Upcoming Bluegrass Related Events

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Mirror Lake Bluegrass Jam

Next Mirror Lake Bluegrass Jam is coming. When: Saturday, June 1, 3 pm to ? Where: 350 Forest Grove Ave, Wrentham, MA Details:  This is currently a random event, but we are hoping to develop it in to something more regular. We'll cook up some food and drink. Pot luck food and beverages appreciated but totally optional. If the weather is nice swimming/wading/boating on tap so bring clothes/towels etc. for that.  Please RSVP if possible with number of people and what instruments you'll be playing so we can plan for food and instrument balance. We'll probably cap the numbers around 12 pickers due to space limitations. Kids & family members that would like to hang out and enjoy the lake are welcome. Listed end time subject to change. Hosted by Steve and Galina.

Free

Lula Wiles

Spire Center for Performing Arts 25 1/2 Court St, Plymouth, MA

Hayley Reardon opens the show. Lula Wiles is a band deeply rooted in traditional folk music, but equally deep is their devotion to modern songcraft. They deliver love songs that are at once defiant and heartsick, as well as new contributions to the folk ballad canon and timely explorations of what it means to live in America today. Drawing from the deep wells of traditional old-time and bluegrass, classic country, and contemporary indie-folk-rock, Lula Wiles melds diverse influences to create a sound all their own. The three band members – Ellie Buckland (vocals/acoustic guitar/fiddle), Isa Burke (vocals/acoustic and electric guitars/fiddle), and Mali O...

$20

Bluegrass Church Service

st pauls episcopal church 79 Cross St., Gardner, MA

Bluegrass gospel music instead of regular hymns on this Sunday in June.  Music starts at 10:30am and Episcopal Church Service 10:45am.  Service lasts about 45 minutes.

Free

The Stockwell Brothers

Putney Tavern Lawn Main Street, Putney, VT

Twilight Music continues its 17th annual Twilight On The Tavern Lawn series of folk, world beat, zydeco, Celtic, jazz, blues and bluegrass summer concerts on Sunday, June 16 with contemporary folk and bluegrass quartet The Stockwell Brothers.  The seven concert series continues every other Sunday through August 25.  All concerts begin at 6:00 pm in downtown Putney on the Putney Tavern lawn (bring a lawn chair or blanket) or at Next Stage at 15 Kimball Hill or the Putney Community Center at 10 Christian Square in case of rain.  The series is sponsored by the Town of Putney, Green Mountain Well, Soundview Paper Company, The Putney Food Co-op, The Stockwell Brothers and many other Putney area businesses and organizations.  The concerts are free to the public (donations are accepted) and food will be available.  For more information, call 802-387-5772 or visit www.twilightmusic.org. Bruce, Barry, Alan and Kelly Stockwell's music spans traditional and progressive styles, but their trademark acoustic sound features new singer/songwriter material recast with banjo, alternative rhythms and three-part harmonies.  They cover straight ahead bluegrass songs, finger picked acoustic guitar ballads, full tilt breakdowns and traditional mandolin tunes mixed in with more unusual fare - Americana melodies riding world beat grooves and Celtic, jazzy, even neo-classical instrumentals.  “Tasty arrangements, brotherly harmonies, perfectly blended instruments and great songs” – Music Revue Featuring 2005 Merlefest bluegrass banjo contest winner Bruce Stockwell, The Stockwell Brothers have performed alongside artists from Bill Monroe, Doc Watson and Earl Scruggs to Mary-Chapin Carpenter, Jonathan Edwards and Asleep At The Wheel, recorded with Mike Auldridge and Phil Rosenthal of the bluegrass supergroup The Seldom Scene, and toured throughout the United States and in Canada and Europe.  As a trio, they have released … Read More »

Free

The Kingston Trio

Spire Center for Performing Arts 25 1/2 Court St, Plymouth, MA

Cited as an influence by recording artists as musically and generationally diverse as Dylan, Crosby, Stills & Nash and The Eagles to comedian and banjo player Steve Martin to contemporary artists such as the multi-Grammy® winners Mumford & Sons and The Avett Brothers, The Kingston Trio recently celebrated 60 years of entertaining audiences with the "Keep the Music Playing Tour". All three current members, Mike Marvin, Tim Gorelangton and Don Marovich, have intrinsic links to and experience with the original group.

$49

Henry Acker Gypsy Jazz Trio

Spire Center for Performing Arts 25 1/2 Court St, Plymouth, MA

Henry Acker is a fourteen year old gypsy jazz guitarist in the style of Django Reinhardt and with abilities far beyond his years. After playing for only five years, he has already shared the stage with jazz greats Bucky Pizzarelli, Frank Vignola, Julian Lage and Andreas Oberg as well as Gypsy Jazz legends Samson Schmitt, Mozes Rosenberg, Adrien Moignard, Joscho Stephane, Olli Soikkeli, Gonzalo Bergara, Stephane Wrembel and Jason Anick.

