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Friday, September 11, 2009

OTBKB Music: A Weekend in the Country

Park Slope Jamboree If you like country/bluegrass/rockabilly this is a weekend for you to stick close to home.  Tonight James Reams & The Barnstormers, a Brooklyn-based bluegrass band, kicks off the 12th Annual Park Slope Bluegrass & Old-Time Jamboree over at the Brooklyn Society for Ethical Culture.  The Jamboree continues tomorrow with workshops, jamming, clogging and concerts, with food available during the afternoon from Dizzy's.

On The Moon Then on Sunday, OTBKB Music fave Li'l Mo and The Monicats will be opening up a triple bill of country at Williamsburg's Union Pool.  Also on the show will be Brooklyn's The Dixons and Ruby Dee and The Snakehandlers from Austin.

12th Annual Park Slope Bluegrass & Old-Time Jamboree, September 11-12, The Brooklyn Society for Ethical Culture, 53 Prospect Park West at 2nd Street; Friday 8pm, adults $10, kids $6; Saturday 12:30 - 10:30 pm, $4

Li'l Mo and The Monicats, The Dixons and Ruby Dee and The Snakehandlers, Union Pool, 484 Union Avenue (G Train to Metropolitan Avenue; exit at Union Avenue and walk on Union Avenue toward the BQE), 9pm, $10

 --Eliot Wagner

September 11, 2009 in Music | Permalink

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As things turned out, Barry, I was not able to catch either show.

Posted by: Eliot | Dec 30, 2009 9:15:52 AM

Did anyone go? How was it?

Posted by: Barry Hertz | Dec 29, 2009 11:56:43 PM

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