2nd Saturday Beginner/Intermediate Bluegrass Jam (BIBGJS)

Join us for a Beginner/Intermediate Bluegrass Jam (BIBGJS jam), led this week by JD Droddy, Saturday morning from 10 AM to noon at Calvary United Methodist Church. BIBGJS jams are now held on the 2nd and 4th Saturdays of the month.

There is a new BIBGJS song book dated April 9th 2025. Please go to the BRAS website and download the new songbook.

These BIBGJS jams are a great introduction to bluegrass-style jamming for all levels of pickers and singers. If you know the basic chords of G-C-D on your acoustic instrument and want to learn how to play music with others, this is the jam for you. This jam, stylistically, is bluegrass; if you have questions about what that implies, please feel free to ask!

All levels of players are welcome, but the jam is geared toward beginners and intermediate players. Our goal is to get you to lead songs and play basic solos. We use the BIBGJS songbook that can be downloaded from the Black Rose Website (see below) or the Parking Lot Pickers book (Amazon) or you can bring your own sheet music to pass around (25 copies). Our songs on 2-3 chord bluegrass or country-ish songs that should be easy to play and recognizable to most people.
We will be using breakout sessions for folks who want extra help or want to work on particular songs to lead.
Some details about BIBGJS jams:

• BIBJS jams are from 10AM to noon.
• BIBGJS uses the Black Rose BIBGJS songbook. Available for download at https://www.blackroseacoustic.org/songbooks
• The BIBGJS jam now has a permanent home at Calvary United Methodist Church on Austin Bluffs just east of Academy. Address: 4210 Austin Bluffs Pkwy, Colorado Springs, CO 80918
• Parking is free, but come early to get close parking (and get a good seat!)
• You may want to bring a music stand, a stool and a friend!
• We ask for a donation at the time of the jam to compensate Calvary Church for the use of their room.
• It is a large room with extra space in adjacent rooms to have break-out sessions.
• Call Bob with any questions. 719.623.9366

Hope to see you there!

Bob U. and Michael W.

P.S. Other jam details, consistent for all our Black Rose jams:

• Please be careful to note the jam location and time. Check our jam page for the latest schedule. Check our locations page for aerial maps, with links to Google Maps.
• Most jam formats have songbooks available to download from our website.
• We may ask that you sign-in when you arrive at the jam.

P.P.S. Are you wondering if you should be a Black Rose member if you only come to Black Rose jams and not the Friday concerts? (Members get a great discount at concerts!) If your finances are tight, we appreciate your monetary donations at the jams you attend. On the other hand, if you want to provide steady and continuous support of all our community-focused events, consider our sustaining membership option (see https://www.blackroseacoustic.org/membership) And thank you, however you choose to support the Black Rose!