Events

We're excited to present a "new and improved" fiddling and picking championships. In 2009 we are adding a dance, increasing the prize money and expanding workshops. The weekend will have something for every musician and fan of traditional, acoustic music

The festivities kick off on Saturday the 22nd with workshops for musicians, dancers and families. That night there will be jamming in the park under a Kansas summer sky. See the schedule page for more info.

Martha Haehl, Richard Faris, Steve Mason
Have you gotten comfortable with a particular jam session just to find
you are out of your element when you walk into a jam with a different
group of people playing a different style of music? This session will
address some of the differences and similarities of jam rules as they
apply to different genres of music as well as some specific quirks
Martha has noticed when she jammed with people in different regions of

This can be a power session with up to 15 musicians sometimes. Very common to see 6-10. We play mainly 'pure drop' traditional irish tunes. ***The craic is mighty***

The Gaf has good food, drinks and a very supportive landlord.

There is always a good crowd of punters, including a bevy of lovely ladies who come for the tunes, drinks, dancing and who generally like to get out of line.

We're excited to present a "new and improved" fiddling and picking championships. In 2009 we are adding a dance, increasing the prize money and expanding workshops. The weekend will have something for every musician and fan of traditional, acoustic music

The festivities kick off on Saturday the 22nd with workshops for musicians, dancers and families. That night there will be jamming in the park under a Kansas summer sky. See the schedule page for more info.

A community Event sponsored by the Hillcrest Covenant Church and Hy-Vee. Free hot dogs and sodas! Franklin Park, Somerset and Roe in Prairie Village. Come for the hot dogs, stay for some Bluegrass music by one of Prairie Village's finest bluegrass bands!
Featuring Mark and Mary Franzke and Jeff and Liz Boyer, and Sherman and Leslie Galloway.

(913)592-3664 (Spring Hill Civic Center)
2nd (KOFPS Chapter) & 4th Fridays - Pot Luck starts 5:30 PM
Julie Joeckel (913)592-3983 or Sylvia Landis (913)681-2729

This workshop is part of the Elbow Room Free Workshops at Mass Street Music. We will go through some basic jam etiquette, how to pick a lead and some basic music theory.

We do potluck at 6:00 and jam until 10:00. We play the old time fiddle tunes on fiddles, banjos, mandolins, guitars and such. All acoustic.

Exceptional blues player, renowned storyteller, prolific author and teacher Roy Book Binder will be performing at Mass Street Music on Friday, September 11 at 7:30 p.m.. Book Binder studied at the hand of Rev. Gary Davis and through his legendary performances has kept alive stories and songs from the past as well as entertaining with original compositions.

(913)592-3664 (Spring Hill Civic Center)
2nd (KOFPS Chapter) & 4th Fridays - Pot Luck starts 5:30 PM
Julie Joeckel (913)592-3983 or Sylvia Landis (913)681-2729

This can be a power session with up to 15 musicians sometimes. Very common to see 6-10. We play mainly 'pure drop' traditional irish tunes. ***The craic is mighty***

The Gaf has good food, drinks and a very supportive landlord.

There is always a good crowd of punters, including a bevy of lovely ladies who come for the tunes, drinks, dancing and who generally like to get out of line.

Our meetings consist of playing ukes, yapping about ukes, and learning about ukes. At each of our gatherings, members are encouraged to print out and bring a new tune. We always try and have some for the novice as well as the more intermediate (should I say advanced?) musicians. There are no egos and everyone is there because they love ukuleles and ukulele music.