Jams, Open Mics
&Workshops


"Obsession is a great substitute for talent."
~ Steve Martin: comedian, banjo player

Description Address/City/State Contact Info
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* 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

Click for Directions

860-859-2696
ctbma@yahoo.com

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

E.H. Community Cultural Center
50 Chapman Place
East Hartford, CT

860-282-8241
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

* Bristol Nursing Care Center

3rd Saturday of each month
12:30pm - 3:30pm

Bellevue and Sessions St.
Bristol, CT
Bill at 860-922-5134

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.

Bridgeport, CT 203-335-3655 acousticafe.com
* Private Residence: Hank Crandall's Garage
Every Wednesday
7:00pm - 10:00pm

Middlefield, CT

Call 860-349-9459

Ask Hank for directions

* 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

1265 Main Street
Route 31
Coventry, CT

...across from
Bidwell Tavern

Call for date(s)

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

Cafe: 860-742-5835

Old-timey Jam for 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.

Willimantic, CT

Chuck at 860-423-4543

or Email:
chkmrgn@juno.com

Use Quiet Corner
Fiddlers
as the subject

quietcornerjam.html

The Buttonwood Tree
Acoustic Open Mic

1st Thursday of each month

Donations accepted
7:00pm
6:30 sign up

605 Main Street
Middletown, CT

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

Jams In Other States...with venues within spittin' distance of CT

* South Hadley Mason Lodge

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.

North Main Street
South Hadley, MA

Email Dave Helman for directions and info:

info@countrycornermusic.com

* The Brass Cat
Bluegrass Open Mic Night

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

65 Cottage Street
Easthampton, MA
413-527-4085

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

 

Route 138
Kingston, RI
URI Campus Map

Please notify us of any omissions or incorrect information at CTBMA

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