The Ruta Beggars at Westchester Bluegrass Club Saturday August 5, 2023
5:30 pm – 8:30pm
$25
Join us out on the lawn for an
outdoor concert!
Bring your chairs, blankets and
picnics.
The Ruta Beggars combine bluegrass and early swing to create a timeless act filled with intricate vocal harmonies, fiery instrumentals, and plenty of fun. They have been praised for their creative yet tasteful arrangements and charming performances, winning Thomas Point’s band competition in 2019.
Best-of-friends since their inception, The Ruta Beggars are Micah Nicol (guitar), Sofia Chiarandini (fiddle), Ariel Wyner (mandolin), Trevin Nelson (banjo), and Noah Harrington (bass) who met while studying in Berklee College of Music’s American Roots Program.
Missy Raines and Allegheny in Hamden CT Sunday August 6
This hot young band, featuring some of the rising stars in the bluegrass world, is led by 12-time IBMA bassist of the year Missy Raines. Doesn’t get much better!
Come enjoy great bluegrass and more, in the cool comfortable backroom at Cafe Amici. Table seating for all. Dinner is served before the show, and there’s bar service during the concert too.
Sunday August 6, 7:00 PM
Café Amici
1640 Whitney Avenue, Hamden.
$35
Tristan Scroggins mandolin
Ellie Hankanson fiddle
Ben Garnett guitar
Eli Gilbert banjo
Missy Raines bass
Podunk Bluegrass Festival August 10-13
Aug 9-13 is Podunk Bluegrass week in Goshen, CT. Starting Sunday, our awesome team of builders, carpenters, electricians and other roustabouts will be busy transforming the Goshen Fairgrounds into a four day bluegrass paradise. In fact, the only four day bluegrass festival in Connecticut this year.
Stages will be built; sound systems and lighting tested; signage will be posted; vendors will arrive and setup; the hospitality kitchen will be built and stocked.
We have a tremendous music line up, awesome food and merchandise vendors, and lots to do for the kiddies. Did we mention camping and pickin’ with your friends?
C’mon down and help us celebrate the best of bluegrass in CT.
Full festival tickets with or without camping, as well as day tickets are available here or at the gate.
Gates open Wed Aug 9 at 1pm for our campers.
Music starts at 1pm Thu Aug 10.
3 stages – family friendly – food & merch vendors
Join us for Connecticut’s premier bluegrass event.
The CTBA Learner Loaner Program is having a USED GEAR DRIVE. We are in need of instrument gear donations to help our CT kids get started in bluegrass! Visit the CTBA booth at the Podunk Bluegrass Festival next month and drop off your used capos, guitar straps, tuners, strings, winders, picks, etc. Thank you for all your help as we build a traveling Bluegrass Box of Gear for the kids!
On the Trail Performs at Music on a Mountain Series Aug 12-13
Music On The Mountain Connecticut!
August 12 & 13, 2023
Music On The Mountain is a weekend-long celebration of music and entertainment, set against the majestic Candlelight Farms in New Milford, CT.
Enjoy the best of local and Nashville-based artists for
an elevated musical experience that echoes of an afternoon picnic in the park with family & friends.
Bluegrass Camp at the Beautiful Silver Bay on Lake George Aug 20-25
All bluegrass instruments welcome.
No jamming experience necessary.
You will be jamming in the first class!
Friendly, encouraging, knowledgeable teaching.
Hands-on learning in large and small groups
Gentle tempos! Mistakes expected!
Music/tab reading not needed or used.
Singing not required, but encouraged and taught.
Soloing not required! “Faking” solos taught.
Do you qualify? It’s easier than you may think!
If you play guitar, mandolin, banjo, fiddle, bass, or dobro… you can be part of a bluegrass jam. Only requirements – be able to:
Tune your instrument and
Change smoothly between G, C, D, and A (or the notes that work on bass and fiddle)
Thomas Point Beach Bluegrass Festival Aug 31-Sept 3
“Where the music meets the sea!” Enjoy a fantastic lineup on the shores of Maine! Kids academies, workshops, jam camp and more!
Bluegrass Festival, Guilford CT August 26 4:00PM
We are happy to announce our fifth annual Bluegrass Festival will once again be held at St. John’s on Saturday, August 26th. Rain date will be Sunday, August 27th. Join us earlier at 2 pm for a jam session with Austin Scelzo, President of the CT Bluegrass Association. He will lead children and adults in an informal teaching event. Sign up here
Bluegrass in Heaven Sept 15-17
- Located on the shores of Lake George, Silver Bay YMCA has a 700-acre waterfront campus that the festival will be spread throughout.
- The Auditorium at Silver Bay was built in 1909 and will be one of the stages during the event.
- Festival attendees will be able to stay onsite in one of our many accommodations. Camping and RV attendees can utilize local RV and camping sites.
Read more and check out the Lineup here
Bluegrass Jam Camps
August 26, 2023
Bluegrass Jam Class @ St. John’s Bluegrass Festival
St. John’s Bluegrass Festival 129 Ledgehill Road, North Guilford CT
Aug 28-30, 2023
Bluegrass Jam Camp @ Thomas Point Beach Bluegrass Fest
Thomas Point Beach Bluegrass Fest, 29 Meadow Rd, Brunswick, ME 04011
October 7, 2023
Bluegrass Jam Class at Jalopy Theatre
Brooklyn, NY 315 Columbia Street, Brooklyn, NY 11231
October 14, 2023
Jam Class @ Fishkill Farms Fall Harvest Festival
Hopewell Junction, NY at the Fishkill Farms Fall Harvest Festival
9 Fishkill Farm Rd, Hopewell Junction, NY 12533
Silver Bay Bluegrass Camp (Lake George, NY)
Jan 12-14 (Martin Luther King Day Weekend)
Jams
Ridgefield
Nod HIll Brewery, Sunday Aug 20 2:30-5
Wethersfield
Pitkin Community Center in Wethersfield. 30 Greenfield Street. Room S-3
First and third Tuesday of each month in Wethersfield. There is a $3.00 suggested donation to cover the cost of the room. All levels are welcome. Acoustic instruments only. Wernick jamming etiquette is followed (announce your song with key, etc).
Hamden
Tuesday, August 8, from 6-9 pm, Cafe Amici, 1640 Whitney Avenue, Hamden
New Haven
Thursday, Aug 24 (Fourth Thursday) Next Door Pizza, New Haven CT
Burlington/Bloomfield, CT
Yankee Bluegrass Jammers, every Wednesday from 7 to 10 p.m. Location is either Elton Tavern, 781 George Washington Turnpike, Burlington, CT 06013 or Auer Farm, 158 Auer Farm Rd, Bloomfield, CT 06002. To learn where the jam will be held, contact either Carl Salsedo (carl.salsedo@uconn.edu) or Andy Szpekman (andy@ahscommunications.com).
East Hampton,
Monthly on the third Sunday Dexter’s Tune, Tales, & Ales, Sunday, ⋅1:00 – 4:00pm
Easton
Second Thursday 7:30 – 10:00pm 59 Church Road Easton
Connecticut Bluegrass Association 