TICKETS:
• NBCMS Members $18.00
• Non-Members $20.00

2024 NBCMS Mid Point Jam Camp
at Gull Lake Centre

March 15 to 17, 2024

Come to the Mid Point Jam Camp, where music is EVERYWHERE!
The numerous welcoming jamming circles are big and small, take your pick.

The Jam camp caters to musicians. Whatever you play you will find someone who also plays that style.

The Northern Bluegrass Circle sponsors the Jam Camp and welcomes all musicians with a passion for sharing and learning. There will be opportunities to play bluegrass, country, folk, swing and old time. 

For more information about the jam camp contact Anna at info@bluegrassnorth.com. She can answer your questions.

REGISTRATION NOW OPEN

gulllakecentre.ca

2024 NBCMS Mid Point Jam Camp
at Gull Lake Centre

March 15 to 17, 2024

Come to the Mid Point Jam Camp, where music is EVERYWHERE!
The numerous welcoming jamming circles are big and small, take your pick.

The Jam camp caters to musicians. Whatever you play you will find someone who also plays that style.

The Northern Bluegrass Circle sponsors the Jam Camp and welcomes all musicians with a passion for sharing and learning. There will be opportunities to play bluegrass, country, folk, swing and old time. 

For more information about the jam camp contact Anna at info@bluegrassnorth.com. She can answer your questions.

REGISTRATION NOW OPEN

gulllakecentre.ca

2024 NBCMS Mid Point Jam Camp at Gull Lake Centre

March 15 to 17, 2024

Come to the Mid Point Jam Camp, where music is EVERYWHERE!
The numerous welcoming jamming circles are big and small, take your pick.

The Jam camp caters to musicians. Whatever you play you will find someone who also plays that style.

The Northern Bluegrass Circle sponsors the Jam Camp and welcomes all musicians with a passion for sharing and learning. There will be opportunities to play bluegrass, country, folk, swing and old time. 

For more information about the jam camp contact Anna at info@bluegrassnorth.com. She can answer your questions.

REGISTRATION NOW OPEN

gulllakecentre.ca

2024 NBCMS Winter Jam Camp at Camp He Ho Ha

January 19 to 21, 2024

Come to the January Jam Camp, where music is down every hallway and in almost every room. The numerous welcoming jamming circles are big and small, take your pick.

Camp He Ho Ha offers the best accommodation, food and setting.

Prices are as low as $215 for very spacious and comfortable dorm accommodation to $249 for semi-private accommodation (two to a room).

The Jam camp caters to musicians. Whatever you play you will find someone who also plays that style.

The Northern Bluegrass Circle sponsors the Jam Camp and welcomes all musicians with a passion for sharing and learning. There will be opportunities to play bluegrass, country, folk, swing and old time.

For more information about the jam camp contact Anna at info@bluegrassnorth.com. She can answer your questions.

2024 NBCMS Winter Jam Camp at Camp He Ho Ha

January 19 to 21, 2024

Come to the January Jam Camp, where music is down every hallway and in almost every room. The numerous welcoming jamming circles are big and small, take your pick.

Camp He Ho Ha offers the best accommodation, food and setting.

Prices are as low as $215 for very spacious and comfortable dorm accommodation to $249 for semi-private accommodation (two to a room).

The Jam camp caters to musicians. Whatever you play you will find someone who also plays that style.

The Northern Bluegrass Circle sponsors the Jam Camp and welcomes all musicians with a passion for sharing and learning. There will be opportunities to play bluegrass, country, folk, swing and old time.

For more information about the jam camp contact Anna at info@bluegrassnorth.com. She can answer your questions.

2024 NBCMS Winter Jam Camp at Camp He Ho Ha

January 19 to 21, 2024

Come to the January Jam Camp, where music is down every hallway and in almost every room. The numerous welcoming jamming circles are big and small, take your pick.

Camp He Ho Ha offers the best accommodation, food and setting.

Prices are as low as $215 for very spacious and comfortable dorm accommodation to $249 for semi-private accommodation (two to a room).

The Jam camp caters to musicians. Whatever you play you will find someone who also plays that style.

