JAM SESSIONS
June 22 (3 pm): Bluegrass & Country Jam w/ Richard Brandenburg - Freight & Salvage, Berkeley
Aug. 21-24: CBA's Golden Old Time Campout
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
First Sundays (3 pm): North Bay Old Time Music Sessions - Church of the Oaks, Cotati; host/info: heidi-dot-chesney-at-gmail-dot-com
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)
Jan., May, Sept.: Washington Park, Sunnyvale
Feb., June, Oct.: Shoup Park, Los Altos
March, July, Nov.: Municipal Rose Garden, San Jose
April, Aug., Dec.: Mitchell Park, Palo Alto
Third Sundays (2:30 pm): Sebastopol Bluegrass Jam - Sebastopol Center For the Arts; info/host: redpencil-at-sonic-dot-net
Third Sundays (3 pm): Progressive Grounds Cafe, 400 Cortland St., SF
Fourth Sundays (noon): Marin Bluegrass Sessions - The Sweewater, Mill Valley; host/info: bruce-dot-sadownick-at-gmail-dot-com
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
Fifth Sundays (1 pm): Sebastopol Grange Hall; info: socofoso-at-gmail-dot-com
Mondays (6:30 pm) open jam followed (8:30 pm) by band performance - Blondies, 540 Valencia St., SF; host/info: woodylauer-at-gmail-dot-com
6/23: The High Water Line
6/30: Hey Lonesome
7/7: Grass Zeppelin
7/14: Ian Ly Band
7/21: Tom Bekeny & Friends
7/28: Rare Company
8/4: The High Water Line
8/11: Hey Lonesome
8/18: Beautiful Bouquet
8/25: Alan Bond & Skedaddle
9/8: The Deep Thicket Dwellers
9/15: Grass Zeppelin
9/22: The High Water Line
Monday (7 pm): South Bay (Mostly) Old Time Jam - Unitarian Universalist Church, 505 E. Charleston Rd., Palo Alto
First & Third 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
Tuesdays (7 pm): Andronico’s old time jam; led by Dinah and Noah Stroe
- odd Tues: at Andronico's on Funston between Lincoln & Irving, SF;
- even Tues: Zoom jam; email steve-dot-goldfield-at-gmail.com for the Zoom link and additional info
First Tuesday (7 pm): Occidental Jam - Occidental Center for the Arts
First & Third Tuesdays (7 pm): Corte Madera Jam - Corte Madera Lutheran Church
Second & Fourth Tuesdays (7 pm): Dublin Heritage Center Park (usually in the Old Schoolhouse), Dublin; bob-dot-gisler-at-icloud-dot-com
Third Tuesday (5:30 pm): old time tune jam - Berkeley Public Library Central Branch - 5th floor; co-sponsored by BOTMC, intended as a continuation of the Freight's monthly old time jam, which has been discontinued
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 (5 pm): Bluegrass jam (followed by live band performance) - Baltic Kiss, 136 Park Place, Point Richmond;
host/info: p-dot-k-dot-frizzell-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
Alternate Wednesdays (6 pm): Grape Jam - invitational jam at Redwood Cafe, 8240 Old Redwood Hwy, Cotati
Thursdays (5:30 pm): jam followed (7 pm) by band performance - The Liberties, 998 Guerrero St., SF; host/info: woodylauer-at-gmail-dot-com
6/26: Bluegrass Holiday
7/3: Bermudagrass Triangle
7/10: John Barleycorn
7/17: Tom Bekeny & Friends
7/24: Sweet Sally
7/31: Blue Magnolia
8/7: Buckeye Boys
8/14: The Deep Thicket Dwellers
8/21: Hovering Breadcat
8/28: Fiddler on the Right Trio
9/4: John Barleycorn
9/11: Bluegrass Holiday
9/18: Lickety Split String Band
10/9: The Far Out Johnnies
10/16: The Good Bad
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
Second & Fourth Fridays (7 pm): SF Folk Music Club's Old Time & Celtic session - St. Cyprian's Episcopal Church, 2097 Turk Blvd., SF
Saturdays (5:30 pm): Taco Jam - invitational jam at Baja Taqueria, 4070 Piedmont Ave., Oakland
