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Jazz and Blues Jams

These New England clubs host regularly scheduled jazz or blues jam sessions and open mics. For a more complete regional listing of blues jams, visit www.BostonBlues.com/jams.

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Massachusetts
Purple Eggplant Cafe 400 Bedford St (Rt 18) Abington 781.871.7175 Thursdays 9:00 pm blues jam
Acton Jazz Cafe 452 Great Road (Rt 2A) Acton 978.263.6161 Thursday 8:00-12:00 pm blues jam
Sunday 4:00-7:00 pm jazz jam
Reel Bar 477 Cambridge St Allston 617.783.3222 Tuesday 9:30 pm jazz jam
Wally’s Cafe 427 Mass. Ave Boston 617.424.1408 Sunday 4:00-7:00 pm jazz jam
Matt Murphy’s Pub 14 Harvard St Brookline Village 617.232.0188  Biweekly Thursday midnight-2:00 am jazz jam
Brother Jimmy’s BBQ 96 Winthrop St Cambridge 617.547.7427 Monday night blues jam
Zeitgeist Gallery 1353 Cambridge St Cambridge 617.876.6060 Wednesday 9:30-midnight jazz jam
Gallery Tea & Coffee Cafe N. Bedford St East Bridgewater 508.378.1584 Monday jazz jam
Java Jo’s 556 Adams St East Milton 617.698.6400 Friday 7:00-10:00 pm Blues/folk open mic
Amazing Things Art Center 55 Nichols Rd Framingham 508.405.2787 Tuesday 8:00-11:00 pm jazz jam
Jamaicaway Books 676 Centre St Jamaica Plain 617.983.3204 Sunday 2:00-5:00 pm jazz jam
Tatiana’s Restaurant 70 Market St Lynn 781.477.0700 Thursday 7:00-11:00 pm jazz jam
Onset Bay Blues Cafe 2 West Central St Onset 508.291.2471 Nightly 8:00 blues jam
if no shows scheduled
Handlebar Harry’s Cordage Park Rt. 3A Plymouth 508.747.1922 Tuesday blues jam
Club 58 & Shooters 58 Ross Way Quincy 617.471.7788 Wednesday Open Mic blues jam
Bangkok Paradise 90 Washington St Salem 978.825.9201 Sunday 6:00-10:00 pm jazz jam
Johnny D’s 17 Holland St Somerville 617.776.9667 Sunday 4:30-8:30 pm blues jam
Hajjars 969 Washington St Weymouth 781.340.1870 Sunday 7:00-11:00 pm blues jam
Chet’s 450 Washington St Weymouth 781.335.9878 Sundays 6:00 pm blues jam
Gilreins 802 Main St Worcester 508.791.2583 Monday 8:00 pm jazz jam
Sunday 8:00 pm blues jam
Java Hut Coffee House 1073A Main St Worcester 508.752.1678 Saturday 12:00-3:00 pm jazz jam
New Hampshire
The Pressroom 77 Daniel St Portsmouth 603.431.5186 Wednesdays 5:00 pm jazz jam
Rhode Island
Tazza Cafe 250 Westminster Street Providence 401.421.3300 Tuesday 8 pm jazz jam
Catfish Grill 1035 West Shore Road Warwick 401.739.4564 Monday night blues jam
Vermont
Vermont Jazz Center 72 Cotton Mill Hill #222 Brattleboro 802.254.9088 Wednesday 8:00-10:00 jazz jam

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