Bluegrass Tuesdays, 50 Binney Street, Cambridge, MA (2026)

12/08/2025

Bluegrass Tuesdays jams will not be meeting tomorrow (Tuesday, December 9th) at The Smoot Standard (or Naco Taco). Both restaurants are booked with another group, so they're unable to accommodate our jams this week. But, we'll be back jamming in Central Square in Cambridge next Tuesday (Dec. 16). Please let your picking buddies know so that nobody shows up by accident, thanks!

07/29/2025

Bluegrass Tuesdays jams continue at The Smoot Standard and the patio at Naco Taco in Central Square in Cambridge, but we are shifting the start times forward by a half-hour. Bluegrass Tuesdays regularly scheduled jams will now be meeting on the following schedule:

6:15 pm – Beg-to-Int Bluegrass Jam (email [email protected] to join)
7:30 pm – Kelley's Intermediate Bluegrass Jam
7:45 pm – Ed's Slow-to-Medium Instrumental Jam
8:00 pm – Wayne's Intermediate-to-Advanced Bluegrass Jam

Thanks to Chris Parsons (chef/owner of Lily RIP's), our jams now meet every Tuesday at these two restaurants (rain or shine). Naco Taco is owned by the same folks as Smoots and is another sister restaurant of Lily P's. The Smoot Standard is located at 313 Mass. Ave. in Cambridge, MA 02139, while Naco Taco is at 297 Mass. Ave. Smoot's kitchen will be open until 9 pm, and drinks will be available late from JamBassador Jack.

Food and drinks are available at both locations, but I cannot stress this highly enough: DO NOT carry alcohol between the two restaurants. You can purchase alcoholic drinks at either location, but you must finish your drinks there - you CANNOT carry them down the sidewalk between the restaurants. I'm asking everyone to please remind each other of this very important rule - thanks!

As a reminder, we are still looking for the next home for Bluegrass Tuesdays, and we need your help! Please visit www.BluegrassTuesdays.com for a complete description of the kinds of places we're looking for. Suggestions have been coming in, but we still need more, thanks!

07/17/2025

Old-Time Almost Fridays jams continue tonight (Thursday, July 17th) starting at 7 pm (please note the earlier start time), at the Russell Field Playground near Alewife in N. Cambridge. It’s less than a quarter-mile from the end of Route 2, has ample parking, and is less than a five-minute walk from the Alewife T Station. See below for additional details about jamming at the Russell Field Playground.

Bluegrass Tuesdays jams have now moved to The Smoot Standard and the patio at Naco Taco in Central Square in Cambridge. Thanks to Chris Parsons (chef/owner of Lily RIP's), our jams now meet every Tuesday at these two restaurants (rain or shine). Naco Taco is owned by the same folks as Smoots and is another sister restaurant of Lily P's.

Food and drinks will be available at both locations, but I cannot stress this highly enough: DO NOT carry alcohol between the two restaurants. You can purchase alcoholic drinks at either location, but you must finish your drinks there - you CANNOT carry them down the sidewalk between the restaurants. I'm asking everyone to please remind each other of this very important rule - thanks!

The Smoot Standard is located at 313 Mass. Ave. in Cambridge, MA 02139, while Naco Taco is at 297 Mass. Ave. Smoot's kitchen will be open until 9 pm, and drinks will be available late from JamBassador Jack. Bluegrass Tuesdays regularly scheduled jams will be meeting on the following schedule:

6:45 pm – Beg-to-Int Bluegrass Jam (email [email protected] to join)
8:00 pm – Kelley's Intermediate Bluegrass Jam
8:15 pm – Ed's Slow-to-Medium Instrumental Jam
8:30 pm – Wayne's Intermediate-to-Advanced Bluegrass Jam

As a reminder, we are still looking for the next home for Bluegrass Tuesdays, and we need your help! Please visit www.BluegrassTuesdays.com for a complete description of the kinds of places we're looking for. Suggestions have been coming in, but we still need more, thanks!

About jamming at the Russell Field Playground:

(1) There are two parking lots on Rindge Ave. on either side of the little league park (Comeau Field): the lot with the cul-de-sac (to the west of the field) is usually full, but there's tons of space in the lot to the east of the ballpark, which is the lot for the Francis J. McCrehan Swimming Pool at 359 Rindge Ave., in Cambridge, MA 02140 (please note this is not the same location as Russell Field, which is the football field next-door).

