BBU Bluegrass Calendar Week of August 3, 2026

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

Please send me additions, changes, cancellations.

The BBU is once again sponsoring the Lowell Banjo and Fiddle Contest! Tim Rowell and Natalie Padilla are this year's judges for the 45th Anniversary. All styles of banjo and fiddle are represented.

Podunk is this week. Also, a fair number of Boston area concerts as groups come north for festivals and stop in town. Check out the listings.

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!

8/3/2026
7:30 pm – 10:30 pm
Monday Night Hoedown
The Beehive
Boston MA

8/3/2026
8:00 pm – 10:30 pm
Bluegrass Night at Remnant
Remnant Satellite
Cambridge MA

8/4/2026
7:00 pm – 10:30 pm
Rhumbline weekly Bluegrass hosted by Joe Wilkins

8/5/2026
7:00 pm – 10:00 pm
Grain Thief Weekly at The Burren
The Burren
Somerville MA

8/5/2026
8:00 pm – 10:00 pm
Tray Wellington – Club Passim
Club Passim
Cambridge MA

8/5/2026
8:30 pm – 11:30 pm
Bluegrass Throedown at Nick-a-Nee’s The Asheville Mountain Boys
Nick-A-Nee’s
Providence RI

8/6/2026
6:00 pm – 8:00 pm
Blackstone Valley Bluegrass Whitinsville

8/6/2026
8:00 pm – 10:00 pm
Sophie Mae Wellington & The Asheville Mountain Boys
Club Passim
Cambridge MA

8/7/2026
7:00 pm – 10:00 pm
Max Wareham Album Release Show
The Burren
Somerville MA

8/8/2026
8:00 pm – 10:00 pm
The Onlies at Club Passim
Club Passim
Cambridge MA

8/9/2026
1:00 pm – 3:00 pm
The Bottom Dolalrs at Hackmatack Farm

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

(always check with the venue for cancellations, changes)

8/4/2026
6:00 pm – 8:30 pm
Old Time Jam at The Word Barn w Betsy Green
The Word Barn
Exeter New Hampshire

8/4/2026
6:15 pm – 10:30 pm
Bluegrass Tuesdays Jam at The Smoot Standard
The Smoot Standard
Cambridge MA

8/4/2026
6:30 pm – 9:30 pm
Tuftonboro Country, Bluegrass and Gospel Jam session
The Old White Church, Center Tuftonboro, NH

8/5/2026
6:00 pm – 9:00 pm
Hunky Dory OT Jam at Crook Point
Crook Point Brewing
East Providence RI

8/5/2026
6:30 pm – 8:30 pm
Mr. Sippy’s Bluegrass Jam
MrSippy BBQ
Rochester NH

8/5/2026
9:00 pm – 11:30 pm
Bluegrass Jam at The Bebop
The Bebop
Boston MA

8/6/2026
7:00 pm – 9:00 pm
Handsome Ladies jam
The Haven
Jamaica Plain

8/9/2026
12:00 pm – 3:00 pm
Bluegrass Jam at the Bebop
The Bebop
Boston MA

8/9/2026
1:00 pm – 3:00 pm
Brookline Old Time Jam - on summer hiatus until Sept
St. Paul’s Episcopal Church – Brookline
Brookline MA

8/9/2026
1:00 pm – 4:00 pm
Princeton Bluegrass Jam
First Congregation Church – Princeton
Princeton MA

8/9/2026
1:00 pm – 5:00 pm
Temple Mountain Music Jam
Temple Town Hall
Temple NH

8/9/2026
2:00 pm – 4:00 pm
JP Bluegrass Jam

8/9/2026
3:00 pm – 5:00 pm
Littleton, NH Bluegrass Jam
Loading Dock
Littleton NH

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