IN-PERSON JAM SESSIONS
Sept. 22-25: Fall JAMboree - Ruhstaller Farm, Dixon
classes, jamming, workshops, campout
Nov. 8-11: South State 48 - Carlsbad by the Sea Hotel, Carlsbad
includes concert by High Lonesome (from Colorado)
Oct. 14-20: CBA Fall Campout - Lodi Grape Festival Grounds, Lodi
includes youth concerts with The B Strings and Blue Birds On A Wire duo
Nov. 1-3: South State 48 - Carlsbad by the Sea Hotel, Carlsbad
REGULAR EVENTS
Sundays (11 am): Market & Main (upstairs), Martinez
Sundays (4 pm): The Lucky Horseshoe, SF - performance jam led by house band; info: aaronzorndorf-at-californiabluegrass-dot-net
Sundays (6 pm): Tam Jam - invitational jam at Taste of Rome, 1000 Bridgeway, Sausalito
First Sundays (1 pm): Santa Clara Valley Fiddlers Association - Hoover Middle School, Naglee & Park, San Jose
Second Sundays (3 pm): North Bay Old Time Music Sessions - Redwood Cafe, 8240 Old Redwood Hwy, Cotati;
host/info: heidi-dot-chesney-at-gmail-dot-com
(mostly) Second Sundays (3 pm): Old Time Jam w/ Tony Phillips - Freight & Salvage, Berkeley
next jams: 9/8, 10/13, 11/10, 12/8
Second Sundays (4 pm): Marin Bluegrass Sessions - Mantra Wines, 881 Grant Ave., Novato; host/info: bruce-dot-sadownick-at-gmail-dot-com
9/8 support band: host/dobro - Bruce Sadownick; bass - Bruce Lacey; guitar - Jerry Barush; mandolin - Mary Kussmaul; banjo - Ted Kuster
10/13 support band: host/dobro - Bruce Sadownick; bass - Marc Francis; guitar - Zach Norman; mandolin - Julie Steier; banjo - Gary Millar
Third Sundays (1 pm): old time jam hosted by Bruce Thompson & others - The Way Station, Fairfax
Third Sundays (1 pm): SCVFA jam - South Bay/Peninsula parks (changes each month, cancelled if rain)
Third Sundays (1 pm): SCVFA jam - South Bay/Peninsula parks (changes each month; cancelled if rain)
9/15: Shoup Park, Los Altos
Fourth Sundays (noon): Marin Bluegrass Sessions at the Sweetwater, Mill Valley; host/info: bruce-dot-sadownick-at-gmail-dot-com
9/22 support band: host/dobro - Bruce Sadownick; bass - Karen Fichman; guitar - Jack Murphy; mandolin - Mary Kussmaul; banjo - Michael Small
10/27 support band: host/dobro - Bruce Sadownick; bass - Tom Sours; guitar - Joe Ridout; mandolin - Jerry Barush; banjo - Gary Kaye
Fourth Sundays (1:30 pm): California State Old-Time Fiddlers District 9 bluegrass and old time jams - United Methodist Church, Castro Valley; info: steve-dot-goldfield-at-gmail.com
Fourth Sundays (3 pm): Redwood Cafe, Cotati; davidacarlson62-at-hotmail-dot-com
(mostly) Fourth Sundays (3 pm): Bluegrass & Country Jam w/ Richard Brandenburg - Freight & Salvage, Berkeley
next jams: 8/25. 9/29, 10/27, 11/24, 12/22
Fifth Sundays (1 pm): Sebastopol Grange Hall; info: socofoso-at-gmail-dot-com
Mondays (6:30 pm) open jam, followed (at 8:30 pm) by band performance - Blondies, SF; host/info: woodylauer-at-gmail-dot-com
9/9: Jesse Appelman & Friends (Ryan Breen, Mark Schatz, Brandon Godman, Mike Wilhoyte)
9/16: Bluegrass Holiday
9/23: High Water Line
Monday (7 pm): South Bay (Mostly) Old Time Jam - Unitarian Universalist Church, 505 E. Charleston Rd., Palo Alto
First Monday (6 pm): The Garage Jam - Out West Roadhouse, 321-2nd St., Petaluma; host/info: tedkuster-at-californiabluegrass-dot-net
