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​CONCERT EVENTS, CLUB SHOWS, AND FESTIVALS AROUND ST. LOUIS

JANUARY

• ​Sat 1.17 ~ Lougrass plays the Atomic Lounge at Atomic by Jamo on Manchester in The Grove, St. Louis, 5:30-8 pm
  
• Sat 1.17 ~ As The Crowe Flies plays "Jerry Grass, the grassy side of Jerry Garcia" at The Blue Strawberry, 364 North Boyle, St. Louis, 7;30 PM
  
• Sun 1.18 ~ The Weary Ramblers at The Blue Strawberry, 374 North Boyle, St. Louis, 7 pm
  
• Fri 1.23 ~ RiverBend at The Focal Point, 2720 Sutton, Maplewood MO, 8 pm
  
• Fri-Sat 1.23-24 ~ Shady Grove Winter Weekend at Atomic by Jamo on Manchester in The Grove, St. Louis, featuring The Hillbenders, The Spooklights, One Way Traffic, Hunter Peebles, Fleetwood & Family, Justin Rose & The Green Thumbs, and Sam & Sam's Wonderband
  
• Thu-Sat 1.29-31 ~ The Bootheel Bluegrass Festival at Bavarian Halle by Drury Inn, Fruitland MO, featuring Daryl Mosely, Possum Trot, Stringed Union, Alaskan Sunshine Sisters, Rising Son, Bull Harman & Friends, Levon Decourley Band, Herbie Johnston & Fiddlers Frolic
  
• Fri 1.30 ~ Robbie Fulks at The Blue Strawberry, 364 North Boyle, St. Louis, 7:30 pm
  
• Sat 1.31 ~ John Hartford Days at The Bluegrass Museum & Hall of Fame, Owensboro KY, featuring The Tim O'Brien Band, Robbie Fulks, and The Wildmans, plus presentations and jam sessions. 3 pm-11pm
  

FEBRUARY 

• Fri 2.6 ~ Mark Stoffel's Kitchen Table Crew at The Focal Point, 2720 Sutton, Maplewood MO, 8 pm
• ​Wed 2.11 ~ Sierra Hull & The Milk Carton Kids at The Pageant, 6161 Delmar, St. Louis. Doors 7 pm, Show 8 pm
  
• Tues 2.17 ~ Sister Sadie at The Blue Strawberry, 364 North Boyle, St. Louis, 7 pm
  
• Fri 2.20 ~ Kieran Kane & Rayna Gellert at The Focal Point, 2720 Sutton, Maplewood MO, 8 pm
  
• Sat 2.21 ~ Five Mile Mountain Road at The Focal Point, 2720 Sutton, Maplewood MO, 8 pm
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MARCH

• Sun 3.1 ~ Henhouse Prowlers at The Blue Strawberry, 364 North Boyle, 7 pm
  
• Thu 3.19 ~ Railroad Earth at The Hawthorn, 8 pm
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MAY

• Fri-Sat 5.8-9 ~ The Chet Kingery Bluegrass Festival at the Chatauqua Auditorium at Forest Park, Shelbyville IL. Fri: Kenny & Amanda Smith, Coal  Creek Station, Mackville. Sat: Appalachian Road Show, Lonesome River Band, Tony Holt & The Wildwood Valley Boys, Illinois Rail, Mackville. Worskops 2-7 pm both days.
  
• Sat 5.9 ~ The Seldom Scene at the Wildwood Springs Lodge, Steelville MO, a benefit for the Steelville Historical Society.
  