The Northern Bluegrass Circle sponsors the Jam Camp and welcomes all musicians with a passion for sharing and learning. There will be opportunities to play bluegrass, country, folk, swing and old time.

For more information about the jam camp contact Anna at info@bluegrassnorth.com. She can answer your questions.

NBCMS Christmas Party

December 20, 2023
Pleasantview Community Hall 10860-57 Ave.
Doors open 5:30pm
Turkey Dinner catered by Buttercup Bistro 6:00 pm

Bix Mix Boys Concert 7:15pm followed by jamming. Bring your instruments

NBCMS Members $25
Non-Members $30 (Become a member now and SAVE!)

Tickets at the door $30 (we’ll probably sell out so get your tickets early!)

THE NBCMS 2023 FALL JAM CAMP

September 22 to 24, 2023 at Camp He Ho Ha

Get ready for all the jamming you can handle! All weekend long!
Meet friends old and new.
The camp caters to confident jammers, and there’ll be all kinds of genres to “pick” from, like bluegrass, old tyme, folk/country, swing, or start your own jam.

Semi-private and dorm style accommodations and meals are included.

Weekend packages start at only $215.00.

THE NBCMS 2023 FALL JAM CAMP

September 22 to 24, 2023 at Camp He Ho Ha

Get ready for all the jamming you can handle! All weekend long!
Meet friends old and new.
The camp caters to confident jammers, and there’ll be all kinds of genres to “pick” from, like bluegrass, old tyme, folk/country, swing, or start your own jam.

Semi-private and dorm style accommodations and meals are included.

Weekend packages start at only $215.00.

THE NBCMS 2023 FALL JAM CAMP

September 22 to 24, 2023 at Camp He Ho Ha

Get ready for all the jamming you can handle! All weekend long!
Meet friends old and new.
The camp caters to confident jammers, and there’ll be all kinds of genres to “pick” from, like bluegrass, old tyme, folk/country, swing, or start your own jam.

Semi-private and dorm style accommodations and meals are included.

Weekend packages start at only $215.00.

Jessie & The Gents

100% Handmade Music for a Blueberry Wind-up Concert, Jam & BBQ

Jessie & the Gents wanted to take things slowly, but after an extended gallop, They have firmly arrived on the country-acoustic scene. The joy and the fire felt by this acoustic crew clearly shines through in their Music. They perform originals, as well as songs from Alison Krauss, Norah Jones and others, simply executed but played with much love and enthusiasm, and to a very high Standard.
They deliver a really pleasurable listening experience and love to jam. This makes them the perfect fit for a fun and entertaining evening.

Wednesday August 9, 2023
Pleasantview Community Hall - 10860 - 57 Ave, Edmonton
Doors 5:30 PM
BBQ 6:00 PM
Concert 7:00 PM
Jamming to follow, bring your instruments!
Advanced tickets available on-line NBCMS Members $18. Non-members $20.
Tickets at the Door $20.

NBCMS Workshops at the Blueberry Music Festival

A Friday Blueberry Festival pass is required to access this workshop.
A FESTIVAL PASS IS NOT INCLUDED WITH THIS PURCHASE

We are fortunate to be able to host our Acoustic Music Workshop Clinics again this year on Friday August 4th of the Blueberry Music Festival weekend and have engaged 2 of the bands performing at festival this year. Chris Jones & the Night Drivers and the Becky Buller Band.  We are thrilled to offer you instruction with these accomplished and skilled artists.

The Clinics will start at 10:00 AM and end at 2:30 PM with a break for lunch.

Friday Workshop Pass is only $55.00 + GST

Choose from these great instructors:

• Harmony Singing with Chris & Sally Jones

• Mandolin with Mark Stoffel (Chris Jones and the Night Drivers)

• Upright Bass with Marshall Wilborn (Chris Jones and the Night Drivers)

• Beginner Banjo with Grace Van’t Hof (Chris Jones and the Night Drivers)

• Beginner Clawhammer Banjo with Becky Buller (Becky Buller Band)

• Guitar with Jacob Groopman (Becky Buller Band)

• Intermediate/Advanced Banjo with Ned Luberecki (Becky Buller Band)

• Fiddle with Kalia Yeagle (Bill & the Belles)

• Old-Timey Guitar with Kris Truelson (Bill & the Belles)

The Barrel Boys

The Barrel Boys, hailing from Toronto, are a 5 piece bluegrass powerhouse featuring rich vocal harmonies, killer picking, and a fun-loving, down-to-earth stage presence.