Second & Fourth Mondays (6:30 pm): Sonoma Community Center, Sonoma; info: tedkuster-at-californiabluegrass-dot-net
Tuesdays (6:30 pm): Morgan Hill Grange
Tuesdays (7 pm): Hotel Utah, SF; host/info: woodylauer-at-gmail-dot-com
Second & Fourth Tuesdays (7 pm): Dublin Heritage Center Park (usually in the Old Schoolhouse), Dublin; bob-dot-gisler-at-icloud-dot-com
Fourth Tuesdays (6:30 pm): Baygrass Collective Bluegrass Jam - Cato's Ale House, 3891 Piedmont Ave., Oakland;
host/info: cheney-dot-munson-at-gmail-dot-com
Wednesdays (6:00 pm): East Bay Bluegrassers Jam - Rockin' Robbie's Music Store, 2nd Fl, 11231 San Pablo Ave, El Cerrito;
host/info: eastbaybluegrassers-at-gmail-dot-com
Wednesdays (6:00 pm): Hop Jam - invitational jam at Hop Dogma Brewing Co., 270 Capistrano Rd., Half Moon Bay
Third Wednesdays (6 pm): Grape Jam - invitational jam at Redwood Cafe, 8240 Old Redwood Hwy, Cotati
9/18: Amy Kassir, Ted Kuster, Tom Sours, Mary Kussmaul, Jim Nunally
Thursdays (5:30 pm): open jam, followed (at 7:00 pm) by band performance - The Liberties, SF; host/info: woodylauer-at-gmail-dot-com
9/5: Burl Haggard
9/12: Mission Hill
9/19: Tom Bekeny & Friends
9/26: Yoseff Tucker Band
10/3: Alisa Rose
Thursdays (7 pm): Java Jam - invitational jam at Los Gatos Coffee Roasting Company, 101 W Main St., LG
Thursdays (7 pm): United Methodist Church, Monterey
First Thursdays (7 pm): Marin Lutheran Church, 649 Meadowsweet Ave., Corte Madera; host/info: loew-at-comcast-dot-net
Second and Fourth Thursdays (6:00 pm): Old time music jam - Atlas Cafe, 3049 20th St. (at Alabama), SF; host/info: dzimej-at-gmail-dot-com
Fifth Thursdays (7 pm): Sonoma County Bluegrass Sessions: open jam with host band - Willowbrook Ale House, Petaluma;
host/info: tedkuster-at-californiabluegrass-dot-net
Saturdays (5:30 pm): Taco Jam - invitational jam at Baja Taqueria, 4070 Piedmont Ave., Oakland
9/21: Jody Richardson, Larry Chung, Tom Sours, Tom Bekeny, Avram Frankel
9/28: Betsy Maudlin, Dan Norton, Tom Lucas, Jerry Barush, Dave Courchaine
10/5: Alan Bond & Skedaddle (w/ Judy Forrest, Tom Lucas, Bruce Lacey)
Second Saturdays (11 am): Lucas Valley Old Time Jam - Rotary Village Community Center, San Rafael; everevolving-at-earthlink-dot-net
Second Saturdays (12 pm): Bluegrass Train Jam - Santa Clara Depot, 1005 Railroad Ave, SC; host/info: kennedymk-at-comcast-dot-net
Second Sundays (1 pm): Barbary Bluegrass jam - Belle Cora, 565 Green St., SF; host/info: inakabee-at-gmail-dot-com
Second Saturdays (4 pm): Baygrass Collective Bluegrass Jam - Starry Plough, 3101 Shattuck Ave., Berkeley
Third Saturdays (1 pm): Americana slow jam - Liberties Bar, 998 Guerrero St., SF; deirdre-dot-cassandra-dot-music-at-gmail-dot-com
Third Saturdays (4 pm): The Shred Sesh (old time jam) - Starry Plough, Berkeley
9/21: hosted by The Propagators
ONLINE JAM SESSIONS
Tuesdays (7 pm): Andronico’s Oldtime Jam via Zoom led by Dinah and Noah Stroe; info/link: steve-dot-goldfield-at-gmail.com
WORKSHOPS
Sept 19-22: Berkeley Old Time Music Convention
Sept. 19 (4 pm): workshops - Freight & Salvage, Berkeley
