JAM SESSIONS
Nov. 6-9: South State 48 vol V - Carlsbad
- including Nov. 8 (6 pm) concert: Bay Area Special, Tyler Grant & Joy Louise, winner of Band Contest - Windmill Food Hall
Nov. 17, Dec. 8 (7:30 pm): Bluegrass & Country Jam w/ Richard Brandenburg - Freight & Salvage, Berkeley
Nov. 25: Berkeley Bluegrass Barn Jam - Ashkenaz, Berkeley; 7-8 pm & 9-11 pm: open jam; 8-9 pm: house band
Jan. 15-18: The Great 48 Jam - Bakersfield
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 (12 pm): Old Time Jam - Ely Stage Stop, Soda Bay Rd., Kelseyville; host/info: drcoffin-at-att-dot-net
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
Second & Fourth Sundays (3 pm): Bernal Heights Old Time Jam - Progressive Grounds Cafe, Cortland and Bennington Sts., SF
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
Final Sundays (4 pm): Bluegrass jam - Drake’s Barrel House, 1933 Davis St., San Leandro; info: geoffreysargent-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
11/10: The Jimmy Touzel Bluegrass Explosion
11/17: Bluegrass Holiday
11/24: The High Water Line
12/1: Smoky Wine Dream
12/8: The Jimmy Touzel Bluegrass Explosion
12/15: Burl Haggard
12/22: Lickety Split String Band
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): Point Jam - invitational jam at Hotel Mac Restaurant, 50 Washington Ave., Point Richmond
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: The Plough & Stars, SF; info: dinahbeatrice-at-gmail-dot-com
- 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
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
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
11/5: trad Irish
Alternate Wednesdays (6 pm): Grape Jam - invitational jam at Redwood Cafe, 8240 Old Redwood Hwy, Cotati
Third Wednesdays: old time jam - Winters Tavern, Pacifica
Thursdays (5:30 pm): jam followed (at 6:30 pm) by band performance - Blondie's, 540 Valencia St., SF; host/info: woodylauer-at-gmail-dot-com
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 & Third 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
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; with a different host each month
11/15: KC Heil
12/20: Evie Ladin
IN-PERSON INSTRUCTION
Fall II Class Session of in-person Freight & Salvage classes includes:
Thursdays (11/6-12/18)
5:30 pm: Easy Fiddle Tunes with Bowings w/ Eric Hoffman
7:00 pm: Advanced Rhythm Guitar Skill Building w/ Richard Brandenburg
8:30 pm: Jams Well with Others w/ Richard Brandenburg
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
Tuesdays (6:30 pm): Black to the Roots: Banjo & Community Singing! w/ Patrice Strahan - Oakland Public Conservatory Of Music
Nov. 17 (7 pm): Banjo Workshop (all levels) with Bill Evans - Manning Music, Berkeley; info/res: bill-at-billevansbanjo-dot-com
ONLINE INSTRUCTION
First Saturday (10 am): Black Banjo Reclamation Project Online Study Group
Fall II Class Session of online Freight & Salvage classes includes:
Tuesdays (11/4-12/16) -
4 pm: Mountain Dulcimer 2 w/ DJ Hamouris
5:30 pm: Rank Beginner Clawhammer Banjo w/ Evie Ladin
7:00 pm: Clawhammer Banjo Repertoire & Technique w/ Evie Ladin
Next sessions of Fiddles at Four w/ Suzy Thompson on Zoom tba
Bay Area instructors include:
CBA music teacher directory
MUSIC CAMPS
March 13-15: Mandolin World Retreat - Benicia
Instructors: Mike Marshall, Caterina Lichtenberg, John Reischman
April: Walker Creek Music Camp (between Marshall & Petaluma)
May 6-10: Julian Family Fiddle Camp - Whispering Winds Camp, Julian
Instructors: Nat Copeland (Fiddle), Tyler Grant (Guitar), Carolyn Kendrick (Songwriting), John Mailander (Fiddle), Rachael Price (Vocals), Luke Price (Fiddle), John Reischman (Mandolin), Vickie Vaughn (Bass), Nina Weisman (Band Class & Jamming), Tray Wellington (Banjo)
June 14-17: CBA Music Camp - Nevada County Fairgrounds, Grass Valley
June 18-21: CBA Youth Academy - Nevada County Fairgrounds, Grass Valley
June 21-28: Big Sur Fiddle Camp
June 22-27: Voice Works - Port Townsend, WA
June 28 - July 5: Festival of American Fiddle Tunes - Port Townsend, WA
July (2 sessions): California Coast Music Camp - retreat location in Monterey County, ~ 1.5 hr. south of San Jose
July: West Marin Fiddle Camp - Bolinas, CA
July 26 - Aug.22: Puget Sound Guitar Workshop - Bremerton, WA
Session 1 (July 25-31)
Session 2 (Aug. 1-7)
Session 3 (Aug. 8-14)
Session 4 (Aug. 15-21)
Sept. 10-13: American Banjo Camp - Pilgrim Firs Conference Center near Port Orchard, WA
Oct. 23-26: Walker Creek Music Camp (between Marshall & Petaluma)
