Young jammers

Central New York is host to many jam sessions throughout the month. To add your date to the list, please contact the CNYBA, or send info by email. It is best to check before going...we're not always notified when jams are discontinued or changed.

Please, if you have information about any of these jams, let us know!


Sundays:

Every Sunday - 1 PM
Pompey Center Rd, Manlius, NY
Come to Kellish Hill Farm starting at 1:00 pm for Country, Gospel, Bluegrass music. Bring an instrument or just come to listen. We have a pot luck dinner with everyone bringing a dish to pass. We are located at 3192 Pompey Center Rd, Manlius  New York, just 1/2 mile north of Route 20. For information, call Kathy Kellish at 315-682-1578. 
Check out our website: http://RHBAmericana.com

 

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Every 2nd Sunday 10 AM
at Park Rose Estates, Off Taft Road in Liverpool
Central New York Bluegrass Association Jam and meeting
Jamming begins at 10 am
Board meeting at 1 pm, Business meeting at 2 pm

Go here for directions

 

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Every 3rd Sunday - Noon
Addison, NY

Southern Tier Bluegrass Association Meeting
At the Tuscarora Elementary School
Bring a dish to pass, your table setting, a friend, your music implement, and/or your listening ear. Picking begins at noon. Meeting called to order at 1PM - then lunch - then back to picking.
Info: Ken Pearson, President, 269 Dweight Ave., Corning, NY 14830 / 609-936-1844

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 Every 4th Sunday - 3 to 6 PM
Smith Opera House, Geneva, NY

Finger Lakes Bluegrass Association Monthly Jam,
3 pm - 6 pm, September, October, November, (no December), January, February,
March and April (no May, June, July or August). 
Smith Opera House, 82 Seneca Street, Geneva, NY (use door on left of main entrance)
Bring your banjos, guitars, mandolins, fiddles, basses, voices and your family and friends.
  There's something for every level player.  Pickers and listeners are all welcome,
and light refreshments will be provided.
$3.00 donation at the door - Kindergarten to 12th grade Free
 For further information, call:
Peter McDonald at 315-651-6267; peter@pasturepride.com
or Phyllis Madison at 585-394-5684; pmm615@yahoo.com



Mondays:

Mondays - 7 PM to 10 PM
Except the second Monday of each month
American Legion on Rochester Street in Hannibal
For singers, pickers and listeners...all are welcome.
Donation of $2.00 to cover legion costs (A/C in summer!)
Free snacks and coffee at break time, along with a heck of a good time!  For more information contact: rsimmon5@twcny.rr.com or phone 315-564-5412


Tuesdays:

Every Tuesday - 7:30 to 10 PM
Rochester, NY

The Golden Link Folk Singing Society, Inc. Sing-Around
12 Corners Presbyterian Church
1200 South Winton Road
Sing, play or just listen!
Golden Link Folk Fone: (716)234-5044
http://www.goldenlink.org

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Every Tuesday - 8 to 11 PM
Rochester NY 14623

String Theory is proud to present
Bluegrass open mic night at JB Quimbys Public House
3259 Winton Rd. South - 585-272-9780
Bring your Banjo's, Fiddles, Mandolins or Acoustic Guitars and sign up to pick with the band! 
For more information please check out the website at www.stringtheorybluegrass.com


Wednesdays:

Every Wednesday: 7 to 9 PM
Baldwinsville, NY
Hillview Baptist Hall, O'Brien Road, (off Rt 48 near Sorroco)

All welcome - pickers, singers, and listeners

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Wednesday evenings (starting in mid-May): 7 PM
Oswego, NY
Jams are now suspended until spring
Jam at the Evergreen Hills Golf Course - 285 County Route 20
For more information, contact John Hayes at jhayes819@aol.com; 315-857-7950


Fridays:

Every Friday - 7PM
American Legion Ralph Share Post 297, 13 E Main Street,
Marcellus, New York 13108

Everyone is welcome at the longest running jam
in Central New York!!

Info: Jack Burns, 315-673-1844
or Sam and Marion 315-673-2329
$2 charge per person. 

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Every 1st Friday - 7 to 11 PM
"Sandy's Country Club Jam"
The American Legion Post #66 located at 2425 Moran Post Road, Camden NY

All are welcome!!! Bring your fiddle, guitar, dobro, mandolin, bass, washtub, smile, voice, Maw, Paw, kids and sense of humor. For information, call Sandy at (315) 245-0153 or email timandandy2@verizon.net    Please use the subject line: Attention--Your Bluegrass Jam
Moran Rd is located on Rt 69, 1/2 mile east of the Route 13 and Route 69 intersection in Camden. The Post is at the top of the hill on Morgan Road with a Handicapped Entrance Ramp.

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Every 2nd Friday - 7 PM
Gospel Jam in Bernard’s Bay
Held at the “The Lord Our Righteousness Church” Willard Drive, Bernards Bay, N.Y.

(On Oneida Lake, Route 49) Bernards Bay is near Constantia, on Oneida Lake. Coming from North Bay area, when you get into Bernards Bay, you will turn left onto Willard Drive. The church is the second place on the right. It will be well lit and has a parking area next to the building. All are invited. Bring your friends and your instruments. For information, call Sandy at (315) 245-0153 or e-mail timandsandy2@verizon.net

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Alternate Fridays (every other Friday)- 6 to 8:30 PM
Ithaca, NY
Note: check the link below, or email Phil or Mike to find out if there's a jam on a particular Friday night

Bluegrass only - all levels welcome!
Spring, Fall, and Winter: at Longview - a retirement community less than a half mile up the hill past Ithaca College on Rt. 96B.  When you pull in, go to the end of the driveway and park in the visitors' parking lot.  Go in the main entrance, and the jam will be in a large entertainment room down the hallway and to the left.

Summer: at Stewart Park.  From Rt. 13, take the Stewart Park exit.  Follow the signs to the park, and bear right at the park entrance.  We tend to meet near the first large pavilion at the end of the parking lot.  The exact date of the location change will be posted on our website and email list.
Check out http://canaaninstitute.org/mikesmusic/viewtopic.php?t=51 for more information, or email Phil Robinson <pr52@cornell.edu> or Michael Ludgate < michael@canaaninstitute.org >.


Saturdays

Every Third Saturday - 8 AM to 3 PM
The Mohawk Valley Bluegrass Association

Breakfast and Jamming at the Stittville Volunteer fire barn. Take Mill street just off rte 365, over the bridge across the intersection. The fire barn is up about 100 yards on the left. Additional parking behind the church. Breakfast proceeds benefit the Stittville volunteer fire barn.
For more information call 315-339-2771 or 315-225-2906



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