For a Calendar view, see: https://localendar.com/public/Songmakers
Weekly Repeating Event List
Times are Pacific Time Zone except LIVE times are local.
Every Sunday 1-3:30pm: LIVE Pitts Ranch Park Song Circle, SMPOC Steve Linsky invites Songmakers, Old Time Fiddlers & friends to come jam at Pitts Ranch Park, 1400 Flynn Rd., Camarillo, 93012 (Directions Here). Led by Steve Linsky or Jack Zigray. Free admission. Bathrooms, seating, and shade available. Come bring your instruments and your voices and let’s make some music! Meets at the Camarillo Hoot location 12:30-3:30pm on 3/19.
Every Sunday 7-10:15pm: Virtual Agoura Hills Song Circle – Steven Mark Berman <President@songmakers.org> is inviting you to a scheduled Zoom Song Circle: Join via: https://zoom.us/j/637717652?pwd=ZW92MDYwN3NYUGtyWHJtQW1BRXlQQT09 Meeting ID: 637 717 652 Password: 008615.
Every Monday 12-4pm: Mudcat Worldwide Zoom Singaround, Email Joe Offer <joe@mudcat.org> to get the meeting number and password sent to you by email on Sundays (changes weekly). Joe is the Music Editor, The Mudcat Cafe Folk Music Discussion Forum.
Every Wednesday 1-2pm: Bill’s Uke Beginner Ukulele Class via Zoom, Email Bill Dempsey <billdempsey@cox.net> to get meeting number and password sent to you by email on Tuesday. For more info: www.billdempseymusic.net. New album, Oft I Sing, currently available only as a download. Here’s a link http://billdempsey.hearnow.com.
Every Wednesday Virtual Open Mic. 6:30 sign-in for 7pm: Guitar Merchant Open Mic. 2 songs or 8 minutes. If there are problems with Tinyurl so go to Zoom by clicking this link: https://us02web.zoom.us/
Every Thursday 7-10pm: Virtual Chuck Behrman’s Thursday Evening Zoom <chuck@chbphoto.com>. Join Zoom Meeting: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/83549396377?pwd=NFVqTEZJVzFHU3U2Mm9iZFdlVVRSQT09 – Meeting ID: 835 4939 6377 Password: 262022
Every Friday morning from 9:30-11:30am: David Steinhart’s Virtual Song Circle. Start the Day With A Song! dstein1209@yahoo.com – Join Zoom Meeting: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/89162569327 – Meeting ID: 891 6256 9327 – Passcode if needed: 839872
Every Saturday 9:30-10:30am: Bill’s Uke Beginner Ukulele Class via Zoom, Email Bill Dempsey <billdempsey@cox.net> to get meeting number and password sent to you by email. For more info: www.billdempseymusic.net. New album, Oft I Sing, currently available only as a download. Here’s a link http://billdempsey.hearnow.com.
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Monthly Events – March
Mar 22 – 2nd & 4th Wednesday Noon-3pm: FOCSLE Music Zoom, from England. Sign up for e-mail alerts via paul@focsle.org. More info at www.focsle.org.
Mar 23 – Sun Mar 26 – Kenney Grove Spring Break Campout, Fillmore CA. Three nights of camping and music with Songmakers. Daytrippers are welcome and the most popular day is Saturday. Parking for the day is $7.
Mar 24 – 2nd & 4th Fridays 8-11:59pm: San Francisco Folk Music Club – For full details and to sign up, go to https://www.sffmc.org/.
Mar 25 – 4th Saturday 1-4pm: LIVE Stagecoach Inn Museum Song Circle in Newbury Park. David Steinhart leads & donations to support the museum music program are welcome. Please do not join the circle unless you are fully Covid vaccinated. RSVP via StagecoachSongCircle@songmakers.org. The director has waived museum admission fees on the 4th Saturday for Songmakers, however, the day use fee is expected to be paid if you are not a current paid up member of Songmakers or the CVHS. For parking, please use the lot on Susan Drive. Do bring your own chair. While masks are not required, participants will be in close proximity, so masks are strongly recommended. Dressing in a fashion that supports the era is desired. SMPOC TJ Zeiler StagecoachSongCircle@songmakers.org or 805-265-0025 voice / text message phone.
