The oldest Bluegrass tab site on the net, "Banjo Tablatures and Bluegrass Information" at bluegrassbanjo.org has a number of useful pages for bluegrass pickers, including a lengthy list of recurring jam sessions from around the United States, which is where this link takes you to. Pay Phil a visit and thank him for keeping up with his site for over twelve years.

Banjohangout.org is a thriving community of banjo pickers that provides pretty much anything a banjo player may need. Among their offerings is an event listing service for festivals, camps, workshops and jams that are of interest to banjo players. Stop by and check them out.

Edward Pollak, a professer and fiddle player from West Chester, PA, maintains a good list of jams in his region.


You may also find user contributed jams on folkjam listings near Baltimore, folkjam listings near Wilmington, Delaware and listings in Northern NJ, New York City and Rockland County.

The premier resource for bluegrass fans, musicians, promoters and organisers around Australia. Where to find bluegrass in Australia, and the main way you can tell others about events you might be organising.

Another way you can tell others about your acoustic music jam sessions is through folkjam.org. Contribute to folkjam.org and your session can appear on our local maps. Look for user contributed jam sessions near Brisbane, Syndey, Melbourne

Meetup.com allows people with similar interests to find eachother and organize meetings. It has a bluegrass area with a small collection of recurring bluegrass sessions listed.

The Colorado Bluegrass Music Society site maintains a list of jam sessions in Colorado, as well as a directory of local bluegrass bands.

You may want to check for user contributed jams on folkjam.org near your city too, as well as view folkjam listings near Denver for more jams.

This site, which dubs itself as the 'official' website for Irish music in Worcester, Mass, offers up a list of Irish sessuins in the greater New England area.

This website provides information about hammered dulcimer events in the Michigan area, where this is a very high concentration of interest for this particular instrument. There is also a repository of sheet music and midi files for traditional and original (tradtionally inspired) songs as well as links to various other resources within and outside of the hammered dulcimer community.

The GCBMA was founded in Pace, Florida, in 1993 to bring more bluegrass music to northwest Florida and southern Alabama. The association sponsors music festivals and concerts featuring local, regional, and national bluegrass performers. We also contribute to a music scholarship at Pensacola Junior College. (from their web site)

Author Stas Bekman maintains several of the Internet FAQs on his site, including several about musical styles and genres.

The GOBMS maintains a list of jam sessions and bluegrass shows from around Oaklahoma, Texas and Arkansas. View their jam lists.

If you regularly attend a GOBMS jam please consider posting the details of the session to folkjam.org.

You might also check out folkjam listings in Oklahoma City to see what user contributed jams are listed in that area.

This site has a reasonable list of old time jam sessions broken down by US state as well as a list of festivals.

iBluegrass.com maintains a database of bands, festivals and recurring jams. We urge you to check their listings too as you look for a jam in your neighborhood.

The Indiana Bluegrass site offers information on jam sessions, instructors, festivals, bands and live shows. They offer a newsletter and links to local streaming radio programs too.

You might also find jams in your city too here on folkjam.org. Do you regularly attend a local area jam session? Contribute details of the jam to folkjam.org and spread the word.

The Kansas Acoustic Arts Association near Wichita, KS sponsors acoustic music events in the region. See their events calendar for details on upcoming events.

You may also find user contributed jam sessions near Wichita, Kansas on folkjam.

This portal site provides information on folk and roots music in the state of Michigan.

The NIBA is a not-for-profit organization that exists to promote Bluegrass in Northern IL. They maintain a page listing recurring acoustic music events in their area. Check the folkjam listings around Chicago to see what our users have contributed as well.

This organization brings together bluegrass music events within a 200 mile radius of Fort Wayne, Indiana. It includes well maintained jam session and festial listings in addition to bluegrass rumors.

You might also check our user contributed listings on folkjam.org within 200 miles of Fort Wayne.

The OFGC sponsors area jams and lists them on their site, along with a host of other area information.

The PBHS runs several weekly jams in Vancouver, Canada. Visit their jams page for more information.

A blog of bluegrass jams maintained by Rod Ford. The site has listings for jams in several states across the United States.

Pickinbluegrass.net provides information on shows, jams and bluegrass.

Comprehensive local and statewide folk and traditional music happenings, links to other trad music stuff out there on the web. (from their home page)

The Flyin Fiddler Wayne Cantwell maintains a list of jam sessions in the Oklahoma City region.