(2) We often jam near the sprinkler spot (a.k.a. splash pad) near the yellow canopy, which is between the pool, the playground, and the ball field.

(3) There are working port-a-johns right there, so everyone can have that true "festival experience".

(4) Please bring a folding chair (preferably without arms).

(5) It's not as well lit as some people might like, so if you have a small camping lantern, you might want to bring one.

(6) Mosquitos were mostly not an issue, but you still might want to bring bug spray or wear heavier clothes, as long as it's not too hot.

(7) If the weather looks really bad, we'll cancel the jams. But please don't let some light rain or a short summer thunderstorm keep you away! I'll have my pop-up canopies, and anyone else who has an extra E-Z UP is invited to bring theirs as well.

07/11/2025

We had a great time jamming on Tuesday at one of Lily P's sister restaurants, The Smoot Standard in Central Square in Cambridge. And thanks to Chris Parsons (chef/owner of Lily R.I.P's), we are expanding our Bluegrass Tuesdays jams to include both The Smoot Standard and the patio at Naco Taco two doors down. Naco Taco is owned by the same folks as Smoots and is another sister restaurant of Lily P's.

The very generous folks at Naco Taco are going to set aside part of their patio for us to jam every Tuesday night. That is in addition to the multiple jam locations also available to us at Smoots. That means that when the weather is nice, we'll be able to jam at both restaurants, and when it's raining, we can pile inside Smoots like we did this week.

Food and drinks will be available at both locations, but I cannot stress this highly enough: DO NOT carry alcohol between the two restaurants. You can purchase alcoholic drinks at either location, but you must finish your drinks there - you CANNOT carry them down the sidewalk between the restaurants. I'm asking everyone to please remind each other of this very important rule - thanks!

The Smoot Standard is located at 313 Mass. Ave. in Cambridge, MA 02139, while Naco Taco is at 297 Mass. Ave. Smoot's kitchen will be open until 9 pm, and drinks will again be available late from JamBassador Jack. One of the closest parking lots is named Lot 6 and it's located on Bishop Allen Drive between Douglass St. and Columbia St.

As a reminder, we are still looking for the next home for Bluegrass Tuesdays, and we need your help! Please visit www.BluegrassTuesdays.com for a complete description of the kinds of places we're looking for. Suggestions have been coming in, but we still need more!

Bluegrass Tuesdays regularly scheduled jams will still be meeting on the same schedule:

6:45 pm – Beg-to-Int Bluegrass Jam (email [email protected] to join)
8:00 pm – Kelley's Intermediate Bluegrass Jam
8:15 pm – Ed's Slow-to-Medium Instrumental Jam
8:30 pm – Wayne's Intermediate-to-Advanced Bluegrass Jam

Both listeners and jammers are invited to the jams at The Smoot Standard and Naco Taco, and I hope you can join us there soon!

07/07/2025

Important update: Bluegrass Tuesdays jams this Tuesday, July 8th are moving to The Smoot Standard in Central Square in Cambridge!

Because of the rain forecast for tomorrow, Chris Parsons (chef/owner of Lily R.I.P's) has graciously invited us to move our jams to Lily P's sister restaurant, The Smoot Standard. The Smoot Standard has multiple jam locations, and is located at 313 Mass. Ave. in Cambridge, MA 02139. The kitchen will be open until 9 pm, and drinks will be available late from JamBassador Jack!

As a reminder, we are still looking for the next home for Bluegrass Tuesdays, and we need your help! Please visit www.BluegrassTuesdays.com for a complete description of the kinds of places we're looking for. Suggestions have been coming in, but we still need more!

Despite the rain location, Bluegrass Tuesdays regularly scheduled jams will still be meeting on the same schedule:

6:45 pm – Beg-to-Int Bluegrass Jam (email [email protected] to join)
8:00 pm – Kelley's Intermediate Bluegrass Jam
8:15 pm – Ed's Slow-to-Medium Instrumental Jam
8:30 pm – Wayne's Intermediate-to-Advanced Bluegrass Jam

Both listeners and jammers are invited to the jams at The Smoot Standard, and I hope you can make it out tomorrow night!

07/03/2025

Important update: the old-time jams will now be starting at 7 pm on Thursdays!

