jams near Washington, District of Columbia
Get together with like-minded lovers of folk music and singing! We meet twice a month to sing and play folk songs, most taken from the Rise Up Singing book. Members also bring lyrics to their favorite songs and hand out copies.
If you're familiar with folk music and are not shy about singing, or you play an acoustic instrument, come on down! Those who can sing harmonies or play fiddle, flute or harmonica are particularly welcome at this point.
Every Saturday at 1:00, carrying on Archie's tradition, we have an informal jam session. Everyone is welcome, whether you play an instrument or not.
Besides being a good time for everyone, Saturdays at the Barbershop allow the young to learn from the old and the Piedmont blues tradition to be passed down to the next generation. (from their web site)
Open jam, all bluegrass instruments and ability levels are welcome. Sponsored by the DC Bluegrass Union. The jams are on the first and third Monday of each month.
Acoustic open mike, not sure of group jamming. Nice place on Main St. in Bel Air, MD. Good Food, many different beers!!
Every Saturday at 1:00, carrying on Archie's tradition, we have an informal jam session. Everyone is welcome, whether you play an instrument or not.
Besides being a good time for everyone, Saturdays at the Barbershop allow the young to learn from the old and the Piedmont blues tradition to be passed down to the next generation. (from their web site)
Bluegrass and Old Time Music
Every Second and Fourth Sunday of the month
2:00 to 6:00 PM
Lyon Community Park
Arlington, Virginia
Contact Barry Shapiro
301-588-5786
Informal Old Time Music Jam. Players welcome. Meets 2nd Wednesday 7:30 p.m and Last Sunday of each month.
We sit in a circle and take turns calling tunes to play.
Jam is at the Washington Fire Hall, which is owned by Washington Volunteer Fire and Rescue, a volunteer organization. As of October 2007, we typically have 8 - 12 players showing up to play claw hammer banjo, fiddle, guitar, mandolin and hammered dulcimer
Questions: email russcoll@comcast.net
Acoustic open mike, not sure of group jamming. Nice place on Main St. in Bel Air, MD. Good Food, many different beers!!
Get together with like-minded lovers of folk music and singing! We meet twice a month to sing and play folk songs, most taken from the Rise Up Singing book. Members also bring lyrics to their favorite songs and hand out copies.
If you're familiar with folk music and are not shy about singing, or you play an acoustic instrument, come on down! Those who can sing harmonies or play fiddle, flute or harmonica are particularly welcome at this point.
Every Saturday at 1:00, carrying on Archie's tradition, we have an informal jam session. Everyone is welcome, whether you play an instrument or not.
Besides being a good time for everyone, Saturdays at the Barbershop allow the young to learn from the old and the Piedmont blues tradition to be passed down to the next generation. (from their web site)
Traditional Scottish jam session at The Royal Mile in Wheaton, Maryland near Washington, DC. We are, to my knowledge, the only public Scottish jam in the area.
Though the session is dominated by fiddlers, all appropriate instruments are welcome, within reason (Highland Bagpipes are just too loud, and in the wrong key for session play).
We try to stick to a Scottish repertoire, from all areas of Scotland and regions with closely-related styles (like Cape Breton and the Shetland Isles), though a few Irish tunes slip in. We mostly play reels and jigs, though we're trying to get more strathspeys and other tunes into the mix. The level of play at the session depends on who shows up. We often start as a slow session for the first 45 minutes or so, and become an advanced session for the remainder.
Open jam, all bluegrass instruments and ability levels are welcome. Sponsored by the DC Bluegrass Union. The jams are on the first and third Monday of each month.
Acoustic open mike, not sure of group jamming. Nice place on Main St. in Bel Air, MD. Good Food, many different beers!!
Every Saturday at 1:00, carrying on Archie's tradition, we have an informal jam session. Everyone is welcome, whether you play an instrument or not.
Besides being a good time for everyone, Saturdays at the Barbershop allow the young to learn from the old and the Piedmont blues tradition to be passed down to the next generation. (from their web site)
Bluegrass and Old Time Music
Every Second and Fourth Sunday of the month
2:00 to 6:00 PM
Lyon Community Park
Arlington, Virginia
Contact Barry Shapiro
301-588-5786
The Baltimore Singers Club meets on the second Wednesday of every month in the upstairs of Bertha’s in historic Fells Point, Baltimore from 9 to 11pm. The occasion is very informal, but the beer is good and the craic is mighty. Meetings have so far been well-attended and all songs have been rendered in great voice, as they should be. The repertoire is traditional and old, but newly composed songs in the same vein are welcome. At evening’s end, we with haste retire to the Cafe Hon in Hampden for the weekly session.
Acoustic open mike, not sure of group jamming. Nice place on Main St. in Bel Air, MD. Good Food, many different beers!!
Get together with like-minded lovers of folk music and singing! We meet twice a month to sing and play folk songs, most taken from the Rise Up Singing book. Members also bring lyrics to their favorite songs and hand out copies.
If you're familiar with folk music and are not shy about singing, or you play an acoustic instrument, come on down! Those who can sing harmonies or play fiddle, flute or harmonica are particularly welcome at this point.
Every Saturday at 1:00, carrying on Archie's tradition, we have an informal jam session. Everyone is welcome, whether you play an instrument or not.
Besides being a good time for everyone, Saturdays at the Barbershop allow the young to learn from the old and the Piedmont blues tradition to be passed down to the next generation. (from their web site)
A few of us from the Unofficial Martin Guitar Forum are getting together on Sunday, Nov 16 from 2 to 6 PM to play some music and swap some songs. We'd love to have some of the Folkjam folks join us, even if you don't own a Martin!! Location: Manassas VA. Email me for directions if you are interested: mikelhenry at yahoo.com. Musical styles are a wide range from fingerstyle folk to bluegrass and rockabilly to 70s/80s/00s radio tunes.
