You know you need more Quintet of the Hot Club of France in your life. Join us at the Yardbird Suite, 11 Tommy Banks Way, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. We are playing from 1 PM to 4 PM. Enter via the staff door on the north side of the building. We will be in the practice… Continue reading Riverdale Hot Club Jam Session – February 5, 2023

Bring the new year right and check off your resolution to play more Django tunes in 2023! Join us at the Yardbird Suite, 11 Tommy Banks Way, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. We are playing from 1 PM to 4 PM. Enter via the staff door on the north side of the building. We will be in… Continue reading Riverdale Hot Club Jam Session – January 8, 2023

Hi all. The 2022 jam camp is coming coming up in about four weeks: August 19-21. We have three great instructors coming: Phill West on guitar, Clint Pelletier on guitar and Cam Neufeld on violin. Please confirm your registration (send $30 to cover basic costs) soon so we have an idea how many to expect.… Continue reading 2022 Swing Camp Alberta Update 2022-07-24

Here are some suggested tunes for the 2022 swing/Django camp (same suggestions as for 2021).

Swing/Django Camp Alberta 19-21 August 2022. Here is a suggested schedule, subject to change according to needs. Friday1 to 7 PM  Arrival and set up.  Early day jamming. Individual supper time.   7:00 PM.   BYO drinks and cocktails for a meet and greet. Do round-the-picnic-table introductions.  Discuss interests in workshops and band scramble.  Followed by a group warm up… Continue reading 2022 Swing Camp Alberta – Tentative Schedule

Swing/Django Camp Alberta 19-21 August 2022. Only a few more weeks until the jam camp weekend! The camp is mostly about jamming, but there will be three great instructors there. Phill West from Calgary http://www.calgarysbestguitarlessons.com/ will be teaching a guitar workshop. He was at the camp last year – nice guy, great player and teacher.… Continue reading 2022 Swing Camp Alberta – Workshop Update

Hi everybody. Here is a quick update on the swing/Django camp happening August 19-21, 2022. Portapotties have been booked! Please reserve your camp spot by sending $30 to Kevin Jacobson at the_cave@yahoo.com. This will cover the cost of the portapotties. I will out camping quite a bit this summer so don’t worry if I don’t… Continue reading 2022 Swing Camp Alberta Update 2022-06-29

2022 Swing Camp Alberta – Location and date confirmed – 19-21 Aug A fellow swing enthusiast has kindly offered her home acreage in central Alberta to host this event! To minimize conflicts with some other events we had to choose August 19-21, 2022. Swing and Django djam all weekend long. We will look at providing… Continue reading 2022 Swing Camp Alberta – Second Annual!

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Here are some suggested tunes for the Django/Swing Camp Alberta 13-15 Aug 2021. The first 10 are pretty common jam tunes and the next bunch are some that are favourites at our Edmonton jam but might not be as common. Here’s a pdf version of the tunes. I also have an html version that can… Continue reading 2021 Django/Swing Camp Repertoire