The Barrel Boys are a unique staple of Canadian roots music. Informed by the deep traditions of bluegrass, country, old-time, and Americana, The Boys have crafted their own unmistakable sound into an exuberant and deeply soulful musical experience.

The Barrel Boys will also be performing at the
Shady Grove Bluegrass Music Festival July 14-16, 2023

Wednesday July 12, 2023
Pleasantview Community Hall - 10860 - 57 Ave, Edmonton
Doors 6:30 PM
Concert 7:00 PM
Jamming to follow
Advanced tickets available on-line NBCMS Members $12. Non-members $15.
Tickets at the Door $15.

AGM & Election of the Board

February 8, 2023

Pleasantview Community Hall 10860-57 Ave. Edmonton, AB

Calling all Northern Bluegrass Circle Members

We would like to hear your ideas and your feedback.
Would you like to be part of an amazing board or be more involved?
Please join us for our Annual General Meeting and Election of the Board.

6:30-7:30pm Networking, refreshments and snacks. 
7:00-7:30pm Performance by Kayla & Matt Hotte 
7:35pm AGM & Elections 
Jamming to follow

Christmas Dinner/Concert/Jam

Wednesday December 14, 2022

Pleasantview Community Hall 10860-57 Ave.

Help us celebrate the holiday season.

Advanced tickets available online or at our Wednesday night jam. NBCMS Members $20 Non-members $25
Tickets at the door $25

The Doggone Brothers Concert/ Jam

Join Us for an Evening of Music and Jamming

Pleasantview Community Hall 10860-57 Ave.

It’s the unplanned things that make live music fun: enter the hillbilly musical stylings of the Doggone Brothers. This Kootenay-based duo is Clayton Parsons (The Good ‘Ol Goats, The Parsons) on banjo, guitar and dobro, and Michael Hepher (Craig Young Band, Redgirl, As The Crow Flies) on mandolin, octave mandolin, and guitar. Homey, approachable, irreverent, and uplifting are all words that describe the Doggone Brothers well. Both seasoned musicians in their own right, Clay and Mike crossed paths at a mutual friends’ birthday party and ended up jamming the night away. That night of jamming turned into a regular thing: The Doggone Brothers. The music is distinctly ‘grassy, with a dash of old country and a side of old-time music throughout their set of originals and hillbilly cover tunes. They are sure to entertain as they duel back and forth with their respective axes—carving a unique sonic experience into any traditional set.

Known for their spontaneous laughs, cheeky banter, and all-in stage presence, the Doggone Brothers round out their sets with incisive breaks, blood-style harmonies, and thoughtful tunes. This doggone duo brings a unique flavour to any stage, festival, or street corner. You never know what you’re going to get from the Doggone Brothers, but you can count on it being a doggone good time!

Advanced Tickets: NBCMS Members $15 Non-members $18 Tickets at the Door $20

Calling all Northern Bluegrass Circle Music Society Members

Semi-Annual General Meeting

Wednesday September 21, 2022

Pleasantview Community Hall 10860-57 Ave.

Join in the conversation. We want to hear form you. Let's talk about our club the direction and the future. Come have a coffee and a chat with the Northern Bluegrass Circle board of directors. Your input is important to us and aids us in planning for the next year

Acoustic Music Workshop

Featured Seminars

Friday July 29, 2022

Pioneer Museum - Blueberry Bluegrass Festival, Stony Plain, AB

Spend a half day with a favorite artist. Who will it be, Missy Raines, Shawn Lane, Richard Bennett or Tristan Scroggins.

Seminars are open to intermediate/advanced players as well as observers.

The seminars are a combination of hands-on instruction on instruments with insights on playing, practicing and performing. Players will walk away with practical skills. Observers will gain insight into the artists process.