• Fri 5.29 ~ The Sam Bush Band at The Sheldon, 3648 Washington, St. Louis, 8 pm
  
• Fri-Sat 5.29-30 ~ The Folky Fish Fest at Marimac Springs Park south of St. James, MO, featuring The HillBenders, The Lonesome Ace String Band, Michael Prewitt & Crunchgrass Supreme, National Park Radio, The Catgut String Band, The John DePew Trio, The Debutants, Betse & Clarke, Matt Schmidt, Lukas Simpson, The Ozark Snappers, and The Hammer & The Hatchet
  

AUGUST

• Sun-Thu 8.9-13 ~ Wildwood School of Music at the Wildwood Springs Lodge, Steelville MO, a three-day "tunes intensive" music experience. Instructors include Bryan McDowell, Jake Eddy (guitar), Jacob Joliff (mandolin), Alex Genova (banjo), Jeff Partin (bass and dobro) Sophie Wellington (old-time).

SEPTEMBER

• Tue 9.22 ~ Alison Krauss & Union Station at The Stifel Theatre, downtown St. Louis
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OCTOBER

• Sat 10.26 ~ Ricky Skaggs & Kentucky Thunder at the Wildwood Springs Lodge, Steelville MO. Dinner: 6 pm. Show: In lobby after dinner.
• Fri-Sat 10.23-24 ~ Yonder Mountain String Band weekend at the Wildwood Springs Lodge, Steelville MO. Dinner: 6pm. Show: In lobby after dinner.
  

JAM SESSIONS ~ If you know of a regularly scheduled jam session that is taking place, let me know. I'll add it to the calendar: email keithd@therootsfm.org
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Weekly Jams

• Fridays 6-9 pm ~ Uncle Jimmy Jammy Jam at the Point Labaddie Brewery, 1029 Thiebes Road, Labadie MO
• Saturdays 3-6 pm ~ Bluegrass jam at The Berger Jam Hut,  12321 Highway 100, three miles east of Hermann MO. Hosted by The Rowdy Wranglers. For information, call Louis Klingert at 314.520.5859
• 3rd Saturday of each month ~ Fiddle tune jam session at Driftwood Music Shop, 321 Boone's Lick Road, St. Charles MO, 7-9 pm 
  
• ​Sundays 1-3 pm ~ Manchester Acoustic Jammers hold a jam session at Good Shepherd Lutheran Church, 327 Woods Mill Road, Manchester MO
  
• Sundays 1-3 pm ~ Bluegrass gospel jam at The Jam Hut, 12321 Highway 100, Hermann MO. For information, call Louis Klingert at 314.520.5859
  
• Monday nights ~ Wolf Creek Bluegrass leads the Keep It Grassy jam at Pop's Blue Moon, 5249 Pattison on The Hill, St. Louis, 7 pm
  

​​Monthly Jams

• 3rd Monday ~ Acoustic jam at the Gillespie Civic Center, 115 North Macoupin Street, Gillespie IL, 6 pm​
• 2nd and 4th Tuesday ~ Old-time fiddle tune jam at Music Folk, 8015 Big Bend, Webster Groves MO, 7-9 pm
  
• ​1st Wednesday ~ Bluegrass jam session at 4 Hands Brewing, 1220 South 8th Street, St. Louis, 6-9 pm
  
• Last Thursday of each month ~ Bluegrass jam at the Vintage Wine Bar, Waterloo IL, 6:30 pm
  
• 3rd Friday of each month - Bluegrass jam at Point Labaddie Brewing, Labadie MO, 6-9 pm
  
• Last Saturday of each month ~ Bluegrass Breakout jam at 4 Hands Brewing, 1220 South 8th, 7-9 pm

ST. LOUIS AREA STRING BANDS

• As The Crowe Flies
• Barnum Jack
  
• Chris Talley
  
• Country Fried Gentlemen
  
• Donneresa
  
• ​Dust Covers 
  
• Friends of Bluegrass
  
• Graham Curry & The Missouri Fury​
  
• Mississippi Crossing​
  
• Mound City Slickers
  
• Number 9 Coal
  
• One Way Traffic
  
• Pickin' Buds
  
• RiverBend
  
• Rowdy Wranglers
  
• Sadie Hawkins Day
  
• Scrambled
  
• ​Silver Creek Bluegrass
  
• Three Crooked Men
  
• Wayward Mountaineers
  
• Wolf Creek Bluegrass