MHBS Jams

This is a listing of the AWESOME local Blues Jams in the area.

Check them out, and have a great time!

Make sure to call the club and check on things before you go

as events can be canceled or weather may interfere. 

 (listed in order of date and time)

 

Syncopated Sunday Open Jam at WESTERN SKY BAR AND TAPROOM  

(4361 S Broadway, Englewood, 303 353-2918)  

5-7 pm, 2nd & 4th Sunday of the Month, hosted by Ellie D and Soulmix 

 

Open Jam at THE ENIGMA BAZAAR 

(4923 West 38th Ave, Denver, no phone number listed)

(next one April 30), 

6:30-10:30 pm, ever other Sunday, hosted by Kevin Kiley and friends 

 

The Sunday Night Blues Jam at THE BAR AT PLAZA 38 

(3550 W 38th Ave #98, Denver, 303 350-2650

7-10 pm , every other Sunday (next one May 7) hosted by Doc Brown's Blues Band  

Sponsored by MHBS  

 

Monday Night Blues Jam Live Experience at ODDE'S MUSIC GRILL

(9975 Wadsworth Blvd N2, Westminster, 720 502-6157

7-10 pm, Every Monday, hosted by Tom Lilienthal and friends

sponsored in part by MHBS

 

Monday Blues Jam at THE SPEAKEASY

(301 Main St, Longmont, 720 684-4728) 

  7-10 pm, hosted by The Bluez Katz

 

Kirby Velarde Last Monday of the Month Jam at THE MIRAGE SPORTS BAR 

7-10  pm  (8340 W Coal Mine Ave, Littleton, 303 979-9220)

 

Tuesday Night Jam at BAR ELEVATE

(2831 W 120th Ave # 200 Westminster, 303 469-3435).

6:30-9:30 pm,  hosted by Robert Fiorino and the Elevate House Band 

 

MORRISON HOLIDAY BAR Blues Jam

 (403 Bear creek Ave, Morrison, 303 697-5658)

7- 10 pm, 1st Tuesday of the month, hosted by Vince Converse and Big Brother

 

Wednesday Big Blues Jam at THE RUSTY BUCKET 

(3550 S Wadsworth Blvd, Lakewood, 303 980-6200

7-10 pm, hosted by Scotty Rivera, Jodie Woodward, and Alan Knight

 

Open Mic Night at THE BAR AT PLAZA 38  

(3550 W 38th Ave #98, Denver, 303 350-2650

6-10 pm, Every Wednesday, hosted by Billy Rendon and friends

 

Thursday Blues Jam at LONG SHOTS BAR AND GRILL

(44th and Ward Rd, Wheat Ridge, 303 403-0227)

7:30-10:30 pm, hosted by Robert Fiorino and friends 

 

 


 


Blues music is kind of like baseball:   It is often passed from father to son, from sister to brother. Without that generational link it will wither. Blues is oral history… It is three chords and the truth.

Blues jams have been an important tradition nearly since the beginning of the form, with raucous head-cutting sessions among jazz and blues players in New York City, and jams from Delta juke joints to Chicago night clubs. The blues jam we host on Sundays at Ziggies Saloon in Denver is at the end of a long, long train of blues relationships, and we expect it will eventually help pull more boxcars that hook up along the way. Blues jams are about keeping that train rolling.

One of the things we like best about hosting the jam is encouraging new players. Playing in front of a crowd can be terrifying, especially the first time. The newbies who come to the jam and bust out their chops on stage for the first time are our heroes. Every blues jam has a debt – an obligation – to nurture the music. That means attracting, helping and inspiring new blues players.

We’ve seen new and intermediate players blossom while we have hosted the jam at Ziggies. Playing on stage every week with musicians of all levels, some of them develop a real talent for the music and the show. A few have moved on to working bands.

Accomplished players frequent the jams to see friends, to try out new chops or gear, or to just share the joy of playing the music with others. Blues is a performance art. Practice is just waiting.

One of our goals for every jam is to put together at least one killer feature set; a set that includes some of the best working pros who drop in, perhaps backed by members of the host band. Our main duty as a jam hosts is to put on a good show, and that killer set can bring people back to the jam and help inspire the new players. At jams, aspiring performers pick up riffs and showmanship and attitude from the more seasoned players. They hear great tunes to add to their repertoire. It’s about paying it forward. The blues will abide.

Blues jams are about doing a simple thing very well. They are about a shared understanding – a visceral instinctive joy – for the sound of the Delta, and Memphis, and Chicago, and West Coast Jump, and all the regional dialects of the blues language.

It is about keeping the BLUES alive!



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