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
NOTE: June jam is 6/21 to avoid conflict with Grass Valley
Third Saturdays (4 pm): The Shred Sesh (old time jam) - Starry Plough, Berkeley; with a different host each month
6/21: Nick Lofaro
7/19: Evie Ladin
8/16 (2 pm): Connor Maguire
9/20: Michelle Yu
10/18: Skillet Licorice
11/15: KC Heil
12/20: Evie Ladin
IN-PERSON INSTRUCTION
The Spring II class sessions of in-person Freight & Salvage classes begins the week of May 5th, and includes:
Wednesdays
5:30 pm: Introduction to Mountain Dulcimer w/ DJ Hamouris
Thursdays
7 pm: Rhythm Guitar Skill Building w/ Richard Brandenburg
8:30 pm: Jams Well with Others w/ Richard Brandenburg
Fridays (10 am, beginning 4/11): Intro to Mountain Dulcimer w/ DJ Hamouris - Berkeley Adult School, Longfellow MS Dining Commons
Saturdays (May 24, June 7, June 14): Tunes and Techniques of Black Fiddle Players w/ Darcy Ford-James - Oakland Public Conservatory Of Music, 492 - 9th St., Oakland
3rd Sunday (7 pm): Old Time Tunes With Words w/ Rowan McCallister & Robin Fisher - Manning Music, Berkeley; advance registration required; bearcatstringband-at-gmail-dot-com
Sundays (1-4 pm), June 15 – July 6: Wernick Method weekly jam classes in Oakland with Erik Yates
Sept. 13-14: Wernick Method weekend jam camp in Hollister with Mike & Gail Thomas
ONLINE INSTRUCTION
Tuesdays (7 pm, beginning 5/6): Fiddle Tunes & Technique w/ Erik Hoffman - Freight & Salvage online
Mon. & Wed. at 4 pm: Fiddles at Four w/ Suzy Thompson on Zoom
May 5 ff: tunes from the Hammons family of WV in cross G
Bay Area instructors include:
CBA music teacher directory
2025 MUSIC CAMPS
June 22-29: Big Sur Fiddle Camp
Instructors: Abigal Washburn, Jordan Tice, Simon Chrisman, John Weed, Rebecca Stout, Ruairdh Mackay, Colin Cotter, Sumaia Jackson
June 23-28: Voice Works - Port Townsend, WA
Faculty: Pharis Romero (Artistic Director), Christine Balfa, Dina Blade, Gail Davies, DaShawn and Wendy Hickman, Max Malone, Emily Miller, Valerie Mindel, Sarina Partridge, Dawn Pemberton, Rachael Price, Melody Walker
June 27 - July 1: Chris Thile’s Acousticamp - Asilomar Hotel, Pacific Grove
Instructors: Chris Thile, Chris Eldridge, Brittany Haas, Paul Kowert, Noam Pikelny, Josh Ritter, Julian Lage, Michael Daves, Maddie Witler
June 29 - July 6: Festival of American Fiddle Tunes - Port Townsend, WA
Faculty: The Onlies (Artistic Directors), Swanky Kitchen Band, Paul Brown with Terri McMurray and Chester McMillian, Belen Escobedo and Ramon Gutierrez, Adolfo “Dolfu” Fernandez, Preston Frank with Kevin Wimmer, The Tennessee Hillbuddies, Rhys Jones, Tom Krueger, Nathan Gourley and Laura Feddersen, Troy MacGillivray, Sarah Kate Morgan, Mairi Rankin, Caitlin Romtvedt, Alexandre Cadarso Suárez with Kevin Carr
July 12-25: California Coast Music Camp - retreat location in Monterey County, ~ 1.5 hr. south of San Jose
Week 1 (July 12-18) instructors: Kat Bula (Beginning Guitar, Fingerstyle Guitar Basics), Colin Cotter (Celtic Guitar Backup, Fiddle Workout: Celtic Repertoire), Mike Dowling (Bottleneck Blues and Beyond, Swing Guitar Improv), Marla Fibish (Beginning Mandolin, Irish Repertoire / Three Handy Sets!), Chris Grampp (Beginning Improvisation, On-the-Spot Arranging), Ed Johnson (Doo Wop to Pop!, Groove & Passion: Motown and R&B Acoustic), Paul Kotapish (The Big Jangle: Byrds, Beatles, Heartbreakers, and Rickenbackers from Hell, Fun Tunes From Around the Globe to Tickle Your Sense of Time), Evie Ladin (Body Music, Clawhammer