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Playing the same old time tunes in 2023.


January 2023

Jan 1 Old Time Jam at Beans in the Belfry. Sun 1pm

Old Time Jam Session at Barns of Rose Hill: 1st, 3rd, 5th Thursday of every month. 5-8pm

Jan 4 Gravy Soppers at BFMS Wednesday Night Dance, Baltimore. Wed 8-10:30

Jan 13-16 Old time sleepover party in Morgantown WV

Jan 15 Old Time Jam at Beans in the Belfry. Sun 1pm

Jan 18 Jonathan's jam at Takoma Park BevCo, Wed 6:45 (slow jam first)

Jan 21 Furnace Mountain at Barns of Rose Hill for Dave's Birthday Bash. Sat 7pm

Jan 29 Gina's jam at New Market Plains Vineyard. Sun 1:30pm-5pm

Jan 31 Kolodners' jam, this week only, at Peabody Heights Brewery in Baltimore. Tue 7-10pm

February 2023

Old Time Jam Session at Barns of Rose Hill: 1st, 3rd, 5th Thursday of every month. 5-8pm

Feb 5 Old Time Jam at Beans in the Belfry. Sun 1pm

Feb 18 Baltimore Square Dance at Mobtown Ballroom. Sat 7:30-11pm

Feb 19 Old Time Jam at Beans in the Belfry,  Brunswick MD. Sun 1pm

Feb 21 Old Time Jam at City State Brewing in DC. First & third Tue 6:30pm

Feb 25 DC Square Dance Collective. Outdoors at Prince William Forest Park. Sat 8-11pm

March 2023

Old Time Jam Session at Barns of Rose Hill: 1st, 3rd, 5th Thursday of every month. 5-8pm

Mar 5 Old Time Jam at Beans in the Belfry. Sun 1pm

Mar 10-11 Baltimore Old Time Music Festival.

Mar 10 Critton Hollow String Band at Barns of Rose Hill. Fri 7pm.

Mar 15 Jonathan's jam at Takoma Park BevCo, Wed 6:45 (slow jam first)

Mar 18 Critton Hollow at Capon Bridge square dance. (And Joe Herrmann fiddle workshop at 2pm.) Dance starts Sat 5:30. 

Mar 19 Old Time Jam at Beans in the Belfry,  Brunswick MD. Sun 1pm

Mar 26 Old Time Jam at Manor Mill, Monkton MD. Sun 12-3pm

April 2023

Apr 1 Baltimore Square Dance at Mobtown Ballroom. Sat 7:30-11pm

Apr 19 Jonathan's jam at Takoma Park BevCo. Wed 7:30-9:30

Apr 23 Sanderson Jam with Ken Kolodner in DC, Sun 3-6pm

Apr 23 Old Time Jam at Manor Mill, Monkton MD. Sun 1-4pm

Apr 28 Jake Blount, Nic Gareiss, and Laurel Premo at Millenium Stage, Kennedy Center, Washington DC. Advance tickets advised. Fri 6pm

Apr 29 Georges Mill barn dance, Lovettesville VA Sun 4:30 potluck 6:30 dance

May 2023

May 6 Contradance at Shepherdstown Community Club, King & German Streets, Shepherdstown WV. Sat 9pm. Shane Knudsen calls. Alex Mitchell and Gina Faber play

May 13 Joseph DeCosimo at Hamlin St. Diner in DC. Sat 7:30

May 17 Jonathan's jam at Takoma Park BevCo. Wed 7:30-9:30

May 19 DC Square Dance Collective. Sat 8-11pm

May 19-21 Dare to be Square weekend hosted by DC Square Dance Collective

May 19-21 Musicalia, annual private party. 

May 21 Georges Mill barn dance, Lovettesville VA Sun 4:30 potluck 6:30 dance

May 28 Old Time Jam at Manor Mill, Monkton MD. Sun 1-4pm

June 2023

Jun 2 Concert honoring Ola Belle Reed at UMBC Library. More and more. Fri 8pm

Jun 4  Old Time Jam at Howard County Farm Heritage Museum. Sat 1-5pm

Jun 10-11 Old Time String Band Festival at Eliker's Grove PA

Jun 16 Brandywine old time festival all weekend in Westchester County, PA

Jun 17 Gravy Soppers return to the annual Barnstormers Day in Frederick County MD. (Past events described at Frederick County Landmarks.) Saturday afternoon.

Jun 18 Georges Mill barn dance, Lovettesville VA Sun 4:30 potluck 6:30 dance

Jun 25 - Jul 1 Mando, Banjo, and Fiddle weeks at The Swannanoa Gathering, Asheville NC

July 2023

Jul 2-8 Song week at The Swannanoa Gathering, Asheville NC

Jul 9-15 Celtic week at The Swannanoa Gathering, Asheville NC

Jul 16-22 Old Time week at The Swannanoa Gathering, Asheville NC

Jul 16  Old Time Jam at Howard County Farm Heritage Museum. Sat 1-5pm

Jul 23-29 Folk and Guitar weeks at The Swannanoa Gathering, Asheville NC

August 2023

Aug 13  Old Time Jam at Howard County Farm Heritage Museum. Sat 1-5pm

Aug 31 - Sep 4 Lake Genero old time music festival.

September 2023

Sep 4 ? Annual Labor Day Lawnbuster Pickin Party hosted by Ken & Brad Kolodner, Baltimore MD.

Sep 14-16 Watermelon Picker Fest in Berryville VA (formerly at Watermelon Park). 

Sep 16-17 Bluemont Fair in Bluemont VA.

Sep 16 ? Hoppin John (schedule to be posted)

Sep 17  Old Time Jam at Howard County Farm Heritage Museum. Sat 1-5pm

Sep 21-24  The Old Time Weekend. We are searching for the best venue for the 2023 installment of The Old Time Weekend. Check back in late May.

Sep 22-24 Maryland Folk Festival in Salisbury.

Sep 29 Gravy Soppers are one of the acts playing Art at the Point in Point of Rocks MD. (Past events described at PointOfRocks.org)