$20

Southern Rail @ 1794 Meetinghouse in New Salem

1794 Meetinghouse 26 South Main St, New Salem, MA

Southern Rail brings their high energy, exuberant Bluegrass to the  historic 1794 Meetinghouse in New Salem on Sunday June 30 from 4-6. The 1794 Meetinghouse is celebrating their 25th season with an all star lineup! Southern Rail's music is electric, featuring lush harmonies, irrepressible good humor, and sparkling banjo, guitar, mandolin and bass. Two of their members, Jim Muller and Sharon Horovitch, have just been inducted into the RIBA Buegrass Hall of Fame. For more info: https://www.1794meetinghouse.org/ email: [email protected] phone: 413-335-3489

$15

David Bromberg Quintet

City Winery Boston 80 Beverly Street at One Canal, Boston, MA

City Winery Boston Presents David Bromberg Quintet & Band 6:00pm doors / 8:00pm show / $45-$58 Tickets: http://bit.ly/DavidBrombergBOS070319 “We shall not cease from exploration, and the end of all our exploring will be to arrive where we started and know the place for the first time.” – T.S. Eliot “There’s only two kinds of music – ‘the Star Spangled Banner’ and the blues.” – Willie Nelson, quoting renowned fiddler Johnny Gimble For Americana godfather David Bromberg, it all began with the blues. His incredible journey spans five-and-a-half decades, and includes – but is not limited to – adventures with Bob Dylan, George Harrison, Jerry Garcia, and music and life lessons from seminal blues guitarist Reverend Gary Davis, who claimed the young Bromberg as a son. A musician’s musician, Bromberg’s mastery of several stringed instruments (guitar, fiddle, Dobro, mandolin), and multiple styles is legendary, leading Dr. John to declare him an American icon. In producing John Hartford’s hugely influential Aereo-Plain LP, Bromberg even co-invented a genre: Newgrass. Add in a period of self-imposed exile from his passion (1980-2002), during which he became a renowned violin expert, and Wilmington, Delaware’s cultural ambassador; top that off with a triumphant return to music-making, and you have an amazing tale leading back to one place: the blues. Now, with The Blues, the Whole Blues, and Nothing But the Blues, his first release for Red House Records, Bromberg and multi-Grammy-winning producer/accompanist Larry Campbell (Dylan, Levon Helm, Paul Simon) focus on the music David discovered in high school, when, circa late 50s, he was introduced to a friend’s dad’s collection of blues 78s. He’d only just taken up guitar as a means to pass the time while in bed with the measles. … Read More »

$45

New Bedford Folk Festival

New Bedford Whaling National Park New Bedford Historical District, New Bedford , MA

The Zeiterion Theater presents the 24th Annual New Bedford Folk Festival from Saturday July 6 through Sunday July 7, 2019 with an impressive lineup of the best in contemporary, Americana, traditional, blues and Celtic folk music. This year the festival includes Grammy Award winning Cajun band  BeauSoleil avec Michael Doucet, Dar Williams called “one of America’s very best singer-songwriters” by The New Yorker, folk, jazz, and pop songstress Susan Werner, blues masters Chris Smither and Guy Davis, old-time and American roots music trio Molsky’s Mountain Drifters featuring Grammy-nominated fiddler Bruce Molsky, cutting edge Celtic band Bua and many more. The festival runs from 11 AM to 9 PM both days and is located in the Zeiterion Performing Arts Center and throughout the 11 blocks of historic downtown New Bedford and the Whaling National Historical Park in New Bedford, Massachusetts.

$12 – $140

The Kevin Prater Band at Nick-A-Nees

Nick-A-Nee's 75 South Street, Providence, RI

The Kevin Prater Band from Belcher, KY. is looking forward to once again playing at Nick-A-Nees in Providence, RI.  Kevin Prater has entertained in 24 Countries in his 39 year career.  Additionally he has played extensively throughout the USA and Canada.  Kevin spent twelve years as Mandolin Player and High Tenor Vocalist in The James King Band.  During that time he was part of Many award winning recorded projests, including two, "Album Of The Year", "Song of the Year" and "Recorded Event of the Year".  He was also nominated as "Banjo Player of the Year" during his three years with The Bluegrass Brothers. Currently in the 12th year leading The Kevin Prater Band throughout the USA and Canada, averaging 100 shows annually.  Their latest CD, "All I Ever Wanted" was #65 on the top 200 World Wide Roots Music Charts for 2018, recorded on Patuxent Music. Kevin hails from Belcher, KY.  He has filled his band with young, hard driving, high energy, multi-talented pickers from NC. and VA.  Full bios on the band members can be found at www.thekevinpraterband.com.  Booking inquires contact Stacey Wright 740-641-7884

Free