Soup's On at the BOB! We're part of the annual fund raiser for God's Kitchen. Join us for the silent auction and some rollicking music. 20 Monroe NW in Grand Rapids.
      Banjo-Jim and Bear

Kids! Have Mom and Pop bring you to Wheatscouts and learn the ancient and honorable art of string figures with Banjo-Mij and Clara "String Girl" Stableford Bauman. String figures are like cats cradle, but for one person. You bring your fingers and String Girl and Mij will bring the string! FiddleMan Bruce, Bear and Mij will jam up some tunes for some big dances. We meet in the Gladys Wernette Building at Wheatlands.
      Bear, String Girl, FiddleMan and Banjo-Mij

Squares, lines, rounds and reels to Banjo-Jim's singing calls at the Grand River Folk Arts Society dance at Grace Bible College. It's at 1011 Aldon SW, Wyoming, Michigan - 2 blocks west of Clyde Park and 3 blocks north of 28th St. Doors open at 7 PM for instruction and the dancing officially begins at 7:30. Surf to the GRFAS web site for details.
      Bear and Banjo-Jim

Relax among the stacks as we share the folk song of Michigan and America at Rochester Hills Public Library, 500 Olde Town Road, Rochester, MI, 48307. This modern library is an information/community center featuring books, digital media and the Blue Water Ramblers live in person! Call a librarian at (248) 656-2900 with your questions about anything.
      Bear, Banjo-Jim and Tom

Sean and Seamus McGillicuddy-O'Rourke - They call us the Singin' Oyrish Twins - at the Cottage Bar on LaGrave just south of Fulton. We'll sing all the best Irish American repertoire in honor of the blessed saint and the ould sod.
      Sean & Seamus (Banjo-Jim and Tom DeVries)

Bayside Live on the Munincipal Dock in St. Igance. It's one of our favorite places to play - great music, great sights and great city in the great north.
      Bear and Banjo-Jim

The Great Lakes Shipwreck Museum on Whitefish Bay displays the bell of the Edmund Fitzgerald and artifacts of other disasters on Lake Superior. Learn the history to the shanties of the Blue Water Ramblers.
      Bear and Banjo-Jim

We'll provide preprandial picking for Bear's mom and all the rest of the folks at Holland Home's annual auction and pig roast. The gala event is open to the public, so come on down!
      Bear and Banjo-Jim

The Blue Water Ramblers invite you to join us in supporting our favorite folk music organization. For thirty years the Grand River Folk Arts Society has brought the finest folk musicians to West Michigan. Now the Ramblers are going to return the complement with the third annual spring benefit concert. Bear and Banjo-Jim will be joined by the Raisin Pickers for a evening of great music and rollicking fun.

The concert begins at 8 PM in the Baker Chapel at Grace Bible College, 1011 Aldon SW, two blocks west of Clyde Park between Burton and 28th streets. Tickets are $10 for general admission, $8 for seniors & students, $7 for members, $3 for children 2-12 yrs. Doors open at 7:30 PM. For more information and directions, see GRFAS on the web.

      Bear and Banjo-Jim

Kirtland Warbler Festival, a celebration of nature in Roscommon. We'll be roaming the grounds of Kirtland Community College picking and singing right along with the Warblers.
      Bear, Banjo-Jim and Tom

Dance, sing, pick, try some traditional arts and crafts and even take a few music lessons at Traditional Arts Weekend at Wheatland Music Organization. We're kicking off the weekend with a Sixty Songs of the Sixties Hootenanny at 8:30 Friday evening. Saturday at one we'll back up Sheila Graziano as she teaches you Marley Buck and Wing dances. Then on Sunday at 9 AM we join Celia Farran for some story telling. Banjo-Jim calls a family dance - squares, lines, rounds and reels - at 11:30 AM. We'll share our best jokes and funny songs at a humor workshop at 2:15 and back up caller Carole Howard at an 8:30 PM square dance on the main stage.
      Bear, Banjo-Jim, Dan, Bruce and Fiddlin' Bill