Banjo), Janet Lenore (Songwriting Kickstarter: Games People Play, Instigator), Carol McComb (From Hank to Dolly, Fingerstyle Arranging), Kristina Olsen (Tone Production, Swing Jazz Vocals), David Pascoe (Fiddle Technique: Supporting the Song, Americana / String Band Lab), Brian Rice (Rhythm in a Box, Shake Rattle and Roll!), Cindy Browne Rosefield (Beginning Bass, Nothing But The Blues...and Beyond), Ukulenny (Even Ukuleles Get the Blues, Let’s Jam! Soloing & More on the Ukulele), Melody Walker (Finding Power in Your Voice, Writing the Instant Classic: Songwriting), Mike Wollenberg (Intro to Swing Guitar, Jazz / Pop Solo Guitar Arranging)
Week 2 (July 19-25) instructors: Cary Black (Upright Bass Basics, Bass Musicianship), Neal Chin (‘Ukulele-isms, ‘Ukulele Jazz), Elijah Cole (Harmony, Get Your Groove On!), Bryan Cooperrider (Your Total Rhythm Workout, Beginning Guitar), Gina Davis (Jamnastics for Guitarists and Their Fretted Friends, From Hearth to Stage: Voice and Guitar Performance for Folkies), Amy Friedricks (Fun With Barre Chords, Instigator), Nina Gerber (Play Well With Others, Theory Applied to Guitar), Sylvia Herold (Swing Gently: Intro to Swing Guitar, Moving on in Swing: Intermediate Swing Guitar), Sue Horowitz (Songwriting Playground, My Two Cents), Cara Luft (School of Rock for Folkies, Harmony Singing), Tim May (Get Started With Soloing: What To Do When They Say “Take It!”,” Flatpicking Solos: Kick it Up a Notch), Ami Molinelli )Sticks and Stones Won’t Break Your Bones!, Mysteries of Brazilian Rhythms to the American Influences), Miles Quale (Intermediate Bluegrass Fiddling, Fiddle: Advanced Creative Improvising), Kim Scanlon (The Mysteries of Vocal Blend, Song as Teacher), Jon Shain (Beginning Fingerstyle Blues, Songwriting Guitar), Avram Siegel (Bluegrass Banjo, String Band), Steve Smith (Mandolin Kickstarter, Crank It Up!)
July 14-18: West Marin Fiddle Camp - Bolinas, CA
Instructors: Riley Baugus, Rachel Baiman, George Jackson, Sarah Savoy, David Thiessen, Jesse Fichman, Mason Via, Duncan Wickle, Elise Leavy
July 26 - Aug.22: Puget Sound Guitar Workshop - Bremerton, WA
Session 1 (July 26 – Aug. 1) instructors: Ami Molinelli (Percussion), Anka Summerhill (Guitar, Repertoire), Ava Honey (Instigator, Repertoire), Cara Luft (Repertoire, Banjo), Chic Street Man (Guitar, Performance), Cindy Browne Rosefield (Bass), Devin Champlin (Guitar, Songwriting), Greg Schochet (Guitar), Leah Wollenberg (Fiddle), Marco de Carvalho (Guitar), Neal Chin (‘Ukulele), Nova Karina Devonie (Songwriting, Theory), Patrice Haan (Vocals, Listening), Tony Marcus (Camp Instrumentalist, Guitar), Wayne Henderson (Guitar)
Session 2 (Aug. 2-8) instructors: Brian Seeger (Guitar), Carol McComb (Repertoire, Vocals), Cosy Sheridan (Songwriting, Guitar), Daniel Ward (Ukulele), Ed Johnson (Vocals, Repertoire), Ethan Setiawan (Mandolin), Jay Knowles (Songwriting, Performance), Jennifer Scott (Vocals), John Knowles (Guitar, Private Lessons), Kat Bula (Fiddle, Guitar), Mandy Lynn Danzig (Camp Instrumentalist), Michaelle Goerlitz (Percussion), Orville Johnson (Guitar, Dobro), Rene Worst (Bass), Sylvia Herold (Guitar), Tom Rawson (Instigator)
Session 3 (Aug. 9-15) instructors: Adam (Roscoe) Roszkwiecz (Guitar, Tunewriting), Addie Mathis (Vocals, Repertoire), Amy Friedricks (Instigator, Guitar), Geoff Morgan (Guitar, Songwriting), Ida Winfree (Mandolin), John Miller (Guitar, Private Lessons), Julian Oliver (Fiddle), Kathy Kallick (Guitar, Repertoire), Keith Lowe (Bass, Camp Instrumentalist), Laura Silverstein (Guitar), McKain Lakey (Banjo, Songwriting), Nina Gerber (Guitar), Ron Peters (Guitar), Sally Van Meter (Dobro), Tom Hodge (Ukulele)