- Creole Fiddle of Calvin Carrière w/ Ed Poullard
- Ukulele Pathways w/ Marcy Marxer
- Banjo - Variations on a Tune w/ Cathy Fink
Sept. 20 (4 pm): workshops - Freight & Salvage, Berkeley
- Old Time Fiddle w/ Cleek Schrey
- Banjo w/ Cedric Watson
- Libba Cotten Guitar "Oh Babe It Ain't No Lie” w/ Cathy Fink
Sept. 22 (11 am): workshops - Freight & Salvage, Berkeley
- Establishing an oldtime fiddle tunegroove w/ Sami Braman
- Two-finger old time banjo w/ Leo Shannon
- Harmony singing: the buzz w/ Viv Leva & Riley Calcagno
Sept. 22 (12:30 pm): workshops - Freight & Salvage, Berkeley
- Old time fiddle w/ Rhys Jones
- Old time banjo w/ John Herrmann
- Beginning Fiddle w/ Nokosee Fields
- Harmony singing and songs for two w/ Cathy Fink & Marcy Marxer
IN-PERSON INSTRUCTION
The next session of in-person Freight & Salvage classes runs from Sept. 8 - Oct. 18, and includes:
Thursdays
7 pm: Rhythm Guitar Skill Building w/ Richard Brandenburg
8:30 pm: Jams Well with Others w/ Richard Brandenburg
Sept. 14 & 15 (9 am - 5 pm): Jam Class using the Wernick Method - private residence in Hollister
Taught by Mike & Gail Thomas
ONLINE INSTRUCTION
Freight & Salvage workshop
September 7 (11:00 am): Africanisms in American Country Music w/ Joe Zavaan Johnson
The next session of online Freight & Salvage classes runs from Sept. 8 - Oct. 18, and includes:
Mondays
7 pm: How to Make a Great Arrangement w/ Ellen Hoffman
8 pm: Fidde Repertoire w/ Erik Hoffman
Tuesdays
5:30 pm: Rank Beginner Clawhammer Banjo w/ Evie Ladin
7 pm: Clawhammer Banjo Repertoire and Technique w/ Evie Ladin
7 pm: Great Songs for Jamming w/ Richard Brandenburg
Thursdays
5:30 pm: Introduction to Mountain Dulcimer w/ DJ Hamouris
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Mon. & Wed. at 4 pm: Fiddles at Four w/ Suzy Thompson on Zoom
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Bay Area instructors include:
CBA music teacher directory
MUSIC CAMPS
Sept. 5-8: American Banjo Camp - Port Orchard, WA
Bluegrass Banjo Instructors: BB Bowness, Dave Keenan, Jonathan Meek, Alan Munde, Jeff Scroggins, Mike Stahlman
Old Time Banjo Instructors: Riley Baugus, Joseph Decosimo, Maggie Lind, Michael Miles, Ken Perlman, Lukas Pool
Other Instructors: Dale Adkins (guitar), Greg Canote (old time fiddle), Jere Canote (old time guitar), Roger Ferguson (mandolin),
Peter Langston (guitar/mandolin), Mick Nicholson (bass). Onsite Coordinator: Linda Leavitt
Oct. 24-27: Walker Creek Music Camp - west Marin, between Petaluma & Tomales Bay
Greg Canote (Old Time Fiddle) • Jack Tuttle (Bluegrass Fiddle) • Katie Glassman (Swing Fiddle) • Jere Canote (Old Time Backup Guitar) • Joy Louise (Bluegrass Lead Guitar) • Yoseff Tucker (Bluegrass Rhythm Guitar) • Sylvia Herold (Swing Guitar) • David Keenan (Bluegrass Banjo) • Steve Baughman (Clawhammer Banjo) • Jesse Appleman (Bluegrass Mandolin) • Eva Scow (Swing Mandolin) • Cindy Browne Rosefield (Bass) • Keith Little (Bluegrass Singing) • Richard Brandenburg (Country Repertoire) • Ryan Harlin (Bluegrass Jam) • Krishna Feeney (Children’s Program)
Sept. 22-25: Fall JAMboree - Ruhstaller Farm, Dixon
classes, jamming, workshops, campout
