Double Bluff Brewing Company presents Bluegrass Under the Tent!

We'll be serving up an assortment of soft drinks, local wines and brews, signature cocktails, snacks, and fantastic local talent on the patio and under cover.

Bring a jacket, your best pals, and toe-tapping shoes!

Hosted by Mac McInerney | No cover charge.

SCHEDULE

Wed |  7:00 PM – 10:00 PM

Jun 23

Jul 07

Jul 28

Aug 18

Sep 01

WANT TO JOIN THE JAM?

Here are a few things that Mac would like you to know:

  1. Have fun!

  2. Appropriate instruments please. No bluegrass flute, sax, horns, electronic instruments, drums, etc.

  3. Start in tune and maintain standard tuning: a=440

  4. Choose familiar 2,3, or 4 chord tunes that lend themselves to singing along on the chorus and to instrumental breaks. Bluegrass style tunes that may include C&W, old-timey, “pop” tunes (think a bluegrass style “Falling” by The Beatles) avoid jam-busters, original tunes, tunes with too many chords, or tunes that are too fast or too twisted.

  5. Be inclusive and respectful. Listen and watch.

  6. Avoid noodling and excessive tuning between tunes...step outside the circle to do this.

The Process

When it’s your turn, name the tune and the key and review chords if necessary. (You may need to sing the chord changes the first time.)

As the leader you kick-off the tune (or assign the kick-off), sing the lead (or assign), determine who will take breaks, and signal them with eye contact and a nod and end the tune with a foot signal or verbal cue.

You may pass the lead or may assign someone else to lead for your turn. Listen and follow the leader. Be ready for late starts and follow the leader.

LAND ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

Whidbey Island Center for the Arts would like to begin by acknowledging that we gather on the ancestral homelands, originally known as Tscha-kole-chy (SHA-KOL-CHI) in Lushootseed (LU-SHOOT-SEED), of the Coastal Salish Peoples, on the lands of the lower Skagit, Tulalip (tuh·lay·luhp), Swinomish (SWIN-ə-mish), Snohomish (snō-hō-mish), Stillaguamish (still-uh-GWAH-mish), and Suquamish (soo-kwah-mish), who have lived in the Salish Sea basin since time immemorial and have hunted, fished, gathered, and taken care of these lands.

We respect their sovereignty, their right to self-determination, and we honor their sacred spiritual connection with the land and water.

Please join us in expressing our deepest respect and gratitude to the indigenous people of this territory and for their enduring care and protection of the land in which we currently occupy and share through the Treaty of Point Elliott signed by 82 tribes in Múckl-te-óh (Mukilteo) on January 22, 1855.