Join us in picturesque Rockford to start summer with an modern, old time, small town festival. The Ramblers will be singing and picking under blue skies!
      Banjo-Jim and Bear

We're perforning in the classic Pigeon Bandshell in Recreation Park in the small, perfect town of Pigeon.
      Bear and Banjo-Jim

It's a private beach bimbo boogaloo party on the shores of Lake Chemunga-Bunga near Howell!Jamming, boating, swimming, partying and fireworks.
      Banjo-Jim

An Old Fashioned 4th of July Celebration complete with an ice cream social on the front lawn of Crystal Mountain Resort near Thompsonville on M-115.
      Bear, Tom and Banjo-Jim

It's a Blue Water Rambler tradition to celebrate America's birthday every year at the Ada 4th of July Celebration on the Commons. Classic cars, a beautiful quilt raffle, lots of arts vendors, traditional American food and the folk song of Michigan, America and YOUR life.
      Bear, Banjo-Jim and Tom.

Allendale 4th of July Community Concert celebrating 229 years of American folk song. Follow the Ramblers twenty miles west from Ada for another tradition community celebration including fireworks at Allendale Township Park at 6676 Lake Michign Dr., Allendale.
      Bear, Tom and Banjo-Jim

We're pickin' and singin' at a picnic at West Michigan's best kept secret, Sandy Pines Resort.
      Banjo-Jim and Bear

Relax next to big Lake Superior in Munising and enjoy the songs of Michigan and the Great Lakes. We'll hold forth at the City Park near the Pictured Rocks Boat Dock.
      Bear and Banjo-Jim

Sault Sainte Marie Summer Concert Series in Locks Park. We'll sing about the Bigler and the Edmond Fitzgerald as the freighters are locked through the MacArthur and Poe locks.
      Bear and Banjo-Jim

Join us at Conkling Heritage Park band shell on the waterfront in Mackinaw City. This is our second visit to the tip of the mitten.
      Bear and Banjo-Jim

Montague Concert In The Park at the bandshell on White Lake. It's a picture perfect setting for the Blue Water Rambler's brand of 'extraordinary folk music'.
      Bear, Banjo-Jim and Tom

West Branch Summer Music Series downtown in Irons Park on the banks of the west branch of the picturesque Rifle River. If you're vacationing in the area, stop by and sing a chorus with us.
      Bear and Banjo-Jim

Reed City in the heart of the north. We'll hold forth in the beautiful bandshell at the Reed City Park. Bring a tent or camper and enjoy the weekend.
      Bear, Banjo-Jim and Tom

Jackpine Jamboree at Wellington Farm Park near Grayling. The Ramblers will perform at noon, 3 and 6 PM. Wellington Farm Park is a re-creation of a 1932 Depression era, Northern Michigan farm with working machinery, grist and lumber mills and working kitchens turning out mouth-watering vittles. The Ramblers are proud to share our authentic period pieces from that exciting era.
      Bear, Banjo-Jim and Dan

Harrisville Harbor Light Concert at the marina gazebo. Join us in a picturesque town on mighty Lake Huron.
      Bear and Banjo-Jim

FarmFest at Farmhouse Music. Johannesburg. We'll light the Log of Last Year, perform on stage Friday and Sunday and lead slow and not-so-slow jams til the cows come home.
      Bear, Banjo-Jim and Bruce

The Blue Water Ramblers own Riverstock folk festival: Riverstock and Jam on the Grand at Riverside Park on Monroe Avenue NW in Grand Rapids. A day of concerts at the Creston Neighborhood Arts and Crafts Fair and pickin' and singin' under the tent by the mighty Grand River.
      Bear and Banjo-Jim

Wild Blueberry Festival in Paradise on the Whitefish Bay of Lake Superior in Michigan's Upper Peninsula. Is that not the perfect venue for enjoying our great state and the Blue Water Ramblers? 'Nuff said!
      Bear and Banjo-Jim

