Jam Session

Beginner Bluegrass Jam

By BRI Team / May 8, 2025 /

May 8, 2025 @ 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 / May 9, 2025 /

May 9, 2025 @ 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, […]

Friday Night Jamboree

By BRI Team / May 9, 2025 /

May 9, 2025 @ 6:30 pm – 10:30 pm – The Friday Night Jamboree is held every Friday night at the Floyd Country Store‚ and bluegrass concerts are staged periodically on Saturday nights. These events are worthy tributes to old-time and bluegrass music and to mountain dance. Many of those who attend the Friday Night Jamboree are regulars‚ but the Jamboree also gets visitors every […]

Patrick County Music Association Music Jamboree

By BRI Team / May 10, 2025 /

May 10, 2025 @ 5:00 pm – 9:00 pm – The Patrick County Music Association invites you to come out every month and take in a first-rate music event and jam in the Rotary Buildings at the Stuart Fairgrounds. Doors open at 5:00 p.m. and the music ends around 9 p.m. Head to the larger building for bluegrass or old-time performances‚ or step inside the […]

Sunday Music Jam

By BRI Team / May 11, 2025 /

May 11, 2025 @ 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 […]

Old Time Jam at The Front Porch

By BRI Team / May 12, 2025 /

May 12, 2025 @ 7:30 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 […]

Mountain Music Jam

By BRI Team / May 14, 2025 /

May 14, 2025 @ 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 […]

Open Mic Night at Potter’s Craft Cider

By BRI Team / May 15, 2025 /

May 15, 2025 @ 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 […]

Americana Jam

By BRI Team / May 15, 2025 /

May 15, 2025 @ 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 / May 16, 2025 /

May 16, 2025 @ 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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