The 2025 Schedule is shaping up (this is still and always a working document, thank you)!

Strung Together Pre-event Activities

September 10th- Wednesday at the Shores, 30th year    Front Porch Jams . All are welcomed to bring a stringed instrument, a song, or smile.  Food truck on hand. Free vending of your creations is allowed.

Strung Together Begins

Handmade pies made with fresh ingredients fired in an outdoor wood-fed pizza oven. Sonya Eldridge is the Master Chef.

6:00 p.m. Performance of Cowboy Songs along with a couple of Bill Monroe classics by accomplished singer, guitarist, fiddler and mandolinist Skip Gorman. Maybelle's Stage

7:00 p.m. Instructor workshop introductions followed by Community dance with Toki Oshima, John Pranio and the Montville Band. Caller Joyce Bailey
Join the band or join the dancers. Both options guaranteed fun! Tommy Jarrell Sound Stage

9 p.m. Open jams with breakout groups for slow jammers and advanced jammers.

New to Maine folk music and the tradition of community jams? Join the slow jam led by an experienced Maine folk player to get the rhythm.
Ready to jam and exchange tunes with other Maine folk music players? Check out the fast jam (s) led by Skip Gorman, Dan Sowder and friends. Slow Jam with John, Jacob and Stan.

Slow Jam in Watson's Den, Fast Jam in Ola Bella Reed Hall

Day 2, Saturday, September 13
8 – 10 a.m. Scones, music, and stories
Wake up surrounded by trees and sea breezes, then come grab fresh, homemade scones & oatmeal with juice, hot coffee & tea at Monroe Saloon

*The scone goddess for the weekend is Toneen Constantino

9:00 Workshops

Skill building on mandolin- Easy Position shifting like a violin player in G and A ( Scales and Arpeggios) with Dan Simons

First time Jammers led by Stan D'Aubin and John Pranio, back of Ola Belle Reed Hall

Slow Jam with Resa Randolph, all instruments

10 – 11:30 a.m. Jam Sessions

Irish Jam led by Alden Robinson, Tommy Jarrell Sound Stage

 Old-time jam featuring Kentucky fiddle tunes with Jeff Titon

Slow jam led by John Pranio and friends, Scruggs' Hall

11:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.

Workshop A -  Fun songs with Annadeene and Tom Fowler, Scruggs Hall
Workshop B -  a simple/intermediate bluegrass tune with Dan Sowder, Watson's Den
Workshop C - Favorite Tunes with the Newell Family Band
Workshop D- Jam in any key…144 chords in 45 minutes, Fred White

12:30 – 2 p.m. Lunch- The Potato Bar, Monroe Saloon

1:00 PM Concert- Alden Robinson and Friends, Tommy Jarrell Sound Stage

2 – 3 p.m. Old-time jam
Slow jam led by Dan and friends, Scruggs' Hall
Fast jam led by Carter Newell and Family, Ola Belle Reed Hall

2 – 3 p.m. Workshops

Workshop E -2-Finger Banjo Style with Jon Kerr, Chubby Wise Mess Hall

Workshop F -Guitar: chord voicing in standard tuning that mimic DADGAD tuning- , Tommy Jarrell Sound Stage

Workshop G - Skip's Favorite Old Time Fiddle Tunes, Watson's Den

Swing mandolin with Stan D'Aubin-  Alison Krauss Oceanside Stage

3 – 4 p.m. Workshops

Workshop H- Prep with The Bluebirds for the coffee house- practice workshop, Scruggs' Hall
Workshop I- Flat picking fiddle tunes on guitar, Dan Simons, Ola Belle Reed Hall
Workshop J-  Old Time Ukulele with Ando Anderson, Chubby Wise Mess Hall

Workshop K- Fiddling, tapping your feet and calling a dance with Carter Newell, Watson's Den

4 – 5 p.m.

Barbershop Harmony  Learn some tags and a simple song, cover some fundamentals of good harmonizing and a little background on the style; hoping to get a foursome together to do a demo at the coffee house.

Gypsy Music with the Newell family band. Fun for fiddlers

Bluegrass Jam Sessions

Cross over jam featuring bluegrass and NE fiddle tunes,  led by Dan Sowder and Stan D'Aubin., Ola Belle Reed Hall

Real Slow Jam led by Resa Randolph & Friends, Scruggs' Hall

4:30-7 p.m Stone Fox Creamery food truck, $

5:30 – 6:30 p.m. Potluck dinner, Scruggs' Hall & Chubby Wise Mess Hall
Bring your favorite dish to share and beverage to share & enjoy!
Armenian Beans over Pilaf will be prepared by Head Chef for the potluck dinner is Sonya Eldridge .

6:30- 7:30 p.m. Community square dance led by the Newell Family with the Strung Together Dance Band, Pat Danscen is the caller.

7:30 – 9:00 p.m. Coffee house participant-led performances, Tommy Jarrell Sound Stage
Share your talents with the Strung Together community and sign up for a slot to perform at the coffee house. MC's for the evening-Annadeene and Tom Fowler. This is always a fun one!

9 p.m. Open jams with breakout groups for slow jammers and advanced jammers
Play tunes learned during the day and bring new ones to suggest to the group. All players are welcome!
Slow Jam in Scuggs' Hall, Fast Jam in Ola Bella Reed Hall.

Day 3, Sunday, September 14
8 – 10 a.m. It's a waffle morning! The Monroe Saloon

8-9 a.m.  Coffee Jam! A strong cup of Joe will be provided 🙂  The Monroe Saloon

9a.m. Group photo

9:30 a.m. Tune spotting workshop with Alden - focus on recognizing or learning less common types of Irish tunes, hop jigs, slides etc.

Claw Hammer styling sounds with Elsie Gawler.

Old Time & Bluegrass, Slow Fiddle-Skip Gorman, Monroe Saloon

10:30 Weird fiddle tunings with Alden- cross A/G, calico, etc

Harmony Singing with Elsie Gawler and Annadeene Fowler

10:30 a.m.  Old-Time jam led by Jon Kerr, Art Bryan and friends, Tommy Jarrell Sound Stage

11:30 a.m. – 12:30p.m. Tune in Together. Group jam with the weekend tunes and questions for the music leaders. Led by Elsie, Alden, Skip, Stan, Dan and whoever else is not still at the coffee bar:) Tommy Jarrell Sound Stage

12:30 p.m. Sweet Social, Tommy Jarrell Sound Stage

3 p.m. Sean Flemming & The Red Hot Peppers: Ragtime at its Best!  ​First Congregational Church, 8 Church St. Searsport, Maine 04974

Master banjo maker on site is Tom Gocze 

Tom has been trying to play the banjo for 59 years. and has a large collection of different types of five string banjos. His company, Stockton Strings, will be at Strung Together offering instruments for sale Friday - Sunday. Cathy Fink's Jam Tent