Jam Session

Open Mic Night at Potter’s Craft Cider

By BRI Team / November 21, 2024 /

November 21, 2024 @ 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm – Mondays, Thursdays, and Saturdays are jam days!  Front Porch jams are open to all levels of players, including Front Porch students as well as non-students. Attending a jam is free, low-key, and fun! All jams take place at our Water Street location, except for the 2nd Monday Old Time Jam, which takes place at our Dale Ave location, and […]

The Willis Gap Community Center Open Jam

By BRI Team / November 22, 2024 /

November 22, 2024 @ 5:30 pm – 9:00 pm – The Willis Gap Community Center Open Jam (every Friday night) at 144 The Hollow Road, Ararat, VA 24053, Affiliated Partner of The Crooked Road Virginia’s Heritage Music Trail. A few miles from the Blue Ridge Parkway (Mabry Mill), a few miles from Meadows of Dan (Primland Auberge Resort), and a few miles from Mount Airy, […]

Sunday Music Jam

By BRI Team / November 24, 2024 /

November 24, 2024 @ 1:30 pm – 5:30 pm – Every Sunday afternoon The Floyd Country Store comes alive with community music during their old time and bluegrass music jams. Bring your instrument and join in the music or grab some food and be in the audience! Sunday Music Jams are a great way to see traditional music the way it has been played and […]

Mountain Music Jam

By BRI Team / November 27, 2024 /

November 27, 2024 @ 6:30 pm – 9:00 pm – Every Wednesday night from 6:30 to 9:00pm, the Historic 1908 Courthouse sponsors an Old-time Mountain Music Jam. In the summer when the weather is nice, we do it out back in the band stand (gazebo). If the weather is threatening or cold, we move inside. The jam goes on year-round, 52 weeks a year, with […]

The Willis Gap Community Center Open Jam

By BRI Team / November 29, 2024 /

November 29, 2024 @ 5:30 pm – 9:00 pm – The Willis Gap Community Center Open Jam (every Friday night) at 144 The Hollow Road, Ararat, VA 24053, Affiliated Partner of The Crooked Road Virginia’s Heritage Music Trail. A few miles from the Blue Ridge Parkway (Mabry Mill), a few miles from Meadows of Dan (Primland Auberge Resort), and a few miles from Mount Airy, […]

Black Friday Jam

By BRI Team / November 29, 2024 /

November 29, 2024 @ 7:00 pm – For over 15 years‚ Jim Lloyd has had a “Black Friday Jam” in his Rural Retreat Barber Shop the evening after Thanksgiving and has hosted up to 70 musicians playing an evening of good local music. Phone: 276-686-5976 Email: jimlloydmusic@gmail.com URL: https://jimlloydappalachianmusician.com/about/black-friday-jam-at-lloyds-barber-shop/ Hours: 7:00pm Directions: From Interstate 40‚ take Exit 60 towards Rural Retreat. Black Lick Road becomes […]

Sunday Music Jam

By BRI Team / December 1, 2024 /

December 1, 2024 @ 1:30 pm – 5:30 pm – Every Sunday afternoon The Floyd Country Store comes alive with community music during their old time and bluegrass music jams. Bring your instrument and join in the music or grab some food and be in the audience! Sunday Music Jams are a great way to see traditional music the way it has been played and […]

Mountain Music Jam

By BRI Team / December 4, 2024 /

December 4, 2024 @ 6:30 pm – 9:00 pm – Every Wednesday night from 6:30 to 9:00pm, the Historic 1908 Courthouse sponsors an Old-time Mountain Music Jam. In the summer when the weather is nice, we do it out back in the band stand (gazebo). If the weather is threatening or cold, we move inside. The jam goes on year-round, 52 weeks a year, with […]

Old Time Jam at The Front Porch

By BRI Team / December 5, 2024 /

December 5, 2024 @ 7:00 pm – 8:30 pm – Mondays, Thursdays, and Saturdays are jam days!  Front Porch jams are open to all levels of players, including Front Porch students as well as non-students. Attending a jam is free, low-key, and fun! All jams take place at our Water Street location, except for the 2nd Monday Old Time Jam, which takes place at our Dale Ave location, and […]

The Willis Gap Community Center Open Jam

By BRI Team / December 6, 2024 /

December 6, 2024 @ 5:30 pm – 9:00 pm – The Willis Gap Community Center Open Jam (every Friday night) at 144 The Hollow Road, Ararat, VA 24053, Affiliated Partner of The Crooked Road Virginia’s Heritage Music Trail. A few miles from the Blue Ridge Parkway (Mabry Mill), a few miles from Meadows of Dan (Primland Auberge Resort), and a few miles from Mount Airy, […]

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