The Ponkiesburg Pickin' Party
est. 2000

Ponkiesburg Calendar


We've established a shared Google calendar listing all the Brooklyn jams and related events. The events on this calendar are also listed in our weekly e-mail newsletter or you can click the button above to subscribe to this calendar. If you have information for this calendar please send it to Ken.


Wednesday, August 27
8:00 pm
Angel Band Jam
Vin Rouge
5th Avenue between 17th & 18th St, Brooklyn NY
For Details, call Bill Duke, 917-859-5397

8:00 pm
Franglais
Bar Reis
375 5th Ave, Brooklyn NY
Ben Wood and Bobby Sexton on guitars, Monica Smith on fiddle, and Eve Seltzer on vocals: Rollicking hot club jazz and the only weekly gypsy jazz jam in NYC--please join us! The band will play one set at 8, followed by the jam session at 9:30.

8:00 pm
Whiskey Wednesday with Will Scott and Wylie Wirth
68 Jay Street Bar
Brooklyn NY

9:00 pm
Alex Battles
Rockwood Music Hall
184 Allen St, New York NY

9:00 pm
Hilary Hawke
Sunny's
253 Conover St, Brooklyn NY

9:00 pm
Reckon So
Rodeo Bar
375 3rd Ave, New York NY

9:00 pm
Sheriff's Good Time Jam
107 MacDougal St
New York NY

9:30 pm
Roots n Ruckus
Jalopy
315 Columbia St., Brooklyn NY


Friday, August 29
9:00 pm
Lennie's Jam
Contact Lennie: lenniekagan@aol.com or 646-215-0577

9:00 pm
Will Scott
Jalopy
315 Columbia St, Brooklyn NY
Will Scott's blend of blues, rock and Americana shines in both his original songs and amazing voice. Will grew up in the Midwest, in a family immersed in music for generations. Scott's style crystallized into a mix of trance americana, funk, soul, blues and roots rock. Will's self-released cd " Solo Electric Blues" was quite well-received.

10:00 pm
The Woes
Sunny's
253 Conover St, Brooklyn NY

10:30 pm
Jan Bell
Jalopy
315 Columbia St, Brooklyn NY
Jan Bell's songwriting and beautiful country voice has propelled her to international acclaim. Her last album, Songs for Love Drunk Sinners, was selected as alt-country album of the year by the Independent Music Awards. Jan performs solo and with her Brooklyn based band the Cheap Dates. She also tours with Old timey country Trio The Maybelles.


Saturday, August 30
12:30 pm
Bluegrass Brunch with Copper Kettle
Nolita House
47 E Houston St

10:00 pm
Bluegrass Jam at Sunny's
Sunny's
253 Conover Street, Brooklyn NY


Sunday, August 31
12:30 pm
Bluegrass Brunch with Fresh Baked
Nolita House
47 E Houston St, New York NY

1:00 pm
Sean Kershaw & the Terrible Two
Rocky Sullivan's Of Red Hook
34 Van Dyke St, Brooklyn NY
Honkytonk and brunch up on the roof, every Sunday.

4:30 pm
Carin's Country Corner
The Living Room
154 Ludlow, St, New York NY
Carin Gorrell and her band (Glenn Spivack, Alan Lee Backer, Joe Choina, Ben Senhart, David Ciolino-Volano, and JD Duarte) each month host an afternoon of classic country music. The Corner highlights country's most legendary and beloved hits performed by a star-studded band of New York's best pickers and special guests from the local scene.

5:00 pm
Paddy Reilly's Jam
Paddy Reilly's
2nd Avenue and 29th Street, New York NY

5:00 pm
Ponkiesburg Pickin' Party
Kili
79-81 Hoyt Street, Brooklyn NY


Monday, September 1
9:00 pm
Mamie Minch
Rodeo Bar
375 3rd Ave, New York NY

9:30 pm
Michael Daves' Bluegrass Jam
The Parkside Lounge
317 E. Houston St., New York NY


Tuesday, September 2
10:00 pm
Brooklyn Country Guitar Pull
Pete's Candy Store

Featuring: Jefferson Hamer, Alex Battles, Sean Kershaw, Jeff Malinowski, Jon Itkin


Wednesday, September 3
8:00 pm
Angel Band Jam
Vin Rouge
5th Avenue between 17th & 18th St, Brooklyn NY
For Details, call Bill Duke, 917-859-5397

8:00 pm
Franglais
Bar Reis
375 5th Ave, Brooklyn NY
Ben Wood and Bobby Sexton on guitars, Monica Smith on fiddle, and Eve Seltzer on vocals: Rollicking hot club jazz and the only weekly gypsy jazz jam in NYC--please join us! The band will play one set at 8, followed by the jam session at 9:30.

8:00 pm
Whiskey Wednesday with Will Scott and Wylie Wirth
68 Jay Street Bar
Brooklyn NY

9:00 pm
Sheriff's Good Time Jam
107 MacDougal St
New York NY

9:30 pm
Roots n Ruckus
Jalopy
315 Columbia St., Brooklyn NY


Thursday, September 4
9:00 pm
Freddy's Old-Time Americana Jam
Freddy's
485 Dean Street, Brooklyn NY
This monthly excursion into music from the pre-recorded era runs the gamut from bluegrass to old-time fiddle tunes to folk songs. Hosted by the Strung Out String Band, the old time jam is always packed with musicians and drunken Park Slopies. Bring instruments and friends and remember the rules: No twelve bar blues, No songs that aren't at least 50 years old, Everyone gets to play.


Friday, September 5
8:00 pm
Raoul Otis and His Blue Serenaders
Barbes
6th AVe and 9th St, Brooklyn NY
Bob Guida is a king-sized, jovial, Italian American gentleman from Queens who is one of NYC's finest performers of pre-blues, early blues, and sanctified songs from the African American tradition. Dubbed "The Pavarotti of the Blues," his passion is playing music and singing. He is also, by trade, a mortician who now runs his family's funeral home in Corona, Queens.

8:00 pm
The Plunk Brothers
Barbes
6th Ave and 9th St, Brooklyn NY
Two Guitars and a Microphone! Bob Bobberson (Bob Jones) and Boo Booberson (Boo Reiners) pick and sing classics from the songbooks of Jimmy Rogers, the Delmore Brothers, The Louvins, Doc Watson, Bill Monroe and more.

9:00 pm
Lennie's Jam
Contact Lennie: lenniekagan@aol.com or 646-215-0577

9:00 pm
Y'all Stars / South Slope String Band
Jalopy
315 Columbia St, Brooklyn NY

10:00 pm
Chris Orbach
Sunny's
253 Conover St, Brooklyn NY


Saturday, September 6
12:30 pm
Bluegrass Brunch with Copper Kettle
Nolita House
47 E Houston St

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