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WELCOME TO THE BLACK ROSE ACOUSTIC SOCIETY
Ask about acoustic music in the Colorado Springs area, and folks will undoubtedly mention The Black Rose Acoustic Society. Over 25 years ago, several local musicians formed our non-profit organization to actively foster traditional, roots music and to provide a supportive audience for acoustic musicians at all levels. Today, The Black Rose is the home of acoustic music in the Pikes Peak Region.
Twice each month, on second and fourth Fridays, we hold concerts at the Black Forest Community Center just north of Colorado Springs. On these evenings, fans gather to hear wonderful music and to experience the heart-warming ambiance of this intimate, great-sounding, log building.
We offer concerts, jams and a music school. Most events posted on Meetup are our acoustic jams.
Bob Ucman
704-904-9966
ucmanr@gmail.com
Upcoming events (4+)
See all- 3rd Monday Festival Bluegrass JamBeth El Mennonite Church, Colorado Springs, CO
REMINDER: The Festival Bluegrass jams are now held on the FIRST and THIRD MONDAY'S of each month at Beth-el Mennonite Church, 4625 Ranch Drive. Join us for a Bluegrass Jam this Monday evening 6:30 PM - 8:30 PM. Robin B. is the Jam Leader this week. Bluegrass songbooks will be available to use for the evening, but we are emphasizing typical festival jam etiquette, where people are looking at each other and lightly using books.
Some details about Beth-El Mennonite Church (which we greatly appreciate hosting us):
- Beth-El Mennonite Church is on the east side of Union, and is best approached from Austin Bluffs Parkway, then turn north onto Union and right onto Ranch Dr. in a little less than a mile. Take an immediate right into the church driveway. Aerial view here, click the photo of Beth-El for a google map.
- Parking is free.
- Access to the building is through the Back Door (South Side). The Main Doors will not be open.
- The room for the jam is room 16, which is along the hallway after you enter.
- We'll have our usual donation bucket, with donations going to cover our rental cost and supporting other Black Rose activities.
Hope to see you there!
Your Jambassadors,
Michael & JD- 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.
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!
- 3rd Monday Gypsy Swing Jam4625 Ranch Dr, Colorado Springs, CO
We love the swing of our Gypsy Swing Jam, and the next one is the 3rd Monday of the month at Beth-El Mennonite Church. The jam will be Monday from 6:30pm to 8:30pm. Beth-El Mennonite Church is at 4625 Ranch Dr. Bill Leake is our jam leader.
Some details about Beth-El Mennonite Church (which we greatly appreciate hosting us):
- Beth-El Mennonite Church is on the east side of Union, and is best approached from Austin Bluffs Parkway, then turn north onto Union and right onto Ranch Dr. in a little less than a mile. Take an immediate right into the church driveway. Aerial view here, click the photo of Beth-El for a google map.
- Parking is free.
- Access to the building is through the Back Door (South Side). The Main Doors will not be open.
- The room for the jam is room 10, which is at the end of the back hallway on the right.
- We'll have our usual donation bucket, with donations going to cover our rental cost and supporting other Black Rose activities.
- We may ask you to sign in when you arrive.
Your Jambassadors,
Michael & JDP.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.
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!
- 4th Wednesday Open Mic (Black Rose Acoustic Society)Buffalo Lodge Bicycle Resort, Colorado Springs, CO
Black Rose Open Mic's are 2nd and 4th Wednesdays of every month at the Buffalo Lodge. There will be a sign-in sheet, and performers will play in order of sign-in. The music starts at 6PM, with an all-comers jam format starting sometime after 8PM, and we are completely finished and out by 9PM. Big thanks again to Doug C for managing the evening and setting up a good sound system.
We enjoy and make the most of our large turnout as these open mics. To best manage, note the following:
- We have an improved sign-up sheet, still playing in order of sign-up as before.
- Each act should stay within the sound system input limits (2 vocals and 2 direct inputs).
- Acts perform 2 songs instead of 3 when we reach 9 performers signed up.
- We'll have a cut-off at 14 acts.
- Assuming we are not at capacity, you can play an extra song if you are inviting up people you've got to know thanks to open mics. (We want to encourage collaboration, but not at the expense of staying on schedule. If we are at max capacity, we cannot exceed the 2 song limit.)
- You can put instrument cases in the room north of the lobby, which will allow for more spectator space.
- The Meetup event can help socialize how many performers are expected (and who). If you are planning on coming, say so via Meetup. If everyone does that, we all know how many are coming.
Note these open mic events are planned for every 2nd and 4th Wednesday of each month from here forward.
Some more details for open mic events at the Buffalo Lodge:
- The ***Buffalo Lodge Bicycle Resort *** is a friendly and family-owned historic bicycle-themed motor lodge on the west side of Colorado Springs.
- There will be a mix of general public customers, tourists, and fellow musicians present.
- The Buffalo Lodge address is 2 El Paso Blvd., Colorado Springs, CO
- We will be indoors in the lobby, 1st floor of the 2-story building on your right as you arrive on the property.
- Parking: The key is to not park in front of a lodging room. A good plan: drop off your equipment, then repark your car in the back lot (far north end of the property).
- Since we control the performer schedule for the night, it will be all acoustic musicians.
- This event is best for acts of 1 to 3 players due to size constraints.
- We will have modest sound equipment for you to use. Sound system has 2 vocal mics and 2 direct inputs.
- 4th Thursday Blues JamAll Souls Unitarian Universalist Church (ASUUC), Colorado Springs, CO
Plan now to attend the Black Rose Society Blues Jam on 4th Thursdays at the All Souls Unitarian Church led by Ray DeMers, longtime blues musician and music instructor in the Pike Peak region. Come on out and play along to 20th century blues songs spanning a wide spectrum of artists from Irving Berlin to Robert Johnson to Muddy Waters to Jimi Hendrix.
Note that the songbook has been updated and we are now on version 2.0c as of April 29th. Please visit the Black Rose website to download the latest version here: songbooks available to download
Note well: Mark K put together a Spotify playlist (https://open.spotify.com/playlist/7CBYdhPQN1MjARPY841MTb?si=1bbee4490bae46a9) for those wanting to learn and practice the songs before the actual jam! Thanks, Mark!
Some details about All Souls Church (which we greatly appreciate hosting us):
- All Souls is at the southwest corner of Dale and Tejon, just south of Colorado College. Aerial view here, click photo of All Souls for a map.
- Parking is in a lot directly to the west of the church. Although the lot is owned by Colorado College, parking is free in the evenings after 6PM.
- All access to the building is through the rear ramp and door; ramp is on the southwest side of the church. A host from the church will have the door open by 6:15 P.M.
- WiFi access is through the "ASUUC" network, password is 730ntejon
- Also, we'll have our usual donation bucket, and donations are split between All Souls and the Black Rose.
Your Jambassadors,
Michael & JDP.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.
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!