This Tuesday we had a rain out, but we still had a bunch of folks show up. I'm sorry about that, but when I looked at my weather app earlier in the day, it looked like it wasn't going to be that bad. I'll try to get a more accurate prediction next time, and update everyone through this email if we're cancelling. Today's weather looks a little iffy, but not too bad, so I'd definitely recommend going if you can make it!

As a reminder, we are still looking for the next home for Bluegrass Tuesdays, and we need your help! Please visit www.BluegrassTuesdays.com for a complete description of the kinds of places we're looking for. Suggestions have been coming in, but we still need more!

Both the bluegrass and old-time jams will be continuing on Tuesdays and Thursdays respectively, unless the weather looks really bad. The jams are held at the Russell Field Playground near Alewife in N. Cambridge. It’s less than a quarter-mile from the end of Route 2, has ample parking, and is less than a five-minute walk from the Alewife T Station.

Next Tuesday, July 8th, Bluegrass Tuesdays regularly scheduled jams will be meeting on the following schedule:

6:45 pm – Beg-to-Int Bluegrass Jam (email [email protected] to join)
8:00 pm – Kelley's Intermediate Bluegrass Jam
8:15 pm – Ed's Slow-to-Medium Instrumental Jam
8:30 pm – Wayne's Intermediate-to-Advanced Bluegrass Jam

Here's what we've learned about jamming at the Russell Field Playground:

(1) There are two parking lots on Rindge Ave. on either side of the little league park (Comeau Field): the lot with the cul-de-sac (to the west of the field) is usually full, but there's tons of space in the lot to the east of the ballpark, which is the lot for the Francis J. McCrehan Swimming Pool at 359 Rindge Ave., in Cambridge, MA 02140 (please note this is not the same location as Russell Field, which is the football field next-door).

(2) We often jam near the sprinkler spot (a.k.a. splash pad) near the yellow canopy, which is between the pool, the playground, and the ball field.

(3) There are working port-a-johns right there, so everyone can have that true "festival experience".

(4) Please bring a folding chair (preferably without arms).

(5) It's not as well lit as some people might like, so if you have a small camping lantern, you might want to bring one.

(6) Mosquitos were mostly not an issue, but you still might want to bring bug spray or wear heavier clothes, as long as it's not too hot.

(7) If the weather looks really bad, we'll cancel the jams. But please don't let some light rain or a short summer thunderstorm keep you away! I'll have my pop-up canopies, and anyone else who has an extra E-Z UP is invited to bring theirs as well.

06/26/2025

Despite some weather challenges, both the old-time and bluegrass jam nights at the Russell Field Playground have been very successful! Both the bluegrass and old-time jams will be continuing on Tuesdays and Thursdays respectively, unless the weather looks really bad.

As a reminder, we are still looking for the next home for Bluegrass Tuesdays, and we need your help! Please visit www.BluegrassTuesdays.com for a complete description of the kinds of places we're looking for. Suggestions have been coming in, but we still need more!

Old-Time Almost Fridays jams continue tonight (Thursday, June 26th), at the Russell Field Playground near Alewife in N. Cambridge. It’s less than a quarter-mile from the end of Route 2, has ample parking, and is less than a five-minute walk from the Alewife T Station. The schedule of the jams will remain the same (see below for additional details):

7:30 pm Beg/Int Old-Time Jam
8:30 pm Int/Adv Old-Time Jam

And then next Tuesday, July 1st, Bluegrass Tuesdays jams will be back at the same location. The regularly scheduled jams are now meeting on a new schedule:

6:45 pm – Beg-to-Int Bluegrass Jam (email [email protected] to join)
8:00 pm – Kelley's Intermediate Bluegrass Jam
8:15 pm – Ed's Slow-to-Medium Instrumental Jam
8:30 pm – Wayne's Intermediate-to-Advanced Bluegrass Jam

Here's what we've learned about jamming at the Russell Field Playground:

(1) There are two parking lots on Rindge Ave. on either side of the little league park (Comeau Field): the lot with the cul-de-sac (to the west of the field) is usually full, but there's tons of space in the lot to the east of the ballpark, which is the lot for the Francis J. McCrehan Swimming Pool at 359 Rindge Ave., in Cambridge, MA 02140 (please note this is not the same location as Russell Field, which is the football field next-door).