Mar 26 – 4th Sunday 4-8pm: LIVE WEST LA HOOT & 6pm Potluck – led by Louise Dobbs & hosted by Marty Oaklander & Mha Atma Khalsa, at 1536 Crest Dr., West Los Angeles 90035. Please bring a contribution for the 6pm potluck. Contact info: 310-203-0162 or mhaatma@earthlink.net or WestLaHoot@songmakers.org. The following is host based required: Attendance RSVP via Meetup (https://www.meetup.com/Songmakers/events/vhsmrryccjbkc/) (https://www.meetup.com/Songmakers/events/vhsmrryccjbkc/), no exceptions, and everyone must attest that they are fully vaccinated. Attendance will be limited to 16 people, with a waitlist for any who register after that.
- Attendees must be Songmakers members and registered as vaccinated on the Songmakers vaccination page at https://songmakers.org/voluntary-vaccination-status.
- Everyone signing up for this Hoot must pledge to do a home Covid test on the day of the Hoot and come only if you test negative.
Mar 27 – 4th Monday 6-9pm: LIVE Woodland Hills Song Circle. Alan Stillson <astillson13@gmail.com> is inviting you to attend this in-person event. The address is 5515 Keokuk Ave. Woodland Hills, CA 91367. It’s close to the Ventura Freeway and Winnetka Ave. The landline telephone number is 818/884-4284. Co-leaders are Linnea Richards and Alan Stillson. All musical instruments are welcome. It will be held in compliance with the rules adopted by the Songmakers board of directors for in-person gatherings. Attendance requires the following:
- Fully vaccinated plus at least two weeks – honor system.
- Reservation via Meet-up or direct contact with host.
- Rules for this event, as required by the host:
- Maximum number of attendees is 15 (couples = two attendees).
- All pre-pandemic Songmakers rules and protocols still apply.
- The gathering is indoors. There is a full-size keyboard in the room.
- Bring light snacks to share. Host will provide non-alcoholic beverages.
Mar 28 – 2nd & 4th Tuesday 4-6:30pm: Virtual Port Hueneme Zoom Song Circle. Marty Capsuto <m_capsuto@earthlink.net> is inviting you to a SCAN Health Plan sponsored Song Circle. Join via: https://scanhealthplan.zoom.us/j/6345438370?pwd=ZklITVVjYmRySUtKTjMvM0ZldTlIQT09 Meeting ID: 634 543 8370 – Passcode: ac9gM3 / One tap mobile – +16699006833,,6345438370#,,,,,,0#,,728002# US (San Jose) Dial by your location +1 669 900 6833 US (San Jose) Meeting ID: 634 543 8370 Passcode: 728002
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Member Gigs – March
This is a list of upcoming performance gigs by our members. If you have a gig you would like to share, send any pictures and information to: webmaster@songmakers.org
Bill Dempsey at Adams Avenue Unplugged – April 29, Saturday, 12 noon – 1 p.m. Hawthorne Coffee, 3019 Adams Ave. San Diego, Ca. 92116 (619) 542-9221
Jim Friery Tues & Fri – Tagueria Jalisco, Moorpark 5 – 9 pm and on Thurs – Boatyard Pub Ventura 4 – 6 pm. A public Bluegrass jam band follows from 6:30 – 9 pm.
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Down the Road
April 2023 Events and Beyond:
Apr 20 – Sun Apr 23 – Kenney Grove Spring Fling Campout, Fillmore CA. Three nights of camping and music with Songmakers. Daytrippers are welcome and the most popular day is Saturday. Parking for the day is $7.
