam Sessions
American Legion Post
2nd Saturday (except August)

5:30pm - 7:30pm

Takes place prior to the second Saturday Contra Dance. Admission is free, but contributions toward the cost of the hall are appreciated. The jam sessions provide a great opportunity for new and experienced musicians to learn, play, and enjoy the contra dance repertoire. A mixture of standard contra tunes: mainly reels, jigs, and waltzes. Players of all instruments are welcome. The jam is most appropriate for "intermediate" skill levels.

275 Main Street
Old Wethersfield, CT

Rob at 860-232-2504

hcdance.org

** South Hadley Mason Lodge Jam
Mt. Holyoke Lodge of Masons
3rd Thursday of each month
7:00pm

Coffee, soda and snacks available. Right next to Dave Helman's Country Corner Coffeehouse concert series in South Hadley.

Email Dave Helman for directions and info:

dh_markingtime@yahoo.com

** The Brass Cat
Bluegrass Open Mic Night

1st Thursday of each month
Fifteen minute slots.
No Cover
8:30pm

Woodland Meeting House

JAM: 1st Sunday of each month
1:00 to 7:00pm

Open Mic: 3rd Saturday of each month
7:30 to 10:30pm

115 East Killingly Road Foster, RI

Jam: 401-647-3838

etheridge_fred@yahoo.com

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Open Mic: 401-647-3105

Multicultural Center

University of Rhode Island Campus

2nd & 4th Monday of each month
7:30pm - 9:30pm

Also: Old-Time Fiddle Jam
2nd & 4th Monday
7:30pm - 9:30pm