(2) We often jam near the sprinkler spot (a.k.a. splash pad) near the yellow canopy, which is between the pool, the playground, and the ball field.

(3) There are working port-a-johns right there, so everyone can have that true "festival experience".

(4) Please bring a folding chair (preferably without arms).

(5) It's not as well lit as some people might like, so if you have a small camping lantern, you might want to bring one.

(6) Mosquitos were mostly not an issue, but you still might want to bring bug spray or wear heavier clothes, as long as it's not too hot.

(7) If the weather looks really bad, we'll cancel the jams. But please don't let some light rain or a short summer thunderstorm keep you away! I'll have my pop-up canopies, and anyone else who has an extra E-Z UP is invited to bring theirs as well.

Both listeners and jammers are invited to the jams in N. Cambridge, and I hope you can make it out tonight and next Tuesday!

06/19/2025

A couple of days ago, we had our first bluegrass jam night at the Russell Field Playground, and it was a huge success! Despite some light and brief rain, we had four simultaneous jams for most of the night with about 25-30 jammers and listeners in attendance. Both the bluegrass and old-time jams will be continuing on Tuesdays and Thursdays respectively, unless the weather looks really bad.

As a reminder, we are still looking for the next home for Bluegrass Tuesdays, and we need your help! Please visit www.BluegrassTuesdays.com for a complete description of the kinds of places we're looking for. Suggestions have been coming in, but we still need more!

Old-Time Almost Fridays jams continue tonight (Thursday, June 19th), at the Russell Field Playground near Alewife in N. Cambridge. It’s less than a quarter-mile from the end of Route 2, has ample parking, and is less than a five-minute walk from the Alewife T Station. The schedule of the jams will remain the same (see below for additional details):

7:30 pm Beg/Int Old-Time Jam
8:30 pm Int/Adv Old-Time Jam

And then next Tuesday, June 24th, Bluegrass Tuesdays jams will be back at the same location. The regularly scheduled jams are now meeting on a new schedule:

6:45 pm – Beg-to-Int Bluegrass Jam (email [email protected] to join)
8:00 pm – Kelley's Intermediate Bluegrass Jam
8:15 pm – Ed's Slow-to-Medium Instrumental Jam
8:30 pm – Wayne's Intermediate-to-Advanced Bluegrass Jam

Here's what we've learned about jamming at the Russell Field Playground:

(1) There are two parking lots on Rindge Ave. on either side of the little league park (Comeau Field): the lot with the cul-de-sac (to the west of the field) is usually full, but there's tons of space in the lot to the east of the ballpark, which is the lot for the Francis J. McCrehan Swimming Pool at 359 Rindge Ave., in Cambridge, MA 02140 (please note this is not the same location as Russell Field, which is the football field next-door).

(2) We often jam near the sprinkler spot (a.k.a. splash pad) near the yellow canopy, which is between the pool, the playground, and the ball field.

(3) There are working port-a-johns right there, so everyone can have that true "festival experience".

(4) Please bring a folding chair (preferably without arms).

(5) It's not as well lit as some people might like, so if you have a small camping lantern, you might want to bring one.

(6) Mosquitos were mostly not an issue, but you still might want to bring bug spray or wear heavier clothes, as long as it's not too hot.

(7) If the weather looks really bad, we'll cancel the jams. But please don't let some light rain or a short summer thunderstorm keep you away! I'll have my pop-up canopies, and anyone else who has an extra E-Z UP is invited to bring theirs as well.

Both listeners and jammers are invited to the jams in N. Cambridge, and I hope you can make it out tonight and next Tuesday!

06/17/2025

Although it looks increasingly likely that it will rain this afternoon, it actually looks less likely that it will still be raining this evening. I will be bringing multiple pop-up canopies (a.k.a. E-Z UPs), so we should have a good bit of protection if it does rain. Anyone else who has an extra E-Z UP is invited to bring theirs as well. So despite the threat of rain, I hope you can still join us for the jams tonight at the Russell Field Playground near Alewife in N. Cambridge!

As a reminder, the search for our next home for Bluegrass Tuesdays has already begun, and we need your help! Please visit www.BluegrassTuesdays.com for a complete description of the kinds of places we're looking for. Suggestions have been coming in, but we still need many more!