Nov. 8-11: South State 48 - Carlsbad by the Sea Hotel, Carlsbad
includes concert by High Lonesome (from Colorado)
Oct. 14-20: CBA Fall Campout - Lodi Grape Festival Grounds, Lodi
includes youth concerts with The B Strings and Blue Birds On A Wire duo
Nov. 1-3: South State 48 - Carlsbad by the Sea Hotel, Carlsbad
REGULAR EVENTS
Sundays (11 am): Market & Main (upstairs), Martinez
Sundays (4 pm): The Lucky Horseshoe, SF - performance jam led by house band; info: aaronzorndorf-at-californiabluegrass-dot-net
Sundays (6 pm): Tam Jam - invitational jam at Taste of Rome, 1000 Bridgeway, Sausalito
First Sundays (1 pm): Santa Clara Valley Fiddlers Association - Hoover Middle School, Naglee & Park, San Jose
Second Sundays (3 pm): North Bay Old Time Music Sessions - Redwood Cafe, 8240 Old Redwood Hwy, Cotati;
host/info: heidi-dot-chesney-at-gmail-dot-com
(mostly) Second Sundays (3 pm): Old Time Jam w/ Tony Phillips - Freight & Salvage, Berkeley
next jams: 9/8, 10/13, 11/10, 12/8
Second Sundays (4 pm): Marin Bluegrass Sessions - Mantra Wines, 881 Grant Ave., Novato; host/info: bruce-dot-sadownick-at-gmail-dot-com
9/8 support band: host/dobro - Bruce Sadownick; bass - Bruce Lacey; guitar - Jerry Barush; mandolin - Mary Kussmaul; banjo - Ted Kuster
10/13 support band: host/dobro - Bruce Sadownick; bass - Marc Francis; guitar - Zach Norman; mandolin - Julie Steier; banjo - Gary Millar
Third Sundays (1 pm): old time jam hosted by Bruce Thompson & others - The Way Station, Fairfax
Third Sundays (1 pm): SCVFA jam - South Bay/Peninsula parks (changes each month, cancelled if rain)
Third Sundays (1 pm): SCVFA jam - South Bay/Peninsula parks (changes each month; cancelled if rain)
9/15: Shoup Park, Los Altos
Fourth Sundays (noon): Marin Bluegrass Sessions at the Sweetwater, Mill Valley; host/info: bruce-dot-sadownick-at-gmail-dot-com
9/22 support band: host/dobro - Bruce Sadownick; bass - Karen Fichman; guitar - Jack Murphy; mandolin - Mary Kussmaul; banjo - Michael Small
10/27 support band: host/dobro - Bruce Sadownick; bass - Tom Sours; guitar - Joe Ridout; mandolin - Jerry Barush; banjo - Gary Kaye
Fourth Sundays (1:30 pm): California State Old-Time Fiddlers District 9 bluegrass and old time jams - United Methodist Church, Castro Valley; info: steve-dot-goldfield-at-gmail.com
Fourth Sundays (3 pm): Redwood Cafe, Cotati; davidacarlson62-at-hotmail-dot-com
(mostly) Fourth Sundays (3 pm): Bluegrass & Country Jam w/ Richard Brandenburg - Freight & Salvage, Berkeley
next jams: 8/25. 9/29, 10/27, 11/24, 12/22
Fifth Sundays (1 pm): Sebastopol Grange Hall; info: socofoso-at-gmail-dot-com
Mondays (6:30 pm) open jam, followed (at 8:30 pm) by band performance - Blondies, SF; host/info: woodylauer-at-gmail-dot-com
9/9: Jesse Appelman & Friends (Ryan Breen, Mark Schatz, Brandon Godman, Mike Wilhoyte)
9/16: Bluegrass Holiday
9/23: High Water Line
Monday (7 pm): South Bay (Mostly) Old Time Jam - Unitarian Universalist Church, 505 E. Charleston Rd., Palo Alto
First Monday (6 pm): The Garage Jam - Out West Roadhouse, 321-2nd St., Petaluma; host/info: tedkuster-at-californiabluegrass-dot-net
Second & Fourth Mondays (6:30 pm): Sonoma Community Center, Sonoma; info: tedkuster-at-californiabluegrass-dot-net
