IN-PERSON JAM SESSIONS
Aug. 22-25: Golden Old Time Campout - Camp Russian River, Guerneville
Sept. 22-25: Fall JAMboree - Ruhstaller Farm, Dixon
classes, jamming, workshops, campout
Oct. 14-20: CBA Fall Campout - Lodi Grape Festival Grounds, Lodi
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; host/info: Esparzaron65-at-gmail-dot-com
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: 8/11, 9/8, 10/13, 11/10, 12/8
(mostly) Second Sundays (4 pm): Marin Bluegrass Sessions - Mantra Wines, 881 Grant Ave., Novato
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)
7/21: Mitchell Park, Palo Alto
Fourth Sundays (noon): Sweetwater, 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
(mostly) Fourth Sundays (3 pm): Bluegrass & Country Jam w/ Richard Brandenburg - Freight & Salvage, Berkeley
next jams: 7/28, 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
7/22: High Water Line
7/29: Ian Ly's Bluegrass Mashup
8/5: TBA
8/12: Fringegrass Film Fest after party
8/19: Hey Lonesome
8/26: High Water Line
9/2: Beautiful Bouquet (Rose Maddox Tribute)
9/9: Jesse Appelman & Friends
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 (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
7/10: Jim Mintun, Tom Lucas, Ryan Triolo, Hide Kawatsure, Elijah Chen
Third Wednesdays (6 pm): Grape Jam - invitational jam at Redwood Cafe, 8240 Old Redwood Hwy, Cotati
7/17: Emma Grant-Dreher, Glen Bettencourt, Roy Barush, Nat Lash, Zach Norman
Thursdays (5:30 pm): open jam, followed (at 7:00 pm) by band performance - The Liberties, SF; host/info: woodylauer-at-gmail-dot-com
7/18: Lonesome Still
7/25: Lauren Hell Ramblers
8/8: Jesse Appelman and Friends
8/29: Bluegrass Holiday
Thursdays (7 pm): Java Jam - invitational jam at Los Gatos Coffee Roasting Company, 101 W Main St., LG
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
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
7/20: hosted by Nick Lofaro, includes Rowan McCallister
8/17: hosted by Bearcat Stringband
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 begins in September; recent instructors have included Richard Brandenburg, Olivier Zyngier, and DJ Hamouris.
Aug. 4 - Sept. 1 [Sundays (1-5 pm)]: Jam Class using the Wernick Method - private residence in the Glenview neighborhood of Oakland
Taught by Erik Yates; assisted by Jesse Appelman
Sept. 14 & 15 (9 am - 5 pm): Jam Class using the Wernick Method - private residence in Hollister
Taught by Mike & Gail Thomas
ONLINE INSTRUCTION
The next session of online Freight & Salvage classes begins in September; recent instructors have included Evie Ladin, Richard Brandenburg, and Erik Hoffman.
