JAM Stage @ IBMA

Martin Street JAM Stage (Street Fest) Friday & Saturday, September 29 & 30 Youth Performers Apply Now Online! Preference & Priority to JAM Students and Alumni *Includes YAM Students from Pickens County, SC

Earl Scruggs Music Festival Regional JAM Event

This amazing partnership between Junior Appalachian Musicians, Tryon Fine Arts Center (PacJAM), Earl Scruggs Music Festival and Tryon International Equestrian Center is back for the second year of this new festival! Registration provides JAM Kids and parents with...

Youth Music Festival and Competition

Join us Saturday, May 13 to enjoy this youth event in Southwest Virginia hosted by The Crooked Road at the SWVA Cultural Center and Marketplace (formerly known as Heartwood). This event features workshops and competition for youth musicians.

Free Tix to Earl Scruggs Memorial Fest!

We wanted to remind you to please ask your JAM students and staff to register by Sunday night, August 28th for our regional JAM Gathering & FREE access to the Earl Scruggs Festival next weekend, September 2nd & 3rd. This weekend is entirely FREE for ANY JAM...

JAM Submissions for IBMA 2022

                JAM Submissions Open for IBMA 2022: Come celebrate 10 years of IBMA World of Bluegrass in downtown Raleigh! Attention current JAM students and alumni performers, we will once again be hosting the JAM stage as...

Down on the Farm Music Fest

                                          Down on the Farm Music Fest will be held Saturday, July 9 as a double fundraiser for two of the region’s prominent...

Houston’s Bluegrass Bootcamp is back!

HoustonFest has partnered with Junior Appalachian Musicians, Inc., the parent organization for 50+ after school JAM programs, to offer the third year of Houston’s Bluegrass Bootcamp during this year’s festival, coming up June 10-11, 2022 at Felt’s Park. Houston’s...

JAM Documentary to Premiere on Blue Ridge PBS

Junior Appalachian Musicians, Inc., the headquarters office for 50+ after school JAM programs, has partnered with Blue Ridge PBS to release a 90-minute documentary, Bridging the Gap: a Journey through Appalachian Music, that will premiere on Roanoke’s Blue Ridge PBS...