Session 4 (Aug. 16-22) instructors: Adam Levy (Guitar), Ben Hunter (Fiddle), Christian Casolary (Percussion, Practicing), Greg Canote (Fiddle, Home Town Band Lab), Jere Canote (Ukulele, Home Town Band Lab), Laurel Bliss (Instigator, Repertoire), Libby McLaren (Vocals), Madeleine Elkins (Guitar), Marla Fibish (Mandolin, Repertoire), Mick Nicholson (Bass), Mike Dowling (Guitar), Robin Flower (Guitar, Tune Writing), Steve Baughman (Guitar, Banjo), Susan Cattaneo (Songwriting), Val Mindel (Guitar)
Sept. 1-5: Mandolin World Retreat with Mike Marshall & Caterina Lichtenberg plus Peppino D'Agostino - Ortigia (Siracusa), Sicily
Sept. 4-7: American Banjo Camp - Pilgrim Firs Conference Center near Port Orchard, WA
instructors - Bluegrass Banjo: Greg Cahill, Gina Furtado, Eli Gilbert, Alan Munde, Mike Stahlman, Tray Wellington;
Old-Time Banjo: Hilarie Burhans, Joseph Decosimo, Frank Evans, Maggie Lind, Ken Perlman, Molly Tenenbaum;
Other Instruments: Dale Adkins (mandolin), Greg Blake (guitar), Peter Langston (guitar/mandolin), Jere Canote (old-time guitar), Greg Canote (old-time fiddle), Mick Nicholson (bass)
Sept. 8-12: Music World Retreat with Tony Trischka - Ortigia (Siracusa), Sicily
Oct. 23-26: Walker Creek Music Camp (between Marshall & Petaluma)
June 22 (3 pm): Bluegrass & Country Jam w/ Richard Brandenburg - Freight & Salvage, Berkeley
Aug. 21-24: CBA's Golden Old Time Campout
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
First Sundays (3 pm): North Bay Old Time Music Sessions - Church of the Oaks, Cotati; host/info: heidi-dot-chesney-at-gmail-dot-com
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)
Jan., May, Sept.: Washington Park, Sunnyvale
Feb., June, Oct.: Shoup Park, Los Altos
March, July, Nov.: Municipal Rose Garden, San Jose
April, Aug., Dec.: Mitchell Park, Palo Alto
Third Sundays (2:30 pm): Sebastopol Bluegrass Jam - Sebastopol Center For the Arts; info/host: redpencil-at-sonic-dot-net
Third Sundays (3 pm): Progressive Grounds Cafe, 400 Cortland St., SF
Fourth Sundays (noon): Marin Bluegrass Sessions - The Sweewater, Mill Valley; host/info: bruce-dot-sadownick-at-gmail-dot-com
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
Fifth Sundays (1 pm): Sebastopol Grange Hall; info: socofoso-at-gmail-dot-com
Mondays (6:30 pm) open jam followed (8:30 pm) by band performance - Blondies, 540 Valencia St., SF; host/info: woodylauer-at-gmail-dot-com
6/23: The High Water Line
6/30: Hey Lonesome
7/7: Grass Zeppelin
7/14: Ian Ly Band
7/21: Tom Bekeny & Friends
7/28: Rare Company
8/4: The High Water Line
8/11: Hey Lonesome
8/18: Beautiful Bouquet
8/25: Alan Bond & Skedaddle
9/8: The Deep Thicket Dwellers
9/15: Grass Zeppelin
9/22: The High Water Line
Monday (7 pm): South Bay (Mostly) Old Time Jam - Unitarian Universalist Church, 505 E. Charleston Rd., Palo Alto
First & Third 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
Tuesdays (7 pm): Andronico’s old time jam; led by Dinah and Noah Stroe
- odd Tues: at Andronico's on Funston between Lincoln & Irving, SF;
- even Tues: Zoom jam; email steve-dot-goldfield-at-gmail.com for the Zoom link and additional info
First Tuesday (7 pm): Occidental Jam - Occidental Center for the Arts
First & Third Tuesdays (7 pm): Corte Madera Jam - Corte Madera Lutheran Church
