JAM SESSIONS
SPENCE PRESENTS: Bluegrass Jam Series
- Tuesdays: Woodhouse Brewing; 5-7 pm: open jam, ff by band performances
- (most) 3rd Tuesdays: Ashkenaz, Berkeley; 7-8 pm: open jam; 8-9 pm: house band; 9-11 pm: open jam
Oct. 27: house band = The High Water Line
- 3rd Thursdays: Papermill Creek Saloon, Forest Knolls; 7-8 pm: open jam; 8-9 pm: house band; 9-11 pm: open jam
Oct. 5-11: CBA Fall CampOut - Grape Festival Grounds, Lodi
- Oct. 10: concert with The Friendly Ghosts
Oct. 9 (5 pm): Bay Area Black Banjo Reclamation Project Meet Up - The Freight, Berkeley
Oct. 19, Nov. 16, Nov. 30 (7:30 pm): Community Mondays: Country/Bluegrass Jam with Richard Brandenberg
Nov. 5-8: CBA's South State 48 - Carlsbad
- Nov. 7: concert with Ettore Buzzing & Faultliner
Jan. 14-17: CBA's Great 48 Jam - Bakersfield
REGULAR EVENTS
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
Sundays (6 pm): Old Time Fiddle Jam - Two Rivers Cider, Sacramento
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): 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 pm): Shred Sesh (old time jam) - The Starry Plough, 3101 Shattuck Ave., Berkeley; different host each month
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
Mondays (6:30 pm) - jam followed (at 8:45 pm) by band performance - Blondies, 540 Valencia St., SF; host/info: woodylauer-at-gmail-dot-com
Oct. 12: The Jimmy Touzel Bluegrass Explosion
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): Bluegrass 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
Wednesdays (6:00 pm): Grape Jam - invitational jam at Redwood Cafe, 8240 Old Redwood Hwy, Cotati
Wednesdays (7:00 pm): Bluegrass Invitational Jam - The Cruz Room, Santa Cruz
Third Wednesdays: old time jam - Winters Tavern, Pacifica
Thursdays (7:45 pm): jam followed (at 9pm) by band performance - The Liberties, 998 Guerrero St., SF; host/info: woodylauer-at-gmail-dot-com
* THE LIBERTIES HAS CLOSED *
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 (7:30 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
* THE LIBERTIES HAS CLOSED * Contact deirdre-dot-cassandra-dot-music-at-gmail-dot-com for news about or suggestions of a new location.
IN-PERSON INSTRUCTION
Mondays (2:30 pm): Bluegrass Harmony Singing with Avram Siegel - Manning Music, Berkeley; avram-at-avramsiegel-dot-com
Wednesday & Thursday evenings: Bluegrass Jam Classes with Avram Siegel - Manning Music, Berkeley; avram-at-avramsiegel-dot-com
Oct. 11 (3-5 pm, followed by jam): Vocal Technique & Gospel Jam with Michaela Mae - Out West Garage, Petaluma
Fall II series of classes at The Freight, Berkeley, runs from Nov. 3 through Dec. 18 — no classes during Thanksgiving week (Nov. 23-27) — and includes:
Fall classes at the Folk Farm Music School at the Sebastopol Community Cultural Center (Youth Annex) runs from the week of Oct. 19 through the week of Dec. 14
Nov. 7 (1 pm): Clawhammer Banjo & Beyond with Hannah Mayree - Mendocino Arts Center
ONLINE INSTRUCTION
First Saturday (10 am): Black Banjo Reclamation Project Online Study Group
Fall II series of classes at The Freight, Berkeley, runs from Nov. 3 through Dec. 18 — no classes during Thanksgiving week (Nov. 23-27) — and includes:
Next session of Fiddles at Four w/ Suzy Thompson on Zoom TBA
Bay Area instructors include:
CBA music teacher directory
MUSIC CAMPS
Oct. 23-26: Walker Creek Music Camp (between Marshall & Petaluma)
Instructors: George Guthrie (Banjo, Bluegrass) • Clinton Davis (Banjo, Clawhammer) • Mike Wilhoyte (Guitar, Bluegrass) • Tony Marcus (Guitar, Swing) • Dave Pascoe (Guitar, Level 1) • Allan Carr (Guitar, Celtic) • Don Julin (Mandolin, Bluegrass) • Don Stiernberg (Mandolin, Swing) • Brian Wicklund (Fiddle, Bluegrass) • Janie Rothfield (Fiddle, Old Time) • Leah Wollenberg (Fiddle, Celtic) • Mark Schatz (Bass) • Dave Keenan (Band Scramble) • Joe Craven (Group Jam Band) • Rebecca Stout (Singing, Old Time Repertoire) • Nova Devonie (Simple Ukulele for Singing Repertoire) • Lucy Clearwater (Songwriting & Vocal Technique) • Krishna Feeney (Music & More! – Youth Program)
SPENCE PRESENTS: Bluegrass Jam Series
- Tuesdays: Woodhouse Brewing; 5-7 pm: open jam, ff by band performances
- (most) 3rd Tuesdays: Ashkenaz, Berkeley; 7-8 pm: open jam; 8-9 pm: house band; 9-11 pm: open jam
Oct. 27: house band = The High Water Line
- 3rd Thursdays: Papermill Creek Saloon, Forest Knolls; 7-8 pm: open jam; 8-9 pm: house band; 9-11 pm: open jam
Oct. 5-11: CBA Fall CampOut - Grape Festival Grounds, Lodi
- Oct. 10: concert with The Friendly Ghosts
Oct. 9 (5 pm): Bay Area Black Banjo Reclamation Project Meet Up - The Freight, Berkeley