And, starting tonight (Tuesday, June 17th), Bluegrass Tuesdays jams will be moving to the Russell Field Playground near Alewife in N. Cambridge. It’s less than a quarter-mile from the end of Route 2, has ample parking, and is less than a five-minute walk from the Alewife T Station. Here's what we've learned about jamming at the Russell Field Playground:

(1) There are two parking lots on Rindge Ave. on either side of the little league park (Comeau Field): the lot with the cul-de-sac (to the west of the field) is usually full, but there's tons of space in the lot to the east of the ballpark, which is the lot for the Francis J. McCrehan Swimming Pool at 359 Rindge Ave., in Cambridge, MA 02140 (please note this is not the same location as Russell Field, which is the football field next-door). Both lots are meter-free, permit-free; the swimming pool lot has a sign about towing, but nobody got towed there last time.

(2) We often jam near the sprinkler spot (a.k.a. splash pad) near the yellow canopy, which is between the pool, the playground, and the ball field.

(3) There are working port-a-johns right there, so everyone can have that true "festival experience".

(4) Please bring a folding chair (preferably without arms).

(5) It's not as well lit as some people might like, so if you have a small camping lantern, you might want to bring one.

(6) Mosquitos were mostly not an issue, but you still might want to bring bug spray or wear heavier clothes, as long as it's not too hot.

Starting with the jams tonight (Tuesday, June 17th), the regularly scheduled jams will be shifting to a new schedule:

6:45 pm – Beg-to-Int Bluegrass Jam (email [email protected] to join)
8:00 pm – Kelley's Intermediate Bluegrass Jam
8:15 pm – Ed's Slow-to-Medium Instrumental Jam
8:30 pm – Wayne's Intermediate-to-Advanced Bluegrass Jam

Both listeners and jammers are invited to the jams in N. Cambridge, and I hope you can make it out tonight!

06/12/2025

Wow, what an amazing outpouring of support and good vibes this past Tuesday as we celebrated our final night at Lily P's! I don't know how late everyone stayed, but I've got photographic evidence that Jambassador Jack made it all the way past sunrise!

As a reminder, the search for our next home for Bluegrass Tuesdays has already begun, and we need your help! Please visit www.BluegrassTuesdays.com for a complete description of the kinds of places we're looking for. Suggestions have been coming in, but we still need many more!

I am very excited to say that starting tonight (Thursday, June 12th), Old-Time Almost Fridays jams will be moving to the Russell Field Playground near Alewife in N. Cambridge. It’s less than a quarter-mile from the end of Route 2, has ample parking, and is less than a five-minute walk from the Alewife T Station. The schedule of the jams will remain similar:

7:30 pm Beg/Int Old-Time Jam: hosted by Hannah Rose Baker
8:30 pm Int/Adv Old-Time Jam: jam host TBA

And then starting next Tuesday, June 17th, Bluegrass Tuesdays jams will be moving to the same location. Here's what we've learned about jamming at the Russell Field Playground:

(1) There are two parking lots on Rindge Ave. on either side of the little league park (Comeau Field): the lot with the cul-de-sac (to the west of the field) is usually full, but there's tons of space in the lot to the east of the ballpark, which is the lot for the Francis J. McCrehan Swimming Pool at 359 Rindge Ave., in Cambridge, MA 02140 (please note this is not the same location as Russell Field, which is the football field next-door).

(2) We often jam near the sprinkler spot (a.k.a. splash pad) near the yellow canopy, which is between the pool, the playground, and the ball field.

(3) There are working port-a-johns right there, so everyone can have that true "festival experience".

(4) Please bring a folding chair (preferably without arms).

(5) It's not as well lit as some people might like, so if you have a small camping lantern, you might want to bring one.

(6) Mosquitos were mostly not an issue, but you still might want to bring bug spray or wear heavier clothes, as long as it's not too hot.

Starting with the outdoor jams on Tuesday, June 17th, the regularly scheduled jams will be shifting to a new schedule:

6:45 pm – Beg-to-Int Bluegrass Jam (email [email protected] to join)
8:00 pm – Kelley's Intermediate Bluegrass Jam
8:15 pm – Ed's Slow-to-Medium Instrumental Jam
8:30 pm – Wayne's Intermediate-to-Advanced Bluegrass Jam

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