Events

(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

The Kansas City Area Bluegrass Music Club has monthly jams on the 2nd Friday of the month, October thru May, in Independence, MO (15 miles east of KC, on I-70).

Contact: Jim Boling (816) 454-4773 or E-Mail: jboling AT kc.rr.com

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.

This jam occurs weekly at the new Americana Music Academy location in Topeka, KS. This jam plays various styles of music from Bluegrass to country to acoustic folk and rock. This is an Aooustic jam so only acoustic instruments are allowed. The jam consists of various levels of players and singers and takes place in a large open room. Listeners are always welcome. The playing level of this jam is generally attended by fairly advanced players. Everyone is welcome to participate but if you are looking for a higher level of jamming this is one of those groups.

There will be NO session on Saturday December 24th, 2011. The Parkside Coffee Shop is closed that day to give their staff time off for Christmas. Our next jam is a special session the evening of December 31st at Scott's house.

All levels welcome to this acoustic jam held at the Americana Music Academy in downtown Lawrence. The jam has been running for 10 years and and features students, teachers and members of the community. All styles and abilities are encouraged to come down and join the fun.

We will have a fine pot luck dinner at 6:00 and then jam until 10:00. All (acoustic, stringed) instruments and all styles are welcome but the focus of the event is on playing dance tunes in the old time fiddle style.

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.

Some Of Kansas City's Best Musicians, and Singer/Songwriters

A chance for area talent to perform at a great live venue. Maloan's Bar & Grill is located in downtown Garnett, Ks., in a century-old renovated bank building. Great food, great drinks, and My 3 Songs every Wednesday from 5:30-7:30. Call ahead (785) 448-2616 to get your name on the list. General rules are, you get 3 songs before giving up the mike to the next act. If there's a shortage of players and time remaining, you can cycle back through another three tunes in the same performance order as before. It's a very relaxed atmosphere and fun people.

The Heart of America Old Time and Bluegrass (HABOT) association runs a monthly jam at 6pm October through April in Kansas City's Northland. See their web site for contact information and directions.

This jam is a huge affair with room after room of players playing away at bluegrass, country, old time, fiddle tunes and pretty much anything acoustic instruments can muster. It at the atmosphere of a picking festival. There are groups playing at just about every skill level, and a bluegrass show in a main performance space for those who don't bring an instrument.

This jam occurs weekly at the new Americana Music Academy location in Topeka, KS. This jam plays various styles of music from Bluegrass to country to acoustic folk and rock. This is an Aooustic jam so only acoustic instruments are allowed. The jam consists of various levels of players and singers and takes place in a large open room. Listeners are always welcome. The playing level of this jam is generally attended by fairly advanced players. Everyone is welcome to participate but if you are looking for a higher level of jamming this is one of those groups.

There will be NO session on Saturday December 24th, 2011. The Parkside Coffee Shop is closed that day to give their staff time off for Christmas. Our next jam is a special session the evening of December 31st at Scott's house.

All levels welcome to this acoustic jam held at the Americana Music Academy in downtown Lawrence. The jam has been running for 10 years and and features students, teachers and members of the community. All styles and abilities are encouraged to come down and join the fun.

We will have a fine pot luck dinner at 6:00 and then jam until 10:00. All (acoustic, stringed) instruments and all styles are welcome but the focus of the event is on playing dance tunes in the old time fiddle style. If you are unfamiliar with the Americana Music Academy, check them out at www.americanamusicacademy.org

The Kansas City Irish Center is located inside Union Station. Parking is free for musicians in the parking garage just west of the station thanks to the Irish Museum.

The Irish Center is on the lower level of the station just at the bottom of the escalators. We play mainly 'pure drop' Irish traditional tunes every third Sunday of the month. Occasionally we play for the Driscoll Irish Dancers - check the Irish Center website for dates: http://www.irishmuseum.org/
It is a great space and a great organization.

Some Of Kansas City's Best Musicians, and Singer/Songwriters

Intimidated in a jam? Come to this one where we will help beginners learn to play along in a jam. The songs will be kept simple and taught so you can play along. Bring a few songs to share. Experienced jammers are also welcome to help teach beginners learn to jam.

A chance for area talent to perform at a great live venue. Maloan's Bar & Grill is located in downtown Garnett, Ks., in a century-old renovated bank building. Great food, great drinks, and My 3 Songs every Wednesday from 5:30-7:30. Call ahead (785) 448-2616 to get your name on the list. General rules are, you get 3 songs before giving up the mike to the next act. If there's a shortage of players and time remaining, you can cycle back through another three tunes in the same performance order as before. It's a very relaxed atmosphere and fun people.

(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

Please come to our Bluegrass and Gospel stringed instrument public jam session. Started in Jan of 2006 and still going strong. All singing and instrument skill levels are welcome. This is great place to learn "how to jam" with a variety of instruments: Banjo, Fiddle, Bass, Mandolin and Guitar with an occasional harmonica and dobro. For further questions you can send emails to: banjobarron@sbcglobal.net

We have a new location starting 2/25/11 and I teach Bluegrass Banjo, Skruggs style.