Oct. 19, Nov. 16, Nov. 30 (7:30 pm): Community Mondays: Country/Bluegrass Jam with Richard Brandenberg
Nov. 5-8: CBA's South State 48 - Carlsbad
- Nov. 7: concert with Ettore Buzzing & Faultliner
Jan. 14-17: CBA's Great 48 Jam - Bakersfield
REGULAR EVENTS
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
Sundays (6 pm): Old Time Fiddle Jam - Two Rivers Cider, Sacramento
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): 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 pm): Shred Sesh (old time jam) - The Starry Plough, 3101 Shattuck Ave., Berkeley; different host each month
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
Mondays (6:30 pm) - jam followed (at 8:45 pm) by band performance - Blondies, 540 Valencia St., SF; host/info: woodylauer-at-gmail-dot-com
Oct. 12: The Jimmy Touzel Bluegrass Explosion
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): Bluegrass 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
Wednesdays (6:00 pm): Grape Jam - invitational jam at Redwood Cafe, 8240 Old Redwood Hwy, Cotati
Wednesdays (7:00 pm): Bluegrass Invitational Jam - The Cruz Room, Santa Cruz
Third Wednesdays: old time jam - Winters Tavern, Pacifica
Thursdays (7:45 pm): jam followed (at 9pm) by band performance - The Liberties, 998 Guerrero St., SF; host/info: woodylauer-at-gmail-dot-com
* THE LIBERTIES HAS CLOSED *
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 (7:30 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
* THE LIBERTIES HAS CLOSED * Contact deirdre-dot-cassandra-dot-music-at-gmail-dot-com for news about or suggestions of a new location.
IN-PERSON INSTRUCTION
Mondays (2:30 pm): Bluegrass Harmony Singing with Avram Siegel - Manning Music, Berkeley; avram-at-avramsiegel-dot-com
Wednesday & Thursday evenings: Bluegrass Jam Classes with Avram Siegel - Manning Music, Berkeley; avram-at-avramsiegel-dot-com
Oct. 11 (3-5 pm, followed by jam): Vocal Technique & Gospel Jam with Michaela Mae - Out West Garage, Petaluma
Fall II series of classes at The Freight, Berkeley, runs from Nov. 3 through Dec. 18 — no classes during Thanksgiving week (Nov. 23-27) — and includes:
- Thursdays (5:30 pm): Beginning Fiddle 2 with Erik Hoffman
- Thursdays (7:00 pm): Fiddle Repertoire with Erik Hoffman
- Thursdays (7:00 pm): Cornerstones of Acoustic Rhythm Guitar with Richard Brandenburg
- Thursdays (8:30 pm): Cornerstones of Acoustic Jamming with Richard Brandenburg
Fall classes at the Folk Farm Music School at the Sebastopol Community Cultural Center (Youth Annex) runs from the week of Oct. 19 through the week of Dec. 14
- Mondays (6:30 pm): Sing & Strum with Michaela Mae (Beginner)
- Tuesdays (5:30 pm): Duet Singing with Michaela Mae & Ryan Harlin (Beginner - Advanced
- Tuesdays (7:00 pm): Country Jamming with Michaela Mae & Ryan Harlin (Proficient Beginner - Intermediate)
- Wednesday (5:30 pm): Fingerstyle Guitar with Michael Greenberg (Intermediate)
- Wednesdays (7:00 pm): Bluegrass Bootcamp with Andy & Ruby Davis (Intermediate-Advanced)
Nov. 7 (1 pm): Clawhammer Banjo & Beyond with Hannah Mayree - Mendocino Arts Center
ONLINE INSTRUCTION
First Saturday (10 am): Black Banjo Reclamation Project Online Study Group
Fall II series of classes at The Freight, Berkeley, runs from Nov. 3 through Dec. 18 — no classes during Thanksgiving week (Nov. 23-27) — and includes:
- Wednesdays (5:30 pm): Mountain Dulcimer II with DJ Hamouris
Next session of Fiddles at Four w/ Suzy Thompson on Zoom TBA
Bay Area instructors include:
- Richard Brandenburg <[email protected]>
- Evie Ladin <[email protected]>
- Keith Little <[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
- Folk Farm Music School teachers Michaela Mae (piano, guitar, voice & songwriting) and Christine Wilhoyte (banjo, guitar, Musicianship, Singing, Songwriting & More)
CBA music teacher directory
MUSIC CAMPS
Oct. 23-26: Walker Creek Music Camp (between Marshall & Petaluma)
Instructors: George Guthrie (Banjo, Bluegrass) • Clinton Davis (Banjo, Clawhammer) • Mike Wilhoyte (Guitar, Bluegrass) • Tony Marcus (Guitar, Swing) • Dave Pascoe (Guitar, Level 1) • Allan Carr (Guitar, Celtic) • Don Julin (Mandolin, Bluegrass) • Don Stiernberg (Mandolin, Swing) • Brian Wicklund (Fiddle, Bluegrass) • Janie Rothfield (Fiddle, Old Time) • Leah Wollenberg (Fiddle, Celtic) • Mark Schatz (Bass) • Dave Keenan (Band Scramble) • Joe Craven (Group Jam Band) • Rebecca Stout (Singing, Old Time Repertoire) • Nova Devonie (Simple Ukulele for Singing Repertoire) • Lucy Clearwater (Songwriting & Vocal Technique) • Krishna Feeney (Music & More! – Youth Program)