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Event goes from 07/30/2010 through 08/01/2009

"Bluegrass in the Blues" is a very relaxed weekend of spontaneous acoustical bluegrass and Old Time jamming surrounded by some of the scenic Blue Mountains of northeastern Oregon.

This location (new in 2009) proved to be the best of the four locations that this event has been held. The building has four separate rooms with doors where we can jam indoors regardless of any weather that may occur - day or night. A large yard has nice shade trees where we can camp and jam outside. There are great mountain views in all directions.

Go to http://mysite.verizon.net/res8aypu/ for details including photos of the 2006, 2007, 2008 and 2009 events.

So many tunes and so little time!
For information click here to email Richard Rubicam
Click here to see: mysite.verizon.net/res8aypu/

Event goes from 08/06/2010 through 08/08/2010

The Annual Bluegrass Festival draws a collection of local and regional bands and their fans to the Clatskanie City Park, The First Weekend in August. Funded by a grant from the Clatskanie Park and Recreation District, the annual event is organized by former resident Bill Bogan, of Soggy Mountain Festivals and member of the host band, the Southwest Ramblers of Spring Valley, Ariz. Admission to the festival is free and there is a $22 suggested camping donation to stay in the park Wednesday through Sunday. Electricity is an additional $15.

This is a free festival with music all day, jam sessions, workshops. Four Bands on the main stage. Vendors, Food, Family Fun. Bands: Hudson Ridge, The Young Bucs, Bill Coleman & the Gospel String Band, and Back Porch Revival. Thanks go out to the very generous sponsors.
Click here to see: http://bluegrassbash.info/2.html

Event goes from 08/20/2010 through 08/21/2010

20 great bluegrass acts, 2 stages!

Featuring:
Peter Rowan Bluegrass Band
Laurie Lewis and the Right Hands
Tony Furtado
Joy Kills Sorrow
Jackstraw
Alex Hargreaves and Jake Joliff
True North Bluegrass
Brokentop w/Chris Kokesh
Foghorn Stringband
Conjugal Visitors
Gumbo
Urban Monroes
Green Mountain Bluegrass
Eight Dollar Mountain Band
Alice DiMicele
Roundhouse
Jim Page
For information click here to email Mike Meyer
Click here to see: www.beavergrass.net
Price: $ 55

Event goes from 08/27/2010 through 08/29/2010

This is a three day bluegrass music festival, featuring 9 fantastic bluegrass bands from Idaho and surrounding states. We will feature daily concerts, music workshops for children and adults, a band scramble, a beginners jam and an advanced jam. We will have food and craft vendors and a beer garden on site. There is camping with electric and water hookups as well as a nice grassy area for tents. There are bathrooms and showers. Bring your lawn chairs or put a blanket on the grassy area in front of the stage. Bring your whole family and enjoy a weekend of good music, beautiful scenery and lots of parking lot pickin.
For information click here to email Diana Morgan
Click here to see: www.bannockcountybluegrassfestival.com

Event goes from 09/10/2010 through 09/12/2010

The American Banjo Camp offers a weekend of intense instruction with some of the best old-time and bluegrass banjo players around, plus demonstrations, concerts, and plenty of jamming opportunities.

We now also offer a full-time Fiddle Program and an optional Extra Day beginning on Thursday evening Sept. 9 (for details, see below).

We're very proud to announce our well-traveled staff of all-stars.

Bluegrass Instructors:
Janet Davis (Arkansas) - Back-up guru Bill Keith (New York) - Creator of melodic style James McKinney (Georgia) - Virtuoso in both Scruggs & Single String Styles. Alan Munde (Texas) - Legendary picker and innovator Pete Wernick (Colorado) - Dr. Banjo!

Old-time Instructors:
Mac Benford (New York State) - Genial clawhammer innovator and great all-around teacher! Formerly banjoist for famed Highwoods String Band. Adam Hurt (North Carolina) - brilliant young clawhammer phenom & gifted teacher Bruce Molsky (Washington, DC) - internationally acclaimed banjoist & fiddler Ken Perlman (Indiana) - Pioneer of melodic clawhammer; author of several widely acclaimed clawhammer instruction manuals Molly Tennenbaum (Seattle) - Innovative & widely respected southern-style picker

Novice Program: Mike Stahlman from Portland heads up the bluegrass-novice program; Laura Smith of Bellingham heads up the old-time novice program.

Accompanists: Greg & Jere Canote (old-time fiddle and guitar), Paul Elliott (bluegrass fiddle), and Peter Langston (bluegrass guitar). All our accompanists are from the Seattle area.

Here are two additional announcements for 2010:

The ABC Fiddle Program. We continue to offer a full time fiddle program at ABC this year. Our principle fiddle instructor is Greg Canote; fiddle classes will also be offered by Paul Elliott, Adam Hurt, and Bruce Molsky.

The ABC Extra Day. Our Extra Day gives students a chance to get to know each other and the staff, and to ease their way into the regular Camp with a bunch of low pressure activities in a relaxed atmosphere. This year, one of the activities planned for Thursday evening is a student open mic, with staff accompanists available to offer support. Other options we're considering for Thursday include faculty led jams, Q & A sessions, and even a square dance. For Friday morning, we're planning round-robin demonstrations, "clinics" on banjo technique and set-up, and more Q & A sessions. There will be a small extra tuition charge for students who wish to take part in the Extra Day, which also covers the cost of lodging and meals (dinner on Thursday through lunch on Friday).

You can access artists' bios, logistical information, and registration form on our website below and If you have any questions or concerns, don't hesitate to email us.
For information click here to email Ken Perlman and Peter Langston
Click here to see: www.americanbanjocamp.com

Event goes from 09/11/2010 through 09/18/2010

The price of the cruise is 799$ inside cabin or 899$ ocean view cabin, per person double occupancy. This is the most reasonable cruise to Alaska around. Part of the reason is the time of year. There is no famous band going it is just a jam cruise. I went on the cruise to Mexico a few months ago and we jammed pretty much all the time, except when eating all the great food. We even jammed on Catalina and in Ensenada. Email Jerry Turner, the travelagent booking the jam rooms, at MRT@CRUISE2JAM.COM Tell him you saw it on the OBA website. --- contributed by Dan Martin
For information click here to email Jerry Turner
Click here to see: www.cruise2jam.com

Starts at 10:00 AM through 07:00 PM

Fun Family event! Music & more!

Join headliners John Reischman & the Jaybirds and Bill Evans & Megan Lynch plus many others!

This 5th annual event features bluegrass performances, children's activities, handmade arts & crafts and a variety of food from local vendors, a beer/wine garden serving Lake County wines, Art in the Barn and musician workshops.

Sponsored by the Anderson Marsh Interpretive Association (AMIA), the Children's Museum of Art & Science (CMAS) and the Clear Lake Chamber of Commerce. A benefit to support educational & interpretative projects of non-profits AMIA & CMAS. Tix on sale in June. Presale tickets $15, at the gate, $20.
Children 12 and under are free and must be accompanied by an adult.
Click here to see: www.andersonmarsh.org

Event goes from 09/13/2010 through 09/19/2010

FREE admission and FREE dry camping!
Special appearance by PRAIRIE FLYER, and a guitar workshop conducted by Steve Blanchard of Prairie Flyer. More bands/concerts TBA.
Click here to see: GeorgeBluegrassFestival.com

Event goes from 01/07/2011 through 01/09/2011

For information click here to email RiverCity Staff
or contact RiverCity Staff at 503-282-0877
Click here to see: www.rivercitybluegrass.com