The Sabine Bluegrass Club services Bluegrass lovers in the Southern Central States, including Arkansas, Texas, Oklahoma, Tennessee, Mississippi, New Mexico, Missouri and Louisiana. They maintain an extensive event listing for area jams on their site that we recommend you visit.

You might also check for user contributed jams here on folkjam.org in several cities, including Kirksville Missouri, Bellville Texas, Lafayette Louisiana, Amarillo Texas, Austin Texas, Richmond Texas, Catoosa Oklahoma, Winnfield Louisiana, Oklahoma City, OK, Liberty Texas, Enterprise Louisiana, Old Glory Texas and others. If you host or regularly attend a jam please do consider contributing a jam to folkjam.org.

The San Diego, California Folk Heritage Organization maintains a calendar of weekly and monthly recurring bluegrass, Irish, Old Time and folk jam sessions in the area. The calendar is full enough to make me want to move to the city my parents grew up in.

You may also want to check for user contributed sessions near San Diego here on folkjam.org.

The Sarasota Folk Club maintains a list of recurring jams in and around Sarasota, Florida.

You may also find user contributed sessions near Sarasota that have been posted here on folkjam.org.

Looking for a little bluegrass picking in Scotland? Visit the web site of the Scottish Bluegrass Association, which exists to promote bluegrass musicians across Scotland. They list picking sessions in a few cities too, so do check out their listings.

The SouthEastern Bluegrass Association (SEBA) has a very well done site that provides information on jam sessions in Alabama, Florida, Georgia, North Carolina, South Carolina and Tennessee. They also have a very good database of festivals from around the country, forums, news on bluegrass music in their region and a links repository.

The SWFBA operates bluegrass jams and gatherings in southwestern Florida. Their site lists their own jams as well as several in the area.

Kansas’ only non-profit American roots music school

OUR MISSION
To teach, promote and support the advancement of all forms of American music and its influences, and to pass on the grand traditions of American-based roots music to future generations. Nestled at the southern end of downtown, Americana Music Academy offers group and private music lessons in a relaxed setting with some of the region's most notable pickers, players and songwriters. This non-profit organization also offers music therapy sessions with a certified music therapist. Take in Americana's packed concert schedule, including plenty of porch jams, community jams held at Signs of Life and other special events.

The GRFAS organizes contra dances and acoustic folk events in the greater Grand Rapids, Michigan area. In addition to maintaining a list of jam sessions near Grand Rapids, they maintain jams on folkjam.org. View the jams maintained by the Grand River Folk Arts Society.

On a hot July afternoon in 1983, about a dozen members of a beginning Hammered Dulcimer class met at a park in Wyandotte, MI to review what they had learned together. This was the beginning of the Silver Strings Dulcimer Society. Since then, the club has grown to over 100 members playing a variety of acoustic instruments, about half of which are Hammered Dulcimers.

The purpose of the organization is to play the hammered dulcimer together with other instruments for our enjoyment, and to promote and encourage knowledge of the hammered dulcimer through regularly scheduled meetings, workshops, performances, newsletters and other related activities.

A UK site that is our long lost cousin, probably separated from the family at birth and adopted. It is the only other site like folkjam that we've found.

VABluegrass.com is a web page devoted to being a reference guide for those interested in Bluegrass/Folk/Irish or other acoustic music in Virginia. The goal of this site is to make it easier for those people who love acoustic music to learn, play and share that music with others. (from their about page)

The granddaddy of them all for Irish musicians. Tunes, community, links, recordings and world wide session listings.

The comprehensive Twin Cities acoustic music calendar for Minneapolis, St. Paul, and surrounding Minnesota communities, covering bluegrass, old-time, country, Celtic, Cajun, Nordic, blues, folk, Americana, singer/songwriter, and contemporary folk music. It includes major events in the upper Midwest, including Wisconsin, Iowa, North Dakota, and South Dakota. (from the site's homepage)

You may also find user contributed jam sessions near Minneapolis/St. Paul on folkjam.org.

David Snyder maintains a very good list of Bluegrass shows, festivals and jams in the northern/upstate part of South Carolina.

OpenMikes.org maintains a state by state (for the United States and Canada) listing of user contributed open mic nights.

The Washington Bluegrass Association is a nonprofit corporation founded in 1982. Its purpose is to promote, encourage, foster, and cultivate the preservation and understanding, enjoyment and support of bluegrass and other closely related music of these United States of America. (from their web page)