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If you would like a link on this page please contact Larry Staats   at cfmsstaats@aol.com
 

SINGS AND JAMS:
The following are sings and instrument jams believed to be
 currently available.  Also check Columbus Alive

WEEKLY:     Tuesdays:   
                                7:00-10:00 pm
                                Ohio Finger Style Guitar Club (advanced)
                                www.ofgc.net
                                Coffeehouse
                                660 High Street
                                Worthington, Ohio
                                Contact:  Palmer Moore
                                                  614-431-5570
                                                  Palmer Moore

                                 7:00-9:30 pm
                                 Hilltop Senior Village Community Center
                                 At the rear of 300 Overstreet Way
                                 (between Sullivant & Broad St., off Wilson Rd.)
                                 Columbus, OH
                                
                                 7:00-10:00 pm
                                 Lexington Senior Center, (Old Time)
                                 67 E. Main St. (Old RR Station)
                                 Lexington, Ohio
                                 Contact:  Bill Miller
                                                  419-883-3211
                                                  Email:  Bill Miller

                               
Wednesdays:
                                

                                
12:30-2:30 pm
                                 Blendon Sr. Center
                                 6330 Hempstead Rd.
                                 Westerville, Ohio
                                 Contact:  Jack Streamer
                                                  614-861-5678
                                     
                                
7:30-10:00 pm (Old Time)
                                 Contact:  Andrea Ardito
                                                  614-258-0258
                                                  Email:  Andrea Ardito
                                       
                             
  8:00-12:00 pm
                                Acoustic Blues Jam
                                The Voodoo Cafe
                                2222 W. Henderson Road
                                Columbus, Ohio
                                Contact:  Biersdorf & Kolbe
                                                 614-459-7000

                                                   
                                     
                               
Thursdays:                                        
                         
7:00-10:00 pm 3/30; 4/6 & 4/13
                                 Columbus Maenerchor
                                 966 S. High Street
                                 Columbus, Ohio                                       
                                 Contact:  Al Belasco
                                                   614-252-2511
                                                   Al Belasco or  
                                                   abelsco@beascodrilling.com
                                                   Caroll Cleek
                                                   614-298-0310

                                 7:45-9:30 pm
                                 Johnson's Real Ice Cream (Summer Only-   
                                 outside)  (Bring a chair)
                                 728 E. Main Street, Bexley, Ohio
                                 Contact:  Ray Pauken
                                                  614-231-8552 

                                 6:30 pm signup                               
                                Thirsty Whale Lounge (With the Jam Doctors)
                               
2081 Eakins Rd. Hilliard, Oh. 43223.
                        Info: 614-279-4677              

                        Fridays:
                       
9:00-11:00 am
                                Drexel Radio Cafe
                                East Main Street
                                Bexley, Ohio
                                Contact:  Ray Pauken
                                                  614-231-8552                                         

                                Saturdays:

                       
9:30 - 11:30 am
                       
CFMS Worthington Jam 
                        
SE Green - Rt 161 & High St.
                        
Bring A Chair & A Friend
                        
Contact: Larry Staats
                                      cfmsstaats@aol.com


                        10:00-Noon  (Summer Only)
                                 (Eclectic) Bexley Farmer's Market
                                 Main St. in front of City Hall,
                                 Bexley, Ohio

                                 Contact: 
Ray Pauken
                                                  614-231-8552


                                 10:00am-4:00pm
                                 Bluegrass Musicians Supply
                                 1370 S. High Street
                                 Columbus, Ohio  
                                 in the basement (Bluegrass)

                                
Sundays:
                        
O'Toole's Irish Pub
                                 7578 E. Main St.,
                                 Reynoldsburg, OH
                                 Info: 614-864-0001
                                   
MONTHLY:   Third Tuesday of the Month
                        
The Events Center, 7:00 pm
                                  344 Darla Dr.,  Hanover  Village, OH
                                  Contact: Chester Flowers: 740-763-3680 or
                                                  Troy Herdman: 614-471-6595

                                  First Friday of the Month
                         
Columbus Music Association Of Ohio, Inc.
                                   1410 Williams Road,  Columbus, Ohio
                                   Contact:  http://www.cmao.org

                         Third Friday of the Month:
                         
8:30-9:00 pm (Irish) - cost $3.00
                                   Shamrock Club 
                                   60 West Castle Rd., Columbus, Ohio  43207
                                   Contact:  Art Mittenbergs
                                                     614-491-0437

                          

                                  
Last Saturday of the Month
                          
6:30 - 8:00 pm, just prior to Open Stage
                                    CFMS Coffeehouse (Months of Sept,
                                    Oct, Nov, Jan, Feb, Mar, & April)
                                    Areopagitica Bookstore, 3810 N. High
                                    Street, Columbus, OH
                                    Contact: John Lock: 614-278-2710 or

                                    john@anenglishmanabroad.com

                                   
First & Third Sunday of the
                      Month

                     
Thirsty Ear Tavern & The Blues Alliance
                                     Blues Jam, 4:30 - 8:30 pm
                                     1200 W. Third Ave. (Grandview)

                                     Columbus, OH
                                     Info: http://www.thethirstyear.com/Jam.htm

                          Third Sunday of the Month:
                          
E.L. Evans Senior Center
                                   4330 Dudley Avenue
                                   Grove City, Ohio
                                   Show & Dinner - cost $12.00
                                   Lunch 12-1:00 pm; Show 1-3:30 pm
                                   Country Music Association 
                                   Contact:  Becky Wilson
                                                    614-491-8486
                                                    www.cmao.org

EVERY OTHER MONTH:  
                        

