AFTM

Neil Cochran House Museum - Jam for Museum Guests
2024-09-22 13:00 - 16:00 (America/Chicago) | Neil Cochran House Museum, 2310 San Gabriel St, Austin, TX, 78705, United States
Austin Museum Day is a citywide event that offers free admission and includes special programs and activities at museums across the city. Austin Museum Day at the Neill-Cochran House Museum includes:

Live music by the Austin Friends of Traditional Music

Local art market

Suncatcher making activity

Ice cream & lemonade making

Lawn games & scavenger hunts

Free admission to the Museum for everyone!

Make the NCHM a part of your Austin Museum Day. Enjoy the fun on the lawn, then come inside one of Austin’s oldest historic residences with free admission 11:00AM – 4:00PM. Living historians, new interpretive panels, and scavenger hunts will bring Texas history to life.
Staff and volunteers will lead the suncatcher making activity from 11:00AM – 3:00PM.
You can find live music and booths selling art, sweets, and souvenirs on the NCHM lawn. Access to the Museum buildings and grounds are free all day!
Dynamic art, live music, living history, and sweet treats; what could be better!? Mark your calendar and come see us on September 22nd!

Austin Friends Of Traditional Music - 50th Anniversary Square Dance
2024-09-28 13:00 - 16:00 | ​French Legation State Historic Site, 802 San Marcos St, Austin, 78702, United States
It’s time to celebrate the 50th Anniversary of the Austin Friends of Traditional Music (AFTM)! Founded in 1974, AFTM has been supporting, promoting, and performing traditional music and dance representing all traditional cultures and styles since then.

At the beautiful French Legation State Historic Site, we’ll have live string band music from the Rusty Nail and Two Goat bands, and dance callers to teach every dance. No dance experience necessary, all dances taught, family friendly, and free admission!

Bring lawn chairs, picnic baskets, and comfortable clothes.

Austin Old Time Jam at Stargazer
2024-10-01 18:00 - 21:15, 2024-10-08 18:00 - 21:15, 2024-10-15 18:00 - 21:15, 2024-10-22 18:00 - 21:15, 2024-10-29 18:00 - 21:15 | Stargazer Bar, 979 Springdale, Suite 130, Austin, TX, 78702, United States
Traditional Old Time Fiddle Tunes. All skill levels are welcomed and encouraged.

Free to listen or to learn.

Tune list

Chord charts

Austin Old Time Jam at Stargazer
2024-10-01 18:00 - 21:15, 2024-10-08 18:00 - 21:15, 2024-10-15 18:00 - 21:15, 2024-10-22 18:00 - 21:15, 2024-10-29 18:00 - 21:15 | Stargazer Bar, 979 Springdale, Suite 130, Austin, TX, 78702, United States
Traditional American Fiddle Tunes. All skill levels are welcomed and encouraged. Free to listen or to learn.

Tune list

Chord charts

Africa Night at the Sahara Lounge
2024-10-05 00:30 - 01:00, 2024-10-12 00:30 - 01:00, 2024-10-19 00:30 - 01:00, 2024-10-26 00:30 - 01:00 | Sahara Lounge, 1413 Webberville, Austin, Texas, 78721, United States
Experience the magic of Africa Night, where the rhythm of the music is only surpassed by the vibrant energy of the crowd. Immerse yourself in a night of dancing and grooves that transcends all borders. Join the unique fusion of cultures on the dance floor – one moment, you’re grooving to the beat, and the next, engaged in captivating conversations. Every beat tells a story, and each connection is a celebratio.

Old Time Slow Jam
2024-10-05 10:00 - 13:00 | TX
LOCATION VARIES so please check the Facebook group linked below for specific locations and times. The monthly Old Time Slow Jam is perfect for beginners or anyone looking for a slower pace to learn tunes in a supportive setting. Organized by Sharon Isaac and Tim Keough.

To get announcements and location updates join the Old Time Slow Jam Email List or the Facebook Group.

Old Time Slow Jam
2024-10-05 10:00 - 13:00 | Howson Branch Library, 2500 Exposition Blvd, Austin, TX 78703, Austin, Texas, 78703, United States
The monthly Old Time Slow Jam is perfect for beginners or anyone looking for a slower pace to learn tunes in a supportive setting.

