Stan's Blues Jam

Stan's Blues Jams take place at various venues in the Poole to Southampton area. Running since January 2009, the jams attract musicians from all over the South of England, and often further afield.

The jams are run on a basis that is as fair as possible - there is no houseband and the jams will start at precisely 8.30pm every time, with each line-up playing 2 songs.

Bands are made up from the musicians who register when they arrive - the bands are put together, not entirely randomly, by the organisers.
For many jammers, this will be the first time they have met, let alone played together on a stage, and as such the music is unrehearsed and improvised around the blues structure.

It is not an open mic event, it's a Jam.

The jam caters for musicians of all ages from 9 to 73 (so far),and as long as you can play a 12 bar blues, are a competant player and can follow guidelines (see Jamming Etiquette) you'll fit right in.

All equipment is provided apart from your personal instruments (so bring your guitar, bass, sax, harmonica, drum sticks etc.).

The jams are filmed and a selection of the songs are uploaded to Youtube for everyone to enjoy.

The jams are a great networking opportunity and the bring and buy is an excellent example of this. Jammers can bring any excess musical equipment that they wish to sell on. (see Bring and Buy)

Keep in touch! - Jammers can receive a reminder of the next jam by email in "The Blues Jammers Chronicles". Just send your request to join the emailing list through the link above.

There are Facebook Pages for each of the jams, and a Facebook Group which covers all Stan's Blues Jams.
Facebook events are created for each jam too.

Stan's Blues Jamboree
at Freshfields Festival

Saturday 17th August 2013
Fawcetts Field
New Milton

We are delighted to announce that Stan's Blues Jamboree will be taking to the Blues Stage at the Freshfields Festival in New Milton on
Saturday 17th August from 12 midday till 6pm with four blues bands and jamming for afters.
There will be four music stages, a fairground, stilt walkers, performers, stalls, food & beverages ....and the like...
A veritable feast for the senses!
Tickets will be £10 on the gate (we have some early bird tickets for £9) with proceeds to charity.

More details on the Jamboree Page ....

Stan's Blues Jamboree
at Swanage Blues Festival

Saturday 5th October 2013
1pm - 7pm
The Royal British Legion
Swanage

Swanage Blues Festival takes place on the first weekend of March and October with 60 live blues gigs in some 15 different venues around the town all superbly organised by Steve Darrington.
All events are Free Entry. The purchase of a £10 wristband ensures a warm welcome at all Swanage Blues Festival venues.

At the October 2012 festival we ran a new event on the Saturday afternoon which returned to the Festival in March 2013
Stan's Blues Jamboree will again burst into life on Saturday 5th October 2013 at Swanage Blues Festival...
A cornucopia of blues performances, starting at 1pm with Stan’s Blues Jam, followed at 3pm by showcase slots of top-notch blues bands, and concluding with a second portion of jamming.
This all takes place at the Royal British Legion on the High Street.
Follow the link above "Stan's Blues Jamboree" to view a selection of videos of the performances and for more details.

For more info on Swanage Blues Festival see
www.swanage-blues.org

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You can find details of our other music projects on
www.riversidebluesband.co.uk and
www.myspace.com/steamer234