Freight & Salvage workshop
September 7 (11:00 am): Africanisms in American Country Music w/ Joe Zavaan Johnson
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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
July 27 - Aug. 23: Puget Sound Guitar Workshop - Bremerton, WA
Aug. 22-26: Chris Thile’s Acousticamp - Pacific Grove, CA
Instructors: Chris Thile (mandolin), Sierra Hull (mandolin), Ashley Hoyer (mandolin), Brittany Haas (fiddle), Noam Pikelny (banjo), Paul Kowert (bass), Noam Pikelny (banjo), Chris Eldridge (guitar), Julian Lage (guitar), Michael Daves (guitar), Louis Cato (songwriting)
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)
Aug. 22-25: Golden Old Time Campout - Camp Russian River, Guerneville
Sept. 22-25: Fall JAMboree - Ruhstaller Farm, Dixon
classes, jamming, workshops, campout
Oct. 14-20: CBA Fall Campout - Lodi Grape Festival Grounds, Lodi
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; host/info: Esparzaron65-at-gmail-dot-com
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: 8/11, 9/8, 10/13, 11/10, 12/8
(mostly) Second Sundays (4 pm): Marin Bluegrass Sessions - Mantra Wines, 881 Grant Ave., Novato
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)
7/21: Mitchell Park, Palo Alto
Fourth Sundays (noon): Sweetwater, 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
(mostly) Fourth Sundays (3 pm): Bluegrass & Country Jam w/ Richard Brandenburg - Freight & Salvage, Berkeley
next jams: 7/28, 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
7/22: High Water Line
7/29: Ian Ly's Bluegrass Mashup
8/5: TBA
8/12: Fringegrass Film Fest after party
8/19: Hey Lonesome
8/26: High Water Line
9/2: Beautiful Bouquet (Rose Maddox Tribute)
9/9: Jesse Appelman & Friends
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 (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
7/10: Jim Mintun, Tom Lucas, Ryan Triolo, Hide Kawatsure, Elijah Chen
Third Wednesdays (6 pm): Grape Jam - invitational jam at Redwood Cafe, 8240 Old Redwood Hwy, Cotati
7/17: Emma Grant-Dreher, Glen Bettencourt, Roy Barush, Nat Lash, Zach Norman
Thursdays (5:30 pm): open jam, followed (at 7:00 pm) by band performance - The Liberties, SF; host/info: woodylauer-at-gmail-dot-com
7/18: Lonesome Still
7/25: Lauren Hell Ramblers
8/8: Jesse Appelman and Friends
8/29: Bluegrass Holiday
Thursdays (7 pm): Java Jam - invitational jam at Los Gatos Coffee Roasting Company, 101 W Main St., LG
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
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
7/20: hosted by Nick Lofaro, includes Rowan McCallister
8/17: hosted by Bearcat Stringband
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 begins in September; recent instructors have included Richard Brandenburg, Olivier Zyngier, and DJ Hamouris.
Aug. 4 - Sept. 1 [Sundays (1-5 pm)]: Jam Class using the Wernick Method - private residence in the Glenview neighborhood of Oakland
Taught by Erik Yates; assisted by Jesse Appelman
Sept. 14 & 15 (9 am - 5 pm): Jam Class using the Wernick Method - private residence in Hollister
Taught by Mike & Gail Thomas
ONLINE INSTRUCTION
The next session of online Freight & Salvage classes begins in September; recent instructors have included Evie Ladin, Richard Brandenburg, and Erik Hoffman.
Freight & Salvage workshop
September 7 (11:00 am): Africanisms in American Country Music w/ Joe Zavaan Johnson
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Mon. & Wed. at 4 pm: Fiddles at Four w/ Suzy Thompson on Zoom
<><><><><><><>
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
July 27 - Aug. 23: Puget Sound Guitar Workshop - Bremerton, WA
- Session 1 (7/27 - 8/2) instructors include Laurel Bliss, Wayne Henderson, Devin Champlin, Kenny Feinstein, McKain Lakey, Nova Karina Devonie, Ethan Setiawan
- Session 2 (8/3-9) instructors include Jere & Greg Canote, Cara Luft, John Miller, Chris Grampp, Cindy Browne Rosefield, Mike Wollenberg, Kat Bula, Patrice Haan, Tony Marcus
- Session 3 (8/10-16) instructors include Sally Van Meter, Carol McComb, Adam Levy, Nina Gerber, Tom Moran, Coty Hogue
- Session 4 (8/17-23) instructors include Ida Winfree, Cary Black, Paul Elliott, Orville Johnson, Steve Baughman, Marla Fibish, Roger Ferguson, Adam Roszkwiecz (Roscoe)
Aug. 22-26: Chris Thile’s Acousticamp - Pacific Grove, CA
Instructors: Chris Thile (mandolin), Sierra Hull (mandolin), Ashley Hoyer (mandolin), Brittany Haas (fiddle), Noam Pikelny (banjo), Paul Kowert (bass), Noam Pikelny (banjo), Chris Eldridge (guitar), Julian Lage (guitar), Michael Daves (guitar), Louis Cato (songwriting)
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)