Park
Slope Bluegrass/Old-Time Jamboree:
Just a Big Old Time! Brooklyn
might seem an unlikely place for an old-time bluegrass music festival.
But it's like a homecoming party at the Park Slope Bluegrass/ Old-Time
Jamboree, held every year in September. It brings together musicians
and fans of the traditional American music born in the mountains
of Appalachia.
James
Reams, host of the Jamboree, said, "We try to keep things on
a small scale. We want people to feel at home and have a good time.
The only thing big is the big time we hope everyone has!" Despite
plans to keep it small, the Jamboree attracts more than
700 people over the day and a half of the festival. It's held both
indoors in the rooms of the 100-year-old Ethical Culture Meeting
House, as well as outdoors on the building's park-like grounds,
so passers-by, attracted by the music, come in, kids and all, and
wind up staying through the evening.
Click
here for the date of the next Jamboree.
Click here to see the latest information about the next Jamboree.
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