Tuesdays (6:30 pm): Morgan Hill Grange
Tuesdays (7 pm): Hotel Utah, SF; host/info: woodylauer-at-gmail-dot-com
Second & Fourth Tuesdays (7 pm): Dublin Heritage Center Park (usually in the Old Schoolhouse), Dublin; bob-dot-gisler-at-icloud-dot-com
Fourth Tuesdays (6:30 pm): Baygrass Collective Bluegrass Jam - Cato's Ale House, 3891 Piedmont Ave., Oakland;
host/info: cheney-dot-munson-at-gmail-dot-com
Wednesdays (6:00 pm): East Bay Bluegrassers Jam - Rockin' Robbie's Music Store, 2nd Fl, 11231 San Pablo Ave, El Cerrito;
host/info: eastbaybluegrassers-at-gmail-dot-com
Wednesdays (6:00 pm): Hop Jam - invitational jam at Hop Dogma Brewing Co., 270 Capistrano Rd., Half Moon Bay
Third Wednesdays (6 pm): Grape Jam - invitational jam at Redwood Cafe, 8240 Old Redwood Hwy, Cotati
9/18: Amy Kassir, Ted Kuster, Tom Sours, Mary Kussmaul, Jim Nunally
Thursdays (5:30 pm): open jam, followed (at 7:00 pm) by band performance - The Liberties, SF; host/info: woodylauer-at-gmail-dot-com
9/5: Burl Haggard
9/12: Mission Hill
9/19: Tom Bekeny & Friends
9/26: Yoseff Tucker Band
10/3: Alisa Rose
Thursdays (7 pm): Java Jam - invitational jam at Los Gatos Coffee Roasting Company, 101 W Main St., LG
Thursdays (7 pm): United Methodist Church, Monterey
First Thursdays (7 pm): Marin Lutheran Church, 649 Meadowsweet Ave., Corte Madera; host/info: loew-at-comcast-dot-net
Second and Fourth Thursdays (6:00 pm): Old time music jam - Atlas Cafe, 3049 20th St. (at Alabama), SF; host/info: dzimej-at-gmail-dot-com
Fifth Thursdays (7 pm): Sonoma County Bluegrass Sessions: open jam with host band - Willowbrook Ale House, Petaluma;
host/info: tedkuster-at-californiabluegrass-dot-net
Saturdays (5:30 pm): Taco Jam - invitational jam at Baja Taqueria, 4070 Piedmont Ave., Oakland
9/21: Jody Richardson, Larry Chung, Tom Sours, Tom Bekeny, Avram Frankel
9/28: Betsy Maudlin, Dan Norton, Tom Lucas, Jerry Barush, Dave Courchaine
10/5: Alan Bond & Skedaddle (w/ Judy Forrest, Tom Lucas, Bruce Lacey)
Second Saturdays (11 am): Lucas Valley Old Time Jam - Rotary Village Community Center, San Rafael; everevolving-at-earthlink-dot-net
Second Saturdays (12 pm): Bluegrass Train Jam - Santa Clara Depot, 1005 Railroad Ave, SC; host/info: kennedymk-at-comcast-dot-net
Second Sundays (1 pm): Barbary Bluegrass jam - Belle Cora, 565 Green St., SF; host/info: inakabee-at-gmail-dot-com
Second Saturdays (4 pm): Baygrass Collective Bluegrass Jam - Starry Plough, 3101 Shattuck Ave., Berkeley
Third Saturdays (1 pm): Americana slow jam - Liberties Bar, 998 Guerrero St., SF; deirdre-dot-cassandra-dot-music-at-gmail-dot-com
Third Saturdays (4 pm): The Shred Sesh (old time jam) - Starry Plough, Berkeley
9/21: hosted by The Propagators
ONLINE JAM SESSIONS
Tuesdays (7 pm): Andronico’s Oldtime Jam via Zoom led by Dinah and Noah Stroe; info/link: steve-dot-goldfield-at-gmail.com
WORKSHOPS
Sept 19-22: Berkeley Old Time Music Convention
Sept. 19 (4 pm): workshops - Freight & Salvage, Berkeley
- Creole Fiddle of Calvin Carrière w/ Ed Poullard
- Ukulele Pathways w/ Marcy Marxer
- Banjo - Variations on a Tune w/ Cathy Fink