Second & Fourth Tuesdays (7 pm): Dublin Heritage Center Park (usually in the Old Schoolhouse), Dublin; bob-dot-gisler-at-icloud-dot-com
Third Tuesday (5:30 pm): old time tune jam - Berkeley Public Library Central Branch - 5th floor; co-sponsored by BOTMC, intended as a continuation of the Freight's monthly old time jam, which has been discontinued
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 (5 pm): Bluegrass jam (followed by live band performance) - Baltic Kiss, 136 Park Place, Point Richmond;
host/info: p-dot-k-dot-frizzell-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
Alternate Wednesdays (6 pm): Grape Jam - invitational jam at Redwood Cafe, 8240 Old Redwood Hwy, Cotati
Thursdays (5:30 pm): jam followed (7 pm) by band performance - The Liberties, 998 Guerrero St., SF; host/info: woodylauer-at-gmail-dot-com
6/26: Bluegrass Holiday
7/3: Bermudagrass Triangle
7/10: John Barleycorn
7/17: Tom Bekeny & Friends
7/24: Sweet Sally
7/31: Blue Magnolia
8/7: Buckeye Boys
8/14: The Deep Thicket Dwellers
8/21: Hovering Breadcat
8/28: Fiddler on the Right Trio
9/4: John Barleycorn
9/11: Bluegrass Holiday
9/18: Lickety Split String Band
10/9: The Far Out Johnnies
10/16: The Good Bad
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
Second & Fourth Fridays (7 pm): SF Folk Music Club's Old Time & Celtic session - St. Cyprian's Episcopal Church, 2097 Turk Blvd., SF
Saturdays (5:30 pm): Taco Jam - invitational jam at Baja Taqueria, 4070 Piedmont Ave., Oakland
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
NOTE: June jam is 6/21 to avoid conflict with Grass Valley
Third Saturdays (4 pm): The Shred Sesh (old time jam) - Starry Plough, Berkeley; with a different host each month
6/21: Nick Lofaro
7/19: Evie Ladin
8/16 (2 pm): Connor Maguire
9/20: Michelle Yu
10/18: Skillet Licorice
11/15: KC Heil
12/20: Evie Ladin
IN-PERSON INSTRUCTION
The Spring II class sessions of in-person Freight & Salvage classes begins the week of May 5th, and includes:
Wednesdays
5:30 pm: Introduction to Mountain Dulcimer w/ DJ Hamouris
Thursdays
7 pm: Rhythm Guitar Skill Building w/ Richard Brandenburg
8:30 pm: Jams Well with Others w/ Richard Brandenburg
Fridays (10 am, beginning 4/11): Intro to Mountain Dulcimer w/ DJ Hamouris - Berkeley Adult School, Longfellow MS Dining Commons
Saturdays (May 24, June 7, June 14): Tunes and Techniques of Black Fiddle Players w/ Darcy Ford-James - Oakland Public Conservatory Of Music, 492 - 9th St., Oakland
3rd Sunday (7 pm): Old Time Tunes With Words w/ Rowan McCallister & Robin Fisher - Manning Music, Berkeley; advance registration required; bearcatstringband-at-gmail-dot-com
Sundays (1-4 pm), June 15 – July 6: Wernick Method weekly jam classes in Oakland with Erik Yates
Sept. 13-14: Wernick Method weekend jam camp in Hollister with Mike & Gail Thomas
ONLINE INSTRUCTION
Tuesdays (7 pm, beginning 5/6): Fiddle Tunes & Technique w/ Erik Hoffman - Freight & Salvage online
Mon. & Wed. at 4 pm: Fiddles at Four w/ Suzy Thompson on Zoom
May 5 ff: tunes from the Hammons family of WV in cross G
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 - Instructors: Chad Manning, Catherine Manning, Robin Fischer, Rowan McCallister, Leah Wollenberg, Yoseff Tucker, Arvram Siegel, Jasper Manning, Mike Witcher, Jesse Appelman, and Morgan Balfour
CBA music teacher directory
2025 MUSIC CAMPS
June 22-29: Big Sur Fiddle Camp
Instructors: Abigal Washburn, Jordan Tice, Simon Chrisman, John Weed, Rebecca Stout, Ruairdh Mackay, Colin Cotter, Sumaia Jackson
June 23-28: Voice Works - Port Townsend, WA
