The Good Coffeehouse kicks off the season with the Sixth Annual Brooklyn Old-Time and Bluegrass Jamboree. This magical festival attracts musicians and fans from across the northeast, for two days of some of the best traditional American music you can find anywhere.

Friday, September 19, 8pm ($10 adults, $6 kids)
James Reams & The Barnstormers

Come hear the group described as "charismatic bluegrass at its finest." Bluegrass Unlimited magazine wrote, "There are few vocalists as natural as Reams. He doesn't have to try to sound down-home, he's there at each turn in the song."

Saturday, September 20, 12:30pm-10pm ($3 ALL DAY)

12:30-1:30 - WORKSHOPS

• Finger-picking Guitar Styles, with Texas Leroy
  [special double session]
• Harmonica, with Trip Henderson
• Improvisation and Phrasing in Bluegrass Banjo: Going Beyond the Clichés, with Marty Cutler and guests
• Old-Time Southern Bowing Style - The Creative Mechanical Language of Rhythm, with Rick Martin

1:30-2:30 - WORKSHOPS

• Finger-picking Guitar Styles, with Texas Leroy
  [2nd half of double session]
• Bluegrass Harmony, with Bob Green
• Old-Time Banjo, with Ray Alden
• Ballads, with Alan Friend and Dave Stevens

12:30-6:00 - JAMMING

• All over

5:00 - 5:45 - WHAT’S FOR DINNER, GRANDPA?

• BBQ and vittles served in the Sun Room

6:00-10:00 - CONCERTS
(times may be adjusted)

• 6:00 – 6:35 Tom, Betty & Nathan Druckenmiller
• 6:40 - 7:15 Bob Green and Co.
• 7:20 - 7:55 Ben Steel and His Bare Hands
• 8:00 - 8:35 Walt Koken and Clare Milliner
• 8:40 - 9:15 Troublesome Creek
• 9:20 - 9:55 Stillhouse Rounders

Plus this year's Brown Jug award!
Past recipients of the Brown Jug:

• 1998 - Ray Alden
• 1999 - Doug Tuchman
• 2000 - John Herald
• 2001 - Pat Conte
• 2002 - Citizen Kafka
• 2003: - ????

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