Mandolin jams near Washington, District of Columbia

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

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Irish Session; Open - All levels; Sheet music; songs; and all Celtic music okay.

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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.

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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)

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