All-comers Bluegrass and Old-Time roots music jams return to second Friday and Saturdays at the Black Lake Grange Hall, 6011 Black Lake Blvd., Olympia

This Friday, October 12, starts a new season of Bluegrass jams from 6 to 9 PM. Think fiddles, guitars, banjos, mandolins, string bass and resophonic guitars. Open mic session later in the evening. Call Jim to learn more (360) 943-4406

Then Saturday, October 13, the Black Hills Pickers holds an Old-Time music jam and workshop at the grange, 11 AM to 4:30 PM. A workshop on Scandinavian-style fiddling will be lead by Jeff Anderson of Rochester starting at 11 AM. Open mic session later in the day. Call Bobbie to learn more (360) 273-8816

Both jams will continue into next Spring each second Friday and Saturday at the Grange.

All experience and age levels welcome. You don't have to play or sing to have fun at the jam. If you just like Bluegrass and Old-Time fiddle music and would like to hang out with friendly folk this event is for you.

Stringed acoustic instruments (and the occasional harmonica) invited. If you can sing, so much the better! We'll pass the hat to help pay for use of the Grange. NO alcohol or drugs allowed.

Get to the Grange: from Olympia west side or S.R. 101, go south on Black Lake Blvd. all the way past Black Lake. Grange is at sharp right-hand turn where the road turns into 62nd Ave. Look for flashing light over road at fire station. Grange is just past it on the right.