BBU Bluegrass Calendar Week of June 29, 2026

[Chris Reckling]

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

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Did you catch Joe Val's 100th Birthday June 26? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_Val

Upcoming Festivals

July 4 Morris Bluegrass Festival https://www.morrisbluegrassfestival.com/

July 9-12 Basin Bluegrass Festival Brandon, VT https://basinbluegrassfestival.com/

July 10-12 - Harry Smith Frolic Greenfield, MA (Old Time)

July 12 General Stanton Inn Bluegrass Festival Charlestown, RI https://www.thegeneralstantoninn.com/events

July 15-19 Grey Fox BG Festival https://greyfoxbluegrass.com/

July 17-19 Old Time on the Onion https://www.summit-school.org/old-time-on-the-onion-1

July 23-26 Ossipee Valley Music Festival https://ossipeevalley.com/

July 23-25 Danby Country and Bluegrass Festival Danby, VT https://danbycountrybluegrassfestival.com/

July 24-26 Lowell Folk Festival https://lowellfolkfestival.org/

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 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

6/29/2026
7:30 pm – 10:30 pm
Monday Night Hoedown 
The Beehive
Boston MA
6/29/2026
8:00 pm – 10:30 pm
Bluegrass Night at Remnant Sam Reid and The Riot Act
Remnant Satellite
Cambridge MA
6/30/2026
7:00 pm – 10:30 pm
Rhumbline weekly Bluegrass hosted by Joe Wilkins
7/1/2026
7:00 pm – 10:00 pm
Grain Thief Weekly at The Burren
The Burren
Somerville MA
7/1/2026
8:30 pm – 11:30 pm
Bluegrass Throedown at Nick-a-Nee’s Jordan's Dobro Sessions
Nick-A-Nee’s
Providence RI

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

(always check with the venue for cancellations, changes)

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

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

7/1/2026
6:00 pm – 9:00 pm
Hunky Dory OT Jam at Crook Point
Crook Point Brewing
East Providence RI

7/1/2026
6:30 pm – 8:30 pm
Mr. Sippy’s Bluegrass Jam
MrSippy BBQ
Rochester NH

7/1/2026
9:00 pm – 11:30 pm
Bluegrass Jam at The Bebop
The Bebop
Boston MA

7/2/2026
7:00 pm – 9:00 pm
Handsome Ladies jam
The Haven
Jamaica Plain

7/5/2026
12:00 pm – 3:00 pm
Bluegrass Jam at the Bebop
The Bebop
Boston MA

7/5/2026
2:00 pm – 4:00 pm
JP Bluegrass Jam

7/5/2026
6:00 pm – 9:00 pm
Burren OT Jam with Alan Kaufman
The Burren
Somerville MA

7/5/2026
7:00 pm – 10:00 pm
Old Time Jam at The Bebop
The Bebop
Boston MA