To get announcements and location updates join the Old Time Slow Jam Email List or the Facebook Group.

ROOT FIVE
2024-10-06 18:00 - 20:00 | Central Machine Works Brewery, 4824 East Cesar Chavez Street, Austin, Texas, 78702, United States
Root Five is a rotating collection of the finest pickers in Austin’s bluegrass scene fronted by banjoist Julian Root.

Eddie Collins's Bluegrass Open Mic
2024-10-10 08:00 - 17:00 | New World Deli, 4101 Guadalupe Street, Austin, Texas, 78751, United States

Traditional Irish Music Session at B.D. Riley's
2024-10-10 19:00 - 22:00, 2024-10-17 19:00 - 22:00, 2024-10-24 19:00 - 22:00, 2024-10-31 19:00 - 22:00 | B.D. Riley’s, 1905 Aldrich St #130, Austin, Texas, 78723, United States
Sessions Thursdays at 7pm on the Paseo beside the pub. Session players get a drinks tab & food disco.

CTBA Bluegrass Jam at Batch
2024-10-13 13:00 - 16:00, 2024-10-20 13:00 - 16:00, 2024-10-27 13:00 - 16:00 | Batch Craft Beer and Kolaches, 3220 Manor Road, Austin, TX, 78723, United States
Calling all pickers and music lovers! Please join the Central Texas Bluegrass Association (www.CentralTexasBluegrass.org) for their Sunday Bluegrass Jam, weekly since 1978.

Lost Patterns with Up Around the Sun with Bosco at Cloud Studios & Gallery
2024-10-17 20:00 - 22:00 | Cloud Tree Art Studios & Gallery, 3411 East 5TH St, Austin, Texas, 78702, United States
Lost Patterns is an American roots duo based in Austin, TX, featuring songwriters and multi-instrumentalists Beth Chrisman and Silas Lowe. They bring an earthy grit to the lonesome, lowdown backroads of acoustic Americana, that is always moving and evocative.

Chrisman and Lowe have been sharing stages together since 2006 when they met during a bluegrass jam at a BBQ joint. The duo plays songs culled from the depths of the American musical tradition as well as writing new classics shaped by those musical landscapes.

As a member of the Carper Family and High Plains Jamboree, Chrisman has performed at Merlefest, A Prairie Home Companion, Augusta Heritage, and Mountain Stage. She is an in-demand side player as well, with notable performances alongside Bobby Bare, Alice Gerrard, John C. Reilly, and Willi Carlisle.

Lowe was a member of the Atomic Duo and has performed at the Kennedy Center, the Winnipeg Folk Festival, the Vancouver Folk Festival, the John Hartford Memorial Festival. His songs have been covered by numerous bands, and recently a song he co-wrote with Brennen Leigh was featured on the Grand Ole Opry.

Up Around The Sun — an instrumental duo combining traditional clawhammer banjo with unique accompaniment on an open-tuned guitar. Occasionally we’re joined by one of our friends on this or that. Jerry Hagins and Tim Kerr. UAtS will be joined by Bosco, a Japanese fiddler visiting the States.

2024 Austin String Band Festival
2024-10-18 08:00 - 2024-10-20 17:00 | TX
The 17th Annual Austin String Band Festival is the weekend of October 18 – 20, 2024, at Camp Ben McCulloch in nearby Driftwood, TX. Join us for a weekend of music, camping, jamming, dancing, and friends!

This family-friendly festival brings together musicians and roots music enthusiasts from Central Texas and beyond. In addition to two stages of live string band performances, there’ll be dances, workshops, kids’ activities, and tons of campsite jamming.

If you’ve never attended the Austin String Band Festival, you’re missing a real treat! The String Band Festival is a truly relaxed, uncrowded and joyful affair; the campground is bucolic, the stage shows are riveting, the workshops are fascinating, and campground picking is sublime!

It’s no wonder that many Austin area acoustic music fans and musicians consider the String Band Festival their favorite festival!

Old Mill Music Festival
2024-11-01 00:00 - 2024-11-02 23:59 | TX
Join us in the Heart of the Davy Crockett National Forest for the 11th Annual Old Mill Music Festival. This musical event features some of the best in the business, highlighting roots music from several genres. Enjoy music, camping, eating, and a good fire under an East Texas sky. The old sawmill is the perfect backdrop for some good family fun.
