Yonder Calendar

Thank you to everyone who listened to Down Yonder on Saturday mornings. As of February, Down Yonder is without a home. I will update this page if that changes. Until it does, I intend to maintain the Yonder Calendar as an online source for information about bluegrass and old-time music in the greater St. Louis area.

CONCERT EVENTS, CLUB SHOWS, AND FESTIVALS

FEBRUARY

Fri 2.7 ~ Sweet Milk & Peaches at the Focal Point, 2720 Sutton, Maplewood MO, 8 pm
Sun 2.9 ~ Mound City Slickers plays for the Childgrove contra dance at the Monday Club, 37 South Maple, Webster Groves MO, 7-9:30 pm
Sun 2.9 ~ Viv & Riley at The Focal Point, 2720 Sutton, Maplewood MO, 7 pm
Tue 2.11 ~ Mound City Slickers play for the St. Louis Queer Contra Dance at The Focal Point, 2720 Sutton, Maplewood MO, 7-9 pm
Fri 2.14 ~ Nokosee Fields & Rhys Jones at the Focal Point, 2720 Sutton, Maplewood MO, 8 pm
Fri-Sat 2.14-15 ~ Dare To Be Square, Ozark Square Dance Weekend, at Weddings at the Homestead, 252 Collins Road, Branson MO. Daily workshops, evening dances, live music. Fri: 4-11 pm. Sat: 9 am-11 pm
Sun 2.16 ~ Roger Wilco plays for the Childgrove contra dance at the Monday Club, 37 South Maple, Webster Groves MO, 7-9:30 pm
Sat 2.22 ~ RiverBend at the Grubville Opry, Dittmer MO, 7 pm
Sun 2.23 ~ Baba Yaga's Stew plays for the Childgrove contra dance at the Monday Club, 37 South Maple, Webster Groves MO, 7-9:30 pm
Fri 2.28 ~ Barnum Jack at Pop's Blue Moon, 5249 Pattison on The Hill, St. Louis. This is a fund raiser for their new album.

MARCH

Sat 3.1 ~ Childgrove Country Dancers host the Bob Green Memorial Dance and Pot Luck at the Masonic Lodge, Webster Groves MO, 5-11 pm
Sat 3.1 ~ Henhouse Prowlers at the Atomic Pavilion, 4140 Manchester in The Grove, St. Louis 8 pm
Sun 3.2 ~ Coreopsis plays for the Childgrove contra dance at the Monday Club, 37 South Maples, Webster Groves, 7-9:30 pm
Sat 3.8 ~ RiverBend at The Focal Point, 2720 Sutton, Maplewood MO, 8 pm
Sat 3.8 ~ Sam Bush Band at The Old Rock House, 1200 South 7th Street, St. Louis 8 pm
Sun 3.9 ~ Blind Pig plays for the Childgrove contra dance at the Monday Club, 37 South Maple, Webster Groves MO, 7-9:30 pm
Tues 3.11 ~ Cambia plays for the St. Louis Queer Contra Dance at the Focal Point, 2720 Sutton, Maplewood MO, 7-9 pm
Fri 3.14 ~ The Sami Braman Band at the Focal Point, 2720 Sutton, Maplewood MO, 8 pm
Fri 3.14 ~ Greensky Bluegrass at The Pageant, 6161 Delmar, St. Louis, 8 pm
Sun 3.16 ~ Playing With Fyre plays for the Childgrove contra dance at the Monday Club, 37 South Maple, Webster Groves MO, 7-9:30 pm
Sun 3.23 ~ Cambia plays for the Childgrove contra dance at the Monday Club, 37 South Maple, Webster Groves MO, 7-9:30 pm

APRIL

Thu-Mon 4.4-7 ~ Twin Town Old-Time Music Festival, Minneapolis & St. Paul MN
Fri 4.25 ~ Sierra Hull at The Sheldon Concert Hall, 3648 Washington, St. Louis 8 pm
Fri 4.25 ~ Buffalo Rose at the Focal Point, 2720 Sutton, Maplewood MO, 8 pm
Sat 4.26 ~ Leftover Salmon at the Atomic Pavilion, 4140 Manchester in The Grove, St. Louis 7:30 pm
Sat 4.26 ~ Sierra Hull headlines the Earth Day Music & Sustainability Festival at Jordan Valley Park, Springfield MO, a plastics-free festival raising funds for area environmental organizations. Lineup includes Casey & The Atta Boys, Ozarks Bella Donna, Beth Bombara, Ambience Band, and others.

