Connecticut's Bristol Old Tyme Fiddlers Club
1972-2007 35 Years of Fiddling!
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Fiddle & Country Music Jam Held every 2nd & 4th Friday of each month from 7:00 to 9:30 pm, Located at the Bethel Christian Church on 750 Stevens St. in Bristol, CT. Sing along, dance or clap to the music. Coffee and light refreshments available. $4 Admission fee, ($6 for special concerts). Listen to old tyme favorites on guitar, fiddle, banjo, accordion, harmonica & more. Musicians Welcome! We usually play a few group tunes then everyone gets a chance to perform a solo or in small groups (only if you want to).
Hot Fiddles Hi! We are Sharon and Susie, and we both play the fiddle. We have both been playing since we were six. One of the things we do to pay for fiddle camp and lessons is we perform. We play 1 to 3 hour performances in the Hartford, CT area. The types of music we play are Old Tyme, Canadian, Texan, and Irish. We can play the following types of songs: Waltz, Jigs, Reels, Rags, Hornpipes, Polkas, and a few more.
Powder Mill Barn Converted by Ralph Sweet for Square Dancing in 1959, this rental hall is now a favorite spot for Contra and Square Dancing. Located in Enfield, CT at 32 South Maple Street near Rt. 91 & Rt. 190. Traditional Square Dancing & Contras - Fun - Live Music - No lessons Required! Mostly 2nd & 4th Sundays.
Rosin the Bow specializes in Celtic, Bluegrass, and American traditional music. Rosin the Bow presents an amiable, upbeat, multi-textured sound. Grant Day is an award winning 5-string banjo player. He also plays guitar and bass. Marta is a competitive Bluegrass and Olde Tyme fiddler, who started as a classically trained violinist.
The
Reel Thing a western Connecticut-based musical group which specializes in contra
dances, live, costumed, authentic 18th century colonial dances and
concerts, traditional dance workshops for children and adults, and family or
community "barn" dances.
Fiddler Mag Hartford
Community Dance Make
your feet happy -- Take them dancing! HCD sponsors contra, Cajun/Zydeco,
swing, and waltz dances in the Hartford, CT area. All HCD dances are smoke
and alcohol free. Beginners are welcome. No partner is needed -- Come
alone or bring a friend! A contra jam is held from 5:30 -7:30 prior to the
dance, all musicians are invited.
Country Song
and Dance Society is a national organization dedicated to the
preservation and promotion of English and Anglo-American traditional and
historical folk dance, music and song. They sell "hard to find"
recordings, books and videos and run summer music programs. The New
England Fiddle Contest A well-known rite of Spring for thousands
of Greater Hartford residents, as well as for attendees from throughout the
Northeast which began in 1974. Check out
their website for photos & MP3's. Connecticut Audubon Fiddle
Contest
Join us for the annual Connecticut Audubon Society Fiddle Contest held each
September! Our fabulous fiddle contest showcases musicians from 5 to 87 years
old. Our “Best Bid” Auction features an Ovation guitar, gift certificates, gift
baskets, and lots of other fun and useful things. Please bring your own chair. For families, adults, picnickers and everyone in between. Outdoors if fair,
indoors if raining.
Old
Fiddler's Club of Rhode Island It
has been the custom of fiddle players for ages to get together and play
fiddle tunes and learn new ones. On The Northeast Fiddlers Association, Inc., is a non-profit organization comprised of fiddlers, other musicians and supporters located in the Northeastern Regions of North America.
They are sponsors of The National Traditional Old Tyme Fiddlers Contest which
is held every year during the last weekend of September in Barre, VT. St A