We're singing in lovely Grand Haven on Lake Michigan in the municipal park in the center of the city.
      Bear and Banjo-Jim

Thumbfest in Lexington. A day long music festival on the shores of sparkling Lake Huron. We'll sing on the stage, lead a hootenanny (be sure to bring your instrument and voice), teach and call family style country dances and do a special show for the kids.
      Bear, Banjo-Jim, Dan and Tom

Port Austin Arts Fair at the tip of the thumb. Great music, beautiful art and intriguing crafts.
      Bear, Banjo-Jim and Tom

We call it "Heaven on earth for pickers". It's the annual Wheatland Music Festival on Werneke's farm just a mile southwest of Remus. Join us for the best traditional American music- folk, old time, blues, Cajun, bluegrass, gospel and much more. Wheatland Music Organization..
      Bear, Banjo-Jim, Tom, Dan and Fiddlin' Bill

Celebrate the legend of Paul Bunyan, watch chainsaw carvers from around the country turn 8 foot logs into intricate detailed sculptures. Join in the fun as the National Timberjack Series Lumberjack show gets those logs rolling. Take a look at some classic cars, trucks, and motorcycles as the show begins on Friday evening with a cruise through the town, and a great show on Saturday. Be there for the Tug of War Competitions, Pee Wee Dog Races, Dunk Tank, Las Vegas Nights, Carnival games, Lots of Kids Activities, Live Entertainment by the Blue Water Ramblers, Crafts and Hobby Booths, Food Concessions, and much more. All located on Furtaw Field in downtown Oscoda.
      Bear, Banjo-Jim and Bruce

MISHRM is the Michigan Society for Human Resource Management. The Blue Water Ramblers are proud to provide the evening's entertainment at their annual conference in Bay City. If you're in H.R., we'll see you there.
      Banjo-Jim and Bear

Bethabara Harvest Moon Square Dance outside of Holland. Email Mary VanAndle at Bethabara@triton.net for details about the festival and the spiritual retreat center. Have a ball and support a wonderful organization.
      Bear, Banjo-Jim and Dan

Folk in the Fall Festival by invitation only at Wood's Edge Herb Farm near Jeddo, Michigan.
      Bear and Banjo-Jim

Hawk Woods Nature Center Fall Festival in Auburn Hills. We're proud to be part of the festival for the seventh year now. Bring the kids and enjoy Rambler music, a petting zoo and pumpkin carving for Halloween.
      Bear, Banjo-Jim and Tom

St Clair County Master Gardeners (private)
      Bear and Banjo-Jim

Wheatdance at Wheatland! Banjo-Jim will teach his singing calls while Bear and the rest of the Ramblers play that sweet dance music. Not sure of the difference between a do si do and and ladies' chain? Beginning instructions at 7 and the dance officially begins at 7:30.
      Bear and Banjo-Jim

Banjo-Jim is singing the songs of Christmas at the First Congregational Church of Rockford charity Christmas bazaar. Shop for your loved ones and support worthy causes from Africa to Louisianna to Grand Rapids. P.S. There'll be Christmas cookies and fruitcake!
      Banjo-Jim

The annual Christmas dinner for ARC at Egypt Valley Country Club. Private.
      Bear and Banjo-Jim

The Box Factory for the Arts in historic St. Joseph (1101 Broad Street, St. Joseph, Michigan 49085) celebrates artistic diversity. We'll sing the songs of Michigan, America and the holiday season. Start your holidays with us!
      Bear and Banjo-Jim

The 21st Annual Grand River Folk Arts Society Christmas Concert with the Blue Water Ramblers. Help us sing in the season with all the best loved holiday songs and carols. There will be Christmas surprises, too. Doors open at 7:30 PM. Baker Chapel of Grace Bible College, 1011 Aldon SW, Wyoming, Michigan, 2 blocks west of Clyde Park and 3 blocks north of 28th St. Surf to the GRFAS web site for details.
      Bear and Banjo-Jim.