Old timey music session with workshop and jam at Padraigs Brewing.
Padraigs Brewing is hosting an Old Timey Music Session on Saturday, October 20, from 5 PM to 9 PM. It's a four-hour stretch that combines a workshop and a jam, so it works whether you're coming to learn or just to listen.
The workshop part is the starting point. If you've never played old-time music—or if you've got an instrument you've been meaning to pick up—this is where you get your feet wet. The session is built around old-timey music, the kind of traditional, fiddle-driven sound that's lived in the hills and hollows of Appalachia for generations. It's music meant for dancing and for gathering, not for a stage, and that's exactly how it's handled here.
Once the workshop wraps, the jam takes over. That's when the room opens up for anyone who wants to jump in and play. If you're a seasoned player, you can lean into the tunes; if you're still figuring things out, you can just hang back and hear how the parts fit together. The whole thing runs in a brewery, so it's as much about the social side as the music—grabbing a drink, chatting between sets, and letting the evening stretch out.
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It's a long session, so you don't have to rush in and out. You can show up for the workshop and stay for the jam, or just drop in later in the evening once the playing is in full swing. Padraigs Brewing is at 945 Broadway St NE in Minneapolis, and the session runs from 5 PM to 9 PM on Saturday, October 20.