Missy Raines, Shawn Lane, Richard Bennett or Tristan Scroggins 

Don’t be disappointed register in advance for these in-depth workshops. 

NBCMS members $40.00 Non-members $50.00

The Acoustic Music Workshop is hosted by the Northern Bluegrass Circle

Northern Bluegrass Circle Musical Swap Meet & BBQ

Pleasantview Community Hall 10860-57 Ave.

BBQ 6:30pm Swap Meet 7:00-9:00pm Jamming 8:00-10:00pm

Northern Bluegrass Circle presents:

The Lonesome Ace Stringband

Welcome to Spring Concert/Jam

March 30, 2022

Pleasantview Community Hall 10860-57 Ave.

The Lonesome Ace Stringband is an old-time band with bluegrass chops that play some righteous folk and country music. There's a depth of groove and sense of space not often heard in bluegrass today, a level of instrumental interplay and vocal blend uncommon in old-time, and an on-stage rapport that transcends all of this.

Three Canadians lost in the weird and wonderful traditional country music of the American South, the band members Chris Coole (banjo), John Showman (fiddle) and Max Heineman (bass) are each journeyman musicians and veterans of some of Canada's top roots music acts (New Country Rehab, The David Francey Band, The Foggy Hogtown Boys, Fiver).

Instrumentation alone instantly sets LAS's sound apart: consisting of just fiddle, clawhammer banjo, and upright bass, the band moves freely between having a sound so powerful that it doesn't seem like it should be coming from a trio, to a sparseness and fragility that draws the listener in and refreshes the ear. All three are compelling lead singers, each with his own character and range. This allows for the vocal texture to shift depending on how the song needs to feel - and what the song has to say. When those voices come together the power of the harmonies is unshakable. It's clear to anyone who's heard LAS that they just don't sound like any other band.

One must, however, look at the roots of LAS to understand where the sound comes from. Starting in 2007, the band took up residency in Toronto's legendary Dakota Tavern routinely playing 10 sets of music every weekend. LAS spent 7 years as a house band before ever taking the show on the road or recording a note. In these days when new records and buzz-bands come at us like a jacked-up news cycle, this workaday approach hearkens to another era. Those years were a gestation period that allowed for a type of looseness and intuition to develop, something that can only come from experienced musicians clocking hundreds of on-stage hours together.

As of 2021, the band has toured internationally, been engaged at some of the largest festivals in North America and Europe (including Merlefest, Rockygrass, Wintergrass, Winnipeg Folk Festival, Vancouver Folk Festival, Gooikorts, John Hartford Memorial), and recorded 4 albums. On the first two albums, Old Time (2014), and Gone For Evermore (2016) the band leaned heavily on the traditional old-time cannon to express what it needed to say musically. In 2018, with the release of When the Sun Comes Up, the band showcased its songwriting and studio savvy, offering up a more progressive interpretation of old-time music, and taking it's sound to new places. All three albums have been embraced by both fans and critics alike.

Join Us For a Christmas Celebration

A Bluegrass Christmas Concert/Jam with Back Porch Swing

December 15, 2021 Doors 6:00 pm * Blueberry Pie 6:30 pm * Concert 7:00 pm

Tickets $10 with proceeds going to the Mustard Seed. It’s the season of giving,

It is the season for giving and this year we are donating the proceeds from our Christmas Concert/Jam to the Mustard Seed. Please join us for our Christmas celebration.

Face Masks required. QR Code must be shown.

SingPlayJam with Jim & Penny Malmberg

Saturday December 4, 2021

*Please take note of the location of the Workshop.

Lynnwood Community Hall 15525 - 84 Ave Edmonton

Calling all members we request your presents at to our Semi-Annual General Meeting, This meeting gives us the opportunity for conversation. Come share your thoughts about your club. We will be meeting at our jamming home the Pleasantview Community Hall. Please plan to attend your presence is much appreciated.

OUTDOOR Bluegrass Jam Sunday September 26, 2021 @ 2:30 PM Ardrossan, Alberta

Dress for the weather this is an outdoor event. The Restriction Exemption Program does not apply. Everyone is welcome.

Last week we took our Jam to the Lynnwood Community Hall and we had such a great time that we thought we should do it again.