Learn to Sing Harmony, Bluegrass Nights in Connecticut, new Bluegrass Jams and Classes

Bluegrass Nights at the Granite!

A great new event is coming to Redding CT. Looking for live bluegrass music in Connecticut? The Granite will be a new home to bluegrass performers, jammers, and lovers alike. Read on to hear about this exciting new monthly event.

On the first Thursday of the month, (Oct 2, Nov 6, and Dec 4, 2025) the Granite will host “a monthly celebration of bluegrass music”. The house band will perform at 8pm with open jamming before, during, and after the event. Come to listen, play, and learn! The event will feature a hosted slow jam, live music, and tons of fun. The Granite is filled with nooks and side rooms to jam, hang, and socialize. Come with or without an instrument and tell your bluegrass loving friends. BYOB or snacks/food. Some refreshments available for purchase.

Help this new event become a staple of the CT Bluegrass scene. Where: 5 N. Main Street, Redding CT

Wernick Method Bluegrass Jam Class in Redding CT

Interested in Banjo, Fiddle, Mandolin, Dobro, Bass, singing, or Guitar lessons in Connecticut or the Hudson Valley area? Love to sing in harmony and jam with others? Read on about a great opportunity in Redding CT Sign Up Here

When?: Mondays 6:30-9PM September 22-Nov 10

Where: 5 North Main Street, Redding CT

-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)

Sign Up Here

Live Bluegrass in Connecticut (September and October 2025)

Did you know the Connecticut Bluegrass Association has a calendar of events designed to help you find local bluegrass jams and live music new you? Check out these upcoming events and make sure to bookmark the CT Bluegrass calendar when you’re looking to find music

Bluegrass in Connecticut September – October 2025

Sat Sep 13

3 – 3:45pm Hosmer Mountain Boys, Tamarack Lodge, Swamp Yankee Fest, Voluntown, CT

4 – 6pm Amy Gallatin & Stillwaters – Wind Hill Community Farm, 3006 Hebron Ave. Glastonbury, CT 06033

 Sun Sep 14

5 – 6:30pm Duo: Becky Buller & Ned Luberecki, Hamden, CT – Outdoor yard concert, 166 Mather Street, Hamden, CT

Thu Oct 2

7 – 9pm Bluegrass Night The Granite Church, 5 N Main St, Redding, CT 06896, USA

Sat Oct 4

1:30 – 2:30pm Rock Hearts at Norwalk N.I.C.E festival

Sun Oct 5

1 – 4pm 1st Sunday Old Time Jam Spruce Coffee, 952 State St, New Haven, CT 06511, USA

Thu Oct 9

7:30 – 10pm Bluegrass Jam in Easton – 59 Church Rd, Easton, CT 06612, USA

Sat Oct 18

11am – 6pm Farmington Valley Music Festival

Fri Oct 24

7 – 10pm Rock Hearts / On the Trail at New Park Brewing – New Park Brewing, 485 New Park Ave, West Hartford, CT 06110, USA

Sun Nov 2

1 – 4pm 1st Sunday Old Time Jam – Spruce Coffee, 952 State St, New Haven, CT 06511, USA

3 – 6pm On the trail at Westchester Bluegrass Club – 33 Lake Wy, Purdys, NY 10578, USA

Harmony Singing Class in Connecticut

Love to sing? Looking for singing lessons in CT or Hudson Valley NY? This class will help you develop independence singing with others in three and four part harmony. Class will take place Monday Nights 7:00-8:30 PM November 17, 24 and December 8 and 15. Where? Redding CT, 5 N. Main Street. Sign up here

The class will utilize a new resource – an app designed to help make learning harmony fun and easy! Part By Heart helps you learn to commit your part to memory and practice your harmony singing skills from anywhere. Whether its a little extra guidance in your jam / band or its at home learning on your own, this app can help you find your starting pitch and learn your part by heart! Check it out at PartbyHeart.com or by searching “Part By Heart Music”

New Bluegrass Podcast: Bluegrass BKLYN Podcast

Check out the vibrant bluegrass music scene in and around Brooklyn, NYC – and beyond. Join your hosts Mike Willner and Liz Wolfe to meet the musicians and teachers, explore the venues and events, and share the stories and community in the Bluegrass Borough …. and beyond. We’ll talk classic bluegrass, bluegrass-adjacent music, vendors, instruments, jam camps, current events, gear … you know, all the good stuff! So give a listen, we’ll have a fine old time. Click Here to listen

And keep an eye out for coverage of Connecticut’s #1 bluegrass festival: Podunk! As well as an interview with the head of the Connecticut Bluegrass Association.