Faculty: Pharis Romero (Artistic Director), Christine Balfa, Dina Blade, Gail Davies, DaShawn and Wendy Hickman, Max Malone, Emily Miller, Valerie Mindel, Sarina Partridge, Dawn Pemberton, Rachael Price, Melody Walker
June 27 - July 1: Chris Thile’s Acousticamp - Asilomar Hotel, Pacific Grove
Instructors: Chris Thile, Chris Eldridge, Brittany Haas, Paul Kowert, Noam Pikelny, Josh Ritter, Julian Lage, Michael Daves, Maddie Witler
June 29 - July 6: Festival of American Fiddle Tunes - Port Townsend, WA
Faculty: The Onlies (Artistic Directors), Swanky Kitchen Band, Paul Brown with Terri McMurray and Chester McMillian, Belen Escobedo and Ramon Gutierrez, Adolfo “Dolfu” Fernandez, Preston Frank with Kevin Wimmer, The Tennessee Hillbuddies, Rhys Jones, Tom Krueger, Nathan Gourley and Laura Feddersen, Troy MacGillivray, Sarah Kate Morgan, Mairi Rankin, Caitlin Romtvedt, Alexandre Cadarso Suárez with Kevin Carr
July 12-25: California Coast Music Camp - retreat location in Monterey County, ~ 1.5 hr. south of San Jose
Week 1 (July 12-18) instructors: Kat Bula (Beginning Guitar, Fingerstyle Guitar Basics), Colin Cotter (Celtic Guitar Backup, Fiddle Workout: Celtic Repertoire), Mike Dowling (Bottleneck Blues and Beyond, Swing Guitar Improv), Marla Fibish (Beginning Mandolin, Irish Repertoire / Three Handy Sets!), Chris Grampp (Beginning Improvisation, On-the-Spot Arranging), Ed Johnson (Doo Wop to Pop!, Groove & Passion: Motown and R&B Acoustic), Paul Kotapish (The Big Jangle: Byrds, Beatles, Heartbreakers, and Rickenbackers from Hell, Fun Tunes From Around the Globe to Tickle Your Sense of Time), Evie Ladin (Body Music, Clawhammer Banjo), Janet Lenore (Songwriting Kickstarter: Games People Play, Instigator), Carol McComb (From Hank to Dolly, Fingerstyle Arranging), Kristina Olsen (Tone Production, Swing Jazz Vocals), David Pascoe (Fiddle Technique: Supporting the Song, Americana / String Band Lab), Brian Rice (Rhythm in a Box, Shake Rattle and Roll!), Cindy Browne Rosefield (Beginning Bass, Nothing But The Blues...and Beyond), Ukulenny (Even Ukuleles Get the Blues, Let’s Jam! Soloing & More on the Ukulele), Melody Walker (Finding Power in Your Voice, Writing the Instant Classic: Songwriting), Mike Wollenberg (Intro to Swing Guitar, Jazz / Pop Solo Guitar Arranging)
Week 2 (July 19-25) instructors: Cary Black (Upright Bass Basics, Bass Musicianship), Neal Chin (‘Ukulele-isms, ‘Ukulele Jazz), Elijah Cole (Harmony, Get Your Groove On!), Bryan Cooperrider (Your Total Rhythm Workout, Beginning Guitar), Gina Davis (Jamnastics for Guitarists and Their Fretted Friends, From Hearth to Stage: Voice and Guitar Performance for Folkies), Amy Friedricks (Fun With Barre Chords, Instigator), Nina Gerber (Play Well With Others, Theory Applied to Guitar), Sylvia Herold (Swing Gently: Intro to Swing Guitar, Moving on in Swing: Intermediate Swing Guitar), Sue Horowitz (Songwriting Playground, My Two Cents), Cara Luft (School of Rock for Folkies, Harmony Singing), Tim May (Get Started With Soloing: What To Do When They Say “Take It!”,” Flatpicking Solos: Kick it Up a Notch), Ami Molinelli )Sticks and Stones Won’t Break Your Bones!, Mysteries of Brazilian Rhythms to the American Influences), Miles Quale (Intermediate Bluegrass Fiddling, Fiddle: Advanced Creative Improvising), Kim Scanlon (The Mysteries of Vocal Blend, Song as Teacher), Jon Shain (Beginning Fingerstyle Blues, Songwriting Guitar), Avram Siegel (Bluegrass Banjo, String Band), Steve Smith (Mandolin Kickstarter, Crank It Up!)
