New York City Area Bluegrass Music Scene

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There is an open bluegrass jam in Rockland County, Nyack NY, every Monday night at O'Donoghues Pub(ODs). Usually starts around 8pm and goes to the wee hours .... O' Donoghues. 66 Main St. Nyack, NY 10960. 845-358-0180 ........adendum:

Someone wrote to say: This jam is not only bluegrass but bluegrass, celtic, folk, blues, in other words, it's eclectic.

Also, the jam usually starts between 9-10pm (you could say 9:30pm I guess), but definitely not 8pm. 2/08

The HVBA jams are held on the second and fourth Wednesday of each
month at the Pirate Canoe Club in Poughkeepsie, NY between 6-10 PM.
There is a $3.00 cover charge per person and we must end all jams by
10:00 p.m. For Additional Information: Call Jeff Anzevino
845-691-6784, or email hvba@optonline.net. Website is http://
hvbluegrass.org

I am starting a new bluegrass slo-jam for advance beginners and intermediate players in New York City. It's at Paddy Reillys at specifically scheduled times. People can go to this link to find out more it: ttp://banjo.meetup.com/56/

Southern Westchester Bluegrass Jam. There's lots of bluegrass in Westchester, but not so much in Southern Westchester. To remedy this a regular jam has now started in White Plains, so far meeting on the second Sunday of the month from 3-6 pm. If at all interested, email Ted at TedAns@aol.com for details. All levels are welcome. 3/08

We are just starting an old time jam at The Jalopy Theatre each week. We’d love it if you would help us publicize the event. Join us for a free Old Time String Jam every Thursday at The Jalopy Theatre. Bring your fiddle, accordion, banjo, guitar, harmonica and bass. Each session hosted by one of NYC's favorite players.The jam starts at 9:30 each Thursday, and is free. Jalopy is located at 315 Columbia Street, Red Hook Brooklyn. Cross Streets: Hamilton and Woodhull 718.395.3214 www.jalopy.biz F Train to Carroll 9/07

There is an accoustic, blugrass, ol'time, whatever music jam starting in Rockaway, NJ at the Marcella Community Center on Greenpond Rd...halfway between Rts. 80 & 23. It will probably be 2nd Thursday of the month beginning with our first (again...second try) on Thurs., Feb. 8 (2007)starting around 7 / 7:30. Call Mark for more info @ 973-983-9111...leave message with ph. no.

169 Bar is having bluegrass bands on sundays starting the feb 19th, 169 Bar is located at 169 east broadway, nyc ny 10002 off the corner of essex and east broadway.

7-08

We are hosting a twice monthly ot,folky, with some bluegrass, jam on alternating Tues, eves at our house. Bring a dessert,bottle of wine or whatever and have some fun. This is a benniner/intermediate jam with all levels wellcome. I also play clarinet and could work it into some of the tunes. Friends and fun are really the idea. Call ed or barbara for details and next date 914 906-0533.

NEW FREE ACOUSTIC WEEKLY JAM:
BLUEGRASS/FOLK/BLUES/CELTIC/TRADITIONAL

Cold Spring Harbor: Beginning this coming Sunday, September 11th, 2005, The General Store's Proprietor Ross Madalena will re-host his Sunday Afternoon Acoustic Jams starting at 4:30PM and running until 7PM or so. Up to Thirty musicians can be accommodated, bring a song and a friend. No alcohol, but coffee, soft drinks and food is available at reasonable cost. For more information, contact Ross at (631)692-8065. The General Store is located at 85 Main Street (NY Route 25A) in Cold Spring Harbor,
about 40 miles East of NYC on L.I.'s Historic North Shore. Plenty of
parking, shopping, sightseeing, etc.

Wanted to let you know that I'll be hosting a BG/OT jam bi-weekly on the 2nd and 4th sundays of each month. For those who haven't been, FLOYD is a great Kentucky-style bar in the Brooklyn Heights/Cobble Hill section of Brooklyn - Atlantic Ave. b/w Clinton and Henry. There's Plenty of comfortable seats and a bocce court taboot. See you then,
Brad Einhorn

Monthly Bluegrass Jam at the Parkside Lounge late, at 12:00 after The Big Apple'achia show. We're calling it "The Lonesome Jam", but so far it's not very lonesome at all! Bring a friendly instrument and rub elbows. We're sensible located at 317 East Houston St, (Bet. ave. B&C) Must be 21 or older with I.D. and there is a $5.- cover for the band from 9:30 to 12:00 but the jam is free and very open. Bar phone is 212-431-7791 . We've got Bluegrass to fit most people's work schedule, from 7:30 to 12:00 every monday ($5.- cover goes to the 2 to 3 bands. That's about $.12 per musician) www.BluegrassNewYork.com 5/1/04

Ben!
We are having a Monthly Bluegrass jam session at EarthMatters 177 Ludlow
street at Houston. The venue is a beautiful covered garden area above an
organic grocery store. There is room for 80 people and the beer is cold!!!

The first jam is May 22nd
We also host saturday shows at 8 9 and 10pm and an open mic, which you can
check out at www.tryansounds.com. We would love to have your visiters come
by and play with us!

