Open Mics and Jams

Song Circles and Group Sings

Please Note: – Many Song Circles are still on hiatus or meeting virtually due to the pandemic. Check listings for updates, and see the new list of Virtual Sings in the Northwest.

Jam Sessions

  • Every Monday 7:30 Irish Traditional  – Murphy’s Pub 1928 N 45th  7:30 PM
  • 2nd Monday 7-9pm Klezmer Jam sponsored by The Rhapsody Project – Couth Buzzard  8310 Greenwood N 
  • 3rd Monday 7-9pm Cajun Jam  – Couth Buzzard  8310 Greenwood N 
  • Every Tuesday Cabin Tavern  7PM (singing also)
    19322 Richmond Beach Drive Northwest   Shoreline, WA 98177-2945
    (206) 542-1177
  • Every Tuesday Old Time jam (private homes – see https://www.facebook.com/groups/oldtimeseattle for contact info)
  • Every Wednesday Irish Session 7:30 – 9:30 Shawn O’Donnell’s 3601 Fremont Ave N
  • 3rd Wed. Klezmer Jam   Bernice Maslan  www.seattleklezmer.com
  • Every Thursday Cajun Jam 7-9:30 PM at various homes.  Contact Lorene echo1946@yahoo.com for current location.
  • Every Thursday Irish Session 7:30 – 9:30 Shawn O’Donnell’s 3601 Fremont Ave N. All abilities welcome. Contact: anamioka@gmail.com
  • 1st & 3rd Saturday Noon – 2:30pm Irish Session Couth Buzzard  8310 Greenwood N 
  • 3rd Saturday (usually; dates shift in July & December) 3-7pm CABAM! (Camino Island Bluegrass and Acoustic Music) Jam + dinner & Open Mic  – All Accoustic instruments and abilities welcome. 3-5:30pm  open Bluegrass Jam, 5:30 – 6 Dinner (optional – provided by South Camino Grange; donation requested) 6pm – ? Open Mic (free) South Camino Grange 2227 S. Camano Dr, Camano Island, WA info: email cabam2822@gmail.com
  • 4th Saturday 1:30-4pm Quebecois Session Couth Buzzard  8310 Greenwood N info: https://www.facebook.com/quebecois.pnw/
  • First Sunday: Northern Tunes open session led by Laurie Andres and WB Reid. 7-9pm, in a home in the Ravenna neighborhood. All instruments and levels welcome. Info: email wb@wbandbonnie.com Archived tunes can be found here: Rhythm Rollers
  • 1st Sunday Jam at the Little Store 1P-4P
    20th NW and NW Richmond Beach Rd.   Doug 206-660-7801
  • 4th Sunday Choro  2-4:30 PM, Couth Buzzard  8310 Greenwood N
  • 2nd Sunday 2:30-4:30 Everybody Plays hosted by Jalaine Madura.   Dusty Strings.
  • 2nd Sunday 2-5pm Northwest Scottish Fiddlers  meet for a jam monthly (may switch to 3rd Sunday when there is a holiday conflict).  contact
    Marcia Thumma  email: m.thumma@mac.com
  • 3rd Sunday, Ukulele Jam, Sunga Rose, 2:30–4, at Dusty Strings. Info: music@dustystrings.com.
  • 3rd Sunday Irish Harp Circle Mountlake Library 2-4:30 PM Info: info@pugetsoundfolkharpsociety.org
  • 3rd Sundays Cape Breton (Poulsbo) – Celtic open trad music session 2-5 PM.  We meet at Tizleys Europe Pub & often stay for a meal.  Fiddles, whistle, guitar,  banjo, concertina, small pipes ..singers welcome.  Jane Landstra   360-697-6192
  • 3rd Sunday Vocal Improv Choir, Debbie Boland Watt. 4:30 – 5:45 PM.  Dusty Strings
  • 4th Sunday Jam Grateful Bread Bakery –
    7001 35th Ave NE Seattle 1P-4P  JACK 206 999 0885
  • MANY bluegrass sessions of various levels are organized by Outlanders Progressive Bluegrass Social Club (scroll down on their page to view a schedule of recurring jams) https://www.outlandersbluegrass.org/

Open Mics

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RIP – Silent Strings

  • Sessions or locations no longer hosting Jams or Open Mics
  • Tacoma Irish Session stopped early 2014
  • Tacoma Celtic Players – also no longer active as of 2012
  • Dubliner Pub Irish Harp Sessions
  • Wired and Unplugged Coffee House, 717 1st St, Snohomish.
  • Gypsy Cafe is now the Stone Way Cafe
  • Flying Pie Pizzeria, Issaquah
  • Hotwire Coffeehouse, Shoreline
  • Pickled Onion, Renton
  • Golden Steer, Kent
  • Triple Door no longer hosts open mics or sessions to our knowledge