BBU Bluegrass Calendar Week of July 27, 2026

[Chris Reckling]

Boston Bluegrass Union Weekly Calendar! https://bbu.org/calendar

Please send me additions, changes, cancellations.

Did you miss me last week? Too busy picking at Ossipee!

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Upcoming Festivals

Aug 5-9 Podunk BG Festival https://podunkbluegrass.com/

Aug 14-16 Ocean State BG Festival https://www.ribluegrass.org/event-info/ocean-state-bluegrass-festival-2026

Aug 13-16 Green Mountain Bluegrass and Roots https://www.greenmountainbluegrass.com/

Aug 27-30 Blistered Fingers https://www.blisteredfingers.com/

Aug 28-30 Moore Dam Bluegrass Festival https://www.mooredamblugrass.com/

Sept 3-6 The Crooked River Gathering https://crookedriverarts.org/

Sept 10-13 Old Tone https://www.oldtone.org/

Sept 12 Lowell Banjo and Fiddle Contest https://lowellsummermusic.org/pages/banjo-and-fiddle

Sept 19-20 Planet Granite https://thegranitechurch.org/event/planet-granite-music-dance-festival/

Camps

Aug 10-14 Ashoken Bluegrass Camp https://ashokancenter.org/product/bluegrass-camp-2026/

Add your own event - https://bbu.org/calendar

(When things go wrong with entering a calendar event, try it without entering a New Venue but put all the details in the main body.)

Shows this week. Support your local music!

Weekly shows, rotating cast of bands

7/27/2026
7:30 pm – 10:30 pm
Monday Night Hoedown
The Beehive
Boston MA

7/27/2026
8:00 pm – 10:30 pm
Bluegrass Night at Remnant - Sam Reid
Remnant Satellite
Cambridge MA

7/28/2026
7:00 pm – 9:30 pm
Southern Rail at Wayside Inn
Longfellow’s Waysude Inn
Sudbury MA

7/28/2026
7:00 pm – 10:30 pm
Rhumbline weekly Bluegrass hosted by Joe Wilkins

7/29/2026
7:00 pm – 10:00 pm
Grain Thief Weekly at The Burren
The Burren
Somerville MA

7/29/2026
7:30 pm – 9:30 pm
Alison Krauss and Union Station w/Jerry Douglas
South Shore Music Circus

 

7/29/2026
8:30 pm – 11:30 pm
Bluegrass Throedown at Nick-a-Nee’s - Mystic Mule
Nick-A-Nee’s
Providence RI

8/2/2026
4:00 pm – 6:00 pm
Highfield Hall and Gardens present Southern Rail
Highfield Hall and Gardens
Falmouth MA

8/2/2026
7:00 pm – 9:30 pm
Henhouse Prowlers
Club Passim
Cambridge MA

8/2/2026

7-9 pm

Tray Wellington Band

The Word Barn

Exeter, NH

Jams this week- for details see:  https://bbu.org/resources/jams/

(always check with the venue for cancellations, changes)

7/27/2026
7:00 pm – 9:00 pm
South County (RI) Old-Time Jam
South County Museum
Narragansett RI

7/28/2026
6:15 pm – 10:30 pm
Bluegrass Tuesdays Jam at The Smoot Standard
The Smoot Standard
Cambridge MA

7/28/2026
6:30 pm – 9:30 pm
Tuftonboro Country, Bluegrass and Gospel Jam session
The Old White Church, Center Tuftonboro, NH

7/28/2026
7:00 pm – 9:00 pm
Whately Old Time Jam
Whately Town Hall
Whately MA

7/29/2026
6:30 pm – 8:30 pm
Mr. Sippy’s Bluegrass Jam
MrSippy BBQ
Rochester NH

7/29/2026
9:00 pm – 11:30 pm
Bluegrass Jam at The Bebop
The Bebop
Boston MA

8/2/2026

12:00 pm – 3:00 pm
Bluegrass Jam at the Bebop
The Bebop
Boston MA

8/2/2026
1:00 pm – 4:00 pm
Princeton Bluegrass Jam
First Congregation Church – Princeton
Princeton MA

8/2/2026
2:00 pm – 4:00 pm
JP Bluegrass Jam

Jamaica Pond, weather permitting

8/2/2026
6:00 pm – 9:00 pm
Burren OT Jam with Alan Kaufman
The Burren
Somerville MA

8/2/2026
7:00 pm – 10:00 pm
Old Time Jam at The Bebop
The Bebop
Boston MA