Join us for the Folk Open Sing, the 1st. Wed of the month, 7pm-10pm at the Ethical Culture Society, 53 Prospect Park West, Brooklyn, [near 2nd. St]. All instruments are welcome. Directions are; F train to 7th. Ave., D train to 7th. Ave. and the 2/3 train to Grand Army Plaza. For information call 718-636-6341 or 718-788-7563 {laurart3@aol.com}. This is a Folk Music Society of NY {Pinewood} event. For additional singalongs and other folk Music events see www.folkmusicny.org.

Looking for bluegrass/oldtime/old style country
musicians for The Kings County Opry. It happens every
3rd thursday at Freddy's Bar. Especially for the Song
Circle. Check out the website: www.kingscountyopry.com

The Woodstock, NY Bluegrass Jam is held every Sunday afternoon from 1-4 PM at the Catskill Mountain Pizza Company, 51 Mill Hill Road, Woodstock, NY. Host is Jonah Bruno. For info call 845-679-7969 We now have a small web site for the Woodstock, NY Bluegrass Jam. members.aol.com/wdstockbluegrass

2nd and 4th Tuesday of the Month, Bluegrass Jam at the Uptown Cafe, Kingston, NY 845-679-6696

Connecticut Bluegrass Jam. Fellowship hall, Newtown United Methodist Church, 92 Church
Hill Road, Newtown, CT. Every second Thursday of the month, 7:30 to 10:30pm
All levels invited. Directions: Exit 10 off I-84, if traveling east from
NY, turn right, if traveling west from Hartford, left turn off exit. 1/2
mile down hill, on right, park behind the Church. At the western end of
route 34, 1/4 mile north up Church Hill road on left. Contact: Chuck Samson
(203) 270-0159 cps2bcma@aol.com or cpsflpickl@juno.com

Every WEDNESDAY, 9 PM, The Baggot Inn, 82 West Third Street, in the heart of the Village. Featuring old-time, bluegrass. Weekly performers and special guests. Y'all come! Run by www.sheriffunclebob.com

the jam at Freddy's, 6th and dean in brooklyn, is the first thursday night of every
month, hosted by "Zot's Dream" http://members.aol.com/freddysbrooklyn/jam.htm Freddy's bar, Dean Street and 6th Ave. 718 622 7035

WE MOVED TO MANNION'S. The Stony Brook Friends of Old Time Music
(SBFOTM) now meet in the center of Somerville, NJ.
Beginning Tuesday, November 19, 2002 (and every 1st and 3rd Tuesday
evening), all old-time musicians are invited to an open jam session at
Mannion's Pub & Restaurant in the central business district of
Somerville, NJ at 150 West Main Street. (This is the same group that
most recently met at the Hopewell Train Station in Hopewell, NJ).
Mannion's food and drink prices are moderate and there is plenty of room
for players and listeners. We start around 7:30 PM. You can find information on the event at http://www.donegone.net/sbfotm

HVBA Monthly Jam Session on the Second and Fourth Wednesday of each month at the Pirate Canoe Club Poughkeepsie, NY 6-10 PM
There is a $3.00 cover charge per person and we must end all jams by 10:00pm
For Additional Information: Call Jeff Anzevino 845-691-6784, email
hvba@hvbluegrass.org, or check the website hvbluegrass.org.

DIRECTIONS to Pirate Canoe Club, about 1/2 mile north of IBM on Rte. 9 in Poughkeepsie:
-Southbound on Rte. 9 in Poughkeepsie, after passing the "Locust Grove SFB
Morse Home", turn right at "Rivercrest East" (between Marriott Courtyard and
Econolodge Motel)...go 0.7 miles down to the Hudson River.
- Northbound on Rt 9 in Poughkeepsie, make a U-Turn across the divided
highway at the traffic light in front of "Locust Grove SFB Morse Home"
(which will be on your left) ... go south for 100 yards and turn right at
"Rivercrest East" (between Marriott Courtyard and Econolodge Motel )...go
0.7 miles down to the Hudson River.

The Bluegrass Club of Long Island CALL DENNIS 631-289-0330 OR E-MAIL Den12C@AOL.Com BOB PASSANTE 718-358-1750 OR E-MAIL BPSTRINGS@Worldnet.att.net YOU CAN ALSO VISIT THE WEB SITE AT: http://members.aol.com/den12c/bluegrass/ New Jam location: We will now be meeting at The Brush Barn in Smithtown. The LITMA (Long Island Traditional Music Association) board has generously agreed to let us have our future meetings in the tavern on the grounds of the Brush Barn. There is adequate parking and space for an outdoor jam if the weather permits. You will need to bring your own beverage as this is not a functioning tavern but historic. We will also be looking for volunteers to help in the setting up and closing the tavern each month. If you have any questions/concerns about our new meeting hall please get in touch with us. Directions: from the LIE Take exit 56 onto RT 111 north Stay on RT 111 all the way to RT 25 Turn right onto Main ST(25), about 1/8 mile to the tavern(Epenetus Smith Tavern # 211), l/t turn to parking area behind the tavern.

The Bluegrass Concert Series at the Emelin Theater hosts a Jam session before each show (see: concert and events). Pickin hours: 7-8:30pm. Also, the pickin' party is free. NO concert ticket is needed. The Emelin Theater is in Mamaroneck, NY. New Fall 2000 schedule is expected soon. Info: 914-698-0098).