Sept. 20 (4 pm): workshops - Freight & Salvage, Berkeley
- Old Time Fiddle w/ Cleek Schrey
- Banjo w/ Cedric Watson
- Libba Cotten Guitar "Oh Babe It Ain't No Lie” w/ Cathy Fink
Sept. 22 (11 am): workshops - Freight & Salvage, Berkeley
- Establishing an oldtime fiddle tunegroove w/ Sami Braman
- Two-finger old time banjo w/ Leo Shannon
- Harmony singing: the buzz w/ Viv Leva & Riley Calcagno
Sept. 22 (12:30 pm): workshops - Freight & Salvage, Berkeley
- Old time fiddle w/ Rhys Jones
- Old time banjo w/ John Herrmann
- Beginning Fiddle w/ Nokosee Fields
- Harmony singing and songs for two w/ Cathy Fink & Marcy Marxer
IN-PERSON INSTRUCTION
The next session of in-person Freight & Salvage classes runs from Sept. 8 - Oct. 18, and includes:
Thursdays
7 pm: Rhythm Guitar Skill Building w/ Richard Brandenburg
8:30 pm: Jams Well with Others w/ Richard Brandenburg
Sept. 14 & 15 (9 am - 5 pm): Jam Class using the Wernick Method - private residence in Hollister
Taught by Mike & Gail Thomas
ONLINE INSTRUCTION
Freight & Salvage workshop
September 7 (11:00 am): Africanisms in American Country Music w/ Joe Zavaan Johnson
The next session of online Freight & Salvage classes runs from Sept. 8 - Oct. 18, and includes:
Mondays
7 pm: How to Make a Great Arrangement w/ Ellen Hoffman
8 pm: Fidde Repertoire w/ Erik Hoffman
Tuesdays
5:30 pm: Rank Beginner Clawhammer Banjo w/ Evie Ladin
7 pm: Clawhammer Banjo Repertoire and Technique w/ Evie Ladin
7 pm: Great Songs for Jamming w/ Richard Brandenburg
Thursdays
5:30 pm: Introduction to Mountain Dulcimer w/ DJ Hamouris
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Mon. & Wed. at 4 pm: Fiddles at Four w/ Suzy Thompson on Zoom
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Bay Area instructors include:
- Richard Brandenburg <[email protected]>
- Evie Ladin <[email protected]>
- Carol McComb
- Avram Siegel <[email protected]>
- Eric Thompson <[email protected]>
- Suzy Thompson <[email protected]>
- Jack Tuttle <[email protected]>
- Manning Music
CBA music teacher directory
MUSIC CAMPS
Sept. 5-8: American Banjo Camp - Port Orchard, WA
Bluegrass Banjo Instructors: BB Bowness, Dave Keenan, Jonathan Meek, Alan Munde, Jeff Scroggins, Mike Stahlman
Old Time Banjo Instructors: Riley Baugus, Joseph Decosimo, Maggie Lind, Michael Miles, Ken Perlman, Lukas Pool
Other Instructors: Dale Adkins (guitar), Greg Canote (old time fiddle), Jere Canote (old time guitar), Roger Ferguson (mandolin),
Peter Langston (guitar/mandolin), Mick Nicholson (bass). Onsite Coordinator: Linda Leavitt
Oct. 24-27: Walker Creek Music Camp - west Marin, between Petaluma & Tomales Bay
Greg Canote (Old Time Fiddle) • Jack Tuttle (Bluegrass Fiddle) • Katie Glassman (Swing Fiddle) • Jere Canote (Old Time Backup Guitar) • Joy Louise (Bluegrass Lead Guitar) • Yoseff Tucker (Bluegrass Rhythm Guitar) • Sylvia Herold (Swing Guitar) • David Keenan (Bluegrass Banjo) • Steve Baughman (Clawhammer Banjo) • Jesse Appleman (Bluegrass Mandolin) • Eva Scow (Swing Mandolin) • Cindy Browne Rosefield (Bass) • Keith Little (Bluegrass Singing) • Richard Brandenburg (Country Repertoire) • Ryan Harlin (Bluegrass Jam) • Krishna Feeney (Children’s Program)