July 14-18: West Marin Fiddle Camp - Bolinas, CA
Instructors: Riley Baugus, Rachel Baiman, George Jackson, Sarah Savoy, David Thiessen, Jesse Fichman, Mason Via, Duncan Wickle, Elise Leavy
July 26 - Aug.22: Puget Sound Guitar Workshop - Bremerton, WA
Session 1 (July 26 – Aug. 1) instructors: Ami Molinelli (Percussion), Anka Summerhill (Guitar, Repertoire), Ava Honey (Instigator, Repertoire), Cara Luft (Repertoire, Banjo), Chic Street Man (Guitar, Performance), Cindy Browne Rosefield (Bass), Devin Champlin (Guitar, Songwriting), Greg Schochet (Guitar), Leah Wollenberg (Fiddle), Marco de Carvalho (Guitar), Neal Chin (‘Ukulele), Nova Karina Devonie (Songwriting, Theory), Patrice Haan (Vocals, Listening), Tony Marcus (Camp Instrumentalist, Guitar), Wayne Henderson (Guitar)
Session 2 (Aug. 2-8) instructors: Brian Seeger (Guitar), Carol McComb (Repertoire, Vocals), Cosy Sheridan (Songwriting, Guitar), Daniel Ward (Ukulele), Ed Johnson (Vocals, Repertoire), Ethan Setiawan (Mandolin), Jay Knowles (Songwriting, Performance), Jennifer Scott (Vocals), John Knowles (Guitar, Private Lessons), Kat Bula (Fiddle, Guitar), Mandy Lynn Danzig (Camp Instrumentalist), Michaelle Goerlitz (Percussion), Orville Johnson (Guitar, Dobro), Rene Worst (Bass), Sylvia Herold (Guitar), Tom Rawson (Instigator)
Session 3 (Aug. 9-15) instructors: Adam (Roscoe) Roszkwiecz (Guitar, Tunewriting), Addie Mathis (Vocals, Repertoire), Amy Friedricks (Instigator, Guitar), Geoff Morgan (Guitar, Songwriting), Ida Winfree (Mandolin), John Miller (Guitar, Private Lessons), Julian Oliver (Fiddle), Kathy Kallick (Guitar, Repertoire), Keith Lowe (Bass, Camp Instrumentalist), Laura Silverstein (Guitar), McKain Lakey (Banjo, Songwriting), Nina Gerber (Guitar), Ron Peters (Guitar), Sally Van Meter (Dobro), Tom Hodge (Ukulele)
Session 4 (Aug. 16-22) instructors: Adam Levy (Guitar), Ben Hunter (Fiddle), Christian Casolary (Percussion, Practicing), Greg Canote (Fiddle, Home Town Band Lab), Jere Canote (Ukulele, Home Town Band Lab), Laurel Bliss (Instigator, Repertoire), Libby McLaren (Vocals), Madeleine Elkins (Guitar), Marla Fibish (Mandolin, Repertoire), Mick Nicholson (Bass), Mike Dowling (Guitar), Robin Flower (Guitar, Tune Writing), Steve Baughman (Guitar, Banjo), Susan Cattaneo (Songwriting), Val Mindel (Guitar)
Sept. 1-5: Mandolin World Retreat with Mike Marshall & Caterina Lichtenberg plus Peppino D'Agostino - Ortigia (Siracusa), Sicily
Sept. 4-7: American Banjo Camp - Pilgrim Firs Conference Center near Port Orchard, WA
instructors - Bluegrass Banjo: Greg Cahill, Gina Furtado, Eli Gilbert, Alan Munde, Mike Stahlman, Tray Wellington;
Old-Time Banjo: Hilarie Burhans, Joseph Decosimo, Frank Evans, Maggie Lind, Ken Perlman, Molly Tenenbaum;
Other Instruments: Dale Adkins (mandolin), Greg Blake (guitar), Peter Langston (guitar/mandolin), Jere Canote (old-time guitar), Greg Canote (old-time fiddle), Mick Nicholson (bass)
Sept. 8-12: Music World Retreat with Tony Trischka - Ortigia (Siracusa), Sicily
Oct. 23-26: Walker Creek Music Camp (between Marshall & Petaluma)