                                 Music Lovers' Jam

                                 4-9 pm, Pot-luck supper at 6:30 pm
                                 1st Congregational United Church of Christ
                                 200 N. Main Street
                                 Mount Vernon, Ohio
                                 Contact:  robinnordmoe@columbus.rr.com

                                

                                 Stone Soup Jam
                                 3:00 - 9:00 pm
, Pot Luck Dinner at 6:00 pm
                                 St. Paul's Lutheran Church
                                 48 Church St., Bellville, OH
                                 Info:
http://www.stonesoupjam.bias-net.ne

OTHER:        First, Third, & Fifth Sundays
                              
4-6 pm
                               Shape Note Singing
                               St. James Episcopal Church
                               on Calumet north of Broadway
                               Columbus, Ohio
                               Contact:  Eric Conrad
                                                
614-481-7637 

                               First & Third Sundays
                       Columbus Blues Alliance Jam
                               www3.colsbluesalliance.org/index.php
                               4:00 pm -8:00 pm

                      
Thirsty Ear Tavern
                               Grandview, Ohio

                              
Claddagh Irish Pub
                       585 S Front Street
                               Columbus, OH, 7:00 pm
                               Info:
columbus@claddaghirishpubs.com
 

                                First Wednesday of the Month:
                                 7:00 pm
                                 Poetry Discussion Group                                      
                                 Westerville Public Library  
                                 126 S. State Street
                                 Westerville, Ohio 43081
                                 Contact:  Mark Stoll
                                                  614-262-1884   
                                       
                                
First, Third, & Fifth Thursdays
                        
8:00-11:00 pm
                                 Bardic Circle

                                 Beginners Celtic Music Session

                         Shamrock Club
                                  60 W. Castle Road
                                  Columbus, Ohio

                                  $3.00
                                 Contact:   Fred Murphy
                                                   614-475-0535 or nealpm@aol.com

                                 Second & Fourth Fridays
                         
7:30 pm
                                 Songwriters & Poets Critique
                                 3397 Civic Dr.
                                 Grove City, Ohio
                                 Info.:  614-777-0326

                                 4:00-8:00 pm
                                 Bluegrass & Gospel Jam
                                 U.S. 40 just east of Reynoldsburg
                                 Contact:  Bill Harper
                                                  614-582-1616
                                    

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DANCE:   

Dance and Other Folk Art Links                                                                     

     LINKS:      Folk Dance Groups in Central Ohio

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INSTRUCTORS:

Name                          Instruments

Arbaugh, Hank           Autoharp, Dulcimer,
614-538-8906              Guitar, Mandolin
                                     Email:  Hank Arbaugh

Beyer, Andy                Dulcimer
614-846-1779  

Chern, Barry               Blues harmonica, guitar,
 
614-294-7241             mandolin, acoustic blues,
                                     finger-picking & old-time
                                     tunes, and music theory

Colon, Deborah           Traditional Irish fiddle &
614-459-6654               beginning  violin

Davis, J. Thomas        Bodhran
614-263-0264

Fasone, Judy               Beginning &
614-261-8194              Intermediate Piano &
                                     Guitar

Gastel, David              Harmonica & Key boards
740-474-1979              Circleville, Ohio

Jones, David               Anglo concertina (Irish style),
740-969-8603              Master of Music

Levenson, Dan           Clawhammer banjo, fiddle,
740-388-9107             oldtime guitar & Clogging

StudioJ                        Primarily for children &
614-563-4807              families (singing, painting
                                     & playing  instruments),
                                     Powell, OH

Wald, Steve                 Guitar & Bass, Electric or Acustic
614-
648 9012              Finger Style, Youth to Adult
                                     Studios in Gahanna & Clintonville

Yaffey, Carl                 Banjo, Old time Claw-
614-268-6353              hammer & Blue Grass
                                     styles, Guitar & Electric
                                     Bass also a Digital
                                     Music Studio

If you would like to be included in the Instructor
List send an e-mail to:  Larry Staats

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Local Folk Organizations:

     Buckeye Harmonica Club             

     Central Ohio Bluegrass Association

     Columbus Blues Alliance

     Ohio Finger Style Guitar Club

     Ohio Order for the Preservation of Storytelling

     Six String Concerts                      

     Storytellers of Central Ohio        

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Music & Art Links:

      Bexley String "Band"

      Bill Shilling

      Cityfolk (Dayton, OH)

      Calliope: The Pittsburgh Folk Music Society
              (Pittsburgh, PA)


      Folk College   (Huntingdon Pa) 

      FolkAlley.com (Folk music all the time)

      Grassahol (Local Bluegrass Band)   

     Dan Levinson

     Dave Hawkins  (Performing Songwriter)

     
       
    
East Texas Dulicmers (Kennard, TX) 

     The Folk Wood Players (Local Band)
      
     
     FOLKNET (The Northeast Ohio
Folk &
          Traditional  Music  & Dance Society
)

      Friends of Old Time Music & Dance
           (FOOTMAD - Charleston, WV)

      Folk Alliance

      Folkie Haven (Local Blog)

      Grassahol (Local Bluegrass Band)

      Halfway-Home - (Local Band)  

      Highlands of Ohio Folk & Celtic Music

      Jerry Rockwell Mountain Dulcimer

      John Locke  (Columbus, OH)

      Kentucky Storytelling Association


      Kent Stage  (Kent, OH)

      Loosely Strung (Local Band)

     
Marietta Blues, Jazz and Folk
      Music Society, Inc.  (Marietta, OH)

      The Mountain Rose Concerts
              (Kent, OH)

      O.O.P.S. (Ohio Order for the Preservation

                   of Storytelling)

     
Songwriters Set Concert Series
              (Lima, OH) 

     

           
           
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