Ira Gitlin

Schedule

If you’d like to receive notices about upcoming performances and events, please e-mail me.

Saturday, June 28

Solo banjo

Hollywood Farmers’ Market
Hollywood Shopping Center
9801 Rhode Island Ave.
College Park, MD 20740

10:00 AM-1:00 PM

Saturday, June 28

Private event

Why not have bluegrass, country, or swing music at your next event? To contact me, go here.

Sunday, June 29

Big Howdy (Bluegrass)

El Golfo Restaurant
8739 Flower Ave.
Silver Spring, MD 20901
(301) 608-2121

6:00-8:00 PM

Wednesday, July 2

Big Howdy (Bluegrass)

Friendship Heights Village Center
4433 S. Park Ave.
Chevy Chase, MD 20815

7:00-8:00 PM

Thursday, July 3

Karen Collins & the Backroads Band (Honky-Tonk Country)

Streetcar 82
4824 Rhode Island Ave.
Hyattsville, MD 20781

7:00-9:00 PM

Friday, July 4

Private event

Why not have bluegrass, country, or swing music at your next event? To contact me, go here.

Saturday, July 5

Solo banjo

Hollywood Farmers’ Market
Hollywood Shopping Center
9801 Rhode Island Ave.
College Park, MD 20740

10:00 AM-1:00 PM

Saturday, July 5

Big Howdy (Bluegrass)

Hank Dietle’s Tavern
11010 Rockville Pike
Rockville, MD 20852
(240)512-3077

5:00-7:30 PM

Our monthly bluegrass showcase, with special guest Bryan McDowell.

Sunday, July 13-Friday, July 18

Augusta Bluegrass Week

Augusta Heritage Center
Davis and Elkins College
100 Campus Drive, Elkins, WV 26241
(304)637-1209

An intensive and fun week of classes, jamming, concerts, square dancing, and more, in “the green rolling hills of West Virginia”! For more information, or to register, go here. (Scroll down about halfway.)

Sunday, July 20

Ann Porcella (Country, bluegrass, folk)

49 West
49 West St.
Annapolis, MD 21401
(410)626-9796

4:00-7:00 PM

A rare opportunity to play as an acoustic duo with one of my Blue Moon Cowgirls colleagues!

Thursday, July 24

Karen Collins & the Backroads Band (Honky-Tonk Country)

New Deal Café
113 Centerway
Roosevelt Center
Greenbelt, MD 20770
(301) 474-5642

7:00-9:00 PM

Friday, July 25

Karen Collins & the Backroads Band (Honky-Tonk Country)

VFW Post 350
6420 Orchard Ave.
Takoma Park, MD 20912

7:00 PM

Good to be back at this neighborhood joint!

Friday, August 1

Big Howdy (Bluegrass)

Lubber Run Community Center
300 N Park Dr.
Arlington, VA 22203
(703)228-4712

Saturday, August 2

Big Howdy (Bluegrass)

Hank Dietle’s Tavern
11010 Rockville Pike
Rockville, MD 20852
(240)512-3077

5:00-7:30 PM

Our monthly bluegrass showcase, with special guest Hayden Shaw.

Thursday, August 14-Sunday, August 17

Gettysburg Bluegrass Festival Kids’ Academy

Gettysburg Bluegrass Festival
Granite Hill Camping Resort
3340 Fairfield Rd.
Gettysburg, PA 17325
(717)642-8749

Know any young people who’ve begun playing any of the bluegrass instruments? Please make sure their families know about this fun and educational program at the Gettysburg festival! For more information, go here.

Friday, August 22

Karen Collins & the Backroads Band (Honky-Tonk Country)

El Golfo Restaurant
8739 Flower Ave.
Silver Spring, MD 20901
(301) 608-2121

Saturday, August 23

Solo banjo

Hollywood Farmers’ Market
Hollywood Shopping Center
9801 Rhode Island Ave.
College Park, MD 20740

10:00 AM-1:00 PM

Monday, August 25-Friday, August 29

Pete Wernick’s Bluegrass Camp

Silver Bay YMCA
87 Silver Bay Rd.
Silver Bay, NY 12874
(518) 543-8833

Another intensive and fun week of classes, jamming, concerts, and more—in a spectacular setting on the shores of Lake George! For more information, or to register, go here.

Saturday, September 6

Big Howdy (Bluegrass)

Hank Dietle’s Tavern
11010 Rockville Pike
Rockville, MD 20852
(240)512-3077

5:00-7:30 PM

Our monthly bluegrass showcase, with special guest Jack Dunlap.

Sunday, September 14

Big Howdy (Bluegrass)

49 West
49 West St.
Annapolis, MD 21401
(410)626-9796

7:00-9:00 PM

Wednesday, September 24

Karen Collins & the Backroads Band (Honky-Tonk Country)

VFW Post 350
6420 Orchard Ave.
Takoma Park, MD 20912

7:00-10:00 PM

Saturday, September 27

Big Howdy (Bluegrass)

Rock Hall, MD

Details TBA.

Saturday, October 4

Big Howdy (Bluegrass)

Hank Dietle’s Tavern
11010 Rockville Pike
Rockville, MD 20852
(240)512-3077

5:00-7:30 PM

Our monthly bluegrass showcase, with special guest Pictrola.

Saturday, October 18

Solo banjo

Hollywood Farmers’ Market
Hollywood Shopping Center
9801 Rhode Island Ave.
College Park, MD 20740

10:00 AM-1:00 PM

Thursday, October 23

Private event

Why not have bluegrass, country, or swing music at your next event? To contact me, go here.

Saturday, October 25

Big Howdy (Bluegrass)

Backwater Books
8156 Main St.
Ellicott City, MD 21043
(410)696-2482

8:00-10:00 PM

Saturday, November 1

Big Howdy (Bluegrass)

Hank Dietle’s Tavern
11010 Rockville Pike
Rockville, MD 20852
(240)512-3077

5:00-7:30 PM

Our monthly bluegrass showcase, with special guest TBA.

Saturday, November 8

Karen Collins & the Backroads Band (Honky-Tonk Country)

American Legion Post 217
9218 Baltimore Ave.
College Park, MD 20740
(301) 441-2783

The annual Women of Country show. As in previous years, we’ll be playing a set of our own, but we’ll also be backing up one or more of the other singers. For more information, go here.

Saturday, November 15

Karen Collins & the Backroads Band (Honky-Tonk Country)

VFW Post 350
6420 Orchard Ave.
Takoma Park, MD 20912

7:00 PM

Friday, November 21

Karen Collins & the Backroads Band (Honky-Tonk Country)

El Golfo Restaurant
8739 Flower Ave.
Silver Spring, MD 20901
(301) 608-2121

Saturday, November 22

Solo banjo

Hollywood Farmers’ Market
Hollywood Shopping Center
9801 Rhode Island Ave.
College Park, MD 20740

10:00 AM-1:00 PM

Saturday, December 6

Big Howdy (Bluegrass)

Hank Dietle’s Tavern
11010 Rockville Pike
Rockville, MD 20852
(240)512-3077

5:00-7:30 PM

Our monthly bluegrass showcase, with special guests the Black-Eyed Suzies.

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