Nov. 6-9: South State 48 vol V - Carlsbad
- including Nov. 8 (6 pm) concert: Bay Area Special, Tyler Grant & Joy Louise, winner of Band Contest - Windmill Food Hall
Nov. 17, Dec. 8 (7:30 pm): Bluegrass & Country Jam w/ Richard Brandenburg - Freight & Salvage, Berkeley
Nov. 25: Berkeley Bluegrass Barn Jam - Ashkenaz, Berkeley; 7-8 pm & 9-11 pm: open jam; 8-9 pm: house band
Jan. 15-18: The Great 48 Jam - Bakersfield
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 (12 pm): Old Time Jam - Ely Stage Stop, Soda Bay Rd., Kelseyville; host/info: drcoffin-at-att-dot-net
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
Second & Fourth Sundays (3 pm): Bernal Heights Old Time Jam - Progressive Grounds Cafe, Cortland and Bennington Sts., SF
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
Final Sundays (4 pm): Bluegrass jam - Drake’s Barrel House, 1933 Davis St., San Leandro; info: geoffreysargent-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
11/10: The Jimmy Touzel Bluegrass Explosion
11/17: Bluegrass Holiday
11/24: The High Water Line
12/1: Smoky Wine Dream
12/8: The Jimmy Touzel Bluegrass Explosion
12/15: Burl Haggard
12/22: Lickety Split String Band
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): Point Jam - invitational jam at Hotel Mac Restaurant, 50 Washington Ave., Point Richmond
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: The Plough & Stars, SF; info: dinahbeatrice-at-gmail-dot-com
- 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
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
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
11/5: trad Irish
Alternate Wednesdays (6 pm): Grape Jam - invitational jam at Redwood Cafe, 8240 Old Redwood Hwy, Cotati
Third Wednesdays: old time jam - Winters Tavern, Pacifica
Thursdays (5:30 pm): jam followed (at 6:30 pm) by band performance - Blondie's, 540 Valencia St., SF; host/info: woodylauer-at-gmail-dot-com
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 & Third 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
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; with a different host each month
11/15: KC Heil
12/20: Evie Ladin
IN-PERSON INSTRUCTION
Fall II Class Session of in-person Freight & Salvage classes includes:
Thursdays (11/6-12/18)
5:30 pm: Easy Fiddle Tunes with Bowings w/ Eric Hoffman
7:00 pm: Advanced Rhythm Guitar Skill Building w/ Richard Brandenburg
8:30 pm: Jams Well with Others w/ Richard Brandenburg
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
Tuesdays (6:30 pm): Black to the Roots: Banjo & Community Singing! w/ Patrice Strahan - Oakland Public Conservatory Of Music
Nov. 17 (7 pm): Banjo Workshop (all levels) with Bill Evans - Manning Music, Berkeley; info/res: bill-at-billevansbanjo-dot-com
ONLINE INSTRUCTION
First Saturday (10 am): Black Banjo Reclamation Project Online Study Group
Fall II Class Session of online Freight & Salvage classes includes:
Tuesdays (11/4-12/16) -
4 pm: Mountain Dulcimer 2 w/ DJ Hamouris
5:30 pm: Rank Beginner Clawhammer Banjo w/ Evie Ladin
7:00 pm: Clawhammer Banjo Repertoire & Technique w/ Evie Ladin
Next sessions of Fiddles at Four w/ Suzy Thompson on Zoom tba
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
MUSIC CAMPS
March 13-15: Mandolin World Retreat - Benicia
Instructors: Mike Marshall, Caterina Lichtenberg, John Reischman
April: Walker Creek Music Camp (between Marshall & Petaluma)
May 6-10: Julian Family Fiddle Camp - Whispering Winds Camp, Julian
Instructors: Nat Copeland (Fiddle), Tyler Grant (Guitar), Carolyn Kendrick (Songwriting), John Mailander (Fiddle), Rachael Price (Vocals), Luke Price (Fiddle), John Reischman (Mandolin), Vickie Vaughn (Bass), Nina Weisman (Band Class & Jamming), Tray Wellington (Banjo)
June 14-17: CBA Music Camp - Nevada County Fairgrounds, Grass Valley
June 18-21: CBA Youth Academy - Nevada County Fairgrounds, Grass Valley
June 21-28: Big Sur Fiddle Camp
June 22-27: Voice Works - Port Townsend, WA
June 28 - July 5: Festival of American Fiddle Tunes - Port Townsend, WA
July (2 sessions): California Coast Music Camp - retreat location in Monterey County, ~ 1.5 hr. south of San Jose
July: West Marin Fiddle Camp - Bolinas, CA
July 26 - Aug.22: Puget Sound Guitar Workshop - Bremerton, WA
Session 1 (July 25-31)
Session 2 (Aug. 1-7)
Session 3 (Aug. 8-14)
Session 4 (Aug. 15-21)
Sept. 10-13: American Banjo Camp - Pilgrim Firs Conference Center near Port Orchard, WA
Oct. 23-26: Walker Creek Music Camp (between Marshall & Petaluma)