Bluegrass Bands of Western North Carolina



Jam Locations
Blue Ridge Music Store
Jack of the Wood
Leicester Bluegrass Jam
Marion Bluegrass Music Jam at the Marion Depot
Mountain Gateway Museum
Mountain Music Jamin
Mrs. Hyatt's Oprahouse
North Star Diner
Old Fort Mountain Music
Shindig on the Green
Young’s Mountain Music
Zuma Coffee House
Mondays

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Blue Ridge Music Store
    828 Hendersonville Road
    Asheville, NC 28803
    (828) 277-5588
    6:30pm - 8:30pm

Frequency: Weekly

Parking: Parking is available next to store and in the shopping center next to the store.

General Description
Blue Ridge Music hosts an open jam that is open to anyone who wants to come. Whether you're a hot picker from Nashville or just a toe-tapper from down the street, you are welcome to come and enjoy the fun.
Tuesday

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North Star Diner
    61C Weaver Blvd
    Weaverville, NC 28787
    (828) 658-1300
    6:30pm -

Frequency: Weekly

Parking:

General Description
North Star Diner’s welcoming family atmosphere is home to a weekly Tuesday night Bluegrass Jam starting at 6:30 PM. The jam is performance oriented, hosted locally by the Rhinehart Family. Local musicians step up to the mic and showcase their talents, w
Thursdays

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Mrs. Hyatt's Oprahouse
    627 Brevard Road
    Asheville, NC 28803
    
     6:30pm - 9:30pm

Frequency: Weekly

Parking: Parking is available in the driveway, along the road and in a small field (marked with a "parking" sign) next to the house.

General Description
Since 1947, Nelia Hyatt and her late husband have hosted an old-time acoustic music jam at their home on Brevard Road. Thousands of musicians have walked thru the doors of Music House to enjoy the music, as well as Mrs. Hyatt’s gracious hospitality.

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Jack of the Wood
    95 Patton Ave.
    Asheville, NC 28801
    (828) 252-5445
    10:00pm -

Frequency: Weekly

Parking: Street parking available.

General Description
A cozy, Celtic style pub located in downtown Asheville, North Carolina. Handcrafted English style ales are brewed at our nearby brewing facility and served fresh daily.

Zuma Coffee House
    7 North Main Street
    Marshall, NC 28753
    828-649-1617
    7pm - 9pm

Frequency: Weekly

Parking: On street.

General Description
Bluegrass fiddler Bobby Hicks hosts a weekly open jam at the new Zuma Coffee house in beautiful downtown Marshall. Come on by and sit a spell or join on in.

Marion Bluegrass Music Jam at the Marion Depot
    Railroad Street
    Marion, NC 28752
    (828) 652-2215
    7pm - 9pm

Frequency: Weekly

Parking: Available nearby

General Description
Open to all musicians, no scheduled performers. Outdoors (weather permitting), bring chairs or blankets.
Fridays

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Old Fort Mountain Music
    Hwy 70
    Old Fort, NC
    
    7:00pm - 11:00pm

Frequency: Weekly

Parking: Street parking available. Usually not too far to walk.

General Description
Old Fort Music was started in 1986, at the log cabins next to the river, by the Mountain Gateway Museum. Recently the gathering celebrated its 100th consecutive Friday night performance.
Saturdays

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Shindig on the Green
    Martin Luther King Jr. Park
    Asheville, NC 28801
    
    7:00pm - 10:00pm

Frequency: Weekly (seasonal) on Saturday nights from early June through Labor Day. The dates for 2008 are: June 28 -- July 5, 12, 19 -- August 9, 16, 23, 30

Parking: Street parking only. The later you are; the further you walk!

General Description
Locals and visitors alike gather “along about sundown,” or at seven o’clock for those who wear a watch. Musicians and dancers from across Western North Carolina gather on these Saturday nights to share the region's stirring Southern Appalachian mountain c

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Leicester Bluegrass Jam
    1228 Newfound Rd
    Leicester, NC
    683-1244
    7pm - 10pm

Frequency: 2nd and 4th Saturdays

Parking: Available nearby

General Description
Bluegrass and country; all pickers are welcome.

Directions
From Patton Avenue in West Asheville go out Leicester Highway about 4.5 miles to the fifth traffic light and turn left onto Newfound Road. There is a gas station on the corner on the left side. Just as you turn onto Newfound Rd you will pass Dix Creek 1 Rd and Dix Creek 2 Rd on your left. (If you've travelled on Leicester Highway to where it is two lanes instead of four, you've gone too far.)

Continue approximately 5.7 miles until you see a sign on your left for "Blue Ridge Ice Cream." Hanging underneath that sign is another which reads "Let's Pick."

When you get to the sign, turn left into the driveway and you will see what looks like a garage or storage biulding. You're there!


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Young’s Mountain Music
    Route 2‚ Box 636
    Burnsville, NC 28714
    (828) 675-4365
    7:00pm - 11:00pm

Frequency: Weekly

Parking: Available

General Description
Bands sign up for a 20 to 30 minute slot to play. Also, dancers clog‚ buck dance‚ and two-step.
Sundays

Mountain Gateway Museum
    102 Water Street
    Old Fort, NC 28762
    (828) 668-4626
    2pm - 4pm

Frequency: Weekly

Parking: Street parking available. Usually not too far to walk.

General Description
Join in on some great banjo music on Sunday afternoons.

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Mountain Music Jamin
    Main Street
    Blowing Rock , NC
    (828) 295-6128
    2pm - 5pm

Frequency: Weekly

Parking: Available nearby

General Description
Starts on the Second Sunday of July, and Runs Through the Last Sunday of September. Every Sunday from 2:00 p.m. until 5:00 p.m. Open Jam with Mountain music, bluegrass, and gospel. Guitar, banjo, fiddle, vocals and occasional tub and washboard music. Brin
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