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Monthly Jam Sessions 2026
We’ll be playing some Scottish, Irish, Cape Breton and BC Old Time tunes. Come listen, come play!
February 2026 Jam Session
Monday, February 23rd 6:30pm at the Spare Room (Persephone Brewing) 4478 Marine Ave
Learn a new tune ahead of the jam, and we’ll play it together!
February’s tune: “Blue Bonnets Over the Border”. There is a slow air version and a jig version. The air can be heard on track 4 of the “In My Hands” album by Natalie MacMaster and the jig can be heard on track 2 of the the “No Boundries” album by Natalie MacMaster. Sheet music for a variety of versions of the jig can be found at thesession.org Sheet music for the slow version can be found here: Blue Bonnet’s Over the Border
January’s tune: “Kelly Peck’s” jig by Mairi Rankin. Kelly Peck’s is the first tune on track 4 “Jig to Reel” on the album “Cabin Sessions”. Sheet music with guitar chords can be found here: Kelly Peck’s Jig
Tunes we might play…
Whiskey Before Breakfast
Mason’s Apron
Temperance Reel
Big John MacNeil
St Anne’s Reel
Soldiers Joy
Maid Behind the Bar
Murray River Jig
Stan Lennox’s First Change
To the Ladies
Kesh Jig
My Dunnagon Sweetheart, Scaffies Cairt, Juniper Jig
The Champaign Jig goes to Illinois, Pat and Al’s
Catharsis
New York Jig
Pigeon on the Gate
Growling Old Man and Grumbling Old Woman
Reel de St Antoine
Flowers of Edinburgh
Devil’s Dream
Three White Birds
The Leprechaun
Horseshoes and Rainbows
Road to Errogie
MacArthur Road
Irish Washerwoman
Blackthorn Stick
Mom’s Jig
Rakes of Kildare
Fisherman’s Hornpipe
Julia Delaney
Cold Frosty Morning
Blackberry Blossom
Cuckoos Nest
The Ugly Duckling
Sevens/Michael Kennedy/Cup of Tea
Paddy Glackin’s Trip to Dingle
Silver Spear/Earl’s Chair/Musical Priest
Red Haired Boy
The Hurricane