Bluegrass Music: Community Resources
Bluegrass Community
Bluegrass is a community-oriented music and the most important way to learn about bluegrass is through attending community events, and becoming a part of the community. This section includes an introductory list to bluegrass festivals, conventions and organizations located in and around North Carolina.
Local Jams
- PineCone Bluegrass JamEvery fourth Monday at Transfer Co. Food Hall in downtown Raleigh.
- Bond Brothers Bluegrass JamSundays from 4pm-7pm at Bond Brothers Eastside in Cary
- PineCone Beginner Bluegrass JamThird Mondays at Harry’s Guitar Shop in Raleigh.
Suggest Events and Organizations
Bluegrass at UNC
Bluegrass at UNC
- Carolina Bluegrass Band The band enrolls 10 to 20 students by audition, and welcomes all traditional instruments including acoustic guitar, banjo, fiddle, mandolin, dobro, bass, and vocals. Students register for MUSC 212.006, a one credit-hour class that rehearses Tuesday evenings from 6:00-8:00 p.m. and is open by audition to music majors, non-majors, and graduate students.
- UNC Community Music School Private Bluegrass Guitar or Mandolin Lessons with UNC Community Music School Teachers
- Winter Folk Festival Recordings, 1976 Audio recordings related to the 1976 Winter Folk Festival, a folk music festival held 20-24 January 1976 in Chapel Hill, N.C. The festival featured concerts, workshops, films, and jam sessions of folk music and traditions of the southern United States, including old-time, blues, Cajun, and string band music. Cecelia Conway and Jan Schochet, white graduate folklore students at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, conceived of the festival, which was sponsored by UNC's Carolina Union and hosted at various venues across campus as well as the larger Chapel Hill and Carrboro community. The recordings include performances by Tommy Jarrell, Dewey Balfa, Mike Seeger, Howard Armstrong, Peg Leg Sam (Arthur Jackson, 1911-1977), Big Chief Ellis, John Cephas, Fred Cockerham, the Red Clay Ramblers, Hazel Dickens, and Alice Gerrard, among others. It is unclear who created or donated the recordings to the Southern Folklife Collection, although white folklorist and performer, Joan Fenton, is credited for recording select items. The collection also contains supporting documentation prepared by former library staff, consisting of handwritten and typed tape logs and tape index. Tape logs include song titles and performer names when known.
Southern Folklife Collection publications
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