Apr 24 – 4th Monday 6-9pm: LIVE Woodland Hills Song Circle. Alan Stillson astillson13@gmail.com is inviting you to attend this in-person event. The address is 5515 Keokuk Ave. Woodland Hills, CA 91367. It’s close to the Ventura Freeway and Winnetka Ave. The landline telephone number is 818/884-4284. Co-leaders are Linnea Richards and Alan Stillson. All musical instruments are welcome. It will be held in compliance with the rules adopted by the Songmakers board of directors for in-person gatherings. Attendance requires the following:
- Fully vaccinated plus at least two weeks – honor system.
- Reservation via Meet-up or direct contact with host.
- Rules for this event, as required by the host:
- Maximum number of attendees is 15 (couples = two attendees).
- All pre-pandemic Songmakers rules and protocols still apply.
- The gathering is indoors. There is a full-size keyboard in the room.
- Bring light snacks to share. Host will provide non-alcoholic beverages.
Notes:
- Current News – Significant info can now be found on a monitored Ongoing News Page (click to view) or https://songmakers.org/ongoing-news at www.songmakers.org which provides a place for members to share information, pictures and articles. Do you have an article or picture(s ) from a song circle, hoot or musical event with Songmakers that you would like to share? Do you have a future gig that you can share information about? Submit via Mary Zangerle <webmaster@
songmakers.org >.
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If you are aware of any LIVE or virtual song circle or performance that will welcome Songmaker participation (or want to host one), please provide the info to <webmaster@songmakers.org> for inclusion to our members.
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Inputs for “Southland” also come from our members. Do you know of an upcoming musical event that may be of interest to our readers? Please provide a write-up with dates & website &/or other pertinent information, send to: <webmaster@songmakers.org>.
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Joining Songmakers is not accomplished via Meetup. The www.songmakers.org list of events will continue. Songmakers membership is only $10 per year per family / household – join via https://songmakers.org/member-registrationEChord Note: No longer sending the EChord to non-members except for prospective members.
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SPAM blockers often create a problem in that they reject / move to SPAM folders EChord emails. The only fix suggestions are to add to your email address book these: <EChord@songmakers.org>, <Calendar@songmakers.org>.
FYI – Too many events to track individually so all should be considered unverified. Please do not attend any other than Songmakers approved face to face events.
Additional event links are listed by Folknik at https://www.sffmc.org/community-folk-calendar/.
A list of virtual Song Sessions: https://www.bostonsongsessions.org/virtual-sessions.
Open mics http://micnights.com/
Ventura Freeway Corridor Acoustic House Concert Locations: http//www.acousticmusic101.com
Paul Blakelock provides a list of upcoming music events for the Conejo Valley and surrounding areas. This one site shows the events ordered by date, with the closest ones at the top. It focuses on free events, and a few of the major paid events and festivals. http://conejo.rocks.
Old Time & Celtic Music Calendars. David Brown updated 19 Sep 2022: The latest revisions on the oldtimeSF & celticSF groups.io groups. To join these groups go to https://groups.io/g/oldtimesf & https://groups.io/g/celticsf. Also available via: https://www.berkeleyoldtimemusic.org/ – select “Monthly Calendar of Old Time Music” under the About menu AND here https://sites.google.com/site/davbrown2/celtic
Covid Guidelines: Warning – Covid is not gone. Singing together will always bring an increased risk factor for airborne diseases. Songmakers has resumed sponsoring and promoting our in person events AND ongoing, we want to remind participants and hosts that sing together to take extra precautions such as limited size and good ventilation. Any members attending an in-person event should not attend if they have any symptoms of any illness and to not attend if they have been recently exposed.
CA Dept of Health Guidelines: https://www.cdph.ca.gov/Programs/CID/DCDC/Pages/COVID-19/Guidance-on-Isolation-and-Quarantine-for-COVID-19-Contact-Tracing.aspx
CDC recommendations: https://www.cdc.gov/