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Join in! Here you will find listings of all-are-welcome song circles, jams, music circles, open sessions, shape note sings and any other regular public gathering of folk-loving singers and musicians. You are also welcome as a listener at these gatherings.
Sessions and sings are listed by day of the week, Sunday to Saturday, with annual events at the bottom of each state listing.
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Vermont
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Regular Shape-Note Singings – VT:
2nd Sundays, 1-4:30pm – Middlebury
3rd Sundays, 1:30-4:30pm – Brattleboro
4th Sundays, 1:30-4pm – Norwich
4th Sundays, 3:30pm – Derby Line
Every summer Tuesday, 7:30pm – Glover
2nd & 4th Tuesdays, 7pm – Glover
1st, 3rd & 5th Fridays, 7-11pm – Springfield
2nd Sundays, 7pm – Bellows Falls
Song Circle at RAMP Gallery
2nd Tuesdays, 5-7pm – Brattleboro
Open Song Circle
Common Ground, 25 Elliot St, Info: 802-275-7475
1st & 3rd Wednesdays, 7:30-9:30pm – Rutland
Song & Tune Session
The Brick Box, 30 Center St, Info: 802-235-2766
3rd Saturday in July – Newbury
Annual Jeremiah Ingalls sing
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New Hampshire
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Regular Shape-Note Singings – NH:
2nd Sundays, 1:30-4:30pm – Warner
4th Sundays, 1:30-4pm – Peterborough/Harrisville
2nd Thursdays, 7-9:30pm – Hanover
1st Sundays, 1:30-4pm – Milford
Sacred Harp Sing & Potluck
UU Church, 20 Elm St.
Info: jan@highmowing.org
1st Sundays, 5-6pm – Gorham
Hymn Sing at Chapel Arts
3rd Sundays – Derry
3rd Sunday Fiddlers at the First Baptist Church
3rd Sundays, 5:30-7:30pm – Dover
Seacoast Fiddle Club Slow Jams
St. Thomas Episcopal Church, 5 Hale St.
Info: greg_hunt@verizon.net
Every Wednesday, 7:30-10:30pm – Durham
Canadian jam session at UU Fellowship
2nd Wednesdays, Oct-May, 7:30pm – Concord
Informal jam & open mike at Community Music School
Every Thursday, 7-9pm – Kingston
Fiddler’s Loft sessions, beginner-intermediate
Every Friday, 4-9pm – Portsmouth
Trad Song & Tune Session at The Press Room
3rd Saturdays, 3:30-7:30pm – Portsmouth
Shanty & Forebitter Session, The Press Room
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Massachusetts
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Every Sunday 2pm – Fairhaven
Song Swap at Bayside Lounge
125 Sconticut Neck Rd., Info: 508-996-9212
Every Sunday 7-9:30pm – Rehoboth
Old-time jam at Goff Hall (Blanding Library)
124 Bay State Rd., Info: 508-252-4236
1st Sundays 1:30-4:30pm – Amherst
Western Mass Sacred Harp Community
2nd Sundays 1:30-4:30pm – Newton Lower Falls
West Gallery singing
3rd Sundays 1-4pm – Cambridge
M.I.T. Chantey & Maritime Sing
3rd Sundays, 3-6pm – Charlestown
Shape Note sing
St. John's Episcopal Church, 27 Devens St.
5th Sundays 1:30-4:30pm – Greenfield
Western Mass Sacred Harp Community
Every Monday, 8pm – Cambridge
Sandy’s Old-Timey jam
2nd Mondays, 7:45-10pm – Newton Centre
Shape Note singing
Every Tuesday 7-10pm – Northampton
Western Mass Sacred Harp Community
Every Tuesday, 8:30pm – Gloucester
Three Sheets pub sing
Every Wednesday, 7:30-10:30pm – Boston Area
FSSGB Midweek singing parties
Every Thursday, 7:30-10:45pm – Framingham
Amazing Things open mike w/feature performer
Every Thursday, 7-9pm – E. Brookfield
Fiddle Center evening jam session
1st Thursdays, 7:30-10pm – Williamsburg
Western Mass. Pub Sing
Brew Master’s Tavern, 4 Main St. Info: 413-268-7741
2nd Thursdays, 7-10pm – Easthampton
Pace Theater jam session
3rd Thursdays, 5-7pm – Falmouth
Johnson Strings fiddling session
4th Thursdays, 7-9:30pm – Newton
Jeremiah Ingalls sing
5th Thursdays, 7-10pm – Leyden
Western Mass Sacred Harp Community
1st Fridays, 5-7pm – New Bedford
Rise Up Singing Community Sing
2nd or 3rd Saturdays, 6:30pm – Boston Area
FSSGB Monthly singing parties
4th Saturdays, 3-6pm – Hyannis
Cape Cod Chantey Sing
2nd Weekend in March – Northampton
Western Mass Sacred Harp Singing Convention
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Maine
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Regular Shape-Note Singings – Maine:
1st Sundays, 1-4pm – Portland
2nd Mondays, 7-9pm – Belfast
2nd & 4th Tuesdays – Sullivan
4th Sundays, 2-5pm – Damariscotta
Every Monday, Sep-May, 6:30-8:30pm – Eliot
Gospel Sing & Jam
Christian Life Church, Rt 236. Info: 207-439-6571
Every Monday, Aug-Oct, 6-9pm
Bi-weekly Mondays, Jan-July – Falmouth
Fiddle-icious Open Rehearsals
Every Tuesday, 6:30-9pm – Wayne
Fiddlehedz Jam Session at Fiddle Ridge
Most Thursdays, 6:30-10pm – Pownal
Fiddlehedz Jam Session at Jeff’s
3rd Fridays, 7pm – Caribou
Song Swap and Jam at the Old Iron Inn
Last Fridays, 7:30pm – Kennebunkport
Kennebunk Folk Club’s Song Swap
Community House, Temple St. Info: 207-985-4343
4th Saturdays, 6pm – Orono
DADGAD jam and open mic
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Connecticut
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Regular Shape-Note Singings – CT:
2nd Sundays, 2:30-5pm – Middletown
3rd Thursdays, Feb, May, Aug, Nov – New Haven
1st Sundays, 3-4:30pm – New London
Shoreline Acoustic Music Society
Mondays, 10pm-midnight – Mystic
Old-Time Jam
Daniel Packer Inne, 32 Water St. Info: 860-536-3555
4th Fridays, 8pm – Sherman
Song Swap
Sherman Library, 1 Sherman Ctr. Info: 860-355-2674
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last updated 24 August 2008
© 2007 New England Folk Network
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