MAY

Thu 5.8 ~ Special Consensus at The Blue Strawberry, 364 North Boyle, St. Louis 7:30 pm
Fri-Sat 5.30-31 ~ The Folky Fish Fest at Meramec Spings State Park, St. James MO, featuring Michael Cleveland & Flamekeeper, Darrell Scott, Rob Ickes & Trey Hensley, Wyatt Ellis, The John Hartford Fiddle Tune Project, The Debutantes vs. The Matchsellers, Silver Creek Bluegrass, The Ozark Snapper, Bobcat Possum, Barnum Jack, The Hammer and The Hatchet, and others
Fri 5.30 ~ Darrell Scott at the Focal Point, 2720 Sutton, Maplewood MO, 8 pm
Sat 5.31 ~ Michael Cleveland & Flamekeeper at Blue Strawberry, 364 North Boyle, St. Louis 7:30 pm

JUNE

Fri-Sat 6.13-14 ~ Billy Strings at the Chaifetz Arena, St. Louis 7:30 pm
Thu-Sat 6.19-22 ~ Moccasin Creek Festival at Lake Sara, Effingham IL, featuring Suzy Bogggus, Sister Sadie, Robbie Fulks, Cheryl Wheeler, Chain Station, Chicago Farmer & The Field Notes, The Weary Ramblers, Klyma & Old Fangled, Sheafor & Simes, and many more

JULY

Wed-Sat 7.9-12 ~ 40th Annual Starvy Creek Bluegrass Festival at the Starvy Creek Campground, Conway MO, featuring Rhonda Vincent & The Rage, Joe Mullins & The Radio Ramblers, The Larry Stephenson Band, Authentic Unlimited, The Kody Norris Show, The Tennessee Bluegrass Band, Dave Adkins, Deeper Shade of Blue, and others
Thu-Sat 7.10-7.13 ~ Pickin' On Picknic at the Lost Hills Lake Resort, St. Clair MO. The Del McCoury Band, Split Lip Rayfield, The Larry Keel Experience, Armchair Boogies, Blue Canyon Boys, Allie & The Night Kralls, Ginstrings, The Creek Rocks, Barnum Jack, and a whole bunch of others.
Fri 7.11 ~ Ricky Skaggs & Kentucky Thunder with Dailey & Vincent at the Capital Region Amphitheatre, Jefferson City MO, 7:30 pm

AUGUST

Thu-Sun 8.7-10 ~ Minnesota Bluegrass & Old-Time Music Association's Fall Festival at El Rancho Manana, Richmond MN, featuring Sister Sadie, The Dry Branch Fire Squad, Henhouse Prowlers, Lone Pinon, and others

JAM SESSIONS ~ If you know of a regularly scheduled jam session that is taking place, let me know. I'll add it to the calendar: email downyonder@kdhx.org

Saturdays 3-6 pm ~ Bluegrass jam at The Berger Jam Hut, 12321 Highway 100, three miles east of Hermann MO. Hosted by The Rowdy Wranglers. For information, call Louis Klingert at 314.520.5859
3rd Saturday of each month ~ Fiddle tune jam session at Driftwood Music Shop, 321 Boone's Lick Road, St. Charles MO, 7-9 pm
Sundays 1-3 pm ~ Manchester Acoustic Jammers hold a jam session at Good Shepherd Lutheran Church, 327 Woods Mill Road, Manchester MO
Sundays 1-3 pm ~ Bluegrass gospel jam at The Jam Hut, 12321 Highway 100, Hermann MO. For information, call Louis Klingert at 314.520.5859
Monday nights ~ Wolf Creek Bluegrass leads the Keep It Grassy jam at Pop's Blue Moon, 5249 Pattison on The Hill, St. Louis, 7 pm
2nd and 4th Tuesday of each month ~ Old-time fiddle tune jam at Music Folk, 8015 Big Bend, Webster Groves MO, 7-9 pm
1st Wednesday of each month ~ Bluegrass jam session at 4 Hands Brewing, 1220 South 8th Street, St. Louis, 6-9 pm
3rd Thursday of each month ~ Acoustic jam at the Gillespie Civic Center, 115 North Macoupin Street, Gillespie IL, 6 pm
Last Thursday of each month ~ Bluegrass jam at the Vintage Wine Bar, Waterloo IL, 6:30 pm
3rd Friday of each month - Bluegrass jam at Point Labaddie Brewing, Labadie MO, 6-9 pm

ST. LOUIS AREA STRING BANDS