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.

This jam occurs weekly at the new Americana Music Academy location in Topeka, KS. This jam plays various styles of music from Bluegrass to country to acoustic folk and rock. This is an Aooustic jam so only acoustic instruments are allowed. The jam consists of various levels of players and singers and takes place in a large open room. Listeners are always welcome. The playing level of this jam is generally attended by fairly advanced players. Everyone is welcome to participate but if you are looking for a higher level of jamming this is one of those groups.

There will be NO session on Saturday December 24th, 2011. The Parkside Coffee Shop is closed that day to give their staff time off for Christmas. Our next jam is a special session the evening of December 31st at Scott's house.

All levels welcome to this acoustic jam held at the Americana Music Academy in downtown Lawrence. The jam has been running for 10 years and and features students, teachers and members of the community. All styles and abilities are encouraged to come down and join the fun.

We will have a fine pot luck dinner at 6:00 and then jam until 10:00. All (acoustic, stringed) instruments and all styles are welcome but the focus of the event is on playing in the old time fiddle style. In other words we generally don't take turns taking solos; everyone plays full blast all the time. In the Bluegrass style you spend most of the tune vamping and waiting your turn to take a solo. When we play through a tune 8 times you've played it 8 times, and you can steal licks from other musicians and road test them in real time.

Some Of Kansas City's Best Musicians, and Singer/Songwriters

A chance for area talent to perform at a great live venue. Maloan's Bar & Grill is located in downtown Garnett, Ks., in a century-old renovated bank building. Great food, great drinks, and My 3 Songs every Wednesday from 5:30-7:30. Call ahead (785) 448-2616 to get your name on the list. General rules are, you get 3 songs before giving up the mike to the next act. If there's a shortage of players and time remaining, you can cycle back through another three tunes in the same performance order as before. It's a very relaxed atmosphere and fun people.

This session occurs every Wednesday night at St. Luke's Methodist Church, 9420 James A. Reed Road in Kansas City, MO. The church's website is www.stlukeskc.org.

This is a great jam hosted at St. Matthews United Church of Christ in Riverside, MO. It is put on by the members of the church. It is set up like a concert, with the player's chairs facing an audience, but it is not run like a concert. The song selection passes around the room, and the selections include old-time fiddle, celtic, country and the rare blues/rock number. Acoustic instruments and voices make up the group. The church members kindly "pay" the musicians with home made cookies and cakes. All skill levels are welcome.

This jam occurs weekly at the new Americana Music Academy location in Topeka, KS. This jam plays various styles of music from Bluegrass to country to acoustic folk and rock. This is an Aooustic jam so only acoustic instruments are allowed. The jam consists of various levels of players and singers and takes place in a large open room. Listeners are always welcome. The playing level of this jam is generally attended by fairly advanced players. Everyone is welcome to participate but if you are looking for a higher level of jamming this is one of those groups.

All levels welcome to this acoustic jam held at the Americana Music Academy in downtown Lawrence. The jam has been running for 10 years and and features students, teachers and members of the community. All styles and abilities are encouraged to come down and join the fun.

Some Of Kansas City's Best Musicians, and Singer/Songwriters

A chance for area talent to perform at a great live venue. Maloan's Bar & Grill is located in downtown Garnett, Ks., in a century-old renovated bank building. Great food, great drinks, and My 3 Songs every Wednesday from 5:30-7:30. Call ahead (785) 448-2616 to get your name on the list. General rules are, you get 3 songs before giving up the mike to the next act. If there's a shortage of players and time remaining, you can cycle back through another three tunes in the same performance order as before. It's a very relaxed atmosphere and fun people.

This session occurs every Wednesday night at St. Luke's Methodist Church, 9420 James A. Reed Road in Kansas City, MO. The church's website is www.stlukeskc.org.

The Kansas City Area Bluegrass Music Club has monthly jams on the 2nd Friday of the month, October thru May, in Independence, MO (15 miles east of KC, on I-70).

Contact: Jim Boling (816) 454-4773 or E-Mail: jboling AT kc.rr.com

(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.

This jam occurs weekly at the new Americana Music Academy location in Topeka, KS. This jam plays various styles of music from Bluegrass to country to acoustic folk and rock. This is an Aooustic jam so only acoustic instruments are allowed. The jam consists of various levels of players and singers and takes place in a large open room. Listeners are always welcome. The playing level of this jam is generally attended by fairly advanced players. Everyone is welcome to participate but if you are looking for a higher level of jamming this is one of those groups.

There will be NO session on Saturday December 24th, 2011. The Parkside Coffee Shop is closed that day to give their staff time off for Christmas. Our next jam is a special session the evening of December 31st at Scott's house.

All levels welcome to this acoustic jam held at the Americana Music Academy in downtown Lawrence. The jam has been running for 10 years and and features students, teachers and members of the community. All styles and abilities are encouraged to come down and join the fun.