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• New Deal Open Mic (1st Tuesday)

  • Start
    06/04/2019
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  • End
    12/01/2020
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  • Schedule
    19 sessions
  • Location
    New Deal Café, 113 Centerway, Greenbelt, MD

  Lynn Hollyfield hosts an open mic at the New Deal Cafe every first Tuesday.

  • Full PA with vocal mics and instrument pickups. Upright piano available.
  • Advance and walk-in sign-ups beginning at 6:30 p.m.
  
  Sign up in advance by emailing lynn@lynnhollyfield.com. See ya there! 
  
  New Deal Cafe
  113 Centerway 
  Greenbelt, MD 20770
  (301) 474-5642 (for venue information)
  www.newdealcafe.com

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• MD Songwriters' Toolbox Session (2nd Saturday)

  • Start
    06/08/2019
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  • End
    12/12/2020
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  • Schedule
    19 sessions
  • Location
    Rockville Memorial Library, 21 Maryland Ave, Rockville, MD 20850

  Come share your songs in a friendly, respectful environment in this workshop / song circle, held on the 2nd Saturday of each month. The Maryland Toolbox usually meets at Rockville Memorial Library in Meeting Room #1 (on the right, first floor) from 12:30 - 3:00, although occasionally will meet in another room in the library (look for signs or ask at info desk).
  

  These sessions strive to be both respectful, positive environments and a genuine attempt to address and assist your efforts to write the better song. Come hear what your songwriting peers are doing, share your latest writings, ramblings or unfinished opus and find out what SAW can do to help you be a better songwriter. The Songwriters' Toolbox sessions are organized by Jay Keating, president@saw.org.
  

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• Songwriters' Open Mic in Fredericksburg (2nd Tuesday)

  • Start
    06/11/2019
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  • End
    12/08/2020
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  • Schedule
    19 sessions
  • Location
    Highmark Brewery, 390 King's Highway, Fredericksburg, VA 22405

  Please join us for a Songwriters' Open Mic in Fredericksburg, VA. Open to all genres and levels of writing.
  

  Host: SAW member Ken Menks.

  When:  Second Tuesday of each month, 7 p.m. - 10 p.m. (Sign up starts at 6:30pm.)

  Where: Highmark Brewery, 390 King's Highway, Fredericksburg, VA 22405.
  

  For more information, contact Ken Menks at Kmenks@cox.net

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• Songwriters' Toolbox in Woodbridge, VA (3rd Saturday)

  • Start
    06/15/2019
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  • End
    11/21/2020
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  • Schedule
    15 sessions
  • Location
    Woodbridge Nazarene Church, 14001 Smoketown Rd., Woodbridge, VA 22192

  Come share your songs in a friendly, respectful environment in this workshop / song circle.
  
  These sessions strive to be both respectful, positive environments and a genuine attempt to address and assist your efforts to write the better song. Come hear what your songwriting peers are doing, share your latest writings, ramblings or unfinished opus and find out what SAW can do to help you be a better songwriter. If you have a song to share, please bring 10 - 12 copies of the lyrics to help with the discussion.
  

  For more information about this location, contact Brent Ruggles at brent.m.ruggles@gmail.com. The Songwriters' Toolbox sessions are organized by Jay Keating, president@saw.org.

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• Open Mic, Beans in the Belfry (3rd Thursday)

  • Start
    06/20/2019
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  • End
    12/17/2020
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  • Schedule
    18 sessions
  • Location
    Beans in the Belfry, 122 W. Potomac Street, Brunswick, MD

  Whether performing or listening, come enjoy a night of live music.  
  
  Originals encouraged, covers welcome
  2-song sets; tune-up prior to taking stage
  Walk-in sign-ups upon arrival
  Affiliated with SAW and Frederick Accoustic Music Enterprise (F.A.M.E.)
  
  For information, contact Tomy Wright at tomy@tomywright.com or 301-639-5707.
  
  Beans in the Belfry
  122 W. Potomac Street
  Brunswick, MD 21701
  301-834-7178 (for venue information)
  www.beansinthebelfry.com

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• Lulu's Fate at Tonal Park

  • When
    04/11/2020
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    7:30 PM - 10:00 PM
  • Location
    Alleyworld at Tonal Park, 7014 Westmoreland Avenue, Suite B, Takoma Park, MD 20912
  • Spaces left
    50

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  Lulu's Fate will bring their bright, tight, takes on a mix of music from the Appalachian, southern string band and country blues traditions, as well as early swing, gospel, covers from across acoustic music (and yes for the SAW in us original tunes that fit seamlessly within the timeless arc of songs they represent so well). Comprised of Tom Espinola on mandolin & guitar, Kristen Jones on cello and singer Kara Bolling, the trio blends virtuosic instrumentals with lush 3-part vocal harmonies to create new interpretations of traditional tunes. Lulu's Fate is based in the Washington DC metro area and has performed at the Kennedy Center's Millennium Stage, Takoma Park Folk Festival, Washington Folk Festival, Kingman Island Bluegrass & Folk Festival, Institute of Musical Traditions and numerous coffeehouses & house concerts throughout the area.  http://lulusfate.com/

  The concert will be held at Tonal Park and their amazing sound work is sure to make this a night not to be missed.  https://tonalpark.com/
  

  Allyworld at Tonal Park
  7014 Westmoreland Avenue, Suite B (awning sign reads Allyworld / WOWD Radio)

  
  

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• Make Music Day DMV

  • When
    06/21/2020
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    11:00 AM - 6:00 PM
  • Location
    Mutiple locations throughout DC, MD, VA

  Please check back for more specific information about Make Music Day DMV and the schedule. Below is a message from March 1.

  
  

  An outbreak of music has been predicted for June 21^st throughout the DC, MD, VA area and the only cure is to listen and enjoy. We need venues, voices, volunteers with vision and musicians of every kind throughout the area. Won’t you join our team and help us celebrate the universal language that speaks to us all…music?

  The Songwriters’ Association of Washington has picked up the gauntlet for Make Music Day celebrations in DC, Maryland and Virginia and will be spearheading the 2020 festival. If you have the space, the time, a passion for live music of every kind, we need you.  The official Make Music website is not quite ready to go but will be soon. Please sign up here if you are able to help organize, play at or find venues.

  This is a free day of music so venues, musicians and organizers may not be charged or ask for money to perform or manage a venue. And here is some background:

  Make Music Day is a free celebration of music held on June 21 each year in more than 1,000 cities throughout the world. We have already started to organize Make Music Day DMV into a truly unique celebration that honors the diversity of our local music scene and showcases how music can bring us all together, and we invite you to get involved.

  What will Make Music Day look like? We have several events in the works already, and we encourage you to suggest and offer all ideas that are in the spirit of the celebration. This is a free celebration so venues, musicians and organizers may not be charged or ask for money to perform or manage a venue. Typically, Make Music Day events fall into one of these categories:
  - Live performances
  - Open Jam sessions
  - Events that focus on a single instrument, theme, or group performance of a well-known piece
  - Participatory workshops
  
  We are now recruiting key volunteers to help plan and organize events for this years’ Make Music Day DMV. Our local efforts will be supported and guided by the national nonprofit Make Music Alliance, including access to an online matchmaking software that connects performers to venues, publicity, general consulting and other assistance. Please contact us at makemusicday@saw.org for more info and to get involved. If you would like to perform at Make Music Day DMV, please check back with us in mid-March and be sure to follow Make Music Day DMV on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram. 
  
  Please see our Press Release for more information, including a list of previous Make Music Day events in the DC area and around the world. 

  
  

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